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		<title>Digital literacy across the curriculum</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not about the tools and the testing, it&#8217;s about the learning and the thinking. Digital literacy is an important entitlement for all young people in an increasingly digital culture. Every school should have an organized policy for language across the curriculum… Two documents, two eras. The first from FutureLab (UK) &#8211; a wonderful introduction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Extra Mile</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Art History class took off for Italy last week. It&#8217;s well over 4,000 miles from Poughkeepsie to Zurich and on to Florence but here&#8217;s the extra mile: Wayne created these books &#8211; in Florentine red &#8211; one for every student. It&#8217;s for notes,sketches and reference on the trip. The sleeve at the back has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;What ails thee Jock?&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now you have probably been sent a link to, or have even read, Playing to Learn – Susan Engel’s oped in the NYTimes last week. In addition to the fluttering  in my twittersphere, I received notice from a teacher, an alumna, and an administrator at PDS as well as the head of a neighboring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Children&#8217;s Machine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A second grader needed a place to hang out and my office was available. The conversation went somewhat like this: “Make yourself at home. I’ve not got much for you to do but there are a few toys and books if you want.” “Do you have a spare laptop?” “No sorry, I don’t.  But what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of play</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the debate on the purpose of play in early childhood simmers on. It popped up on my Facebook page yesterday with this from the ASCD: Play is problem solving That then led me to the The Playtime’s the Thing from the Washington Post. The pressure is on to raise achievement scores and this puts [...]]]></description>
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