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Teachers’ Education

Speed of Creativity reports a recent quote from US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan: . . . Districts currently pay about $8 billion each year to teachers because they have masters’ degrees, even though there is little evidence teachers with … Continue reading

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Teaching in one-minute “snippets”?

Image via Wikipedia So, some days ago I posted a few tweets on a little negative gem, just published by Campus Technology. It’s an article titled “Teaching in one-minute snippets” to which I replied:  “Micro-lecture 2/2: Teaching in 1-minute snippets … Continue reading

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Education Bolsheviks

Image via Wikipedia The Edu-Bolsheviks Jim Groom wrote a passionate and alarming post, a little ago (Education Connection, it’s more than just a catchy jingle…). It resonated til I found a way to make my own sense out of it. … Continue reading

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Myths of Teaching & Learning – 4

Technology & Content: The Classical Struggle The Myth Discussed Herein Takes Many Forms: Technology is only the medium, or Tech must be primarily used for its value within a didactic context, or Tech must be used in a humanistic setting. … Continue reading

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Myths of Teaching & Learning 3

Myths of Teaching & Learning 3 Sitting Through Lectures A recent article on The New York Times of Nov. 5, 2010 (Live vs. Distance Learning: Measuring the Differences by Trip Gabriel), prompts me to write a new, urgent post on … Continue reading

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