"Attention is the fundamental building block of how humans think," Rheingold says. Targeting attention as a literacy...
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Attending to attentionality 34 weeks 1 hour ago |
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13 | Resource | Paying Attention to Attention |
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Using Cell Phones in the Classroom 7 weeks 13 hours ago Something that really stuck out to me when I was reading this article was the brief discussion of using cell phones... |
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13 | Resource | Creating and Holding TransSpace |
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Finding One’s Voice Through Technology 7 weeks 20 hours ago As I was reading this article, I could not help but make mental notes of things I would... |
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12 | Resource | “My Homeland:” A Connected Learning Media exchange project between South Korean and Detroit HS Students |
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Ask questions. Share ideas. Tell us what you think about Digital Is. 5 days 7 hours ago In this collection we state some of the elements of the Digital Is state of mind. But the website is intended to grow with... |
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11 | Collection | Digital Is...what exactly? |
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I'm Thinking 1 year 34 weeks ago I’m intrigued by this module because I like anything that is fun for students while teaching them how to think critically... |
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8 | Resource | Designing the Module |
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Steven Johnson's book, Where Good Ideas Come From 1 year 44 weeks ago Similar notions are discussed in Steven Johnson's new book Where Good Ideas Come From (2010), described... |
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7 | Collection | “'Tis mine and it is likewise yours” |
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Out of the mouth of babes... 2 years 7 weeks ago The student’s almost inaudible answer: “When you ask us to write about something that matters.” (Frank, 1979, p. 14)... |
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7 | Resource | “…write about something that matters.” |
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Economic Filter 15 weeks 4 days ago It seems that the schools most in need of a boost in literacy are also often the poorest. How can teachers lead... |
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7 | Resource | Using Media to (Re) Claim The Hood: Essential Questions & Powerful English Pedagogy |
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Scaffolding 16 weeks 5 days ago One question in particular snagged my attention: "Is this digital writing a new writing or is it traditional writing in a... |
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6 | Resource | An Evolving Writing Classroom |
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Empowerment and expectations 4 weeks 6 days ago The essential questions regarding humanity, power, literacy and identity are what we as educators hope we can get our... |
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6 | Resource | Using Media to (Re) Claim The Hood: Essential Questions & Powerful English Pedagogy |
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Praise & Permission 1 year 26 weeks ago Denyell, Your post really touched me. I work with preservice teachers who have these very same concerns, thinking... |
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5 | Resource | Technology and Kindergarten: Is It Possible? |
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creativity 1 year 44 weeks ago What a great example of student creativity. This examplar gives me new insight into the possibilities for student... |
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5 | Resource | Illuminated text: a student exemplar |
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How to bring this into the classroom? 2 years 4 weeks ago This is fascinating and I love how it melds message and music and words and design and image into something new.... |
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5 | Resource | Kinetic / Moving Type |
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Read | Write | Play: Video Games and Narrative 1 year 42 weeks ago Hello, all! I recently completed an inquiry-based project about using two types of video games to inspire and... |
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5 | Resource | Imagining the Games-based Classroom |
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Demographics 5 weeks 11 hours ago When reading this I really focused on the Essential Question 2. It focuses on the health of a community, and I think... |
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5 | Resource | Using Media to (Re) Claim The Hood: Essential Questions & Powerful English Pedagogy |
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The Notion of Power 6 weeks 1 day ago There's something wonderfully "meta" about having students do their own research on where power lies because information... |
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5 | Resource | Collecting Data & Listening with Intention |
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Intellectual nostalgia? 2 years 12 weeks ago Nicholas Carr's ideas have been povoked discussion, and much skepticism. One of the touch points in his work has... |
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4 | Resource | So, IS Google Making Us Stupid? |
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I like .... 4 weeks 3 days ago I really love your reflective piece here -- I thought you did a great job of highlighting the learning and the rationale... |
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4 | Resource | Part III: My Inquiry |
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Is it really possible to be authentic in school? 36 weeks 1 day ago This is one of the questions we are always asking oursleves. Are we fooling ourselves to strive for "authientic... |
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4 | Resource | Authentic Conversations on Youth Voices |
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Can kids teach themselves? 2 years 23 weeks ago Jason Shiroff's insight into the role of "play" as an essential step for students learning new technologies is mirrored... |
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4 | Resource | Group Conversations Around Images, Documents, and Videos |
