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One Thing I Am Truly Thankful For This Year - Medium - 0 views

  • It’s a precious asset. As you know, I think attention is everything
    •  Lisa Durff
       
      Give the children in your life your attention and hence you give them your time.
  • By giving me your attention, it means you’re giving me your time
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Durff's Blog: New High School Teachers with less than 5 years experience - 0 views

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    " dissertation study about how beginning teachers overcome the barriers to technology integration "
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10 Must-Have Chrome Tools for Lazy Students « Digiwonk - 0 views

  • #6: uBlock Origin
    •  Lisa Durff
       
      I ran right over to the Chrome Store to grab this one to try out as mine has been hiccuping lately
  • #7: Google Keep
  • #8: Google Dictionary
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  • #9: Google Calendar
  • #10: Feedly
  • #1 : Grammarly
  • #2: Evernote Web Clipper
  • #3: Google Docs Quick Create
  • #4: Chrome Remote Desktop
  • #5: Gmail Offline
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Four Common Core 'flimflams' - The Washington Post - 0 views

  • oppose the Common Core. Although conservatives lead the way, in the bluest of states, California and New York, more people now disapprove than approve of the standards
  • where is the research to support: close reading, increased Lexile levels, the use of informational texts
  • Ontario’s standards are far more in line with the research on early childhood development,
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  • In 2010, when the standards were being rolled out, 500 early childhood experts –pediatricians, researchers and psychologists–found the early childhood Common Core standards to be so developmentally inappropriate that they called for their suspension in grades K-3.
  • Flimflam # 1: The Common Core standards are internationally benchmarked and grounded in research.
  • Flimflam # 3: The Common Core will close the achievement gap.
  • According to a report by the Carnegie Corporation, the Common Core may double the drop-out rate
  • decrease the four year graduation rate to 53 percent
  • Flimflam #4: The problems with the Common Core standards can be fixed at the state and local level.
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As Trump Restricts Visitors From Some Majority-Muslim Countries, His Family Does Busine... - 0 views

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    "Even as President Trump takes steps to restrict visitors from some majority-Muslim countries, he and his family continue to do business in some of the others."
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Good Read: What We Can Learn from the Smartest Kids in the World | MindShift - 0 views

  • Paul’s book review discusses Ripley’s study of three cultures’ perspective of education: Finland, South Korea, and Poland.
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  • global economy, kids needed to be driven; they need to know how to adapt, since they would be doing it all their lives. They needed a culture of rigor.’”
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The 12 Most Important Ways to Let People Know They Matter - Angela Maiers - 0 views

  • 1.  Begin and End your sentences with “YOU”
  • 2.  Acknowledge Everyone
  • 4. Ask Mattering not Matter-of-Fact Questions
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  • 3.  Listen With Interest
  • 7. Deliver Happiness (HT to Zappos)
  • 6. Encourage and Reassure Confidence
  • 5. Be Present
  • 8.  Talk About Others
  • 9.  Offer Hope
  • 10.  Sweat the Small Stuff
  • 11. Tell the people in your life how you feel about them
  • 12.  Make The Choice
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"How to Minimize Technological Distractions and Maximize Productivity" - HigherEdJobs - 0 views

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    ""We need to be in control of the messy question of distraction in our classrooms,""
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Wristbands That Translate Sign Language Into Speech Would Be Awesome - 1 views

  • As it turns out, this concept is completely fictional. The film was done by advertising students and submitted to Future Lions in Cannes. The students are not, in fact, working with Google—though one student with the project says that Google indicates the technique is at least theoretically possible. We've updated this post to clarify that this is only a thought experiment and not a service that's being pursued by Google.
    •  Lisa Durff
       
      Although fictional - how many devices are now reality from sci fi? Ideas start somewhere...........
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Teach Science and Math - 0 views

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    Integrate podcasting into Science and Math to reinforce your content.
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The Qualitative Formative Assessment Toolkit: Document Learning with Mobile Technology ... - 0 views

  • qualitative formative assessment
    •  Lisa Durff
       
      Dr. Danner-Kuhn has no doubt shared with you the learning loop (my name for it) in which the reason for assessment is to discover whether curricular objectives are met or not.  Here's a pic http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/archive/cl1/flag/start/ciamodelfig1.gif by someone smarter 
  • qualitative formative assessment is the ongoing awareness, understanding, and support of learning that is difficult or impossible to quantify
    •  Lisa Durff
       
      I wonder if #ded318 can create their own qualitative formative assessments for lessons they create? Or how do you know the student met the lesson's objectives?
  • 1. Making Photos
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  • 3. Filming Videos
    •  Lisa Durff
       
      Machinima goes in here 
  • 2. Taking Screenshots
  • approaches form the Qualitative Formative Assessment
  • 4. Screencasting
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How to Better Control Your Time by Designing Your Ideal Week - 0 views

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    Map out your own Ideal Week.
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