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254: Why Art and Science go hand in hand

The Thinking Stick

On this episode we sit down with Jen Christiansen: a senior graphics editor at Scientific American, where she art directs and produces illustrated information graphics and data visualizations. You can explore that book and add it to your professional development library by clicking here. Would you like to share your thoughts on this episode?

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Digital Promise Research Map: A Starting Place for Exploring Research on Learning

Digital Promise

The new data visualization is based on over 100,000 peer-reviewed articles from 184 journals published between 2007 and 2016. Join the conversation using #researchatwork on Twitter (and join us for our next #researchatwork Twitter chat on June 21 at 3:00pm ET!). Shifts in the Learning Science Research Landscape.

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Bucking the Trend

A Principal's Reflections

You can follow him on Twitter at @mrwarren29. As an eager teacher and someone who is looking for a renewed sense of purpose in a field that is becoming mind-crushingly data driven, I expected to walk away with the answers to the big questions in education. Michael recently visited New Milford HS and reflected on hist visit below.

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14 Effective Self-Directed Learning Strategies

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Think about Twitter PLNs (Professional Learning Networks) or educational forums like this Educators Technology for tech-related stuff. A study by Rohrer and Taylor in 2007 validated this strategy. They have data-backed evidence showing that periodic testing improves long-term retention.

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To Weather The Storms of Higher Education, Remember Why You’re There

Edsurge

In 2008, I was recruited to run a grant with the purpose of connecting adult learners with data to inform their college choices so they didn’t need to depend on marketing hype from lead generation websites. Share your answer on Twitter with the hashtag #MyWhyEdu and tag Morrison too: @calimorrison.

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Web Filtering: equally beneficial for your 5-year-old & 15-year-old

Securly

Federal law doesn’t specifically require schools to block Facebook, Twitter, etc. From 2007-2016, the number of students who experienced bullying roughly doubled from 18.8% Another, that it is a breach of student privacy. Misdirected blame: Web filtering is different at each school. Cyberbullying & Self-Harm Detection.

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The Mobile Professor

Connecting 2 the World

The Mobile Adjunct Currently, I am involved in #adjunctchat, a community that meets on twitter at Tuesdays at 4:00 PM, New York time. While I have been looking for data on mobile technology use that supports Campbell and Park''s theory, Rettie is the only one that I have found so far that begins to address this dichotomy.