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The Power of Oops
"I punch-ded Ruby today. It was an accident – ly. But it was an oopsie moment. I had an oopsie moment. Acause in my classroom…
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Reggio Emilia
Here is an interesting short film about the schools in Reggio Emilia, created by Italians, wishing more schools in their country were using this approach!…
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Focus on strengths
An Excerpt from Two Billion Dollars in Nickels: Reflections on the Entrepreneurial Life, by Paul Orfalea with Dean Zatkowsky (BookSurge: 2008): Although society’s understanding of…
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Mental Sticky Notes
From Mary Gage Davis, Curriculum Specialist: In Opal 2, we’ve been paying attention to our thinking as we read and explore comprehension strategies. During a…
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The Story of the Story
How does a group of more than twenty 5 – 7 year old children write a story together that they all feel they proudly authored…
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Changing Education Paradigms
This is great support for questioning our assumptions about education, and a fun eleven minute animation:
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When learning community becomes discipline
A child’s most sought after goal is to recognize himself in others, and to find in others (objects and the natural world as well) parts…
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