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“Thinking Space” Maps Your Mind on Android – Lifehacker

March 10, 2010
By Curt
“Thinking Space” Maps Your Mind on Android – Lifehacker

This android app caught my eye, as I am always looking for technology-based tools for design thinking. As our students continue to be less and less paper-based, we might find that digital brain storming will become indispensable.  And from a classroom perspective, what a perfect solution to the shortage of whiteboard space and laptops.
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Aurora Sentinel: Aurora school district eyes new diploma for student with college credits

March 9, 2010
By Curt
Aurora Sentinel: Aurora school district eyes new diploma for student with college credits

As I spend half of my day at a high school technical center, I am always looking for examples of using focused learning to enhance Meaning in a student’s education. As I have mentioned before, one way I like to think of Dan Pink’s Meaning...
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Technology Turns Students into Educators in Distance Learning Program — THE Journal

March 8, 2010
By Curt
Technology Turns Students into Educators in Distance Learning Program — THE Journal

Videoconferencing is something you continue to hear about, and I think we can all agree that it continues to create opportunities in education. But this program in Rural Texas really has a great application of the technology. The main project that elementary students use is a...
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Boy discovers microbe that eats plastic | MNN – Mother Nature Network

March 7, 2010
By Curt
Boy discovers microbe that eats plastic | MNN – Mother Nature Network

This article was passed along to me, and I just found it amazing.  A Canadian high school student used his science fair project to solve a major ecological problem,...
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9th graders ask themselves: “What’s my sentence?” | Daniel Pink

March 5, 2010
By Curt
9th graders ask themselves: “What’s my sentence?” | Daniel Pink

I always like to check up on Dan Pink’s blog, and I encourage you to do so as often as you can. I really liked this activity, so I thought...
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Trash for Teaching

March 3, 2010
By Curt
Trash for Teaching

So I don’t know if you’re a fan of the band OK Go (remember the treadmill guys?), but I want you to bear with me. This video was e-mailed to...
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