Weekend Ed Quote ~ September 26
Helping students troubleshoot their errors like this should be a primary role of every teacher. There’s nothing to troubleshoot, though, if kids never run into trouble. Lesson planning should thus be more about anticipating students’ errors and preparing to help them learn from those errors than trying to develop presentations that prevent all errors. Provide students activities that involve applying information, and be ready to help them when they get tripped up.~David Ginsberg, in this post
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Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that they will soon begin beta-testing a Dislike button. Zuckerberg said Facebook wants to limit use of the button to expressing sympathy when someone posts something sad or upsetting. “What they really want is an ability to express empathy,” said Zuckerberg. “If you’re expressing something sad, it may not feel comfortable to ‘like’ that post, but your friends and people want to be able to express that they understand.” 
