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Searching for the Ability to Think: Training our Kids to Go Past Google

The CoolCatTeacher

In other words, they learned and built their own knowledge base. To expand their knowledge, they had to assemble a library and know how to find books in it. We need to teach people how to think. What use is an Internet full of knowledge if no one can pick it up and harness it for good? But it shouldn’t be.

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Is it time to redesign your curriculum for the 21st century learner?

eSchool News

It’s not a stretch to say that today’s educational paradigm is preoccupied with the “how” of learning. Educators are grappling — either by choice or decree — with how to incorporate digital devices, new learning standards, and more collaboration and critical thinking into the already-packed school day.

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70+ Engaging Debate Topics for Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Part of our job as teachers and educators is to nurture a culture of debate in our classes, teach our students how to become better debaters, and how to voice their opinions in respectful and responsible ways. Robots will soon take all human jobs. STEM subjects are more important than other school subjects.

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Messy Works: How to Apply Self-Organized Learning in the Classroom

MindShift

When a group of kids from a Delhi slum figured out how to navigate the Internet in English simply by playing with a computer for a few days, it was the beginning of a movement to harness the power of self-organized learning. MC2 STEM High School in Cleveland has a reputation for being innovative. SOLE In High School.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

After all, Amazon knows how to run online marketplaces; Amazon knows how to sell texts. The book packaged the ideas he’d developed during his time in the Blair Administration and at McKinsey & Company on how to successfully manage policy reform efforts. Robot essay graders — they grade just the same as human ones.

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