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	<title>Roots of Learning &#187; educational opportunities</title>
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		<title>What Are Kids Looking for in a Field Trip?</title>
		<link>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2011/10/17/what-are-kids-looking-for-in-a-field-trip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exercise and the Brain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently presented for a group of museum educators at a national history conference. The presentation was focused around best practices in education and how to engage student audiences. The main take-away? NOT with a &#8220;I&#8217;m standing up, you&#8217;re sitting down&#8221; presentation! Indeed, rather than &#8216;research&#8217; what students are looking for in a field trip, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook for Learning?</title>
		<link>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2011/09/23/facebook-for-learning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Informal Learning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just read an interesting article about a new Facebook app that transforms the social-networking site into a study group. Students answer &#8220;What are you working on&#8221; and the Facebook tool finds others working on the same thing. You can read more about it here. I think we can be sure that social networks are not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life as a Child in the 18th Century</title>
		<link>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2011/08/22/life-as-a-child-in-the-18th-century/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Informal Learning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This awesome video from Colonial Williamsburg gives a glimpse into their Junior Interpreters program, as well as what they have to offer to visitors with children. As the interpreters explain in the video, Colonial williamsburg&#8217;s Junior Interpreters know what it&#8217;s like to grow up in the past. After completing their training, these young interpreters teach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unexpected Consequences</title>
		<link>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2011/07/07/unexpected-consequences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Informal Learning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, summertime. That feeling is fleeting &#8211; soon replaced by, &#8220;how long until school starts?&#8221; Around my household, I often have lofty summertime goals that include expeditions to places of culture, extended summer reading lists, journalling, and kitchen science experiments. These are too-soon replaced by piles of laundry, swim practice, lazy mornings, and more running [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Meaning Through Art</title>
		<link>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2011/05/03/make-meaning-through-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 02:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Informal Learning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I wear my &#8216;consultant&#8217; hat, I&#8217;m usually working with a local theatre company or a small museum, helping them design curriculum and materials to use with schoolchildren. What I always emphasize is that cultural organizations such as museums, zoos, theatres, and galleries have intrinsic value (not only for schoolchildren but for all of us) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;We can be anything we want to be because no one has told us yet that we can&#8217;t.&#8221; (excerpt)</title>
		<link>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2011/04/25/we-can-be-anything-we-want-to-be-because-no-one-has-told-us-yet-that-we-cant-excerpt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 02:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Informal Learning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a beautiful video from ASCD&#8217;s Whole Child Education. I encourage parents to check out their online resources. There are some great podcasts that are available free of charge available on their site as well.]]></description>
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		<title>Informal Science Education &#8211; &#8220;Free Choice Learning&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2011/04/20/informal-science-education-free-choice-learning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2011/04/20/informal-science-education-free-choice-learning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Informal Learning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I &#8220;attended&#8221; a webinar put on by Education Week. It featured two experts discussing recent trends in informal science education. It&#8217;s interesting to think about how those trends affect (mostly in very positive ways!) parents and families who want to encourage the spirit of inquiry and satisfy their curiosity about the world. A few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creativity and the Education System</title>
		<link>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2010/08/27/creativity-and-the-education-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2010/08/27/creativity-and-the-education-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Learning styles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is worth the 20 minutes it takes to watch.]]></description>
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		<title>The Merits of Single Sex Education</title>
		<link>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2010/06/22/the-merits-of-single-sex-education/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2010/06/22/the-merits-of-single-sex-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read an article from the Washington Post describing how a middle school in Northern Virginia will be piloting a voluntary program wherein students will attend single sex classes in the core academic areas. I laud this effort. Many students, both boys and girls, will &#8211; in my opinion &#8211; likely flourish in this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Performance Assessments Would Address Basic Knowledge and Skills as well as &#8220;21st C. Skills&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2010/05/26/performance-assessments-would-address-basic-knowledge-and-skills-as-well-as-21st-c-skills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2010/05/26/performance-assessments-would-address-basic-knowledge-and-skills-as-well-as-21st-c-skills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 19:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know when they began calling critical thinking skills &#8220;21st Century Skills&#8221; &#8211; I used them and taught them plenty during the 20th century, but no matter. It seems to be the educational buzzword of the day. And if the trend results in teachers and parents focusing more on communication, collaboration, critical thinking, problem [...]]]></description>
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