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Appreciation Day, Perfection and Cheating

Number 1, English and Teach For America

Firemen, Play and More

Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!
Stuart Brown says play is more than fun
Today’s College Students Lack Empathy
Does doodling make you smarter?
Talking Out Loud Improves Memory Retention
Why Schools Test Often
Redefining Education…in a Tree House

Deadlines, Habits and More

Six things about deadlines
NoteTabs Let You Write on Books and Return Them Unmarked
The 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective People
Quickly Memorize Lists Using the Loci Method
Memorize Volume Conversions with a Helpful Graphic
1M/1M
Want To Get Faster, Smarter? Sleep 10 Hours
Fed up with Lunch: The School Lunch Project

Ira Glass, IQs and More

The Science and Design of Sustainable Collaboration
Ira Glass on Storytelling #1
Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action
Simple Techniques Can Make You A Great Teacher
Discipline Outdoes IQ in the Long Run
Student Challenge | The Times as Your Summer Reading
Kid-made science kits

Tinkering School, Creativity and More

HOWTO teach kids to be makers
Charting Creativity: Signposts of a Hazy Territory
How Do College Students Describe Great Teachers?
4 Tips for Integrating Social Media Into the Classroom
Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover
Get a Real-Life Learning Experience in Udemy’s Virtual Classrooms
The Disadvantages of an Elite Education

This American Life, Decisions and More

Resources on Risky Decision Making in Adolescents
This American Life: What’s That Smell?
Why Schools are Turning to Google Apps
The coming melt-down in higher education (as seen by a marketer)
AdMongo.gov Aims to Educate Kids about Advertising
This. . . is. . . Sparta! The Culture of Education 2.0 Thanks John!
Schools Are (Almost) Out for Summer…And In For Apps

Textbooks, Teams and More

CourseSmart
Cafescribe
ScrollMotion
Tom Wujec: Build a tower, build a team
Have we forgotten how to concentrate?
Teacher/cartoonist Mr. Fitz w/ some great comic strips on sales commissions for teachers & candy for students Thanks Dan!
Hall passes and dunce caps for adults

Unschooling, Broccoli and More

mnmlist: society, reimagined
Elmo and Broccoli
Wikipedia: Unschooling
Extreme Homeschooling: No Tests, No Books, No Classes, No Curriculums
5 Ways Classrooms Can Use Video Conferencing
Evolution’s New Foe: Timid School Administrators
(Audio) What’s the only skill you learned in school that helps you excel in the workforce?
Marshmallows and Spaghetti: How Kindergartners Think Like Lean Startups
Android Being Taught In Middle School Programming Class
Youth Media International | Youth Radio

Professors & Politics and More

When Professors Get Their Politics
The Awful Elements of English
John Dewey on Education
Two identical (yet not identical) Pythagorean theorem word problems
Outsourced Grading of College Papers
Raising Kids to Be Entrepreneurs: Cameron Herold
When the carrots are all the same, the schools will be, too
The Secret to Academic Success: Home Library