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How Open Education is Changing the Texture of Content | MindShift - 0 views

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    What's the future of textbooks?
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Kids, Adults, Media Companies: Who's in Charge? | MindShift - 0 views

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    I really think we need to develop policies with our laptops that teach kids how to be digital citizens that exemplify our mission.
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On Accountability, part 2: how to do it right « Granted, but… - 1 views

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    Not that I'm looking for another thing to add to my to do list, but I think a system like this would really help improve our awareness of each others teaching styles as well as make integration much easier as well. If anyone else is interested, perhaps we could pilot with a few volunteers next year?
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Nine Dangerous Things You Were Taught In School - Forbes - 1 views

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    How many of these 9 Dangers are taught here? I think we do a pretty good job of avoiding them.
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How to Create Social Media Guidelines for Your School | Edutopia - 0 views

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    I think reviewing our policy would be a good idea. I do think there are many missed teaching opportunities resulting from our existing policies. The question is, do the costs outweigh the benefits?
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Competency-Based Education: Learn From My Follies | Think Thank Thunk - 0 views

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    Anyone mailed their students a bobcat recently?
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For Exams, is Using the Internet Considered Cheating? | MindShift - 0 views

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    Where does one draw the line for cheating when trying to teach the 21st century skills of research and collaboration?
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On pacing guides « Granted, but… - 1 views

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    Something to consider implementing with content groups to help improve consistency of experience for the same class? I think this could potentially help address the problem that instigated this weeks Listening groups.
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Identify and Avoid Signs of Burnout with This Infographic - 0 views

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    Probably a good thing to look at for everyone working here....
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Minimize on Screen Distractions - 0 views

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    something to consider for best practices with the laptops for next year.
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The Learning Registry: A Better Way to Share Lessons and Resources - Leading From the C... - 0 views

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    Looks like there's some potential to be useful resources coming out of this at some point
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Do Students Have Different Learning Styles? | MindShift - 0 views

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    Learning styles debunked?
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Think Thank Thunk » The Case for Binary Assessment: - 0 views

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    Very pertinant after our discussion of what "meeting standard" means.
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A new framework for science education: 8+1 fundamental science concepts « Qua... - 1 views

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    Interesting look at science curriculum
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https://dougjohnson.wikispaces.com/file/view/fairfaxBYOD.pdf - 0 views

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    Here's an interesting policy from Fairfax county about use of personal devices at school. Might be something work visiting as we're now seeing things like Nook's and Kindles and phones are becoming more powerful and could potentially be something beneficial to use (in some instances) during class.
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Lifehacker - 0 views

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    Some good ideas here. Perhaps this should find its way into the curriculum for laptops in some way?
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Building your professional network with twitter, google reader and a few othe... - 0 views

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    Get networked
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The Power of Simple Words, Animated | Brain Pickings - 1 views

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    I think this one was written for Matt.
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Building Good Search Skills: What Students Need to Know | MindShift - 0 views

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    What, we have to teach them this?
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Rewards of Role Reversal: Teachers Learn, Students Teach | MindShift - 0 views

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    Perhaps the kids can take some leadership role in pushing the envelope in tech?
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