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Cheating?

What do you guys think about this article?

RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms

NAEYC

Please go to the NAEYC website by clicking HERE. Roam around the website and share what you find with your classmates.

Paper textbooks

What do you guys prefer? Read this article and make a comment.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/nyregion/20textbooks.html?_r=1&ref=education

WATCH AND COMMENT

Here's a video I would like you to watch and comment on...


http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story.html

Great Report

This is an article about moral development in babies! I can't wait to see this information get into the texts
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/magazine/09babies-t.html?src=me&ref=general

Language Dev students

http://bogglesworldesl.com/elkonin_boxes.htm

Discussed today

CHLD DV 101-
We talked about the Il. Early Learning Standards:
Here is the link This website has a ton of resources... search through!


CHLD DV 109-
Special Education overhaul coming to chicago?

We started the ever stressful talk about the basic skills test, here are some helpful
links:
Illinois Certification Testing System

A possible online Test Prep through the Illinois Community College board here

Are you ready? A diagnostic Prep test

Article on new education reform

Please see this article

Great news

Thanks to Robin Moore for sending this article... In all the bad we are hearing about budgets, education, etc... Here's some WONDERFUL NEWS

Creativity

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

This is from Shantai Prince in CD 109... she found this on the Ted Website... please share your thoughts

A single story...

Please watch and comment.
http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story.html