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How to Foster Grit, Tenacity and Perseverance: An Educator’s Guide | MindShift
“How can we best prepare children and adolescents to thrive in the 21st century? This question is at the heart of what every educator attempts to do on a daily basis. Apart from imparting content of knowledge and facts, however, it’s becoming clear that the “noncognitive competencies” known as grit, perseverance, and tenacity are just as important, if not more so, in preparing kids to be self-sufficient and successful.To that end, the Department of Education’s Office of Technology has released a report called Promoting Grit, Tenacity, and Perseverance”
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Kodu Game Lab – Microsoft Research FUSE Labs
“Kodu lets kids create games on the PC and XBox via a simple visual programming language. Kodu can be used to teach creativity, problem solving, storytelling, as well as programming. Anyone can use Kodu to make a game, young children as well as adults with no design or programming skills.”