StoryCorps

December 29, 2009
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StoryCorps

This resource is listed in Dan Pink’s book A Whole New Mind in the Story portfolio.  I revisited the website in order to review the elements of Story for an upcoming class. You need to check out the about us section as well as Listen to Stories. As Dan Pink mentions repeatedly in his...

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Teacher, Revised

December 28, 2009
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Teacher, Revised

This is a really interesting project that I found while I was looking through some education blogs.  As you think about Dan Pink’s Meaning aptitude from AWNM, this site gives you a resource for returning to your own personal sense of meaning.  Teachers have a strong sense of meaning in their lives, but you...

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Peaceful Playgrounds: Research suggests: Replace homework with play.

December 27, 2009
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Peaceful Playgrounds: Research suggests: Replace homework with play.

I’ve read this blog off and on when researching about Dan Pink’s “Play” aptitude. This entry talks about an article in the Sydney Morning Herald that debates the value of homework in elementary school.  Most notably, the article cites research that echos a growing number of parent complaints: Kids in elementary school have too...

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Pixar Shorts

December 26, 2009
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Pixar Shorts

I think that Pixar’s shorts offers us a wonderful insight into Daniel Pink’s Story aptitude. One of the most amazing things about the Story aptitude from A Whole New Mind is the skill of relaying large amounts of information in a small amount of space.  Use of symbols is an integral part of the...

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Glogster – Poster Yourself

December 24, 2009
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Glogster – Poster Yourself

If you haven’t used Glogster, then you should! This is an easy upgrade to develop the Design aptitude from Dan Pink’s A Whole New Mind.  I have used it with students and it is completely intuitive for them. If you are not familiar with Glogster, it is basically a digital poster which has a...

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Science Vocabulary Upgrade: Story

December 23, 2009
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Science Vocabulary Upgrade: Story

This lesson plan was created by a teacher taking one of my Lesson Upgrade classes over Dan Pink’s A Whole New Mind. The basic overview is using Latin science vocabulary to create a short story.  I think that students are more apt to remember vocabulary if they use it in a creative manner, such...

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