Chronically Curious (The Independent Educator)

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Friday, July 1, 2022

Dr. Asante's free ebook about "Select Your Name" gives you a road to an African Name (and we are ALL Africans)

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How about this? Download a free ebook of 22 pages (or get the full ebook of 162 pages)  22 pages.  www.TINYURL.com/SelectYourName22 Full ebo...
Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Let's look at history by asking, "What were the experiences of groups during this period in our country's history and how were these experiences similar or different to each other? What could explain these similarities or differences?"

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 Look at this paragraph Critical Race Theory (CRT) makes race the prism through which its proponents analyze all aspects of American life—an...

Another set of REMINDERS to add to the SEND HOME book. (a selection of files from the LearningScientists.org website)

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Read these sentrences: https://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2016/8/18-1   Learning Scientists have put together a set of reminders for te...
Tuesday, March 9, 2021

The Unavoidable, Unbelievable, Unending and Unwanted Costs of Personalizing and Transforming a School

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  The final article that emerges from this blog post will be submitted to journals, such as TOJDE (the Online Journal for Distance Education...
Saturday, September 19, 2015

Another edition of Dan Pink's email newsletter. It's such a bonanza and it is not too long...

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Continuing Education One of the quotes that I posted in my classroom recently was "The person who doesn't read is no better ...

Edmodo makes a mobile app to assist commuinication between teachers and parents

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https://www.edmodo.com/?go2url=%2Fhome Worth a look.
Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Another way to introduce a person

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WHY? "A beautiful young girl" Why describe the person's exterior?  Why not say, "Here is an ethical person who volu...

A discussion about Grades vs. "The Discussion Letter" (narratives)

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A discussion about grades comes from pages 154-161 in The Big Picture.  Here's the essence: At The Met, ...

Charter school in Brevard County (Palm Bay, Florida) has Aquaculture, Apps room and music in the cafeteria ... Proof that the teaching the ‘Whole Child’ is 21st Century Learning!

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I was given a tour of Odyssey Charter School in Palm Bay by Dr. R. Harrison in September 2015.  Here are some highlights. See the websit...
Sunday, March 29, 2015

Items in the public domain for students and teachers

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The Public Domain Project http://www.pond5.com/free Download thousands of historic media files for your creative projects; completely...
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I am a taxpayer and I believe that teachers, students, principals and parents need descriptions of a new way of teaching. I wake up every morning with Dr. Fischler's question in my head: "How do you become a visible change agent in this environment?" and "Time is a variable" and "The Student is the Class." The words of Daniel H. Pink, Will Sutherland, John Corlette, Eliot Levine, Elliot Washor, Charles Mojkowski and Dennis Littky inform my daily work.
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