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2012 May 11

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Insults by Shakespeare

“You’re a fishmonger!” By taking a closer look at Shakespeare’s words—specifically his insults—we see why he is known as a master playwright whose works transcend time and appeal to audiences all over the world.

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2012 May 10

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Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset A growth mindset will help you achieve more, according to Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck. Challenges: embrace them Obstacles: persist in the face of setbacks Effort: see it as the path to mastery Criticism: learn from them Success of others: find lessons and inspiration in others’ success

Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset

A growth mindset will help you achieve more, according to Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck.

Challenges: embrace them

Obstacles: persist in the face of setbacks

Effort: see it as the path to mastery

Criticism: learn from them

Success of others: find lessons and inspiration in others’ success

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explore-blog: The storage capacity of the brain and its artificial extensions, alongside a fascinating read on how emotional weight alters the stickiness of human memory. Also see why memory is not like a recording device.

explore-blog:

The storage capacity of the brain and its artificial extensions, alongside a fascinating read on how emotional weight alters the stickiness of human memory.

Also see why memory is not like a recording device.

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A magnetic field visualized

A magnetic field visualized

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2012 May 9

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Photos: If All of Earth’s Water was put into Single Sphere This picture shows the size of a sphere that would contain all of Earth’s water in comparison to the size of the Earth. The blue sphere sitting on the United States, reaching from about Salt Lake City, Utah to Topeka, Kansas, has a diameter of about 860 miles (about 1,385 kilometers) , with a volume of about 332,500,000 cubic miles (1,386,000,000 cubic kilometers). The sphere includes all the water in the oceans, seas, ice caps, lakes and rivers as well as groundwater, atmospheric water, and even the water in you, your dog, and your tomato plant.

Photos: If All of Earth’s Water was put into Single Sphere

This picture shows the size of a sphere that would contain all of Earth’s water in comparison to the size of the Earth. The blue sphere sitting on the United States, reaching from about Salt Lake City, Utah to Topeka, Kansas, has a diameter of about 860 miles (about 1,385 kilometers) , with a volume of about 332,500,000 cubic miles (1,386,000,000 cubic kilometers). The sphere includes all the water in the oceans, seas, ice caps, lakes and rivers as well as groundwater, atmospheric water, and even the water in you, your dog, and your tomato plant.

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2012 May 6

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What’s Up With the Oxford Comma?

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girlwithalessonplan: Oh, so, since this was promoted, maybe I should explain it better? I teach freshmen English, but this is a safe way to start any paper: Introduce the text and who wrote it Give a very simple concept of what the text is about Merge into your prompt, it’s likely a more specific aspect of the text Give your main points End with the thesis (because it’s the point of the whole essay) SO:   One of the most famous novels of all time is “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling.  Her story about a young man who discovers he’s a wizard and is swept off to a whole new world of adventure has captured imaginations.  This book is also a great example of Joseph Campbell’s hero and quest pattern, as outlined in his book “Hero with a Thousand Faces.”  Harry’s story follows this in that he sees a call to adventure, faces temptation, and faces a road of trials.  Rowling’s story is another modern example of the archetypal quest pattern.

girlwithalessonplan:

Oh, so, since this was promoted, maybe I should explain it better?

I teach freshmen English, but this is a safe way to start any paper:

  1. Introduce the text and who wrote it
  2. Give a very simple concept of what the text is about
  3. Merge into your prompt, it’s likely a more specific aspect of the text
  4. Give your main points
  5. End with the thesis (because it’s the point of the whole essay)

SO:  

One of the most famous novels of all time is “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling.  Her story about a young man who discovers he’s a wizard and is swept off to a whole new world of adventure has captured imaginations.  This book is also a great example of Joseph Campbell’s hero and quest pattern, as outlined in his book “Hero with a Thousand Faces.”  Harry’s story follows this in that he sees a call to adventure, faces temptation, and faces a road of trials.  Rowling’s story is another modern example of the archetypal quest pattern.

2012 May 4

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Why Floundering Is Good

Call it the “learning paradox”: the more you struggle and even fail while you’re trying to master new information, the better you’re likely to recall and apply that information later. The learning paradox is at the heart of “productive failure,” a phenomenon identified by Manu Kapur, a researcher at the Learning Sciences Lab at the National Institute of Education of Singapore […]

Kapur has identified three conditions that promote this kind of beneficial struggle.

  1. First, choose problems to work on that “challenge but do not frustrate.” 
  2. Second, provide learners with opportunities to explain and elaborate on what they’re doing. 
  3. Third, give learners the chance to compare and contrast good and bad solutions to the problems. 

And to those students and workers who protest this tough-love teaching style: you’ll thank me later.

2012 May 3

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