9th graders ask themselves: “What’s my sentence?” | Daniel Pink

March 5, 2010
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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 I would pass it along. In his newest book Drive, Dan Pink outlines an activity where you create one sentence to describe yourself.  This...

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Trash for Teaching

March 3, 2010
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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 me by a friend, as she knows I am a fan and also a teacher.  It is only three minutes long, but definitely worth...

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Social Networks Play a Major Part in How We Get News [STATS]

March 2, 2010
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Social Networks Play a Major Part in How We Get News [STATS]

This data cries for Dan Pink’s symphony aptitude from A Whole New Mind. Just take this one statistic: Of those people who get their news online, 75% get that news from forwarded e-mails or social networking sites. We have to develop our students’ ability to take large amounts of information and find patterns.  How...

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Math for Primates Podcast

March 1, 2010
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Math for Primates Podcast

This is a pretty cool blog and podcast series.  If you want your kids to find the relevance of math, there are some great ideas here. If you look through the examples that he provides on the site, you can get some practical upgrades for your math lesson plans.  I’ve always thought that in...

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Would-be engineers get ideas | statesmanjournal.com | Statesman Journal

February 27, 2010
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Would-be engineers get ideas | statesmanjournal.com | Statesman Journal

As I was participating in a career and technical education conference this past week, I noticed a continuing theme: Students must see the purpose behind their education. Of course Dan Pink’s Meaning aptitude came right to mind.  In his book A Whole New Mind, Pink defines meaning as something larger than just oneself.  While...

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How Millennial Are You?

February 26, 2010
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How Millennial Are You?

So we can’t be all work all the time.  I ran into this online quiz about the Millennials.  Since I have been hearing so much about the differences between this generation and all others, I thought I would give it a try. I landed smack in the middle of Gen-X.

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