Category Archives: inspiration

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

Posted on February 4, 2012 by johawke

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore from Moonbot Studios on Vimeo.

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Prompt: Optimist or Pessimist?

Posted on January 31, 2012 by johawke

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Clive Thompson on Why Kids Can’t Search | Magazine

Posted on December 8, 2011 by johawke

Researchers found that “students aren’t assessing information sources on their own merit—they’re putting too much trust in the machine.”

via Clive Thompson on Why Kids Can’t Search | Magazine.

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Student Art at Bonner Middle

Posted on November 8, 2011 by johawke

While waiting for the cafeteria tables to be set up at Bonner for an English middle and high school scaffolding meeting just now, I spied this awesome mural on the commons wall. I’ve taught several of these student artists in the last couple of years, and one is in my class right now.

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‘How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn’

Posted on September 17, 2011 by johawke

http://dmlcentral.net/blog/whitney-burke/how-brain-science-attention-will-transform-way-we-live-work-and-learn

An interesting interview with a self-appointed “techno-realist.”

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TEDxDesMoines – Angela Maiers – You Matter

Posted on September 17, 2011 by johawke

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Five Things Students Say They Want From Education

Posted on September 16, 2011 by johawke

http://www.fluency21.com//blogpost.cfm?blogID=2123

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Quotation Inspiration: Searching for the Perfect Word

Posted on September 12, 2011 by johawke

“To the man with an ear for verbal delicacies — the man who searches painfully for the perfect word, and puts the way of saying a thing above the thing said — there is in writing the constant joy of sudden discovery, of happy accident.”

- H. L. Mencken

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Weekly Diigo Bookmarks (weekly)

Posted on August 13, 2011 by johawke

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Quotation Inspiration: A Better Life Through Education

Posted on August 12, 2011 by johawke

“It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought —that is to be educated.”
~Edith Hamilton

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Category Archives: inspiration

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

Prompt: Optimist or Pessimist?

Clive Thompson on Why Kids Can’t Search | Magazine

Student Art at Bonner Middle

‘How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn’

TEDxDesMoines – Angela Maiers – You Matter

Five Things Students Say They Want From Education

Quotation Inspiration: Searching for the Perfect Word

Weekly Diigo Bookmarks (weekly)

Quotation Inspiration: A Better Life Through Education

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