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Articles on December 15, 2013

adolescence

A PBS Video Essay Asks If Digital Natives Really Exist
YouTube/PBS - 12/11/13
17-minute Film Takes Place Entirely On a Teenager’s Computer Screen
Fast Company - 9/10/13

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/09/11/noah-short-film-tiff-video_n_3908782.html

assessment

An Ivy League TA Explains Why She Inflates Grades
Quartz - 12/13/13
The New York Times and Picks Up the Grade Inflation Conversation
New York Times - 12/12/13
A Harvard Student Pushes Back on Grade Inflation Alarmism
Harvard Crimson - 12/8/13

curriculum

David Brooks Offers New Skills for a Digital Age
New York Times - 12/9/13
Should We Have a National Digital Citizenship Curriculum?
Venture Beat - 12/8/13
The Grey Lady Calls for More Applied Math in Schools
New York Times - 12/7/13
Why Learning to Focus Ought To Be Taught
KQED - 12/5/13

humanities

Form and Freedom in Poetry
New York Review of Books - 12/19/13
Threat to Humanities is Global
New York Times - 12/2/13

professional development

Gates Foundation Shares Cryptic Framework for Innovative PD
Gates Foundation - 12/13/13
How Leaders Can Better Promote and Recognize Creativity
Fast Company - 12/11/13

tech

A Professor Reflects on Teaching a MOOC to 140,000 People
PBS - 12/11/13
Davidson Professors Design Online Lessons for AP Courses
New York Times - 12/6/13
Add Metal to Your 3d Printing Lab
Fast Company - 12/4/13
The Learning Benefits of Reading on... Paper?
New York Times - 12/2/13

other

Are We More Productive When We Work Six Hour Workdays?
Quartz - 12/12/13