Nominations for the Edublog Awards 2009 are now open! It's easy to get involved (Nominations close on December 8th): 1. Nominate Choose the sites that you want to nominate in the following categories (you can nominate for as many, or...
Topics: BLOG LITERACY, TEACHER INSPIRATION

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Imaginative students need imaginative teachers. An important step in developing this habitude in our students is to embrace our own imaginative potential; allowing ourselves to be creative. Imagination is the ability of the mind to build mental images of.
Topics: 21st CENTURY EDUCATION, HABITUDES, MILLION DOLLAR CONVERSATIONS, TEACHER INSPIRATION

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In this parody of Viva La Vida, 7th and 8th graders from Decorah, IA (almost 100 students collaborated under the guidance of Miss Janelle Kuene) send a message -- and demonstrate-- about the use of technology can do to impact...
Topics: 21st CENTURY EDUCATION

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One of my favorite mini-lessons builds on the Habitude of Imagination. I call it the Power and Pattern of Story. This lesson helps build the muscle and habit of imagination, but also allows students to quickly recognize real differences between...
Topics: HABITUDES, MILLION DOLLAR CONVERSATIONS

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"The process of reading is not a half-sleep process. It is in the highest sense an exercise; a gymnastic struggle that requires the reader to do something for himself." - Walt Whitman There is no ONE way to define comprehension...
Topics: 21st CENTURY EDUCATION, COMPREHENSION TOOLS, STRATEGIES THAT WORK

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