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This book, written by renowned psychologist Carol Dweck, explains how students’ success at school is affected by the way we react to success and failure.
Some people attribute success and failure to effort or lack thereof. They hold what Dweck calls a growth mindset. Other people attribute success and failure to innate abilities (or lack thereof). They hold what Dweck calls a fixed mindset.
While in reality, success is normally a combination of effort + ability, research shows that:
•Students with a growth mindset outperform students (of similar ability) with a fixed mindset
•Teachers with a growth mindset help students get better results than teachers with a fixed mindset
Furthermore, the seemingly innocent comments you make as a teacher (or parent, or principal, etc.) can either reinforce a fixed mindset or nurture a growth mindset.
This book is an essential read for parents, teachers, coaches, and others who are instrumental in determining a child’s mind-set, and in turn, his or her future success.
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If you haven’t read it yet, get your copy of Mindset today. If you have read it, buy a copy for your boss, for a friend or even for your prac student.
original source: http://www.pinnacle.org.au/
A BYOD approach can take several forms and at Microsoft we’ve seen many of them in action. Based on years of experience working with Australian schools, we’ve seen the best results from School Directed BYOD programs. This is when devices are fully funded and owned by students but are purchased in bulk from a trusted partner chosen by the school, allowing your leadership team to negotiate a specific solution that will drive the learning strategy. Other benefits of this approach include extended warranties, ongoing technical support, damage repairs and more.
There is also a handy guide that you can download here
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Find out more here : Microsoft Pulse
Why just show, when you can show and tell? Try this new tool from the Microsoft Mix team
Azure is the Microsoft cloud and did you know you can do loads of funky things with it. From spinning up web servers to running Minecraft….
As a quick demo I have created an Office Mix to show you how to do it here:
https://mix.office.com/watch/ycygng8e62w1
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