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	<title>Thinkspiration™ The Inspiration® Software Blog&#187; 21st century skills</title>
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		<title>What Are the Ingredients of Learning?</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/04/what-are-the-ingredients-of-learning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his State of the Union address last January, President Barack Obama put education at the top of the agenda. These themes for education reform and change have rippled through the nation with his recent campaigns for the Race to the Top.1 There&#8217;s a great deal of talk about technology integration, 21st century skills, web <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/04/what-are-the-ingredients-of-learning/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shift the Paradigm of Blank Page Syndrome</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blank page syndrome is a term used to describe a type of writer&#8217;s block. You know the signs: staring at a piece of paper or computer screen with no inspiration or ideas of what to write, therefore, leaving the page blank. Many students experience blank page syndrome when they begin writing. They struggle to formulate <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/02/shift-the-paradigm-of-blank-page-syndrome/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Among the P21 Skills, Are We Teaching Students the Skills of Learning?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Educators today are faced with the daunting task of wearing many hats in and outside their classrooms. Yet, the monumental task is teaching the basic skills and building blocks of reading, writing, analyzing, synthesizing and researching while instilling in students the desire to ask questions and then seek out their own answers. This is not <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/12/among-the-p21-skills-are-we-teaching-students-the-skills-of-learning/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Take Process Writing to the Webspiration Classroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing skills are critical for educational achievement, success after graduation, career performance and life skills. With the continually growing use of digital communication methods including word processing, blogs, email, texting and other Internet-enabled forms, written communication skills are imperative for students to compete in the world today. However, writing does not come naturally to many <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/11/take-process-writing-to-the-webspiration-classroom/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Collaboration on the Forefront of K-12 Technology</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/11/collaboration-on-the-forefront-of-k-12-technology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technology in the last five to ten years has dramatically affected the way we communicate and collaborate. Students today, who are the digital natives of our world, communicate naturally through programs on computers and applications on mobile devices. Between texting, social networks and email, students understand that our world collaborates and communicates via technology and <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/11/collaboration-on-the-forefront-of-k-12-technology/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Visual Learning in the 21st Century</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/09/visual-learning-in-the-21st-century/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[21st century skills &#8211; the words have been buzzing through speeches and between conversations at education conferences and on the web for a couple of years now. National organizations like the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21), advocate and define the 21st century skills pertinent to students&#8217; success in their studies and careers after graduation.1 <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/09/visual-learning-in-the-21st-century/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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