A Curriculum of Concerns | Edutopia -
This Edutopia article suggests that in addition to linking curriculum to the interests of students, curriculum should also reflect what students are concerned about.
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The Edudemic blog posted this visual integration of 62 IPad apps with Bloom’s taxonomy. This great piece of work was created by Allan Carrington.
Here are four educational videos demonstrating the educational potential of Google Glass. Thanks to Edudemic for this posting.
http://edudemic.com/2013/05/5-educational-videos-recorded-with-google-glass/?utm_source=feedly
More School Time, Well Spent, Boosts Academic Achievement and Engagement | Edutopia
Bill Ferriter, writing on the Center for Teaching Quality offers four lessons with accompanying handouts for teaching nonfiction reading skills in science. This comes compliments of ASCD.
http://www.teachingquality.org/content/teaching-nonfiction-reading-skills-science-classroom-activity
Teaching Students to Dig Deeper | Edutopia
This blog first appeared on TeachThought. It is an excellent primer for anyone wishing to transition to a project based learning model in their classroom.
http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/4-keys-to-designing-a-project-based-learning-classroom/
Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Could PBL be the Solution to Education Reform? -
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In this TeachThought posting Grant Wiggins does a very through job of explaining what close reading is and is not.
http://www.teachthought.com/literacy-2/what-close-reading-actually-means/?utm_source=feedly