Hope this Monday finds you energized and productive! I ease into my week with Monday as my first rev-up day with each day taking on more work until the Friday finale, rather than Mondays being my busiest day. So I…
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Krista English
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Monocle Monday #4: Education News and New Ideas in Learning
Monocle Monday #3: Another week of great reads in Education
Thanks for stopping by our little newsstand here, The Monocle, and welcome to the third installment of Monocle Monday! Each week I’ll provide my picks for the best articles and blog posts in Education and Parenting this week. What makes them excellent? The articles…
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Tagged with: career, education news, homework, Monocle Monday series, motivation, parenting news
Posted in Education News
Posted in Education News
Monocle Monday #2: This Week in Education News
Welcome to the second installment of Monocle Monday! Each week I’ll provide my picks for the best articles in Education this week. What makes them excellent? They are either encouraging, inspiring, news-worthy, confirming, interesting or challenging! So grab your monocle if…
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Tagged with: college, dropout, education news, Monocle Monday, tim tebow
Posted in College, Education News, Recommended Resources
Posted in College, Education News, Recommended Resources
Monocle Monday #1: Top 3 education articles of the week
Weekends are for relaxing, spending time with family and, for me, catching up on reading my stack of books, favorite design, lifestyle and photography blogs as well as articles related to my field of education and parenting. Each Monday, I’ll share…
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Tagged with: education news, khan academy, project-based learning, real-world learning
Posted in College, Education News, Teaching Techniques
Posted in College, Education News, Teaching Techniques
America’s Coming Higher Education Bubble
Peter Theil, visionary founder of Paypal.com with a proven track record of predicting bubble-bursts (first the dot-coms and then the housing market), is not only warning of the coming college bubble burst, but is offering a solution for a successful…
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How getting out of kids’ way can help them thrive
I just ran across this op-ed piece in the NY Times worth reading, “Let Kids Rule the School” by Susan Engel. In it, she shares about a project that was done in a public high school to great success. Eight…
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Changing Education Paradigms, an animated lecture
Please view this 11-minute video of a lecture by Ken Robinson and illustrated by RSA. I love these thought-filled illustrations which appear to be created as the speaker is talking. It’s such a clever and effective way to get…
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Tagged with: autonomy, customized learning, education, freedom, personalized education, teaching, video
Posted in Customized Learning, Education News
Posted in Customized Learning, Education News
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