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YouTube - Why Students Don't Read What is Assigned in Class - 4 views

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penny kittle motivating readers reading

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Outstanding video from Penny Kittle. Her high school students explain how they get around required reading in school.

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Langwitches Blog » Creative Commons: What Every Educator Needs to Know - 9 views

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creative commons copyright

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Creative Commons: What Every Educator Needs to Know

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The Best Ways To Back-Up Your Computer & Online Work | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the... - 4 views

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technology Web2.0

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Tips for backing up your computer content and online information.

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Education Week: The Misuse of Professional Development - 12 views

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professional development

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"The Misuse of Professional Development" suggests that professional development must focus on learner outcomes.

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10 Tips on How to Write Less Badly - Do Your Job Better - The Chronicle of Higher Educa... - 18 views

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writing

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10 Tips on How to Write Less Badly

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Writing: Find the Time or Don't « Whatever - 13 views

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writing authors

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Author John Scalzi shares the importance of finding time to write or not.

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Tech Learning TL Advisor Blog and Ed Tech Ticker Blogs from TL Blog Staff - TechLearnin... - 4 views

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edtech skype

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Resources and tips for using Skype in the classroom.

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http://www.megcabot.com/2010/09/nine-years-ago/ - 3 views

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meg cabot authors 9_11

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YA author, Meg Cabot's personal experiences on 9/11/01.

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U.S. Plans Major Changes in How Students Are Tested - NYTimes.com - 9 views

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standardized testing education reform

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This article describes a national initiative to overhaul the design of our current standardized testing system.

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Best Embeds for Educational Wikis and Blogs - 20 views

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instructional strategies edtech classroommanagement

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Best Embeds for Educational Websites and Blogs

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Now Playing - Night of the Living Tech - NYTimes.com - 6 views

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technology socialnetworking

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In spite of predictions, the Web is not dead, but evolving.

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http://blog.tweetsmarter.com/twitter-search/10-ways-and-20-features-for-searching-old-t... - 0 views

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search engines twitter

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10 tools for searching your old tweets. Includes reviews of each and suggestions for use.

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Spezify - 9 views

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edtech interactive

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Search a topic across websites and receive results in a visual format.

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Summer Must-Read for Kids? Any Book - Well Blog - NYTimes.com - 6 views

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summer reading motivating readers

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Step 1 - Create A Class Blog | The Edublogger - 8 views

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authentic reading response edtech

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The Way We Live Now - I Tweet, Therefore I Am - NYTimes.com - 10 views

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twitter socialnetworking

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Author Peggy Orenstein comments about Twitter and how we use social networking to craft our identities.

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3 for 3 -- THE Journal - 15 views

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edtech

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Three technology experts provide insight into the best tools for teachers.

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Books at home push kids toward more schooling - 5 views

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access to books reading

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Powerful study about the importance of books in the home.

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