Post Tagged with: "Creativity"

When hard work is lazy

When hard work is lazy

The Edge of Education March 27, 2013 at 10:27 am 1 comment

I once asked someone who had worked incredibly hard, and reached a measure of success, how he did it.  What motivated him day after day […]

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Motivation, Purpose and Samuel Pierpont Langly

Motivation, Purpose and Samuel Pierpont Langly

The Edge of Education March 20, 2013 at 10:19 am 1 comment

“It’s making a difference in the world that prevents me from ever giving up.”—Deborah Meier. At the turn of the twentieth century, at the height […]

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“Slant” it: An Alternative to the Flipped Classroom for Practical Teachers

“Slant” it: An Alternative to the Flipped Classroom for Practical Teachers

Featured Articles, The Toolbox January 26, 2013 at 7:07 pm Comments are Disabled

By: Rita Platt The “Flipped Classroom” is all the rage these days. Educational journals, blogs, and chat rooms, are flooded with the concept of “flipping.” […]

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This is Your Brain on Jazz

This is Your Brain on Jazz

The Edge of Education July 26, 2012 at 4:14 pm Comments are Disabled

What do you get when you cross a science nerd with a jazz saxophonist? Apparently, a researcher with enough curiosity, talent and intelligence to actually […]

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See a spark, light a fire

See a spark, light a fire

The Edge of Education July 19, 2012 at 2:27 pm Comments are Disabled

When Steven Spielberg was eight, like many young boys, he loved to torture his sisters. Once, caught in the passions of creativity, he cut off […]

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How to re-shuffle your brain for a creative boost

How to re-shuffle your brain for a creative boost

The Edge of Education July 5, 2012 at 9:21 am Comments are Disabled

I don’t like preparing for trips. The travel itself isn’t bad, but getting ready is a hassle: the packing, arranging a dog sitter, coordinating schedules, […]

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Creativity and The Flash of Insight

Creativity and The Flash of Insight

The Edge of Education July 3, 2012 at 5:41 pm Comments are Disabled

During the winter of 1974, Sheldon Silver a 3M engineer began sharing a formula he’d recently designed for a new kind of glue—a very weak […]

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Show of Hands: Why visual literacy matters

Video of the Day, videos February 16, 2011 at 12:25 pm 1 comment

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 […]

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Welcome to the age of the wikitext! Fontaine, D.

Annotations May 26, 2010 at 3:53 pm 4 comments

Fontaine, D. ( 2008, May/June). Welcome to the age of the wikitext! MultiMedia & internet @ schools. Vol. 15, Iss. 3. An Annotation by Jeffery […]

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The Teen Brain Pt 5: Making Learning Meaningful

The Teen Brain Pt 5: Making Learning Meaningful

Action Research, Got Brains? May 25, 2010 at 10:14 pm Comments are Disabled

I had accepted a job as a 7th grade language arts teacher, and I was ecstatic to have a job where I could share my love for reading. However, I had no idea how to best teach these early adolescents who everyone seemed to be scared of. This lead me to the action research project I undertook for my Master’s Degree: brain based differentiation. This series of articles outlines what I learned.

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