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		<title>Counterfeit Learning Watchwords&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://greenbananablog.org/2010/02/counterfeit-learning-watchwords/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dallas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image by Sagolla via Flickr Lesson plans are designed to meet learning objectives by providing some form of measurable performance that demonstrates an increase in capability. The language of genuine performance objectives for lesson planning is listed below. Please note, however, the counterfeit learning watchwords here: Examples of Counterfeit Tasks* &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Appreciate, Be Aware, Believe, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Obstacles of Opportunity for Education&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dallas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image by NLanja via Flickr Social media, mobile delivery, and money shortage (the 3M&#8217;s; media, mobile, and money) are three obstacles of opportunity before today&#8217;s educational institutions. But ideas are funny little things. They don&#8217;t work unless we do. And we need to focus on the long-term, sustainable solution, not the short-term fix. Illustration&#8230; Assume [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Land Ho! &#8230; Arriving on the other side of Web 2.0</title>
		<link>http://greenbananablog.org/2010/02/land-ho-arriving-on-the-other-side-of-web-2-0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dallas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not everyone agrees with Thomas Friedman&#8216;s descriptions of our networked world in his best seller, The World is Flat. However, most would agree that human-kind is indeed on a journey from our agrarian past, through our industrial and post-industrial 20th century, into our present 21st century techno-savvy culture. And many – at least those who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Consumer-based to Experience-based to Relationship-based: The Networked Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dallas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia Our industrial economy was driven by consumer demand not so many decades ago. But with affluence comes increased competition for top-of-mind awareness and consumers were sold &#8220;experience&#8221; as the new status symbol. Walking into work with a Starbucks cup in hand became a statement of status for many. Social conversation evolved from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fallacy of Composition: A Senseless Contradiction&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dallas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservationism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote about the Land Conservation movement a few years back. In light of education reform efforts it&#8217;s worth revisiting the senseless contradictions inherent in many debates of this type. The Land as Place&#8230; The old paradigm has caused a polarity between conservation and development. Therefore developers &#8216;greenwash&#8217; their plans to appease to conservationists. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Building Blocks for a Firm Foundation in Education&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dallas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia What are the building blocks of a healthy body? What ingredients are required to ensure the building blocks are present and integrated correctly to maximize performance? Top athletes know how to fine tune their bodies for maximum output. They recognize the building blocks needed to assure the necessary ingredients are provided for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democracy in the Educational Institution in 1945 &#8230; and today!</title>
		<link>http://greenbananablog.org/2010/02/democracy-in-the-educational-institution-in-1945-and-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dallas</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://greenbananablog.org/?p=433</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia I want to extrapolate on last year&#8217;s post about Democracy in the Classroom and apply the same principles to the Administration – Teacher/Faculty relationship in today&#8217;s educational institution. The post then and now is based on an intriguing YouTube video from 1945 which I&#8217;ve embedded below for convenience. I want to compare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Engagement does NOT equal Learning&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://greenbananablog.org/2010/02/engagement-does-not-equal-learning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dallas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image by woodleywonderworks via Flickr Just because students may appear &#8220;engaged&#8221; does not mean genuine learning is taking place. Gaining attention and building capacity for understanding and capability for application, are not the same process. Certainly it helps in the classroom when students are engaged. However, engagement alone may merely inform. Genuine learning occurs when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brief Summary of Twitter Uses</title>
		<link>http://greenbananablog.org/2010/01/brief-summary-of-twitter-uses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dallas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via CrunchBase Twitter is a web-based application interface that allows users to feed the data stream with their own generated input. Because the Twitter data stream is so large now (75 million accounts by end of 2009), there are plenty of useful ways to navigate that data. Clearly the Twitter interface can be used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple&#8217;s Contribution is More than Content and Devices</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dallas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia I read another blogger today saying the Apple&#8217;s tablet is not as important as the content and then going on about the new media subscription platforms that may appear with the iTablet to be announced tomorrow. However, I believe Apple&#8217;s intrinsic contribution of value is beyond even their innovative approach to content [...]]]></description>
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