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4 ways to stop procrastinating and get things done

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Want to listen to this post instead of read? This post is based on the latest episode of my weekly podcast, Angela Watson’s Truth for Teachers. And yet what’s the default procrastination option for most us? Reading and responding to Instagram posts does not clear your mind so that you can read and respond to work emails.

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Gamification to encourage learner autonomy

Nik Peachey

This post tries to pull together a couple of things I have been thinking about recently. The first was a post I saw on the 21st Century Fluency Project blog a few weeks back. These are things like 'update my blog' , 'add some links to Scoop.it' , 'search my RSS feeds for interesting articles' etc. Lastly, there are the habits.

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#IntentionalConnectivity: why my phone no longer controls me (& how you can take charge, too)

The Cornerstone for Teachers

And it’s the default activity you fill your time with all throughout the day whenever you’re bored, procrastinating, or just want a little hit of something that makes you feel good. It wasn’t easy , per se–I had to keep reminding myself how awful I felt when I checked my phone constantly so I wouldn’t default to my old ways.

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Investigating Authentic Questions

Learning in Hand

Ginger Lewman has lots of advice in her post 7 Reasons to Use Contracts in a PBL Classroom + Tips for Use. Andrew has written more tips in his post 20 Tips for Managing Project-Based Learning. When they feed themselves, they are active and can decide when they have had enough. Teamwork Rubric from BIE is aimed at grades K-2.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. Via Inside Higher Ed : “High Default Rates at New York For-Profit Colleges.” ” Via The Washington Post : “After backlash over plan to cut 13 humanities majors, U-Wisconsin campus drawing up second proposal.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. Why is the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Bror Saxberg posting on the Department of Education ’s Medium blog ? Via The Wall Street Journal : “Some Colleges Try to Burnish Student-Loan Default Rates.”