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	<title>Roots of Learning &#187; experiential education</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>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>
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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>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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[Learning styles]]></category>
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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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		<title>The Correlation between Reading (OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL) and Success (INSIDE OF SCHOOL)</title>
		<link>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2010/01/15/the-correlation-between-reading-outside-of-school-and-success-inside-of-school/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2010/01/15/the-correlation-between-reading-outside-of-school-and-success-inside-of-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Learning styles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read an interesting blog post by Dan Brown, a teacher and author of The Great Expectations School: A Rookie Year in the New Blackboard Jungle. He is the also the author of an education blog called Get in the Fracas. Here is an excerpt: &#8220;I have a clutch of students who read for pleasure, yet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experiential Learning at its Best!</title>
		<link>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2009/11/20/experiential-learning-at-its-best/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2009/11/20/experiential-learning-at-its-best/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Learning styles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love this &#8211; it has all the elements of perfect learning: 1. Science tools. 2. Dirty kids. 3. Excitement. 4. Mystery. 5. Discovery. 6.Higher-Level Thinking. In fact, one student said, &#8220;This is probably the best science class ever,&#8221; (Angus Stewart). What is all this referring to? One teacher teaching science the way it should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planting Seeds</title>
		<link>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2009/10/25/planting-seeds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Learning to Write]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does your child have a &#8216;seed&#8217; journal? This is a simple concept, but can grow into wonderful pieces of writing! Simply have your child keep a journal of interesting events, people, descriptions, ideas, etc. &#8211; any &#8220;seed&#8221; that he or she may one day use in a piece of writing. The seed journal can be [...]]]></description>
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