January 2012
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Jan 1st
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Dec 28th
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You can tell we're all on holiday break. ...
girlwithalessonplan: YUP.
Dec 27th
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“New research shows that adolescents who quickly backed down during an argument...”
– Arguing with Mom Helps Teens Fend Off Peer Pressure | Healthland | TIME.com GWALP adds:  I don’t know about you guys, but my adolescence suddenly makes more sense.  :P (via girlwithalessonplan)
Dec 27th
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Already awake to pick someone up at the airport at...
Whose idea was that?!
Dec 27th
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My flight takes off at 5:42am?
ohmuffins: Whose idea was that?! Geez. That’s soooo early. But on the plus side, you get the whole day at your destination.
Dec 27th
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Dec 26th
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Spent most of my Christmas evening challenging...
girlwithalessonplan: “Look at how pretty Belle is!”  Yes, but you know what makes Belle great?  She reads!  Remember the awesome gift Beast gave her?  The room with the books?  What’s that called?  Yes!  A library! Do you have a library? “I wish I had hair like Rapunzel.”  But you’re fierce like her.  This isn’t even her real hair.  You know what color her real hair is?  Yep, it’s brown.  How...
Dec 26th
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Dec 26th
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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I call people who have to work today and tomorrow...
They’ve been checked out for awhile, and there’s no chance of them getting back to where they’re supposed to be.
Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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“A smaller but still notable trend for the 2012 CES involves Siri clones inside...”
– In Which We Reveal The Top CES 2012 Trends Without Breaking Embargoes
Dec 22nd
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[After verifying via Google that today was in fact...
Me: Oooh, nice astronomy graphic.
Colleague: Yeah. I now have several new tabs to read about Winter Solstice.
Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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What's your holiday wish?
Dec 21st
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The Great Education Hypocrisy: What's So Bad About... →
iamlittlei: Given the urgency of improving the US education system, we can no longer afford to shut out an entire group of providers. In a time of declining state and federal revenues, policymakers should be stimulating, not stifling, the influx of private capital to our education system. When it comes to other crucial national challenges, policymakers do not ask whether they should engage...
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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“an e-book about the value of paper books. It’s almost a film, almost a game,...”
– Having downloaded and “read” (i.e. “experienced”) this book, I wholeheartedly agree. The Perfect Story for the Kid Whose Parents Have an iPad (via interestingsnippets)
Dec 21st
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On American Priorities: 10 Things We Could Have... →
Number 11: We could have given every kindergarten, elementary, middle, and secondary school teacher in America a $224,000 bonus. Many of them certainly deserve a little extra compensation.
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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What's your favorite kids book?
Dec 21st
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All I want for Christmas is for Santa to bring me...
girlwithalessonplan: My stocking is sturdy.  It can handle it.   This. This. And this. Signal Boost.
Dec 21st
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Teachers Don’t Like Creative Students
parenttrip: One of the most consistent findings in educational studies of creativity has been that teachers dislike personality traits associated with creativity. Research has indicated that teachers prefer traits that seem to run counter to creativity, such as conformity and unquestioning acceptance of authority (e.g., Bachtold, 1974; Cropley, 1992; Dettmer, 1981; Getzels & Jackson, 1962;...
Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Attn: Student Teachers!  →
bethechangeyouwant: For those of you student teachers (beginning and ending) who follow me, let’s get the ‘#student teaching’ tag out there. I’m not sure if many of you follow it the tag on your dash, but if you do we can spread word and promote tumblrs to follow the tag on his or her dash! Signal Boost.
Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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A HUGE List of Places to Learn for Free Online →
Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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Musical Boxes →
Just start clicking them. A cool little looping tool. Possibly some educational applications here.
Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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Dear Everyone
It’s my last week before my office goes on break so my posts will be: A) Infrequent B) Very much off-topic from the usual educational/edtech stuff You’ve been warned.
Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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