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Learn more about these people

More recently I have been told to either investigate, read about, or read books or articles from the following people:

  • John Hattie – Professor John Allan Clinton Hattie, ONZM has been Professor of Education and Director of the Melbourne Education Research Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia, since March 2011.
  • Carol S. Dweck – is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. She graduated from Barnard College in 1967 and earned a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1972.
  • Guy Claxton – has been Co-Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning (CrL), and Professor of the Learning Sciences, at the University of Winchester. He previously held the same title at the University of Bristol Graduate School of Education. He has a ‘double first’ from Cambridge and a DPhil from Oxford, and is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and the Royal Society of Arts, and an Academician of the Academy of the Social Sciences. His books have been translated into many languages including Japanese, Greek, Italian, German, Spanish and Portuguese.
 
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Posted by on November 26, 2012 in Education

 

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A Great New Addition – Pla Sankhum

ImageMy wife, Pla Sankhum, has had a large hand in helping to develop this site.  Many of the images were created and many resources were found by her.

More recently she has become an integral part of the education community at IICS.  Through her job in the library she has developed many new skills both technically and interpersonally.  I am pleased and excited to start to redevelop this website to showcase more of her as a resource and talent.

Soon, you will find a major overhaul and restructuring of the whole site.  Consolidation will take place of the Program of Inquiry, Single Subjects, Initiative, Resources, and Videos, and the addition of Pla’s CV and more about who she is will come to fruition.  This also means this site will link to and from her tweets, Scoops, LinkedIn activity, and her other resources like Scribd and Google Docs if and when it is applicable.  I also hope to see her contributing with posts and other resources where she can.

Watch for these updates in the next few days.

 

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Girls first Ski Jump

See on Scoop.ittech | design | education

“Learning Ski Jumping takes courage, and this 4th grader has what it takes

Ok seeing so many still question the title – This is a GIRL!

Not one of my daughters but a close friend

This was shot with my Contour camera and there is no editing or acting it’s the real deal

As several people have pointed out it’s more about the emotions and facing your fears and overcoming them, than the jump itself
The jump is not small, the launch is a good 6 feet high and it crosses a Cat Track before the landing slope starts, at a guess a good 8 feet horizontal, and that’s only to the start of the landing ramp, no idea what distance she got on this, her first K40 jump.

Personally I find it inspirational”

See on www.youtube.com

 
 

Reading List | UnCollege

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Reading List

Schools don’t have a monopoly on knowledge; you can teach yourself everything you need to know to succeed in life.  You can get a world-class education by reading the books listed below.  However, this list is in no way meant to replace college.  These books are just a place to start hacking your education.

This page lists all UnCollege-recommended books for easy bookmarking and reference.

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