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AP Classes Are a Scam - John Tierney - The Atlantic - 9 views

www.theatlantic.com/...263456 inequality wealth schools
shared by Rick Beach on 17 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Rick Beach on 17 Oct 12
     
    How AP courses enhance stratification within schools between AP versus non-AP courses.
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AMERICA'S TEN CRISES: Part 6 (The Corporatization of American Education) « Ja... - 5 views

jackrasmus.com/...tization-of-american-education schooling technology standardization education
shared by Rick Beach on 17 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Rick Beach on 17 Jul 12
     
    Corporatization of schooling through standardization via technology to replace teachers and cut costs
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Testing mandates flunk cost-benefit analysis - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post - 4 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...gJQACqfsDW_blog.html testing NCLB textbook policy schooling
shared by Rick Beach on 30 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Rick Beach on 30 Jun 12
     
    Smagorinsky nails the real origins of NCLB testing as a $20 billion cost to states that profit the testing/textbook companies.
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Amazon.com: Breaking the Page: Preview Edition eBook: Peter Meyers: Books - 4 views

www.amazon.com/...ref=sr_1_1 books reading ebook
shared by Rick Beach on 19 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Rick Beach on 19 Feb 12
     
    Free preview book on how e-books are changing the reading process.
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Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies Show - NYTimes.com - 9 views

www.nytimes.com/...ich-and-poor-studies-show.html gap poor education nytimes com
shared by Rick Beach on 10 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Rick Beach on 10 Feb 12
     
    Research finds a growing income gap in student achievement reflecting the economic inequality of American society.
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Byliner website creates buzz - and best-sellers - 3 views

www.sfgate.com/...article.cgi reading digital literature
shared by Rick Beach on 08 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Rick Beach on 08 Feb 12
     
    Byliner site publishers Singles--short works by well-known writers (Tan, Patchett, Lewis) for e-readers.
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Make Your Videos Interactive With Viewbix - 19 views

mashable.com/...viewbix video interactive
shared by Rick Beach on 10 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Rick Beach on 10 Aug 11
     
    An alternative, "interactive" video annotation tools to YouTube Annotations; you can also add apps to a video.
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The Tate Movie Project / Home - 19 views

www.tatemovie.co.uk animation film
shared by Rick Beach on 18 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Rick Beach on 18 Jul 10
     
    An animation creation site designed to appeal to children aged 5-13 and will enable them to explore animation, scripting, editing and sound effects
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Get papers and projects done faster with yolink - 19 views

www.yolinkeducation.com/...yolink-education.jsp
shared by Rick Beach on 04 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Rick Beach on 04 Jul 10
     
    Browser add-on to find and highlight online materials for exporting into Google Docs
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willrich45 shared http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/reach-building-communities-and-... - 8 views

link.social.com/...aQSdjt professional development networking
shared by Rick Beach on 15 Jun 10 - No Cached
  • Rick Beach on 15 Jun 10
     
    Jeff Utecht: Reach: Building Communities and Networks for Professional Development: downloadable book from Lulu
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National Educational Technology Plan » Comprehensive Resource List - 14 views

edtechfuture.org/?page_id=9787 Web2.0 resources
shared by Rick Beach on 07 Dec 09 - No Cached
  • Rick Beach on 07 Dec 09
     
    Lots of Web 2.0 resources
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Screenjelly - What's on your screen? - 0 views

www.screenjelly.com screencast record
shared by Rick Beach on 08 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Rick Beach on 12 Oct 09
     
    free tool to create a screencast up to three minutes
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