Classrooms Around The World Tweets of the Morning 10/3/12

Taiwan, Ruei Fang Township, Kindergarten, Art
Image courtesy Julian Germain

 Love the little dog smiling for the camera.

1. How Children Learn: Portraits of Classrooms Around the World

by Maria Popova

A revealing lens on a system-phenomenon both global in reach and strikingly local in degree of diversity.

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/08/20/classroom-portraits-julian-germain/ 

2. Blended Learning: We Are All New Teachers

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/blended-learning-getting-started-lisa-dabbs?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_content=blog&utm_campaign=blendedlearning 

3. New iPad App May Be The Future Of Collaborative Online Learning

http://edudemic.com/2012/10/net-power-sandel-ipad-app/ 

4. Riding the Technology Wave 

http://www.teachhub.com/riding-technology-wave 

5. Learning Disabilities: Sorting Fact from Fiction (audio)

http://www.ncld.org/types-learning-disabilities/what-is-ld/learning-disabilities-sorting-fact-from-fiction-audio 

6.Chicago Teachers Union To Count Ballots On New Contract Following Strike 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/03/chicago-teachers-union-to_n_1935320.html 

7. Educate The Educator: Michelle Obama, Jill Biden's New Initiative To Better Prepare Teachers For Instructing Military Kids 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/03/obama-biden-launch-initia_n_1934633.html