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Scoop.it!
“Slipping back” isn’t a shameful retreat from our goal—it’s part of the process of getting there. 
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Scoop.it!
This 11-year-old could not find a good enough Facebook alternative so he decided to build his own social network, Grom Social.
Beth Dichter's insight:
This is a pretty amazing site, created by an 11 year old as a safe social site for children. This post from provides a great overview, but perhaps the word of the founder says it the best... "I have been building my site since Nov. 2011. I spend lots of time drawing new graphics, researching new games, fun facts, cool kids books, cool videos, nutrition tips and highlighting the best young up and coming athletes. It is coming along well. Kids seem to like my site, especially the Grom Helpers and the games. I am excited to watch it grow. I am proud of my efforts in making my idea a reality." For more information click through to the post or go directly to the site: http://gromsocial.com/.
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In education we often use metaphors to help our students understand. Are we cognizant of how these metaphors may be interpreted by our students? Is it possible that the metaphors are "setting up false expectations and giving us a misleading impression of what’s going on."
Annie Paul Murphy discusses these ideas in this post. As teachers we are constantly teaching our students strategies, and the strategies are often scaffolded, but that does not mean that the students let go of the old strategies, and only use the new ones. The move back and forth, at times choosing the one that is a known friend rather than the new one.
Our language plays a critical role in our classroom, and this post reminds us that with school beginning soon in the US we must consider how our words may be impacting our students.