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Open Loops: Twelve Ways To Mark Up A Book
Use codes – Flag text with codes (e.g., Question marks to indicate disagreement, Exclamation marks to note agreement or to flag a strong statement, triangles to indicate a change in thinking, or a star for the topic sentence).
Write the passage topic in the margin as a reminder – Just a word or two.
Write questions in the margin – When you don’t understand something or when you don’t understand the author’s thought process on a particular topic, write the question in the margin as a reminder to settle the question.
Summarize – Add your own summary after the last paragraph. That simple exercise will crystalize your thinking on the topic. If you can’t write it, you don’t understand it.
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december 2008 by mwfogleman
Sugata Mitra shows how kids teach themselves | Video on TED.com
Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own -- and then taught other kids. He asks, what else can children teach themselves?
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september 2008 by mwfogleman
The Secret to Raising Smart Kids: Scientific American
Hint: Don't tell your kids that they are. More than three decades of research shows that a focus on effort—not on intelligence or ability—is key to success in school and in life.
education  parenting  psychology  intelligence  kids  science  learning  school  smart  effort  gifted  sciam 
may 2008 by mwfogleman
TED | Talks | Dave Eggers: 2008 TED Prize wish: Once Upon a School
Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. With spellbinding eagerness, he talks about how his 826 Valencia tutoring center inspired others around the world to open t
activism  community  TED  school  education  writing 
march 2008 by mwfogleman
Earlham College
My mom went to this school.
colleges  school 
october 2007 by mwfogleman
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