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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>Math Curriculum Makeover: Be less helpful</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Math makes sense of the world: Here&#8217;s math teacher Dan Meyer speaking at the TEDxNYED conference in March.]]></description>
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		<title>That was then: Are we &quot;betraying most of our children&quot;?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From: We are the people movie people This landmark independent documentary &#8230; explores the education system &#8230; and asks whether the current system provides young people with the opportunity to develop their talents. High-profile figures sharing their personal experiences and views include Sir Richard Branson, Germaine Greer, Henry Winkler, Bill Bryson, Sir Ken Robinson and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The new literacy ladder. What rung are you on?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world is moving at a tremendous rate. Going no one knows where. We must prepare our children, not for the world of the past. Not for our world. But for their world. The world of the future.  &#8211; John Dewey PDS graduates students who&#8230; possess a rich academic knowledge base and know how to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why school?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We go to school to become economically competitive as individuals and as a nation. Is that all? Why do we go to school? Here&#8217;s Mike Rose talking about his new book: Why School? Reclaiming education for all of us. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcpElcBVYKM&#38;hl=en&#38;fs=1&#38;rel=0&#38;color1=0x006699&#38;color2=0x54abd6]]]></description>
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