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Students Speak Up in Class, Silently, via Social Media - NYTimes.com - 10 views

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web2.0 socialmedia teaching lifeonthenet

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Leslie Healey on 13 May 11

Though this is not true in my school, I know this must be MY tribe... and it must be true, cause it is in the NYT (in joke in my worldlit class).

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Though this is not true in my school, I know this must be MY tribe... and it must be true, cause it is in the NYT (in joke in my worldlit class).</div>

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Better Book Titles blog - 11 views

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literature humor satire

shared by Adam Babcock on 13 May 11 - Cached

Adam Babcock on 13 May 11

Note: some of the titles are a little nsfw, so use the website in the classroom with caution. Know what titles you want to use and perhaps don't leave students to wander on their own.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Note: some of the titles are a little nsfw, so use the website in the classroom with caution. Know what titles you want to use and perhaps don't leave students to wander on their own.</div>

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25 Manners Every Kid Should Know By Age 9 - Parenting on Shine - 10 views

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classroommanagement

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A New Kind of Book› Principles & Practices - 11 views

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Tests Document Readability - 12 views

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googledocs readability tools

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Big Thinkers: Judy Willis on the Science of Learning | Edutopia - 4 views

www.edutopia.org/is-neuroscience-learning-video

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Anne Williams on 09 May 11

brain based research on the science of learning focus and curiosty in the classroom PD

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Formative and Summative Assessment in the Classroom - 12 views

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shared by Vanessa Alander on 09 May 11 - No Cached

- Vanessa Alander on 09 May 11
  
  Use of exit slips as formative assessments!
  
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self-evaluation is a logical step in the learning process.
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students keeping ongoing records of their work not only engages students, it
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http://www.smallschoolsproject.org/PDFS/co21003/rigor_not.pdf - 3 views

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rigor managment

shared by Vanessa Alander on 08 May 11 - No Cached

- Vanessa Alander on 08 May 11
  
  Rigor is not... it is helping students develop complex ambiguous provocative challenging material in and out of the classroom
  
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Interview with Phil Davison, the man behind one of the most intense stump speeches ever... - 8 views

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7 Brilliant Book Trailers | Brain Pickings - 12 views

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7 Brilliant Book Trailers
- camillenapierbernstein on 02 May 11
  
  I found these exciting projects, too. I would ask teachers to require kids NOT SPOIL the plot -- or, at least to warn viewers of spoilers. My students could not watch any of the SPEAK trailers for this reason.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I found these exciting projects, too. I would ask teachers to require kids NOT SPOIL the plot -- or, at least to warn viewers of spoilers. My students could not watch any of the SPEAK trailers for this reason.</div>
  
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Leslie Healey on 01 May 11

5 trailers for unique books-- great to inspire reading, or to serve as examples of the clear thinking that goes into creating a great review. My kids were fascinated, great discussion ensued as we plan our PechaKucha book reports

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">5 trailers for unique books-- great to inspire reading, or to serve as examples of the clear thinking that goes into creating a great review. My kids were fascinated, great discussion ensued as we plan our PechaKucha book reports</div>

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Designing an Image to Represent a Character - 8 views

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character tattoo books literature

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Audio from danah boyd's TtW2011 Keynote - 1 views

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twitter keynote danah

shared by Meredith Stewart on 01 May 11 - No Cached

Meredith Stewart on 01 May 11

For those wanting more on teens seeing privacy as controlling meaning not access, audio of recent talk on the topic: http://bit.ly/h55Sqp

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Cool Cat Teacher Blog: 15 Fantastic Ways to Use Flipboard - 6 views

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Classical Literature -- Student Work - 22 views

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literatureresponses

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Mrs. Lenker on 01 May 11

Literature responses--student examples

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Jeff Clark - Portfolio Illustrating Patterns in Data - 14 views

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Data visualization infographic infographics twitter 21cif analytics

shared by Dennis OConnor on 29 Apr 11 - Cached

Dennis OConnor on 29 Apr 11

This is a tantalizing portfolio page of infographic generators. As a writing teacher I see many applications. As an information fluency advocate I see a way to understand data that excites the mind. Many of these programs use social media sources to build visual comparisons and patterns. What a find!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is a tantalizing portfolio page of infographic generators. As a writing teacher I see many applications. As an information fluency advocate I see a way to understand data that excites the mind. Many of these programs use social media sources to build visual comparisons and patterns. What a find! </div>

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Modernism Lab - Yale University - 8 views

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Read ePub ebooks online : Bookworm ePub reader - 10 views

bookworm.oreilly.com

ebooks ePub ebook opensource Bookworm

shared by Lee Ann Spillane on 28 Apr 11 - Cached

YouTube - theproselytizer's Channel - 1 views

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youtube shakespeare literature education english

shared by Dana Huff on 27 Apr 11 - No Cached

Dana Huff on 27 Apr 11

Robbing the Bard: The story of how a stolen Shakespeare First Folio appeared in the Folger Shakespeare Library. Narrated by David Tennant.

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Why Shakespeare never fails to get brains buzzing | Books | The Observer - 9 views

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shakespeare education literature english guardian

shared by Dana Huff on 26 Apr 11 - No Cached

Dana Huff on 26 Apr 11

Reading Shakespeare makes you smarter!

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U.S. Tribe Cites Tsunami, 'Twilight' In Bid To Expand : NPR - 1 views

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