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		<title>Learning from  Play</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My grandson and I were playing on my new iPad the other day and we tried out the BrainPOP app for the iPad. I had looked at BrainPOP some time ago, but since it was for younger students I didn’t pay too much attention to it. As I played along with my nine-year-old grandson, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anewadventure.org/?p=369</link>
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		<title>Student Blogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to all the people who have left comments for students on blogs around the world. You are providing an authentic audience for students who are learning to express themselves. Getting people to know about your blog and provide feedback to students can be a struggle. This is especially true for new blogs. It takes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anewadventure.org/?p=360</link>
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		<title>Why I Like My Mac</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been an Apple/Mac person for a long time. I owned an Apple IIe, and several other Mac’s and Apple Computers over the years. I don’t want to start an argument about which is better, but I would like to share a recent experience that illustrates why I like my Mac. I was working [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anewadventure.org/?p=356</link>
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		<title>Firing Teachers is not the Answer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The firing of all of the teachers Central Falls High School in Rhode Island has really upset me. It bothers me a great deal because I think it is a sham. The stated reason for the firing was that the teachers wouldn’t spend more time with students without being compensated for the time. Would more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anewadventure.org/?p=353</link>
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		<title>Choice &#8211; Drive: Time, Technique and Team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am fascinated by Daniel Pink’s new book Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates  Us. The book is about what motivates people to improve the quality and quantity of their work. I won’t do justice to the concepts and the big picture that Pink paints in his book, but  I would encourage you to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anewadventure.org/?p=348</link>
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		<title>Top Ten Reasons Daniel Pink Should Follow Jimwenz on Twitter!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a shameless attempt to get Daniel Pink to follow me on Twitter. This effort started because my good friend, Tom Daccord (@thomasDacord), said that Mr. Pink is following him on Twitter. I am a huge fan of Mr. Pink’s books and have posted about them my blog and on Twitter. As a fan, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anewadventure.org/?p=343</link>
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		<title>Choices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last summer, I had the opportunity to work with a lovely group of educators from the Montcalm School District. They invited me to lead a two-day teacher workshop on using technology in the classroom. Recently I had a chance to visit their schools and talk to a few of the teachers that participated in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anewadventure.org/?p=334</link>
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		<title>What Technology is Making You Stupid?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You most likely have heard of the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr. I have used his article to start a discussion about technology. Nicholas relates that he “power scans” articles on the web and tends to read the first few paragraphs and the conclusion. Also, he sometimes follows a link and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anewadventure.org/?p=331</link>
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		<title>Stealing Lincoln&#8217;s Body</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I really enjoyed reading Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. It was an outstanding book. Towards the end of the book, the author mentioned that there had been an attempt to steal Lincoln’s body and that his body had been moved several times. He also mentioned that when they moved his casket, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anewadventure.org/?p=322</link>
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		<title>Why I Love to Hate My Kindle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More strangers talk to me about my Kindle than anything else I have ever owned. The first question is “How do you like it?” I hate to say I love it because I have always loved paper books and don’t want to see them die. There is something about reading a book on a warm [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.anewadventure.org/?p=318</link>
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