February 2012
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September 2011
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July 2011
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Happy Birthday, Nelson Mandela!
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” -Nelson Mandela
June 2011
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Plant a New Language in Your Mind - Technology... →
smarterplanet:
A Web app tailors language learning to your ability, and turns the experience into a game.
A world memory champion and a neuroscientist have joined forces to create a language-learning website called Memrise, which combines mnemonic tricks with a game to help users learn quickly and efficiently. Its carefully paced learning structure and competitive points system, the app’s...
October 2010
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Can We Teach Creative and Critical Thinking? →
Great article written by Zoe Burgess, one of the newest members of the Rhythm, Rhyme, Results team. Great work, Zoe!
August 2010
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The New and Old of Digital Learning : Education... →
June 2010
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African Library Project →
Support literacy in Africa. We love this project, and encourage you to help them in their mission!
May 2010
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Music In the Classroom →
Here’s a great article from Scholastic (by Jennifer Prescott) that I ran across today on the enormous educational benefits of music.
April 2010
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Is good teaching a gift? Or something much more... →
Very interesting article from rethinkinghighereducation.com, and this quote was of particular interest:
“All of this reinforces just what serious performance art teaching actually is - and why deliberate, careful, coaching is likely to be needed to instill all the components. Indeed, continued practice and coaching is likely to be required (as with the best athletes and performers) to...
February 2010
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