21st+C+Learners

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The 400th Anniversary of the invention of the telescope: TED Talks
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==Students today take in as much as 50 percent of the information they receive through visual images. Teachers are using visual media such as television, movies, video games, photography, and Facebooking both to engage this "eye-curious" culture and to help students think critically about what they see.== ==//It's no surprise that television, movies and video games have changed the way many absorb information. Now teachers are trying to harness that energy of the eye.// Read the complete article from the Washington Post==

==**[|Personalising Learning] " Personalising learning is not only about putting students at the centre of our system, it is about making learning meaningful for them. It is about preparing students to take their place in a knowledge economy where they will be the creators of knowledge."**==

Share [|Sir Ken Robinson on Creativity] with all educators.
=**Do Schools Kill Creativty? Share Sir Ken Robinson's presentation with staff and BOT.**=

==**[|I am the future's child.]** A compelling picture about the future in store for students now at school. This is discussed at this site. The reading is taken from a book by Hedley Beare.==

[|Enabling the 21st C Learner]
==The e-Learning Action Plan for Schools 2006-2010 outlines the key outcomes and actions for e-learning in the New Zealand school sector. It describes the goals for e-Learning in schools and the projects, tools and resources that are being developed to address those outcomes.==

Tom Cavanagh is a Senior Research Fellow for Te Kotahitanga, School of Education, University of Waikato.
==His paper, [|Schooling for Happiness] can be found at this NZEI page and scroll down to Tuesday September 26 to download his speech presented at the men's breakfast. His speech focuses on the importance of relationship-building in schools.==

[|Quality Teaching for Diverse Students in Schooling:] Best Evidence Synthesis by Alton-Lee.
==The New Zealand Listener Article [|Insider's Guide to Top Marks] discusses feedback class, size, etc with John Hattie==

=//**'Do not confine your children to your own learning for they were born in another time.'**//= = = =//**Hebrew Proverb**//= = =