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Brittany Jackson

Official Livemocha Press Releases | Livemocha Press - 1 views

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  • Livemocha, the world’s largest online language learning service, today announced the Livemocha Scholarship Program, which offers free and discounted foreign language services to high schools and community colleges across the nation. Livemocha aspires to create a world in which every person is fluent in multiple languages and to help support this mission will donate approximately five million dollars of language learning to U.S. schools in 2012. Schools can now apply for the needs-based Livemocha 2012 Scholarship Program offering discounts and free language learning solutions.
  • In the United States today, less than 40% of high school students and 8% of college students are enrolled in the study of a foreign language. According to a recent survey on multilingual talent in the workplace, 33% of Fortune 500 companies will require knowledge of a foreign language in order to qualify for employment.
  • Livemocha’s initiative is also dedicated to enhancing English as a second language (ESL) instruction for students in the process of learning English, or English Learners.
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  • “It’s clear that the English-only mentality is no longer acceptable in light of our increasingly globalized world,” said Michael Schutzler, CEO of Livemocha
  • Livemocha is a company committed to helping every person on earth achieve fluency in a new language. As the world’s largest online language learning community, Livemocha fuses traditional learning methods with online practice, and interaction with native language speakers from around the world.
  • http://www.livemocha.com.
  • Brittany Jackson on 19 Jan 12
     
    This is an interesting article and the other link I tried to send didn't get done properly. My apologies. But, it's about foreign language programs in schools and how livemocha hopes to financially assist schools. 
Morgan Roberts

Why Technology Matters News | www.tpschool.org | city country classroom progressive pri... - 0 views

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  • Over time, I realized that I had become a technology mediator of sorts, someone with a pedagogical background, who helped guide faculty and students as they faced decisions regarding technology use in the classroom.
    • Morgan Roberts
      Morgan Roberts on 17 Jan 12
       
      This school is using technology to help the students but supporting the students is their main role at The Philadelphia School in Philadelphia, PA.
  • Last year I left the art classroom, devoting myself to helping other teachers and students mindfully navigate the use of digital technology in classrooms throughout the school.  I remain less a techie than an educator who keeps the students – not the technology – at the center of all we do at The Philadelphia School.
Trevor Tom

More Schools Embrace the iPad as a Learning Tool - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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ipad schools technology

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  • Trevor Tom on 17 Jan 12
     
    School uses iPad to bring technology into classroom. Students are being able to replace textbooks with iPads
Aaron Wagner

The Impact of the iPad on K-12 Schools - 0 views

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      Aaron Wagner on 17 Jan 12
       
      It's important to give each student their own, or else it risks that the tablets do not preform as well as intended.  
  • The battery life made the iPad an easy choice for Avery Middle School, Wells said. Even with a 6-cell battery, a netbook would only last four hours. And that's not long enough in a 6 1/2- or 7-hour school day. The iPad advertised a 10-hour video viewing battery life, and that has proved true.
    • Aaron Wagner
      Aaron Wagner on 17 Jan 12
       
      The battery lasts long enough that they can be used all day and charged all night.  But the article does not take into account that when the tablets are used constantly the battery drains quicker.
Ellen Conkey

Interactive ebooks for children - 0 views

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reading literacy Books education

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  • Ellen Conkey on 19 Jan 12
     
    My next door neighbor's elementary school uses this. It is an online website that their school uses to keep track of their reading skills. It is nice because it is for not only the teacher and students, but also the student's parents'.
Lindsay Mullen

STOP cyberbullying: The School's role - 0 views

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cyberbullying schools

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  • What is the school's role in this?
  • What is the school's role in this?
  • Schools can be very effective brokers in working with the parents to stop and remedy cyberbullying situations
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  • They can also educate the students on cyberethics and the law
  • If schools are creative, they can sometimes avoid the claim that their actions exceeded their legal authority for off-campus cyberbullying actions
  • Lindsay Mullen on 15 Feb 12
     
    Identifying what exactly the school's role(s) are in a case of cyberbullying
Lindsay Mullen

STOP cyberbullying: What is cyberbullying, exactly? - 0 views

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cyberbullying

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  • "Cyberbullying" is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones
  • The methods used are limited only by the child's imagination and access to technology
  • Children have killed each other and committed suicide after having been involved in a cyberbullying incident
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  • Cyberbullying is usually not a one time communication, unless it involves a death threat or a credible threat of serious bodily harm. Kids usually know it when they see it, while parents may be more worried about the lewd language used by the kids than the hurtful effect of rude and embarrassing posts.
  • Cyberbullying may rise to the level of a misdemeanor cyberharassment charge, or if the child is young enough may result in the charge of juvenile delinquency
  • It typically can result in a child losing their ISP or IM accounts as a terms of service violation. And in some cases, if hacking or password and identity theft is involved, can be a serious criminal matter under state and federal law.
  • When schools try and get involved by disciplining the student for cyberbullying actions that took place off-campus and outside of school hours, they are often sued for exceeding their authority and violating the student's free speech right.
  • Schools can be very effective brokers in working with the parents to stop and remedy cyberbullying situations
  • Lindsay Mullen on 15 Feb 12
     
    The definition and further explanation of cyberbullying
Michael Frasure

The Impact of the iPad on K-12 Schools « Educational Technology - 0 views

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iPad K-12 Education

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  • Michael Frasure on 17 Jan 12
     
    Tanya Roscorla provides brief article about the iPad's impact in K-12 schools.
shelby doane

Education Articles - 0 views

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ADHD education

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  • ADHD is in epidemic proportions in our children. While this may sound like a panic statement it is not intended to incite panic. It doesn’t even have to be a crisis, except that children with ADHD test the educational system at every turn. And the educational system is failing these children. Our answer to this seems to be to blame the students, medicate them, and insist that they continue in the system that is not equipped to handle them.
  • This is the dilemma facing may schools today. Institutional school settings are based on a model of children from a different era. Children today, even those without ADHD, seem to be wired differently from the students of one hundred years ago. From a very early age we bombard them with stimulation. Before a baby can even turn over by themselves they have music, lights, and sound in their cribs, in the form of toys, mobiles, and stuffed animals that make noises or lullabies. By the time they are toddling, many of their toys make sound, light up, or move.
  • Institutional school settings are based on a model of children from a different era
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  • . Children today, even those without ADHD, seem to be wired differently from the students of one hundred years ago. From a very early age we bombard them with stimulation
  • Steven Stooksbury on 17 Jan 12
     
    A article that talks about ADHD.
  • Brittany Jackson on 17 Jan 12
     
    My brother has severe ADHD. I don't believe the flashing lights and such of toys really play into how easily distracted ADHD students are. Noises such as a drop of a pencil can distract them which probably happened 100 years ago just now we're more aware and educated with mental health. His teacher does things that makes games with a trampoline.
Lindsay Mullen

STOP cyberbullying: Preventing cyberbullying - 0 views

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cyberbullying prevention

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  • Educating the kids about the consequences (losing their ISP or IM accounts) helps. Teaching them to respect others and to take a stand against bullying of all kinds helps too
  • Unfortunately, there is no "one size fits all" when cyberbullying is concerned
  • When schools try and get involved by disciplining the student for cyberbullying actions that took place off-campus and outside of school hours, they are often sued for exceeding their authority and violating the student's free speech right. [Learn more...]
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  • Parents need to be the one trusted place kids can go when things go wrong online and offline. Yet they often are the one place kids avoid when things go wrong online
  • Lindsay Mullen on 15 Feb 12
     
    Ways of prevention
Megan Duke

Mary Ann Rankin: Why America Needs Good Teachers - 0 views

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math education teachers

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  • shows that teachers can change the trajectory of their students' lives. Students of capable elementary and middle school teachers not only have higher standardized test scores, they are more likely to attend college, have a lower incidence of high school pregnancy, and earn more as adults.
  • As the global economy quickly changes, countries that can stay ahead in areas such as engineering, chemistry, and technology will be the most competitive. Yet, the hard sciences are among the most challenging subjects for even the best instructors to teach. Worse, Education Trust studies have shown that troubling numbers of math and science teachers never studied the subjects they are teaching.
  • An increased emphasis on good teachers who can provide high quality math and science education should be a top priority for America's educational community and our political leaders. This is not just for the sake of raising standardized test scores, but because we understand the direct correlation between mastering essential subject matter and the success of our students and the country.
Jeremy Rice

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weather alerts

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  • Jeremy Rice on 17 Jan 12
     
    this is the weather for the New Concord Area and this is helpful for that morning commute to school and walking to class.
John Shaw

8 Ways Technology Is Improving Education - 0 views

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Edu Tech

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      John Shaw on 17 Jan 12
       
      This is a very true statement. For the younger generation is becoming more in to the world of computers.
  • Technology is helping teachers to expand beyond linear, text-based learning and to engage students who learn best in other ways. Its role in schools has evolved from a contained “computer class” into a versatile learning tool that could change how we demonstrate concepts, assign projects and assess progress.
  • John Shaw on 17 Jan 12
     
    How Technology is slowly changing the ways we use classrooms now of days. Is this good or bad for our students today?
Bethany Beckett

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deaf children deaf reforms

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      Bethany Beckett on 17 Jan 12
       
      Important change in laws for deaf children
  • The law was in effect as of May 1996, and its rules for implementation were adopted in May of 1997. All IEPs being developed are required to
  • What will be the impact of the Deaf Child's Bill of Rights on my child's education? An outcome of the Deaf Child's Bill of Rights is that your child's IEP (Individual Education Plan) will be directly affected by this law in the form of a "Communication Plan". The Communication Plan is the document referred to in the rules that contains an action plan that the IEP team (especially parents) has created to address specific areas of a student's social and emotional development. All too often, IEPs do not thoroughly address, if at all, these critical areas of growth for a child who is deaf or hard of hearing. The Communication Plan creates a mechanism for having conversations and taking action where gaps are identified in these areas. And the Communication Plan will serve as a quality control monitor, making sure that a more comprehensive, qualitative view is taken of each child's experience in school.
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  • When will the law take effect and when will my child have his/her own "Communication Plan".
  • What is the Deaf Child's Bill of Rights? In May of 1996, the General Assembly approved Colorado State Law 96-1041, The Deaf Child's Bill of Rights. The Bill, sponsored by Representative Mo Keller, who is an educator of the deaf, was strongly supported by parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing, and members of the deaf community. With its passage, program options for deaf students in the state of Colorado have been strengthened and preserved. In light of numerous states nationwide that have eliminated program options in favor of full inclusion models, the passage of 1041 is considered a victory indeed for deaf and hard of hearing students who benefit from options.
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  • include a Communication Plan. Still, it's not happen
  • rtheless, we encourage parents to take the initiative and team with your IEP staff to create a Communication Plan for your child at your next
  • Bethany Beckett on 17 Jan 12
     
    Deaf students/children reforms. the new bill of rights for the deaf.
holli gattshall

tehnology in the English class - 0 views

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English technology

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  • holli gattshall on 19 Jan 12
     
    i found a couple things in this article that I could use in the future in my high school english classes.
Morgan Roberts

Misunderstood Minds . Basics of Reading| PBS - 0 views

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  • At a basic level children recognize that letters represent the sounds of spoken words. As children master each letter of the alphabet, they map these letters to the sounds they represent. This mapping enables children to begin to decipher whole words.
    • Morgan Roberts
      Morgan Roberts on 17 Jan 12
       
      I had to learn this all through elementary school.
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