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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Steve Ransom

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Why some kids can't spell and why spelling tests won't help - 0 views

  • The people who don’t benefit from spelling tests are those who are poor at spelling. They struggled with spelling before the test, and they still struggle after the test. Testing is not teaching.
  • Are all children learning to love words from their very first years at school?
  • Are they being fascinated by stories about where words come from and what those stories tell us about the spelling of those words?
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  • re they being excited by breaking the code, figuring how words are making their meanings and thrilled to find that what they’ve learned about one word helps them solve another word?
Steve Ransom

Online courses - Course - 0 views

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    Nice new selection of new self-paced courses for education by Google
Steve Ransom

eduClipper - Getting Started with Assignment Portfolios - 0 views

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    Fantastic new Educlipper features to use with classes! Take a look.
Steve Ransom

Cyber Security eBook Helps Parents and Teachers Educate Teens About Cyber Safety (Free ... - 0 views

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    Great resource for parents, teens and teachers!! Free eBook (PDF)
Steve Ransom

Kaizena: improving voice feedback for student writing - @joycevalenza NeverEndingSearch - 0 views

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    Free Chrome extension for adding voice comments to a Google Doc Great way to leave audio-based comments/feedback
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2013 Schedule | K12 Online Conference - 0 views

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    So many great presentations and ideas from the K12 online conference this year. Check out the schedule and join in! They are all recorded ahead of time, so you can participate at your own convencience any time after sessions go live.
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Shifting Learning - Parent Version - 0 views

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    Even without a presenter to present this presentation, the main points are well communicated.
Steve Ransom

SmartBlog on Education - Bullying prevention from the ground up - SmartBrief, Inc. Smar... - 0 views

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    One of the best articles I've read on combatting the many forms of bullying in schools.
Steve Ransom

talking word processor | Free Resources from the Net for EVERY Learner - 0 views

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    WordTalk is a powerful free tool that ought to be on every computer in every school where Microsoft Word is installed on a Windows computer! This is a tool that has the potential to benefit ALL learners, especially any who struggle with reading or writing. I'm adding WordTalk to my list of Extra Special Learning Resourses.  WordTalk is a high quality free add-in that provides convenient, versatile and customizable text-to-speech for any document written or opened in Microsoft Word. It works in every version of MS Word, from Word 97 through Word 2010; and it's available to run on every version of Windows from Windows 98 through Windows 7.
Steve Ransom

No Child Left Untableted - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    What a convoluted mess. Important to see what's happening, trends and initiatives, and the marketing/big business vs. learning in these issues.
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An Extremely Important "Take" On "Wait Time" - One That I Hadn't Thought Abou... - 0 views

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    Something really not talked about in courses on pedagogy/instruction. In an standards-saturated age, I'm not sure too many have the time to wait much anymore :-(
Steve Ransom

Class Blog: Student Faces Are Not Necessary to be Successful - 0 views

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    Yes, you can use photos of students successfully in online spaces without showing faces. There are a few nice sample teacher permission slips here to take a look at. Taking photos is so easy today. Even studens can take them for blog posts. Cropping off or blurring faces if necessary is also easily done.
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Stupid is not the same thing as slow: All the words teachers use to describe student fa... - 0 views

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    Words mater
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#MysterySkype - Skype in the classroom - 0 views

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    Follow the #mysteryskype hashtag on Twitter as well.
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