Educational Leadership:Closing Opportunity Gaps:The Myth of Pink and Blue Brains - 36 views
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Few other clear-cut differences between boys' and girls' neural structures, brain activity, or neurochemistry have thus far emerged, even for something as obviously different as self-regulation.
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Our actual ability differences are quite small. Although psychologists can measure statistically significant distinctions between large groups of men and women or boys and girls, there is much more overlap in the academic and even social-emotional abilities of the genders than there are differences (Hyde, 2005). To put it another way, the range of performance within each gender is wider than the difference between the average boy and girl.
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epigenetic
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Using Social Bookmarking in Schools and with your Students- Part Two | Silvia Tolisano-... - 17 views
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Remember that it is NOT about the tools we use with our students, but the skills we are exposing them to and want them to get proficient in.
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need to evaluate and interpret information tag bookmarks (their own and/or the ones collected by their teacher) summarize bookmarks (their own and/or the ones shared by teacher) take advantage of “experts in the field” (by subscribing to their RSS for specific tags) learn to search for relevant information beyond “googling” collaborate with other members of a study group (local or global)
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Strategies for online reading comprehension - 92 views
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We traditionally think of reading in terms of sounding out words, understanding the meaning of those words, and putting those words into some contextual understanding.
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If the kind of text our students are encountering in these online travels is embedded with so many links and media, and if those texts are connected to other associated pages (with even more links and media), hosted by who-knows-whom, the act of reading online quickly becomes an act of hunting for treasure, with red herrings all over the place that can easily divert one’s attention.
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As educators, we need to take a closer look at what online reading is all about and think about how we can help our students not only navigate with comprehension but also understand the underlying structure of this world.
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The Role of Learning Management Systems in Middle Schools - 14 views
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ll learning styles and levels can be met. Teachers can organize their classes and post different documents, assignments, tests, etc. for their students to work on without the students knowing they are receiving something that has been specifically developed for their own level.
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many benefits in middle level education
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How Can Teachers Create a Learner-Centered Environment? - 132 views
Text Note Suggestion - 79 views
Along the lines of research I think have any bookmark or annotation come with a citation. If you copy into notebook programs (like Google NoteBook and OneNote) the citation comes with it. The tem...
Here's what makes students 200 percent more likely to pass - eCampus News - 33 views
FAQ - Diigo help - 44 views
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effectively utilize the vast array of information that resides on the internet and who are capable of processing the information collaboratively
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superior to traditional classroom teaching alone
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skills
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Awesome Tutorials on how Teachers can Use Google Forms - 184 views
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Google Forms is a great free service for us in education
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"Google Forms is a great free service for us in education. It is part of the free tools Google Docs offers to its users. Google Forms has a huge potentail for classroom teaching and teachers can do a myriad of tasks with it. As an example, instead of going looking for quiz forms others have created and that might not suit your teaching purposes why not learn how to create your own forms. Testing forms is just an example and of course there are many other things you can do with forms "
Professor Robot - why AI could soon be teaching in university classrooms - 20 views
Encourage Students to Use AAC by Supporting Communication Partners: Help embed AAC use ... - 2 views
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speech-language pathologists hope to accomplish with augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
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In her inclusive kindergarten classroom, she tried an AAC app with a basic grid display on a mobile tablet and made measurable progress with it. However, Lily’s team felt the AAC app lacked depth, so they switched her to a more advanced version
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this research-supported approach provides the foundation for several training programs
Jing: A Substitute Teacher Solution - 129 views
Educator Resources - 71 views
Free Technology for Teachers - 125 views
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skip to main | skip to sidebar Pages Free Downloads Job Board Google Tools Tutorials Video Creation Resources Develop a PLN Work With Me Advertise Monday, June 21, 2010 Measure the Impact of Asteroids & Atomic Bombs Carlos Labs, a data architecture and data integration firm in Australia, has developed two Google Maps-based widgets that demonstrate the range of atomic weapons and the size of areas that could be affected by asteroid impacts.Ground Zero
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size of an area that
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TimeMaps is best described as a mash-up of encyclopedia
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