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Today’s (2/28/2012) afternoon workshop at NAIS 2012 was presented by educators at Hualalai Academy on Kailua-Kona, HI. Their presentation was titled, Practical Guide for Developing 21st Century Learning Communities. Their workshop was a hands-on, three-hour experience using the tools they have implemented and practiced with their faculty as they went through change in leadership and…
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[Guest Blog by Shetal Shah, a teacher from Atlanta Girls School, Atlanta, Ga. Shetal is a member of the Edward E. Ford Fellowship Program. She participates in a yearlong cohort of Atlanta Public School and independent school teachers studying what we know about teaching and learning from a neuroscience perspective.] I think I just completed…
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Shilo Shiv Suleman, Using Technology to Enable Dreaming, is a wonderful TED talk about how she uses an IPad to make dreams come true. Watch her inspiring talk and demonstration. Ms. Shiv Suleman says: Technology should enable magic not kill it. As a book illustrator for many years, she creates an interactive IPad storytelling platform. …
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In a recent edition of Forbes, Holly Green wrote a piece, Anti-Innovation: 10 Proven Ways Not to Innovate. I stumbled across the piece from a tweet by Guy Kawasaki at (click here). Following his tweets leads me to a wealth of resources (@GuyKawasaki). I really liked what I read in her piece and it got…
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What qualities do good teachers possess? Can we settle on a set of qualities that all teachers should possess and can they be taught? There are a plethora of articles, commentaries, and books written on what goes into making a good teacher. I would advocate that contained in these pieces are the framework for what…