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Friday Links-March 29th

Here are some of the resources, posts and articles that caught my eye this week.  I hope you find them useful.

This week I am starting with the Tweets that caught my attention or inspired me to grow.  The first is a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson shared by @Wes_Kieschnick.  Wes is the author of Bold School and I recently started following him after picking up his book.

Next is a tweet from George Couros (@gcouros) that he gleaned from @katiemartinedu.  If you don't follow either of these individuals, you might want to.


The last one is from Kasey Bell (@ShakeUpLearning) and is probably my favorite of the week.


I try to listen to several different podcasts, many from the #podcastedu and the Educators Podcast Network.  There are many great ideas being shared across that platform.  This week I caught an episode of Cult of Pedagogy called Five Ways to Improve Your Rubrics.  I listened to it while driving and thought it was worth sharing.  It made me think about how I have handled rubrics and what I can do to improve them in the future.  I hope it is beneficial to you as well. 


There were others that caught my attention, but these were the biggest standouts.  Hope you have had a great week.  Feel free to share and comment. 


Thank you for reading The Cluttered Desk.  You can find me on Twitter @jasonbengs.  Please feel free to comment on the post and share your ideas with me.  If you found any value in this post, please share it with others.
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