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Mellody Hobson: Color blind or color brave? | Talk Video | TED.com - 2 views

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Achievethecore.org :: Home - 3 views

achievethecore.org

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C Reed on 22 Jul 14

Find, steal, and share free Common Core tools. For teachers, coaches, school and district leaders. Assembled by Student Achievement Partners.

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World Artists Newsletter MD - 1 views

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global

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SHAKESPEARE flashmob - 12 views

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flashmob shakespeare

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Leslie Healey on 09 Apr 14

Folger Library's great flashmob idea for Will's Bday (data day?)

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It Was The Best Of Sentences ... : NPR - 21 views

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Joanna Ganci on 31 Mar 14

Creative Writing

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Pre- Nursery school admissions in Delhi - 2 views

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Pre- Nursery school admissions

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Little Planet Preschool on 04 Dec 13

As the verdict of court is out regarding the nursery school admissions in Delhi; it is important that parents try to understand the difference between the nursery and pre nursery school

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Google infographic searching research

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Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Printable Handbooks - 15 views

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shakespeare chicago theater english literature teaching

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Dana Huff on 04 Sep 13

Chicago Shakespeare Theater has printable handbooks for many of Shakespeare's plays. "Each of our entirely original teacher handbooks includes active, engaging teaching activities, 400 years of critical thinking, synopses, and much more. Teaching activities-all aligned with the Common Core State Standards-are designed to draw upon some of the same practices and techniques that actors use in the rehearsal process to break open Shakespeare's challenging language."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Chicago Shakespeare Theater has printable handbooks for many of Shakespeare's plays. "Each of our entirely original teacher handbooks includes active, engaging teaching activities, 400 years of critical thinking, synopses, and much more. Teaching activities-all aligned with the Common Core State Standards-are designed to draw upon some of the same practices and techniques that actors use in the rehearsal process to break open Shakespeare's challenging language."</div>

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Digital Writing Workshop - Troy Hicks - 15 views

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writing teaching English resources web2.0 tools

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Companion site for THE DIGITAL WRITING WORKSHOP and CRAFTING DIGITAL WRITING

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Draft No. 4 by John McPhee - 9 views

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composition language English draft writing editing

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Mrs. Dawson on 03 Aug 13

A piece published for The New Yorker about the importance of multiple drafts and the editing process.

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Fahrenheit 451 | The Big Read - 9 views

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Ray Bradbury Farhenheit 451 reading literature

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Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival 07.26.13 | orvis.com/news - 2 views

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"Welcome to a new edition of the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival, in which we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing videos available"

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Digitized Classic Books for All Ages | Teaching with the Library of Congress - 10 views

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books

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Rolling Stone Cover - Boston bombing suspect - 1 views

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visual rhetoric

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This would be a great piece of controversial visual rhetoric to explore with students. It could be compared to the controversy created with the photograph of "The Falling Man" - http://www.esquire.com/features/ESQ0903-SEP_FALLINGMAN

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This would be a great piece of controversial visual rhetoric to explore with students. It could be compared to the controversy created with the photograph of "The Falling Man" - <a href="http://www.esquire.com/features/ESQ0903-SEP_FALLINGMAN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.esquire.com/features/ESQ0903-SEP_FALLINGMAN</a></div>

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LiteracyTA offers practical teaching strategies and approaches that teachers can use to... - 11 views

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literacy strategies AVID

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How to Listen - NYTimes.com - 13 views

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- Sara Kajder on 02 Jul 13
  
  What does Gutkind argue here that surprises you?
  
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The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens: Scientific A... - 18 views

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  on the other hand, I just tried to change the color of my highlighter, and redo a highlight that supported a different conclusion, and Diigo would not let me--I learned that on my iPad
  
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no obvious shape or thickness.
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"haptic dissonance"
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e screen-based reading is more physically and mentally taxing than reading on pape
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- Leslie Healey on 12 May 13
  
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drains more mental resources than turning or clicking a page, which are simpler and more automatic gestures.
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people reading on screens take a lot of shortcuts—they spend more time browsing, scanning and hunting for keywords compared with people reading on paper, and are more likely to read a document once, and only once.
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When reading on screens, people seem less inclined
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metacognitive learning regulation—strategies such as setting specific goals, rereading difficult sections and checking how much one has understood
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Sellen has learned that many people do not feel much ownership of e-books because of their impermanence and intangibility: "They think of using an e-book, not owning an e-book," s
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Participants in her studies say that when they really like an electronic book, they go out and get the paper version.
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Why not keep paper and evolve screen-based reading into something else entirely?
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Some Web comics and infographics turn scrolling into a strength rather than a weakness. S
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Leslie Healey on 12 May 13

paper vs screen in your brain

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Free Online Grammar Check, Spelling, and More | PaperRater - 11 views

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readability writing reading tool tools free

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Free online tool that checks spelling and grammar and plagiarism and offers writing suggestions.

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The Readability Test Tool - 5 views

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