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18 and Under - Texting, Surfing, Studying? - NYTimes.com - 11 views

  • But if you ask the experts, they are pretty unanimous that we don’t know much.
  • So are teenagers any better at oscillating?
  • “If they’re doing well, permitting them to have some choice permits them to find their own style.”
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    "But if you ask the experts, they are pretty unanimous that we don't know much. "
Leigh Zeitz

Creating Podcasts with Your Students - Tony Vincent - 23 views

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    Good background piece for creating podcasts
anonymous

thematic mapping blog: Using KML for Thematic Mapping - Research Paper Now Available - 6 views

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    "The purpose of this paper is to examine how KML, Keyhole Markup Language, can be used for thematic mapping. A thematic map displays the spatial pattern of a social or physical phenomenon, such as population density, life expectancy or climate change. "
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    Got a student who needs a fun project? This might be right up his/her alley.
David Hilton

In Defense of Lecturing in the Social Studies Classroom - 8 views

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    A timely defense of teacher-centred instruction. Surely the quality of instruction is more important than a fixation on its method? After having tried student-centred and me-centred teaching styles I have found overwhelmingly that the latter is more effective. I'm pretty entertaining though...
David Hilton

Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students - 5 views

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    Useful guide for history educators.
anonymous

ACLU lawsuit: Palm Beach County's woeful graduation rates show failure of Florida's edu... - 4 views

  • About a quarter of Palm Beach County seniors do not earn a diploma or GED after four years, according to the school district's own calculations. That number creeps up to 40 percent among black students. And the lawsuit alleges that the district is being generous with its math.
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    This could be a very important case. What are YOUR graduation rates?
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    This, after how many years of NCLB?
James O'Hagan

Hotseat at Purdue University - 7 views

  • Hotseat, a social networking-powered mobile Web application, creates a collaborative classroom, allowing students to provide near real-time feedback during class and enabling professors to adjust the course content and improve the learning experience.
    • James O'Hagan
       
      I am always wary of something that creates a backchannel during a class, however, this at least focuses the backchannel outside of random tweets or FB posts.
Amy Kelly-Graham

Diigolet | Diigo - 4 views

  • Education should return to the way it was in the workshops of the Renaissance. There, the masters may not necessarily have been able to explain to their students why
  • a painting was good in theoretical terms, but they did so in more practical ways.
Suzie Nestico

#WW Twitter Welcome Wednesday -just the "Guidelines" | Kalinago English - 1 views

  • For example, do this#WW welcome @Craig an English Language Teacher based in Dubai, #ELT ~ interested in #dogme and chocolate. #TEFL#WW @Jenny - she's a Teen Fiction author based in Ireland. Open to being interviewed by your students.  #fiction #ireland #education #younglearners #WW shout out 2 @Bob a good buddy of mine, help me welcome him! - #mlearning evangelist #edublogger and head of #edtech at @UniversityofMiami But please don't do this:#WW @Jenny @Craig @Bob @June @Alice @TomatoHead @eLearningGuru  as this is unhelpful to everyone.
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    Great idea to help colleagues get started on Twitter with a #WW ~ "Welcome Wednesday"
Walter Antoniotti

Free Internet Libraries - 20 views

Free Internet Library has free books, videos, notes, problems, career info and other learning materials for students, teachers, and professionals. http://www.businessbookmall.com/Free%20Internet%20...

started by Walter Antoniotti on 13 Apr 11 no follow-up yet
Tero Toivanen

"Reboelje!" - Invisible Learning in the Netherlands | Education Futures - 2 views

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    The purpose of the Invisible Learning Tour is to raise awareness for the need for innovation in education.
Suzie Nestico

12 Rules for Writing Great Letters to Request Action - Wrightslaw - 1 views

  • 4. You negotiate with the school for special education services.
    • Suzie Nestico
       
      The purpose of the letter could vary.  This format can easily be used for a variety of issues.
  • 5. Never threaten. Never telegraph your punches!
  • Fear of the Unknown As a negotiator, one of the most powerful forces you have on your side is the "Fear of the Unknown." When you threaten, you are telling the other side what you plan to do. If you tell them what you plan to do, you have told them how to protect themselves. At that moment, you lose your advantage - which is the wonderful, powerful Fear of the Unknown. Never telegraph your punches – you will destroy their power and effectiveness. 
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  • 6. Make several (unpleasant but necessary) assumptions.
  • 7. Make your problem unique.
  • 8. You ARE writing letters to a Stranger who has the power to resolve the problem
  • 9. Write letters to the school as business letters.
    • Suzie Nestico
       
      Again, writing does not have to be simply for a school.  This can easily be adapted to any audience.
  • 10. NEVER make judgments.
  • 11. Write your letter chronologically.
  • 2. Write letters that are clear and easy to understand.
  • Before you write a letter, you need answer these questions.
  • 2. Your First Letter is Always a Draft
  • 3. Allow for "cooling off" and revision time.
Suzie Nestico

Pascack Valley Regional High School District in northern New Jersey goes high-tech, giv... - 1 views

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    One district's stories of trading out textbooks & chalkboards for laptops
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