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A Few Great Ways for Educators to Convert PDF to Word for Free | Tech the Plunge - 0 views

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It never fails-you're gathering materials for an upcoming class or presentation and all you can find is the pdf version of an important document. New and exciting items need to be added to your document but the pdf format doesn't really allow for that easily. Fortunately, there are several free options to get that pdf document into Microsoft Word format and then you can update your document. For the time being you can get AnyBizSoft's PDF to Word Converter by liking their Facebook Fan Page. Regularly $29.99 it's free for now.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">It never fails-you're gathering materials for an upcoming class or presentation and all you can find is the pdf version of an important document. New and exciting items need to be added to your document but the pdf format doesn't really allow for that easily. Fortunately, there are several free options to get that pdf document into Microsoft Word format and then you can update your document. For the time being you can get AnyBizSoft's PDF to Word Converter by liking their Facebook Fan Page. Regularly $29.99 it's free for now.</div>

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New Paradigm for Professional Development - Part 2 | Mark Brumley - 0 views

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The idea is that yuo begin with curation which will eventually lead to creation.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"> The idea is that yuo begin with curation which will eventually lead to creation.</div>

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The Top 10 Reasons Students Cannot Cite or Rely On Wikipedia - 0 views

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Smartphones and iPads must be allowed in class | Herald Scotland - 0 views

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Education Week: It's Time for a New Kind of High School - 0 views

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withholds responsibility from, students.
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We have lost sight of young people's potential for responsibility, and it can be argued that in doing so we have sacrificed many opportunities for growth and usefulness.
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Students see themselves as passive participants
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he steady drone of teachers' voices in room after room. The sound of boredom is deafening.
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We need to tear apart the school day, the high school timetable, the school year, the four-year diploma.
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The time has come to stop tinkering with an antiquated model. We are delayed in our thinking because those who were able to suffer through or even thrive in this dying high school model have grown up to be teachers and lawyers and businesspeople who now advocate for reforms through the prism of their experiences.
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Jennifer Garcia on 09 May 12

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Ugly Learning « Educator, Learner - 0 views

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When a teacher flips for the first time, students are put under the microscope and they hate it…at least in my experience. They have to unlearn how they have been learning playing school up until your class. Needless to say, student surveys usually do not go well the first time they are asked about the new style.
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Do not define your teaching by the grades of your students.
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Do not sacrifice what you know is right for your students because of a number on paper.
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Change Teaching by Changing Grading

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An Open Letter to Tech-Fearing Teachers Everywhere - The Inspired Classroom |... - 0 views

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An open letter to tech-fearing teachers everywhere

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Can you guess the top 10 digital tools in today's classroom? - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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Heavy backpacks will soon become a thing of the past in South Korea with the digitization of all textbooks in state schools by 2015.
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Jennifer Garcia on 30 Nov 11

"Heavy backpacks will soon become a thing of the past in South Korea with the digitization of all textbooks in state schools by 2015. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Heavy backpacks will soon become a thing of the past in South Korea with the digitization of all textbooks in state schools by 2015. "</div>

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iPads changing the game for learning at Longfield - 0 views

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"All students can have an iPad for use at school and at home, and initially that meant about 500 of them. There are currently about 900 students in the school and that number will rise to 1,100. It's a classic e-Learning Foundation equity scheme so it also includes families on very low incomes as well the better off. The iPad2s cost around £16 per month over three years and the cash comes from a mix of voluntary parental contributions, school funding and e-Learning Foundation mediated support."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"All students can have an iPad for use at school and at home, and initially that meant about 500 of them. There are currently about 900 students in the school and that number will rise to 1,100. It's a classic e-Learning Foundation equity scheme so it also includes families on very low incomes as well the better off. The iPad2s cost around £16 per month over three years and the cash comes from a mix of voluntary parental contributions, school funding and e-Learning Foundation mediated support."</div>

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iPad app credited with 20% jump in math scores at middle school | TabTimes - 0 views

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"Score another win for the iPad, quite literally. Educational courseware provider Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is touting the results of a yearlong pilot program that indicates the company's HMH Fuse Algebra 1 program improved student's test scores. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Score another win for the iPad, quite literally. Educational courseware provider Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is touting the results of a yearlong pilot program that indicates the company's HMH Fuse Algebra 1 program improved student's test scores. "</div>

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10 ways to change the minds of tech-reluctant staff | eSchool News - 1 views

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"Start small, make training personally relevant, pair staff with knowledgeable co-workers-and keep it fun, readers recommend"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Start small, make training personally relevant, pair staff with knowledgeable co-workers-and keep it fun, readers recommend"</div>

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Do iPads Have the Capacity to Change Education? - iPads in Education - 0 views

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Professional development becomes far more valuable when it searches beyond the simple nuts and bolts of technical use and instead encourages teachers to disrupt the traditional flow of education - to dabble, experiment and re-imagine how that technology can be used to sculpt new educational horizons. A skilled teacher knows more than the simple mechanics of how to use a specific tool. A skilled teacher knows that technology implementations won't have any impact as long as you try and retrofit them on to outdated teaching methods. Only when combined with the creativity and ingenuity of dedicated teachers can technology have a truly disruptive and transformative effect.    There are many t
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Students learn smart-phone app making | eSchool News - 0 views

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"Students will work in teams to create a real-world mobile app during the 12-week, after-school course. Enrollment is optional, but as of Jan. 24, 30 Apex students had registered, said Julie Oster, director of the Academy of Information Technology, an Apex High School program that follows the NAF curriculum."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Students will work in teams to create a real-world mobile app during the 12-week, after-school course. Enrollment is optional, but as of Jan. 24, 30 Apex students had registered, said Julie Oster, director of the Academy of Information Technology, an Apex High School program that follows the NAF curriculum."</div>

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Five key roles for 21st-century school librarians | eSchool News - 0 views

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Given the unprecedented quantity of information learners are exposed to, the librarian's role is more important than ever. Librarians help all students gain access to, evaluate, ethically use, create, share, and synthesize information. These skills are easily grouped into the following categories, she and Miller said.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Given the unprecedented quantity of information learners are exposed to, the librarian's role is more important than ever. Librarians help all students gain access to, evaluate, ethically use, create, share, and synthesize information. These skills are easily grouped into the following categories, she and Miller said.</div>

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Seven standards for effective professional development | eSchool News - 0 views

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"Conference presenter Stephanie Hirsch says collaborative teamwork among teachers is a key to 21st-century student achievement"

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Is Google+ coming to K12 schools soon? - Apps User Group - 0 views

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Berners-Lee to protect 'open internet' - Telegraph - 0 views

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"Berners-Lee to protect 'open internet' Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee will work with broadband providers to 'protect the open internet', the Government has announced. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Berners-Lee to protect 'open internet' Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee will work with broadband providers to 'protect the open internet', the Government has announced. "</div>

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New Classroom Tool Uses Laptops & Phones for Instant Assessment - 0 views

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Socrative makes a web, iPhone and Android app that functions as a clicker system. After a teacher sets up an account, he or she receives a classroom number to give students. They simply enter the number in their phones or on a laptop and are ready to answer multiple choice questions, write short answers and compete in team challenges. "They don't have to create a user name and a password, it doesn't have to be approved by an administrator, it doesn't have to go through the school, we didn't have to spend 45 minutes setting it up. … I get an excel sheet that I know what to do with," she says.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Socrative makes a web, iPhone and Android app that functions as a clicker system. After a teacher sets up an account, he or she receives a classroom number to give students. They simply enter the number in their phones or on a laptop and are ready to answer multiple choice questions, write short answers and compete in team challenges. "They don't have to create a user name and a password, it doesn't have to be approved by an administrator, it doesn't have to go through the school, we didn't have to spend 45 minutes setting it up. … I get an excel sheet that I know what to do with," she says.</div>

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Many US schools adding iPads, trimming textbooks - Yahoo! Finance - 0 views

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- For incoming freshmen at western Connecticut's suburban Brookfield High School, hefting a backpack weighed down with textbooks is about to give way to tapping out notes and flipping electronic pages on a glossy iPad tablet computer.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- For incoming freshmen at western Connecticut's suburban Brookfield High School, hefting a backpack weighed down with textbooks is about to give way to tapping out notes and flipping electronic pages on a glossy iPad tablet computer.</div>

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