in the key of Eb

erin

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in the key of Eb turned 13 today!

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if you’re not paying attention to trees and how they sway in the wind then what are you even doing

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Studiohinton

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October Blues

Oof. What a month it has been. I am grateful for the opportunity to reflect today with colleagues as part of a podcast for project based learning. As our first project of the year closes, I want to carve out the time to capture the reflections I have.

Goals:

Create a syllabus for each project

Design a project like a college course

Create a library/playlists for those who want to dive deeper. Make this available at the beginning of the project

Start with the end in mind (even curation)

Give a project outline at the launch

Project outline should have the exhibition date included

Connect to the outside world

Make the project focus more about a real-world skill that they might need in a career

Know your discipline enough to map concepts and standards onto the project

Explicitly call out the concepts and standards

Determine what they should know at the end and design assessment and benchmarks to lead up to the final understanding

I am feeling hopeful for the next project

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By Molly | Orangette (2012)

Washington, US

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On repeat

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'A First-Rate Girl': Yates, Franzen, and the Problem of Female Beauty

Many novels fail to meaningfully address the issue of beauty, and, when a novelist does examine beauty more closely, the results are often startling.

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“We the mortals touch the metals, the wind, the ocean shores, the stones, knowing they will go on, inert or burning, and I was discovering, naming all the these things: it was my destiny to love and say goodbye.”

Pablo Neruda, Still Another Day (via untamedrose)

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Dolly Parton's "Jolene" played at 33 RPM has an unexpected sound.

Dolly Parton's hit song "Jolene" (from her 1973 album sharing the same name) sounds unexpectedly good when slowed down to 33 RPM. Parton has said the inspiration for this song came from a redheaded bank teller who she believed charmed her husband.

This is awesome

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The politics of fiction

Listening to stories widens the imagination; telling them lets us leap over cultural walls, embrace different experiences, feel what others feel. Elif Shafak builds on this simple idea to argue that fiction can overcome identity politics.

This author speaks beautifully.  Definitely want to revisit this every once in a while.  Great talk about culture, creative works, and human nature.

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BigSur

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Five Insects We Never Want to Have Sex With.

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why are male bees so dramatic with everything they do?

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Oh hey.

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to do list

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whenever i set my cell phone near the computer speakers at work, they make noises like i'm standing by the everlasting gobstopper machine at willy wonka's place.  #whattupwilly 

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The Science of Storytelling: Why Telling a Story is the Most Powerful Way to Activate Our Brains

A good story can make or break a presentation, article, or conversation. But why is that? When Buffer co-founder Leo Widrich started to market his product through stories instead of benefits and bullet points, sign-ups went through the roof. Here he shares the science of why storytelling is so uniquely powerful.