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    Conceptual Blending for Creative Thinking

    21st Century Skills: 
    Learning Skills
    Creative Thinking

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    3 Simple Steps to the 4 C's

    21st Century Skills: 
    Learning Skills
    Critical Thinking
    Creative Thinking
    Communicating
    Collaborating

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    Inquiry: Groceries to Galaxies

    21st Century Skills: 
    Inquiry Process
    Project-Based Learning

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    Keep Your Lizard, Mouse, and Monkey in Mind

    Social-Emotional Intelligence: 
    Brain and Nervous System
    Brain Stem
    Limbic System
    Cortex

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    Getting the Sense of Sensory Details

    21st Century Skills: 
    Learning Skills
    Communicating
    Writing
    Reading

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    Knowing the Lake: Serving as Lead Learner

    21st Century Skills: 
    Learning Skills
    Life Skills
    Problem Solving
    Flexibility
    Initiative
    Leadership
    Productivity
    Collaborating

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    Using Inquiry Projects to Teach Language Arts

    21st Century Skills: 
    Inquiry Process
    Project-Based Learning
    Questioning
    Planning
    Researching
    Creating
    Improving
    Presenting

    Blog Post

    Thinking Like Breathing

    21st Century Skills: 
    Learning Skills
    Critical Thinking
    Creative Thinking
    Problem Solving

    Blog Post

    Education Reform: Welcoming Strangers

    21st Century Skills: 
    Life Skills
    Flexibility
    Initiative
    Social Skills
    Productivity
    Leadership

    Blog Post

    5 Hit Shows Featuring Inquiry and Project-Based Learning

    21st Century Skills: 
    Inquiry Process
    Project-Based Learning

    Blog Post

    10 Questions for Inquiry: The Bigger the Better!

    21st Century Skills: 
    Inquiry Process
    Questioning

    Blog Post

    Ken Macrorie: Teacher and Truth Teller

    Blog Post

    Grammar: What Made Me Care

    English Language Arts: 
    Editing

    Blog Post

    Plagiarism, Copyright, and the Information Age

    Blog Post

    Forget the Formulas . . . At Least Some of the Time

    Blog Post

    Get Down in the Muck

    Blog Post

    Boredom is the birthplace.

    Blog Post

    What is the purpose of school?

    Blog Post

    Reading and Writing...for the Fun of It

    21st Century Skills: 
    Reading to Learn
    Writing to Learn

    Blog Post

    Making the Grade

    Blog Post

    Thinking Like an Artist

    21st Century Skills: 
    Creative Thinking
    Creating

    Blog Post

    Best Advice for Struggling Writers

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    Wishful Thinking: A Wish List for the New School Year

    Blog Post

    Just Imagine! Cultivating Creative Minds

    21st Century Skills: 
    Creative Thinking

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