| The bathtub boasted crochet hooks, desperate highways, Wednesday nights, deformed lawyers, crimson suspenders, weevils, puppy dogs, sea cucumbers, life-enhancing measures, ten-penny nails, consultants, untested designs, dust devils, harp sharpeners, and several long lazy afternoons in midtown Manhattan, or was it? While most field schools only take on students during the data collection phase of the excavation, in Albania we are offering students a chance to see what goes on after the digging is over in addition to the field experience of conducting an intensive survey. They are participating in the UCLA Archaeology Field Program, which is a joint effort of the Institute of Archaeology at UCLA and the International Education Office. Hearing the stories embedded in the landscape brings home how our archaeological work at Welfare connects to the past and present lives of people who have lived in the Fraser Valley for hundreds of generations. The work is demanding. I am no Indiana Jones. In contrast, todays learners need more problem solving, creativity, and decision-making skills. These 10 trends spell the word WE-ALL-LEARN. A series of resources, examples, and research data is embedded in each one. Today the Web is better known as the Web of Learning. Taking that kernel of knowledge or object and sending it to one or more friends, relatives, or professional colleagues, or to those in an online learning forum or group you have never physically met but have mentally delighted in a culture of giving and receiving.
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