Rote Memorization: Still Very Important or Grossly Overemphasized - a podcast by BAM Radio Network - The Twitterati Channel

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Is rote memorization dead or is there still a place for it in 21st-century learning? Tune in to this fascinating discussion. Follow: @lernbetr @blairteach @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork #edchat #teaching #edreform #AskingWhatIf Tony Wagner, author of Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World, serves as an Expert In Residence at Harvard University's new Innovation Lab. Prior to this appointment, Tony was the first Innovation Education Fellow at the Technology & Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard, and the founder and co-director of the Change Leadership Group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Dr. Ben Johnson is a lifelong educator with experience in grades k-16, from teacher to campus administrator to district office. He currently is the principal of San Antonio Technology Academy. He is the author of Teaching Students to Dig Deeper and author of article, "When Rote Learning Makes Sense". Nancy Blair has returned to public education as a middle school principal in Georgia. She previously served as a school improvement consultant.

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