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	<title>Gretchen Wegner</title>
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	<description>Playing with intention. Learning with abandon!</description>
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		<title>Internet-Blocking Software Provides Freedom from Distraction</title>
		<link>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/12/14/internet-blocking-software-provides-freedom-from-distraction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/12/14/internet-blocking-software-provides-freedom-from-distraction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADHD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distraction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During my in-take interviews with new families, their child’s distractibility is one of the most common complaints. How do we get them to FOCUS?! Especially when they&#8217;re on the internet? I totally get it, partially because I experience the same distractability in my own life, and I know many adults who do as well. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reading Comprehension Tips: How to Find Main Ideas in a NonFiction Book</title>
		<link>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/12/11/reading-comprehension-tips-how-to-find-main-ideas-in-a-nonfiction-book/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/12/11/reading-comprehension-tips-how-to-find-main-ideas-in-a-nonfiction-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comprehension]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[main ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meta cognition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metacognition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonfiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading comprehension]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading for comprehension]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[speed reading]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Several seniors with whom I work have recently been assigned their first nonfiction (read: non-textbook) book: The Future of Freedom by Fareed Zakaria. This is not light reading, and several of them feel lost. It&#8217;s a big jump to go from a textbook that force feeds you main ideas and subheadings, to a nonfiction book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes Homework Different Than Studying</title>
		<link>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/12/08/what-makes-homework-different-than-studying/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/12/08/what-makes-homework-different-than-studying/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[studying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[test-taking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tips]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gretchenwegner.com/?p=2275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of my academic coaching clients have a devil of a time studying for tests.  The reasons are varied, but one major stumbling block I&#8217;ve uncovered is this: students do not understand the purpose that homework plays in preparing them for tests! Our current education system rewards students for mindlessly following teacher&#8217;s instructions, rather than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MuseCubes Help Stave Off Cancer?!</title>
		<link>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/11/30/musecubes-help-stave-off-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/11/30/musecubes-help-stave-off-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MuseCubes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[break]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gretchenwegner.com/?p=2272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sitting might cause cancer?! It sounds extreme, doesn&#8217;t it? That&#8217;s the announcement in a growing body of research. According to the American Institute for Cancer Research: As many as 49,000 cases of breast cancer and 43,000 cases of colon cancer occurring in the U.S. every year are linked to a lack of physical activity.&#8221; Furthermore, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forget Learning Styles&#8230;Here Come the Study Senses</title>
		<link>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/11/27/forget-learning-styles-here-come-the-study-senses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/11/27/forget-learning-styles-here-come-the-study-senses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Coaching]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gretchenwegner.com/?p=2266</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many educators &#8212; myself included! &#8212; have espoused learning styles as an important factor in increasing student motivation and performance. When I was a classroom teacher, I had students take learning inventories, and then I would use the results of this inventory to help individualize student learning. As an academic coach, I used to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvesting Joy Stories (or Why Is The Bad Easier to Remember Than the Good?)</title>
		<link>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/10/10/harvesting-joy-stories-or-why-is-the-bad-easier-to-remember-than-the-good/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/10/10/harvesting-joy-stories-or-why-is-the-bad-easier-to-remember-than-the-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creativity & Edges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[InterPlay]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gretchenwegner.com/?p=2240</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember the first time you realized that everything is connected to everything else? For me, it was first semester of freshman year at Macalester College. I was shocked to discover that each of my classes, disparate as they were (Theatre With a Global Perspective, The Biology of Conservation) kept on resonating with each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should Students Study in Bed? (or Do As I Say, Not as I Do)</title>
		<link>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/10/04/reading-in-bed-or-do-as-i-say-not-as-i-do/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/10/04/reading-in-bed-or-do-as-i-say-not-as-i-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Coaching]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gretchenwegner.com/?p=2230</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  I have a confession to make: I love to read and sleep at the same time. Well, not literally at the same time (that would be impossible). But interchanging napping and reading is one of my favorite ways to learn new material. In my work as an academic coach, parents are often asking me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Beauty of Flashcards</title>
		<link>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/09/15/2224/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/09/15/2224/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 01:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flashcards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[memorize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tutor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/09/15/2224/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most important tasks as an academic coach is to help students understand how to leverage their learning styles to study more effectively &#8230; and hopefully more pleasurably. This week one of my 9th grade clients came in beaming. She couldn&#8217;t wait to show me the flashcards that she created for her geography [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Focus with Fidget Toys</title>
		<link>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/09/06/focus-with-fidget-toys/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/09/06/focus-with-fidget-toys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Coaching]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gretchenwegner.com/?p=1828</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As an academic coach, I work with a lot of fidgety teens with ADD and ADHD. Every fall I buy some new toys to add to my collection. This year I ordered from Fat Brain Toys. We&#8217;ll see whether my coaching clients enjoy the Acrobots, pictured left . I also ordered these  Magnetic Marbles, pictured here. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Generosity of Being Selfish (or what I&#8217;m learning by teaching improvisational performance)</title>
		<link>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/09/04/generosity-of-being-selfish/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gretchenwegner.com/2011/09/04/generosity-of-being-selfish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 01:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[InterPlay]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a crackpot theory I&#8217;ve been testing lately in my InterPlay classes: to be a good teacher, the more selfish I can be, the better. It seems that, if I teach a class to meet those needs, I generally meet the needs of the class participants as well. When Coke Nakomoto and I decided to [...]]]></description>
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