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Renate Owen

New Jersey: Three-Year Study Asserts Benefits of School Libraries on Student ... - 0 views

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    The findings show that New Jersey school libraries and school librarians contribute in rich and diverse ways to the intellectual life of a school, and to the development of students who can function in a complex and increasingly digital information environment
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...
Tony Bollino

ABC News - Japan Earthquake: before and after - 1 views

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    A VERY COOL interactive pictorial page of the BEFORE and AFTER satellite images of the devastation in Japan. Great to put on a whiteboard.
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?
Tony Bollino

Cisco Shuts Down Flip, Its Video Camera Unit - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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    Sad news but not unexpected as more smart phones have HD video capability and apps to share the video easily.
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 Sounds like pure fantasy, but that could become the new reality if we have the courage to discard an outdated teaching methodology that doesn't reach today's students, and instead embrace their bustling, burgeoning digital world.
Michael Hakkarinen

NASA - Space Shuttle - 1 views

  • Reflection mixed with celebration today at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after space shuttle Discovery completed the last of its 39 missions into orbit with a flawless return to Earth and landing at Kennedy. Before people could get too nostalgic, though, Space Shuttle Program officials quickly noted that the agency is working toward two more shuttle missions with Endeavour and Atlantis.
    • Michael Hakkarinen
       
      This is a neat picture
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    Awesome article from NASA about the landing of Discovery this afternoon. Please read and share your thoughts in a comment on the page to the group.
Courney Hicks

Time For Kids | Classroom - 0 views

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    Great site for kids!
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