New ABCs News Letter Feb 2011

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The Story of Stuff has an excel lent video

(free on YouTube it is a huge h it) , a

great book, and growing educational

resources. A fantastic discussion starter.

Teachers Pet has bri l l iantly designed

resources to add sparkle and pol ish to

standard curriculum classes. They are

growing quickly and being free means they

are attracting a lot of down loads.

TES is a wonderful col lection of very diverse

resources for the classroom and ongoing

professional development. The Times Educational

Supplement in the UK has put a lot of money to

good use in providing and maintaining this megal ith.

The RSA (Royal Society for the

encouragement of Arts, Manufactures &Commerce) has always provided cutting edge

exhibits, talks, & foresight into society. It

has embraced & started leading in 2.0

multimedia expression & storytel l ing.

Make your life easier (& theirs better).HINT: Click on the images below to follow the links on the internet.
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Inspiringresponsibility?

THE JURY IS IN. SHELLEYWRIGHT .WORDPRESS .COMPosted on Dec 01, 2010 (Check out the wholearticle).I am absolutely sold on the powerof student-centered learning &moving myself off center stage. Ihave received comments from otherteachers who have heard from mystudents how much theyvelearned, & how excited they are tobe doing it this way.

This is not something I expectedwhen we first started this. I had noidea what the outcomes of thiswould be, or that it would be sorewarding. For the first time, oneof my students has a class she

feels she can do. & I feelincredibly honoured that its mine.This makes all the uncertainty &missteps worth it.

Think I should make a list ofhow I can allow students to beeven more responsible for theirlearning...
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Are You Too Old School?

There is so much diversity

across the education system

that you can always find

examples of bad practice

that is hurting young

peoples chance of getting

any education which will

prepare them for success in

the modern world. To

prepare students for their

futures, teachers need toSTOP the destruction caused

by:

Leading Lessons trying to

guide students to think in

certain ways, memorise

particular useless facts, &

emulate methods which have

gone by the way side along

time ago destroys their

innovative minds.---------------------------

Exams no where in life is

reward given for being able

to remember things you have

memorised - apart from game

shows & the current

requirements for teachers.

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Measuring Everything - as

schools focus on doing the

wrong things with

increasing efficiency they

propagate the problems of

eating up teachers time &

focus with demands to

assess & measure redundant

information & skills.

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Rote Learning by schools

only challenging the

capacity of students to

memorise out of date

information & processes we

condemn them to first

unlearning before learning

the skills to be successful

in the current times.

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W h e r e i s t h ek n o w l e d g e w eh a v e l o s t i ni n f o r m a t i o n ?

T.S Elliot

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Stun your Students!!!

1. How might YOU use this in YOUR FUTURE?Let students build the connection between what they arelearning and how the skill or info might be useful to them now

and in the future. This is the basis of self sustaining motivation.
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2. How might others use this in their life?Allow students to discover and ponder what makes the world goaround. By challenging and supporting them to think outside

their normal boxes they will gain more options in life, anappreciation of what others do, and see the application of whatthey are being asked to learn.


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3. How could you make money using these skills?No person, business, or group is an island. By allowingstudents to start seeing the connections around them they will

build the important ability to see complex interactions that drivesuccess in the real world.


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At the end of each month the school thatimpresses our panel the most will WIN

Module 01 ; Making Good Money.

1 Goto www.newabcs.com/competitions

2 Use the free module to challenge your students

to become innovators.

3 Post images, stories, and video links.

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