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What Spurs Students to Stay in College and Learn? Good Teaching Practices and Diversity... - 0 views

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"Good teaching was not defined by test results. Instead, its attributes were identified on a nine-item scale, which included student appraisals of how well the teacher organized material, used class time, explained directions, and reviewed the subject matter."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Good teaching was not defined by test results. Instead, its attributes were identified on a nine-item scale, which included student appraisals of how well the teacher organized material, used class time, explained directions, and reviewed the subject matter."</div>

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Sec. Arne Duncan: A National Commitment to High-Quality Early Learning - 0 views

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Closing the Girl Gap in Science - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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At MIT ""The applicant pool for women is more self-selecting .....The women who are interested are very passionately interested."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">At MIT ""The applicant pool for women is more self-selecting .....The women who are interested are very passionately interested."</div>

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Why Science Majors Change Their Minds (It's Just So Darn Hard) - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Professor Chang says that rather than losing mainly students from disadvantaged backgrounds or with lackluster records, the attrition rate can be higher at the most selective schools, where he believes the competition overwhelms even well-qualified students.
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Education Week: Kindergartners Blend E-Learning, Face-to-Face Instruction - 2 views

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blended learning

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More and more, we see how technology is used as an enabler, in formative assessments and helping the teacher to help the student where it is most needed.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">More and more, we see how technology is used as an enabler, in formative assessments and helping the teacher to help the student where it is most needed.</div>

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Real-World Kinect Interaction From Microsoft Research | TechCrunch - 1 views

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augmented reality kinect

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Some interesting augmented reality examples

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U.S. Students' Math Skills Sharpen, but Reading Lags - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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“Children spend five times as much time outside the classroom as they do in school, and our country has 30 million parents or caregivers who are not good readers themselves, so they pass illiteracy down to their children.”
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Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 04 Nov 11

"Children spend five times as much time outside the classroom as they do in school, and our country has 30 million parents or caregivers who are not good readers themselves, so they pass illiteracy down to their children."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Children spend five times as much time outside the classroom as they do in school, and our country has 30 million parents or caregivers who are not good readers themselves, so they pass illiteracy down to their children."</div>

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Asean Nations Put Education Front and Center - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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Knewton Strikes A Deal To Power Pearson's Digital Education Courses | TechCrunch - 1 views

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Apps for Autism - 60 Minutes - CBS News - 0 views

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Superb episode on 60 minutes on iPad Apps for autistic children

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A Neurologist Makes the Case for the Video Game Model as a Learning Tool - 4 views

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technology education learning emerging technology augmented reality online social

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Excellent article on Video game model as a learning tool. Useful takeaways for motivation.

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Education Week: Creating Education Success at Home - 0 views

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"It should not surprise us that countries that provide equitable funding to their students, use high-quality instructional systems, and invest heavily in their teachers outperform those that do not."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"It should not surprise us that countries that provide equitable funding to their students, use high-quality instructional systems, and invest heavily in their teachers outperform those that do not."</div>

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Education Week Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook: Applicable Teaching Tools - 1 views

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Educators are discovering that iPads and other tablet computers offer new routes to learning for students with disabilities

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Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 18 Oct 11

Hi Bridget, I agree that it may not be for everyone. Would the use of a stylus rather than fingers make it easier to use the app?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Hi Bridget, I agree that it may not be for everyone. Would the use of a stylus rather than fingers make it easier to use the app?</div>

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Global Conflicts Portal - 0 views

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Global Conflicts" is an award-winning educational game series used for teaching citizenship, geography, and media courses

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Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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Here is a 2 year old TED talk, with innovative ideas for seamlessly blending the real world and the digital world

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How Not to Lose Teaching Knowledge - 1 views

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"We tend to look for ways to increase student learning time but rarely carve out time for teacher learning."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"We tend to look for ways to increase student learning time but rarely carve out time for teacher learning."</div>

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A Classroom Software Boom, but Mixed Results Despite the Hype - NYTimes.com - 3 views

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educational software technology

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Pertinent discussion for those of us looking to create educational software

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Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 11 Oct 11

Allison, how about we create a 'rating' agency for educational products (software, toys, kits etc) the way we think it should work? (We can call it Allison's list, like Angie's list). I am putting up this idea seriously. If there is a need that is not being met, I suppose it is an opportunity.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Allison, how about we create a 'rating' agency for educational products (software, toys, kits etc) the way we think it should work? (We can call it Allison's list, like Angie's list). I am putting up this idea seriously. If there is a need that is not being met, I suppose it is an opportunity.</div>

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The iPad Classroom | Scoop.it - 4 views

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A ton of iPad related info in one place

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Allison, The Curator of the site, Dave Brown is described as "President of Interactive Elementary, a leading developer of educational apps for the iPad. Also an Ontario teacher".

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Improving No Child Left Behind - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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This caught my attention - "systems must be designed not just to show how much children have improved, but also to provide guidance so that ineffective teachers get better."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This caught my attention - "systems must be designed not just to show how much children have improved, but also to provide guidance so that ineffective teachers get better."</div>

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WIND - Networking for Connected Professionals Group News | LinkedIn - 3 views

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Interesting comments on Sherry Turkle's new book "Alone Together", a criticism on the pervasiveness of social media

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