100 Day Project – Day 57 – 8:45 p.m. “Learning results from what the student does and thinks and only from what the student does and thinks. The teacher can advance learning only by influencing what the student does to learn.” Herbert A. Simon (One of the founders of the field of Cognitive Science and […]
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100 Day Project – Day 57 – Doing
November 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 57 – Doing · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Important People, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning, Work
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100 Day Project – Day 54 – Pull up a chair
November 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 54 – Pull up a chair · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, Important People, Musings, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning
100 Day Project – Day 54 – 9:00 pm Today was Advising Day at the community college where I work – a day to sit with your Advisor (for those students who choose to, of course), and talk about your goals, where your studies are going, how they are going, what you want to be […]
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100 Day Project – Day 53 – Innovators
November 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 53 – Innovators · 100 Days Project, Books, Children, College students, Education, Important People, Quote of the Week, Reading
100 Day Project – Day 53 – 10:14 pm “Education, for most people, means trying to lead the child to resemble the typical adult of his society…but for me, education means making creators…you have to make inventors, innovators, not conformists.” Jean Piaget I’ve just purchased the newly published Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson (although […]
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100 Day Project – Day 52 – Interruptions
November 6th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 52 – Interruptions · 100 Days Project, Musings, Teaching & Learning
100 Day Project – Day 52 – 9:16 pm I’m sure no one else but me is counting or cares; but if a reader is interested, I know very well that Day 52 had almost a week between it and Day 51! I can blame the crazy October snow storm for a day or two; […]
100 Day Project – Day 50 – Joy
October 27th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 50 – Joy · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, Musings, Teaching & Learning
100 Day Project – Day 50 – 10:01 pm Here’s the dictionary definition of “joy:” joy [joi] noun 1. the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying; keen pleasure; elation: She felt the joy of seeing her son’s success. 2. a source or cause of keen pleasure or delight; something […]
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