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Calling All Innovators - 5 Essential Practices Schools Must Adopt | AlterNet

Calling All Innovators - 5 Essential Practices Schools Must Adopt | AlterNet | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
The five essential practices schools must adopt to build the innovators our future demands.

What are the five essential practices?

* Collaboration (vs Individual Achievement)

* Multidisciplinary Learning (vs Learning Specialization)

* Trial and Error (vs Risk Avoidance)

* Creating (vs Consuming)

* Intrinsic (vs Extrinsic) Motivation

Tony Wagner has spent the last several years looking at how US schools can educate young people to become innovators, interviewing "scores of highly innovative 20-somethings." Read this article to learn much more. 

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What's the Purpose of School in the 21st Century? - Education - GOOD

What's the Purpose of School in the 21st Century? - Education - GOOD | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
Just as our classrooms have changed significantly since the 1800s, so have our ideas about the purpose of schools.
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Only 7 Percent of Teachers Believe in Standardized Tests - Education - GOOD

Only 7 Percent of Teachers Believe in Standardized Tests - Education - GOOD | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
Teachers want less emphasis on testing and more on mastering skills and high-level concepts.
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WatchKnowLearn - Free Educational Videos for K-12 Students

WatchKnowLearn - Free Educational Videos for K-12 Students | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
Videos for students to learn from. Organized. Educational videos in a giant directory. Free educational videos for K-12 students. Thousands of hand-picked K-12 videos, teacher reviewed, independently rated, titled, and described.
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