Life Quote
"Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try." - Anonymous
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Education News
U.S. Legislators Form Online Learning Caucus
A congressional caucus on online learning has been formed by Reps. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., and Jared Polis, D-Colo. The eLearning caucus will "promote research on successes and failures in eLearning so that federal education funds are used prudently, and to ensure policy is aligned with practice," the pair said in a letter. Read more.
More news at http://my.alltop.com/conciselearning.
Learning & Thinking
Can Everyone Be Smart at Everything?
Studies have shown that praising students for intelligence and good grades, rather than effort, can lead them to focus on the grade rather than the learning process. Designating students as different types of learners also can lead students to believe that working hard means they are not smart. Read more.
More on learning at http://conciselearning.com/stopstudying.html.
Skills of Success
Entrepreneurship vs. Education Is A Trap
Tim Berry cites a growing movement that pits entrepreneurship against education, and writes that "it bugs the hell out of me." Telling kids who struggle in school that they can just be entrepreneurs instead is a copout, Berry argues, and it misses the point that education is about much more than mere earning potential. Read more.
More on skills of success at http://conciselearning.com/successskills.html.
Visual Mapping & Mind Mapping
Visual Thinking: Interview with Dan Roam
Dan Roam is convinced that any problem can be solved with a picture, and that anyone can draw it. Read more.
More on visual mapping at http://conciselearning.com/visualmapping.html. More on mind mapping at http://conciselearning.com/mindmapping.html.
Technology & eLearning
See How You Compare to the Millennial Generation
How Millennial are you? The Pew Research Center invites you to take a 14-question quiz to see what you have in common with Millennials (students born after 1980). Afterwards read the Pew report titled "Learn more about Millennials." Read more.
More on technology at http://pear.ly/l2iX.
Recommended Reading
Blah Blah Blah by Dan Roam
This is a follow-up to his classic on visual thinking, The Back of the Napkin. Roam argues that our reliance on words alone actually kills our abilities to think, lead, and solve problems. In the book, he explores how to improve communication, presentations, and ideation and how to remove the “blah, blah, blah” for good. Read more.
More book recommendations at http://astore.amazon.com/conciselearning-20.
Featured Video
The Divided Brain [11:48 min]
Renowned psychiatrist and writer Iain McGilchrist explains how our 'divided brain' has profoundly altered human behavior, culture and society. See video.
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