Table Topics   Updated daily!
March 22, 2008
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I'm sure you are aware of the many surveillance cameras that capture our images as we go about our daily lives. I see them outside the grocery store, in banks and all over the mall. I've watched television detectives gain valuable clues from ATM cameras that recorded everyone who had passed by the machines.

How do you feel about having your picture recorded? A sense of safety and security or horribly invaded? I think most people, like me, seldom even think about it.

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Learning becomes deeper and more meaningful when we have the opportunity to collaborate with others during the process. We get to hear our thoughts out loud and share other people's responses and their ideas.

I like the idea that hearing our thoughts out loud enhances learning. I think that must be the main reason people talk to themselves when they are thinking! :

Name some occasions that the members of your family participate in collaborative learning.

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