Summer reading shouldn't be classics. Click here for CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR article.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Sustained Silent Reading links
Check out these nice links: http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/ath/library/teacher_resources.htm#ssr
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
"Life after death by PowerPoint"
Thanks to Harry Chan for sharing this lighthearted look at PPT.
http://static.vsocial.com/flash/ups.swf?d=91604&a=0
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Check out this great nonfiction book, MADE TO STICK!
Hear an NPR interview with the two authors of MADE TO STICK.
- Authors: Chip and Dan Heath
- ISBN: 1400064287
ISBN-13: 9781400064281 - Format: Hardcover, 304pp
- Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
From the Publisher:
Mark Twain once observed, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas–business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others–struggle to make their ideas “stick.”Why do some ideas thrive while others die? And how do we improve the chances of worthy ideas? In Made to Stick, accomplished educators and idea collectors Chip and Dan Heath tackle head-on these vexing questions. Inside, the brothers Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the “human scale principle,” using the “Velcro Theory of Memory,” and creating “curiosity gaps.” In this indispensable guide, we discover that sticky messages of all kinds–from the infamous “kidney theft ring” hoax to a coach’s lessons on sportsmanship to a vision for a new product at Sony–draw their power from the same six traits.
Made to Stick is a book that will transform the way you communicate ideas. It’s a fast-paced tour of success stories (and failures)–the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who drank a glass of bacteria to prove a point about stomach ulcers; the charities who make use of “the Mother Teresa Effect”; the elementary-school teacher whose simulation actually prevented racial prejudice. Provocative, eye-opening, and often surprisingly funny, Made to Stick shows us the vital principles of winning ideas–andtells us how we can apply these rules to making our own messages stick.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
IMSA 21st Century Information Fluency Project
http://21cif.imsa.edu/resources/
Great information literacy sites and competencies.
"Teens buying books at fastest rate in decades"
in http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/printer2/index by Cecelia Goodnow
New 'golden age of young adult literature' declared.
Monday, February 12, 2007
"Measuring up in a flat world" by Karen Greenwood Henke
http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.php?articleID=196604144
article in TECHNOLOGY & LEARNING 2007 Jan.:14-18
"Pioneering groups are reforming curriculum to prepare students for the global digital workforce."
"West Virginia and North Carolina are pioneers in spear-heading a state-level push for the integration of 21st century skills.... The Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township, a medium-sized K-12 district (15,000 students) located outside Indianapolis, used the 21st Century Skills Frame-work to define seven literacies it deems key for its students: technology literacy, basic literacy, informaiton literacy, visual literacy, higher-order thinking skills, self-direction, and cultural compen\tency (www.Itschools.org)."
Sunday, January 7, 2007
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