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Every teacher who has attempted to integrate technology into the classroom knows that getting parents on board can sometimes be a challenge. It's not uncommon for the parent of a struggling child to be on the phone with you asking questions like: "Why do you need to use technology to teach math/social studies/English/biology?" or "This is an AP history class  - not computer science!" Your efforts to engage students and develop important 21st century skills can become the scapegoat explanation for problems that have nothing to do with tech. So, how do we as educators get these parents into our corner? Here are some strategies I've used successfully to gain parent buy-in.

What if you wanted to hire some new technology integrationists? What would you look for?

In an environment where global economy, global collaboration, and global 'knowledge' are  the aspiration of many countries, the understanding of the complexities of plagiarism becomes  a global requirement that needs to be addressed by all educators and learners. This paper  considers a simple definition of plagiarism, and then briefly considers reasons why students  plagiarise. At Unitec NZ, Te Puna Ako: The Centre for Teaching and Learning Innovation  (TPA:CTLI) is working closely with faculty, managers, student support services and library  personnel to introduce strategies and tools that can be integrated into programmes and  curricula whilst remaining flexible enough to be tailored for specific learners. The authors  therefore provide an overview of one of the tools available to check student work for  plagiarism - Turnitin - and describe the academic Professional Development (PD)  approaches that have been put in place to share existing expertise, as well as help staff at  Unitec NZ to use the tool in pedagogically informed ways, which also assist students in its  use. Evaluation and results are considered, before concluding with some recommendations. It  goes on to theorise how blended programmes that fully integrate academic literacy skills and  conventions might be used to positively scaffold students in the avoidance of plagiarism.  Conference participants will be asked to comment on and discuss their institutions' approach  to supporting the avoidance of plagiarism (including the utilisation of PDS and other  deterrents), describe their own personal experiences, and relate the strategies they employ in  their teaching practice and assessment design to help their learners avoid plagiarism. It is  planned to record the session so that the audience's narratives can be shared with other  practitioners.

Cache of links to some yummy instructional coaching resources.

Optimize use. Promote  adoption. Maximize success. That's what best practices are all about. Here are some resources to help you make the most of the Blackboard Collaborate™ platform at your academic institution.

"Between 1981 and 1993, documentary producer Christopher Sykes shot three films and one TV series dedicated to the charismatic, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman (1918-1988). We have presented these documentaries here individually before (some several years ago), but never brought them together."

For the science teacher and inquisitive kid in all of us. One of the physics gods reaching out to we mere mortals!

Really like the use of Word Clouds hear for some higher order thinking in regard to the debates.

Considering the unexpected financial crisis happen these days, many of the working class people felt the pinch. It is because most of the people live from paycheck to paycheck that makes it tough for them to save some cash for the rainy day.

"Looking for new ideas for how to set up student classroom desks? You have come to the right place! This site is designed to give you some new ideas and fresh perspective for our classroom set up! This site has several pages of possible student desk arrangements for class sizes from 16-24. Hopefully you are able to incorporate something new for your classroom this year! "

"Lexile measures are powerful, versatile tools that educators can use to help their students grow as readers. When you use both Lexile reader measures and Lexile text measures, you can treat each student as an individual learner, rather than as below-grade, on-grade or above-grade. Site includes a "find a book" feature which allows you to search a book by title or author and find out the lexile level. There is a conversion chart on the site which will give you a guide to the approximate grade level equivalents as well. Here are some classroom ideas and applications to help you differentiate instruction for all readers in various situations."

As part of Search Education, Google has shared a bunch of lesson plans that are organized by degree of difficulty. So, if you consider yourself and / or your students Google experts, you should try out the more advanced plans. If you don't know what 'boolean' means, then you probably should start with the more basic stuff. The following are just some of the many lesson plans brought to you by Google.

10 Great Ways that Educators are Using LiveBinders It is so much fun to go to the LiveBinders site and see all the new ways that educators are using LiveBinders to curate content. Everyday that I go to the site I see a new interesting binder, so I thought it would be great to highlight some of examples in this post:.

Article has a variety of apps for K-12 students. Some are for secondary and others are for elementary.

For instance, there are many women who are not aware of the concept of molar pregnancy. This is basically a type of pregnancy with gestational trophoblastic disease. It is largely believed that some kind of deficiencies in nutritional level might lead to this kind of pregnancy.

From the author: "another list of  some equally important digital skills that you, as a teacher, need to seriously consider if you want to pave the way for the 21st century teaching. I have added a list of web tools under each skill for teachers to better exploit it."

here are three main areas in the town for purchasing FC Barcelona Tickets. These are the common, blvd and northern / southern region objective admission workplaces. Based on when you need to buy your FC Barcelona Tickets, some workplaces may be start for business while others are shut. The common and blvd workplaces are start throughout the week for buys.

There are three main areas in the town for purchasing FC Barcelona Tickets. These are the common, blvd and northern / southern region objective admission workplaces. Based on when you need to buy your FC Barcelona Tickets, some workplaces may be start for business while others are shut. The common and blvd workplaces are start throughout the week for buys.

There are three main areas in the town for purchasing FC Barcelona Tickets. These are the common, blvd and northern / southern region objective admission workplaces. Based on when you need to buy your FC Barcelona Tickets, some workplaces may be start for business while others are shut.

Interesting video with some fascinating data about Social Media. Shared today on Twitter (social media) by @amjohnston. (NOTE: The original tweet was in French, but the Translate feature in Tweetdeck allowed me to translate it.)