The Science Of A Great Subway Map | Co.Design | business + design

I am just convinced that this has applications to classroom data visualization exercises.

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Neat looking book.

http://plpnetwork.com/2013/12/06/learning-teach-high-gear/

Why students need to fail | University Affairs

This is incredibly interesting, for a number of reasons. First, this is far less typical in a higher ed setting than a K-12 one. Second, having said that, how about some real similar structure and rigor for this type of activity in a K-12 setting.

What do you think?

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Online learning allows farmers to connect from the paddock | The Rural

All I could think of when I read this was, "make way for John Dewey."

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MOOCS and Students

I was especially interested in the discussion of students as active participants in MOOCS.
http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&nv=1&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http://spilloneso.wordpress.com/2013/12/02/%25C2%25ADlearning-is-not-simply-a-process-of-reception-and-filtering/&usg=ALkJrhj-I8qriXNpc9gk46XBuBaOgZTcdw

Mathematica on Raspberry Pi for free!

This is incredibly interesting.
What happens when students have easy access to all this computing power?
http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2013/11/putting-the-wolfram-language-and-mathematica-on-every-raspberry-pi/

Fake and Real Student Voice | Ideas and Thoughts

This is absolutely worth reading.
I was particularly interested in this author's exploration of student voices -- those fake and those authentic.

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