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It’s really… all about story
Each morning, I walk to school through a series of semi-suburban neighborhoods in northern California. Over the past winter, I spent the 3 miles with my iPod and school librarians, legislators,...
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20 Percent Time: How would your students use it?
In my last post I talked about the library as a “third space” – that space where students congregate to complete homework, chat and otherwise occupy themselves as they relax from the daily pressures of...
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The Power of Story (part one): Reading
I started out this blog with an introduction to a series of stories I had collected with my friend, storyteller Joe McHugh. It was while doing this project that I discovered that there is true power in...
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They call it learning
Every summer for many years, a friend of the family, a retired teacher, could be found hip deep in the cold water of the Rio Grande, his fishing line splayed out into the river, and the sun reflecting...
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Social Media in Education
Social media brings excitement and interest to learning and empowers students to grow as global and digital citizens. One obvious example of an educator who is embracing this technology to engage...
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