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Seth Roberts

U.S. Urged to Raise Teachers' Status - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • To improve its public schools, the United States should raise the status of the teaching profession by recruiting more qualified candidates, training them better and paying them more, according to a new report on comparative educational systems.
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    Think this will happen?
Renate Owen

Sharing Success in 140 Characters: This is #EduWin | EdReach - 0 views

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    Share your daily positive thoughts about education and what you're doing in the classroom here.
Michael Hakkarinen

Diigo in Education - List | Diigo - 3 views

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    If you're looking for more ideas on how to use diigo with your colleagues, students, or school community; check out this list by Magie Tsai.
Seth Roberts

Moodle free tutorials! Learn from 55 easy Moodle tutorials! - 1 views

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    Great resource!
Tony Bollino

Education Week Teacher: What 'Star Wars' Can Teach Educators About Parent Engagement - 1 views

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    Good analogy for parent conferences
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    Love the analogy (especially as as a Star Wars fan)-- thanks for sharing
A Portner

US vs Highest Achieving Nations in Education - 0 views

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    WOW - treat teachers with respect, train them well and pay them what they're worth without bashing them publicly - what a concept! Great opinion article about how other countries treat teachers and find student success.
Renate Owen

Citation Obsession? Get Over It! - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 1 views

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    Writing Professor at James Madison University advocates abandoning the fixation on the form rather than the function of source attribution in Chronicles of Higher Ed:
Renate Owen

Flavorwire » Kid Literary Characters and Their Grown-Up Counterparts - 1 views

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    Some very creative comparisons that could lead to an excellent creative or persuasive writing assignment in a high school English class.
MaryJo Richmond

Next Generation Science Standards - 0 views

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    Video overview is worth checking out.
Seth Roberts

State of the Union Bingo | Alliance for Excellent Education - 0 views

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      Join us Social Studies Geeks and play "State of the Union Bingo."
Michael Hakkarinen

Student Learning with Diigo - 0 views

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    Start page for teachers who are looking for ways to use Diigo with their students in the classroom.
Seth Roberts

Why Mobile Is a Must -- THE Journal - 0 views

  • Can you imagine telling a kid to stop spending so much time on algebra? Or not to go overboard on researching historical sources? Sounds like pure fantasy, but that could become the new reality if we have the courage to discard an outdated teaching methodology that doesn't reach today's students, and instead embrace their bustling, burgeoning digital world.
ann duncan

Thoughts on using Prezi as a teaching tool by Paul Hill on Prezi - 0 views

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    Paul Hill makes an argument for Prezi
Tony Bollino

Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education | Video on TED.com - 1 views

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    Go to the 6:00 minute mark and listen to what teachers are doing to "Flip" the classroom. I recently saw an article about Bullis school doing this same thing. A VERY interesting idea - one that would work great with... oh say ... iTouch or iPad mobile devices? BYOT
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    I have to say, when I have a question about something, I turn to youtube too. Just my learning style.
Seth Roberts

The EdTech Zone: Present.me - A New Tool to Harness the Power of Student Presentations - 0 views

  • But, how do you have every student present and not sacrifice class time for other activities? 
  • Present.me is a new online tool for recording and sharing presentations. Unlike other presentation and video capturing tools, Present.me allows presenters to share their presentation slideshow and a video of them presenting at the same time.
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    Very cool tool allows students to make presentations online.  This may be an option for the shyest kids...
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