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The most important lessons we learned this year

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Inspired by the house system in the Harry Potter books and the Ron Clark model , we held monthly house meetings that focused on one of the 7 Mindsets. For example, during spring break this year, the PLE team had all of the teachers write inspirational messages for the students. The mindsets helped us develop a mental-health strategy.

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10 ways we made our school happier

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We started by asking what it means to be happy in the classroom. Inspired by the house system in the Harry Potter books and the Ron Clark model, we held house meetings once a month that focused on one of the 7 Mindsets. Happy schools start with happy teachers. The mindsets helped us develop a mental health strategy.

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#1: 10 ways we made our school happier

eSchool News

We started by asking what it means to be happy in the classroom. Inspired by the house system in the Harry Potter books and the Ron Clark model, we held house meetings once a month that focused on one of the 7 Mindsets. Happy schools start with happy teachers. The mindsets helped us develop a mental health strategy.

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GlobalEdCon 2013 - Day Three Schedule

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Thomas Röhlinger, MBA Founder & Editor in Chief of Radijojo World Children''s Media Network Take Your Classroom Global!

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Ugh. Classic Politics Now Extends to Social Networking in Education.

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

I run what is arguably the largest social network for educators, Classroom 2.0 There is a reason that so many acronyms in this arena start with P for "personal:" PLN (Personal Learning Network), (PLC) Personal Learning Communities, and PLE (Personal Learning Environments). with 54,000 members.

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#LearningIs personal

Learning with 'e's

Unfortunately, most of us are products of education systems that are based on the industrial model of education which is far removed from personalised learning. It would be too expensive to manage a personalised education system that suited everyone's needs and preferences. We all learn differently. Each of us has preferences.