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Using toilet humor to teach writing
The video’s a bit shaky (I had a student record it), but I think it’s a good illustration of the power of persuasive writing. In this video, I share with students a story of a time when I had to [...]
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Show of Hands: Why visual literacy matters
Show of Hands from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo. Ok. Now I know what you’re thinking: Did students really create that? Yep. Behind the Scenes of Show of Hands from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo. Here’s more from this amazing, creative and [...]
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Changing Education Paradigms
As a rule, We Teach We Learn tries to stay away from esoteric discussions or debates about educational reform. Instead, we like to focus on connecting teachers with the research and solutions that thoughtful inquiry produces. That said, it’s hard to pass up a good talk by Ken Robinson. Add animation (i.e. steroids for presentations), and this is one talk you don’t want to miss.
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Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation
Having explored the scientific research of the last 40 years, Dan Pink has deeply examined what really motivates people. What he’s found is that there is a mismatch between what social scientists know and what business (and education) does. This is a fascinating TED talk that relates some surprising (yet deeply intuitive) facts about intrinsic versus extrinsic motivators.
This is a must for teachers, leaders and builders of in all career fields.
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Things to Learn
Christian Borstlap recently finished these deliciously simple animated illustrations for Dutch children’s charity, Kinderpostzegels.
Paul Postma did a great job of bringing Christian’s colorful illustrations to life, complimenting them with a playfully restrained animation style to really let their personalities shine.
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The dawning of a new age.
Question: Is this kind of presentation even that paradigm shifting anymore? Personally, I’m ready to move past this visionary type of discussion and into one of logistics.
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Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity.
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of, Eat, Pray, Love, muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. A bit “out there” in the context of traditional teaching and learning. But still–thought provoking, funny, personal and surprisingly moving.
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Gender Differentiation: Should we really be treating boys and girls differently?
While this is actually the 3rd post at We Teach We Learn, discussing gender differentiation in the classroom, this our first experiment using a new form of media–something called a Voice Thread. It’s a sort of mash up hybrid between [...]
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