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Randolph Hollingsworth

Welcome to the Middle College National Consortium - MCNC - 5 views

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    "Our focus is on professional development and staff leadership; democratic school governance and peer review; comprehensive academic, social and emotional student support; and high school-college collaboration."
Kim Drain

Stanford Copyright & Fair Use - Welcome to the Public Domain - 106 views

  • The public owns these works, not an individual author or artist. Anyone can use a public domain work without obtaining permission, but no one can ever own it.
  • Copyright has expired for all works published in the United States before 1923.
  • For works published after 1977, if the work was written by a single author, the copyright will not expire until 70 years after the author’s death. If a work was written by several authors and published after 1977, it will not expire until 70 years after the last surviving author dies.
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  • Thousands of works published in the United States before 1964 fell into the public domain because the copyright was not renewed in time under the law in effect then.
  • Copyright law does not protect ideas; it only protects the particular way an idea is expressed.
  • Sometimes an author deliberately chooses not to protect a work and dedicates the work to the public. This type of dedication is rare, and unless there is express authorization placing the work in the public domain, do not assume that the work is free to use.
  • Copyright law does not protect the titles of books or movies, nor does it protect short phrases such as, “Make my day.” Copyright protection also doesn’t cover facts, ideas, or theories.
  • Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization designed to foster the public domain, helps copyright owners dedicate their works to the public domain.
  • Works published in the U.S. before 1923 In the
  • In the U.S., any work created by a federal government employee or officer is in the public domain, provided that the work was created in that person’s official capacity.
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    This chapter of Stanford's Copyright and Fair Use Overview defines public domain and explains the main ways in which works become public domain. "Dear Rich" letters provide scenarios to illustrate many of these.
Erin Crisp

International Middle Years Curriculum - Home - Welcome - 40 views

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    Middle Years curriculum
Jac Londe

Brain-Art Competition 2011 - 37 views

  • The Brain-Art Competition
  • In order to recognize the beauty and creativity of artistic renderings emerging from the neuroimaging community, we are launching the first annual Brain-Art Competition. Countless hours are devoted to creation of informative visualizations for communicating neuroscientific findings. This competition aims to recognize the artistic creativity of our community that often goes unappreciated in the publication process.
  • We are inviting researchers to submit their favorite unpublished works for entry.  Both team and single-person entries are welcomed. The competition will have four award categories: 1)Best 3-Dimensional Brain Rendering 2)Best Representation of the Human Connectome 3)Best Abstract Brain Illustration 4)Best Humorous Brain Illustration
Christine Dailey

Welcome to PrimaryAccess - 100 views

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    PrimaryAccess is a suite of free online tools that allows students and teachers to use primary source documents to complete meaningful and compelling learning activities with digital movies, storyboards, rebus stories and other online tools.
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    storyboarding with primary sources
Maureen Greenbaum

Five Things Students Say They Want From Education| The Committed Sardine - 88 views

  • 1. Real-world application and relevancy
  • 3. Innovation
  • 5. Interactive technology
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  • 4. Teacher mentors
  • 2. Choice
  • make the class a welcoming place instead of a dreaded one.
  • more time to reflect on what they learn
  • The teachers [who] are still using overhead projectors should be run out of town!
  • more practical, hands-on experience and not just lectures and homework
  • where they can experiment, discuss, and reflect on what they observed, and then redo the activity.
  • teacher who engages them in learning rather than constantly ‘telling’ them what they should learn, and a curriculum that explains the ‘what’ and ‘why’ and connects it to their lives.”
Derek Allison

JAM - Welcome to just-a-minute - 144 views

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Martin Burrett

Welcome to About World Languages - 99 views

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    A really interesting site that explores how world languages have developed, what they are related to and fascinating facts and trivia. A great background resource for any MFL student. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Languages%2C+Culture+%26+International+Projects
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Ahead - Playground for creative minds - 86 views

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    Good competitor for Prezi
Deborah Batzer

The Comic Book Periodic Table of the Elements - 177 views

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    This site contains comic book images linked to the chemical elements via the periodic table. Comics include Uncle $crooge, Metal Men, Metamorpho, Batman, Fantastic Four, Superman, and many more."> The Comic Book Periodic Table of the Elements BODY { color: rgb(0,0,0);} Th
Todd Finley

Welcome to Jiffle | Scheduling Made Simple - 75 views

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    Even better than Doodle for scheduling, Students can self-schedule themselves for conferences on your e-calendar. When you accept, Jiffle sends a confirmation.
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    viewable only in IE and Firefox, not yet for Safari.
Paula Frohman

Welcome to Route 21 - 45 views

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    Group looking at the role of Technology in classrooms
Rod White

Teaching and technology ~ presentations and resources for educators - 77 views

  • During the last six or so years I have created a number of 'how-to' documents and presentations for a variety of web based and related technologies. They are available from the various workshop web pages however I thought it might prove helpful to link to all the documents from a single page. Some of my workshop participants have referred to these documents as 'cheat sheets'.
  • ~ www.larkin.net.au ~ | Welcome | About Me | Technology | History | Galleries | Music | Blog | Presentation and workshop documents During the last six or so years I have created a number of 'how-to' documents and presentations for a variety of web based and related technologies. They are available from the various workshop web pages however I thought it might prove helpful to link to all the documents from a single page. Some of my workshop participants have referred to these documents as 'cheat sheets'. Web 2.0Read~Write Web Overview Information sharing
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    great clearinghouse of tutorials & handouts from presentations on many tools
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    online workshops
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