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	<title>Karen Hume</title>
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		<title>5 Key Principles of Effective Learning Goals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Use this checklist to ensure that goal statements will be helpful to both you and your students.
- Focus on what is to be learned today, not over the next several weeks. If a lesson is going to extend over several days, try to determine the learning focus for each day and make that your goal ... <a href="#" onclick="window.location.href='http://www.karenhume.ca/effective-learning-goals/'" class="dots">[continue reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.karenhume.ca/effective-learning-goals/</link>
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		<title>6 Good Reasons for Setting Learning Goals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether you call it a goal, a learning intention, a purpose statement, or an outcome, establishing what you want students to learn matters. Here’s why:
1. Human behaviour is goal-directed. When students attend to a clearly written goal and the information that supports its’ achievement, that information moves into working memory. When there isn’t a clear ... <a href="#" onclick="window.location.href='http://www.karenhume.ca/6-good-reasons-for-setting-learning-goals/'" class="dots">[continue reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.karenhume.ca/6-good-reasons-for-setting-learning-goals/</link>
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		<title>The End of the Lone Ranger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A look at the 5 Cs outlined in Tuned Out. In this episode, Karen argues that today&#8217;s education is less about the subject specialist, and more about the strengths of multiple individuals and the positives they bring to collaboration in the community. 
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		<link>http://www.karenhume.ca/the-end-of-the-lone-ranger/</link>
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		<title>Classroom 2.0 Live!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday January 14th Karen was the featured guest on Classroom 2.0 Live! Karen&#8217;s presentation &#8216;Web of Relationships&#8217; discusses concepts of relationship and community in the online space, how they affect today&#8217;s learners, and examines the application of social networks and other online tools in education. For a full list of resources, please visit the ... <a href="#" onclick="window.location.href='http://www.karenhume.ca/classroom-2-0-live/'" class="dots">[continue reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.karenhume.ca/classroom-2-0-live/</link>
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		<title>Thank Goodness for the Dollar Store</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve loved school supplies for as long as I can remember. The proof is in the three-year supply of sticky notes in my cupboard, alongside the five styles of index cards and the six different brands of highlighters and markers. 
I confess to being a bit of a connoisseur when it comes to these supplies; ... <a href="#" onclick="window.location.href='http://www.karenhume.ca/thank-goodness-for-the-dollar-store/'" class="dots">[continue reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>21st Century Rat Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A look at the 5 Cs outlined in Tuned Out. In this episode, Karen talks about Context. What do ideal conditions for learning consist of?
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		<link>http://www.karenhume.ca/21st-century-rat-park/</link>
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		<title>Graphic Organizers as Assessment Tasks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graphic organizers are visual displays of information that consolidate important content and show the patterns and relationships among that content. Because they are easy to use and fast for teachers to review, graphic organizers make excellent assessments for, as, and of learning.
There are many different kinds of graphic organizers, often categorized according to common text ... <a href="#" onclick="window.location.href='http://www.karenhume.ca/graphic-organizers-as-assessment-tasks/'" class="dots">[continue reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.karenhume.ca/graphic-organizers-as-assessment-tasks/</link>
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		<title>Countdown to NMSA, Kentucky!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Where are you going to be November 10th through 12th? If you are a middle grade educator (grades 5 through 9) and you said ‘at school,’ you might want to consider putting in a last minute request for funding assistance and joining me in Louisville, Kentucky.
I’m going to be in Louisville to speak at the ... <a href="#" onclick="window.location.href='http://www.karenhume.ca/nmsa-conference-louisville-kentucky/'" class="dots">[continue reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.karenhume.ca/nmsa-conference-louisville-kentucky/</link>
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		<title>Are You Interested?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What does Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park, have in common with Albert Einstein and Leonardo da Vinci? All three are polymaths—individuals who have serious interests in more than one domain. Crichton is a medical doctor as well as a fiction writer. Einstein was a physicist who also played the violin, and da Vinci, poster ... <a href="#" onclick="window.location.href='http://www.karenhume.ca/are-you-interested/'" class="dots">[continue reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.karenhume.ca/are-you-interested/</link>
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		<title>A Story of Student Engagement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Heartfelt appreciation is extended to those educators who wrote in with a story of how students went from disengaged to engaged. 
The winners of the three copies of Tuned Out are  R. Scott Wallace and Mr. Lau.  
Mr Lau&#8217;s story, in particular, I felt was a great example of classroom disengagement with a ... <a href="#" onclick="window.location.href='http://www.karenhume.ca/story-of-student-engagement/'" class="dots">[continue reading]</a>]]></description>
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