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Greetings ! MUST SEE: 2 Minute Book Trailer This week the book trailer passed 1,000,000 views, thanks to tweets from many of you, and from authors like Guy Kawasaki and Daniel Pink who have been very supportive of Better and Faster. As we narrow in on the March 17th launch date, I wanted to share a couple interesting stories I wrote about in the book. Not an excerpt, but more of a quick overview of some of my favorites. For this week, imagine you wanted to make a charity marathon for a cause you care about. How would you do it? Most people would start out by looking at how other marathons are run locally for inspiration to make their own event bigger and better. That's not how Will Dean went about it. He thought about how weird it is that a marathon is a "race." By definition, a race has one winner. So, does a marathon have one winner and 20,000 losers? Most marathon runners will tell you they don't do it for the ranking, they do it to get that feeling of completion. So why then does a marathon have to be a timed race? Will zeroed in on the feeling of "completion" and accelerated it by making an un-timed extreme obstacle course where people run through fire, swim through mud bogs and survive (mild) electrocution. At the end of the course there's an epic party with cold beer, free tattoos and all of your fellow obstacle course participants. By the next week, you'll even get the photos of your rugged adventure for easy social media sharing. Will's event is Tough Mudder. The rugged race racked in $70 million in just two years, teaching you that you don't need to make a bigger, better marathon. Instead, you need to rethink what experience it is that people actually want. That's one example of how to use acceleration, a key pattern that helps you zero in on one particular aspect of your service to then accelerate it. In the book, I dive into about 50 or so examples of pattern based opportunities and how you can apply the patterns to your business. 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Lights, Camera . . . Learning!

Movies for Critical Thinking Skills; A 15-Minute Recess (Video); Tips for Shooting Video in the Classroom |

View Online  |  Update Your Preferences February 18, 2015 Oscar Week Special 7 Resources for Teaching Film Literacy Use the Academy Awards to help kids become more savvy media consumers. Teaching Analysis Skills Through Film Learn how to use movie criticism to bring authenticity to literacy analysis. ADVERTISEMENT 7 Tips to Start Using Video in the Classroom  DISCUSSION  You don't need to be an Oscar-nominated director; here are some simple tips to get going. Trending This Week  VIDEO  Recess Reimagined Helps Build Student Focus Applying Mindfulness to Mundane Classroom Tasks 6 Teaching Tools for Black History Month What the Heck Is Project-Based Learning? 8 Tips for Reaching Out to Parents GIVEAWAY Prize: Nexus Tablet ($299 value!) Deadline: March 1, 2015 FOLLOW EDUTOPIA                     ABOUT US  |  CONTACT US  |  ADVERTISE  |  PRIVACY  | SUBSCRIBE © 2015 The George Lucas Educational, PO Box 3494, San Rafael, CA 94912 If you are on a mobile device or cannot view the images in this message, you can view this email in your Web browser. To ensure delivery of these emails, please add edutopia.org to your address book. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can safely UPDATE YOUR PREFERENCES or UNSUBSCRIBE.

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Empathy, Not Apathy

SEL Activities for Valentine's Day; Community-Based Learning (Video); Inclusion for ELL Students |

View Online  |  Update Your Preferences February 11, 2015 What's Not to Love? 6 Tips for Creating a More Compassionate Classroom Cultivate a kinder classroom with these ideas and -- bonus! -- you could boost achievement, too. Valentine's Day Lesson Ideas and Resources Dump the doilies and try these activities to build social and emotional skills any time of year. 10 Must-Watch Videos on Love & Kindness Grab a tissue and get ready to feel a bit more hopeful about humanity. Don't miss a thing! Add us to your address book -- it's quick and easy. (Not sure how? Here are instructions for popular email clients.) ADVERTISEMENT VIDEO SPOTLIGHT: SCHOOLS THAT WORK Giving Students Authentic Internships See how this community-based internship program helps students connect academic learning to the real world.   MOST POPULAR BLOG POSTS 1  Using Old Tech (Not Edtech) to Teach Thinking Skills 2  5 Fantastic, Fast, Formative Assessment Tools 3  "It's Not What's Wrong With the Children, It's What's Happened to Them" 4  How Student Centered Is Your Classroom? 5  A Place for Learning: The Physical Environment of Classrooms   10 EMPATHY & INCLUSION TIPS FOR ELL STUDENTS What can teachers do to foster a safe environment for ELL students? Read these simple tips and share your own. GIVEAWAY Prize: Hovercam Solo 8 Document Camera ($349 value!) Deadline: February 15, 2015   GRANTS & RESOURCES Ezra Jack Keats Mini-Grant Program for Public Libraries & Public Schools Each year, the EJK Foundation provides mini-grants to support educators in developing programs that "foster creative expression, working together, and interaction with a diverse community." Grants are available for public schools and public libraries. Prize: Grants are available up to $500 Deadline: March 31, 2015 Check out the big list of Educational Grants and Resources, updated weekly. EVENTS  WEBINAR  Fostering Meaningful Youth Dialogue in Digital Spaces Hosted by: edWeb.net When: February 19, 2015, 1:00 p.m. PST / 4:00 p.m. EST See more Educational Webinars, Unconferences, and Conferences, also updated weekly.   FOLLOW EDUTOPIA                     Edutopia is produced by The George Lucas Educational Foundation, a nonprofit operating foundation established in 1991 by filmmaker George Lucas. Edutopia is dedicated to improving the K-12 learning process by documenting, disseminating, and advocating innovative, replicable, and evidence-based strategies that prepare students to thrive in their future education, careers, and adult lives. This free e-newsletter is published weekly and available to anyone interested in improving education. If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for the e-newsletter here. As a subscriber to Edutopia News, you may receive special offers and updates from our sponsors and supporters, sent by Edutopia.org. For details on how we protect your privacy, please read our Privacy Policy. Email info@edutopia.org with any questions. Interested in Advertising with Edutopia? Edutopia  |  WHAT WORKS IN EDUCATION © 2015 The George Lucas Educational Foundation Edutopia®, Schools That Work™, Lucas Learning™, and Lucas Education Research™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of The George Lucas Educational Foundation in the U.S. and other countries. PO Box 3494, San Rafael, CA 94912 This message is inspiration for abnaupower@gmail.com. |  You've been a subscriber since 01/23/2015. UPDATE YOUR PREFERENCES  |  UNSUBSCRIBE

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