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Method to Grade Teachers Provokes Battles - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Graham Veth on 01 Sep 10 - Cached
  • The system calculates the value teachers add to their students’ achievement, based on changes in test scores from year to year and how the students perform compared with others in their grade.
  • Michelle A. Rhee, the schools chancellor in Washington, fired about 25 teachers this summer after they rated poorly in evaluations based in part on a value-added analysis of scores
  • heir use spread after the 2002 No Child Left Behind law required states to test in third to eighth grades every year, giving school districts mountains of test data that are the raw material for value-added analysis
  • Graham Veth on 01 Sep 10
     
    DC is keeping/firing teachers based on "grading" teachers in their successes with their students on standardized tests.
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iPhone cuff links by picnicbybarbfeldman on Etsy - 1 views

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shared by Mitch(ell) Miller on 01 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Teensy tiny little iPhone cuff links, with all the apps built in Fimo, including all of the 18 original ones (the details are all there, crisp and adorable - just a little bit bent and a bit too tiny for my camera to capture).
  • Mitch(ell) Miller on 01 Sep 10
     
    If you're nerdy and sartorial
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Channel NewsAsia - Japan resort a hot spot for men with virtual girlfriends - channelne... - 0 views

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  • The focus of the men's attention -- and of their smartphone cameras -- was a tiny black and white square, a two-dimensional barcode that, thanks to "augmented reality" (AR) software, brought to life the object of their desire.
  • sheralyn woon on 01 Sep 10
     
    Virtual Girlfriends
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Now at preschool: ABCs, RFIDs | Good Morning Silicon Valley - 1 views

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    • Amanda Comperchio
      Amanda Comperchio on 01 Sep 10
       
      Another example of technology entering our lives...big brother or not?
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Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration - 0 views

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  • Julia Jacobsen on 01 Sep 10
     
    This website has several curricula that connect classrooms across the country (and the world) and help students learn about seasonal change.
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How Schools Are Putting the IPad to Work - PCWorld Business Center - 0 views

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shared by Mydhili Bayyapunedi on 31 Aug 10 - Cached
  • "It seems like we're putting the cart before the horse. Here's a piece of hardware--figure out what you want to do with it," Paterson said. "A lot of these devices folks have put out have a lot of hype and end up sitting in drawers."
    • Mydhili Bayyapunedi
      Mydhili Bayyapunedi on 01 Sep 10
       
      All of Apple's products come with a hype. It will be interesting to find out how many of Apple's products end up in drawers
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Weblogg-ed - 0 views

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  • Cameron Paterson on 01 Sep 10
     
    Will Richardson's blog.
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Found: The Future of Playgrounds | Magazine - 1 views

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  • Doug Pietrzak on 01 Sep 10
     
    Microsoft future ideas, eat your heart out.  Here's a chance at wired.com to design playgrounds of the future
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Obama Meets Netanyahu as Mideast Peace Talks Begin - NYTimes.com - 5 views

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shared by Uche Amaechi on 01 Sep 10 - Cached
  • s to define and embrace a comprehensive peace settlement. But he had to begin by join
  • The meetings on Wednesday and Thursday will end 20 months without direct negotiations between the core participants.
  • Mr. Obama’s one-on-one meeting with Mr. Netanyahu in the White House Oval Office — to be followed by meetings between the president and, successively,
  • Uche Amaechi on 01 Sep 10
     
    yada
  • Mitch(ell) Miller on 01 Sep 10
     
    hmmm. interesting. (just testing)
  • quintintanderson on 01 Sep 10
     
    Go Obama Go!
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BBC News - Police investigate Habbo Hotel virtual furniture theft - 2 views

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  • Nick Siewert on 03 Jun 10
     
    Odd, but I'm having a hard time feeling concerned over the theft of this furniture.
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Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: The iPad Luddites - 4 views

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  • Uche Amaechi on 08 Apr 10
     
    Apple vs. creativity?

new here, and new to web 2.0 technologies - 2 views

started by mosaic tlw on 25 Feb 10 no follow-up yet
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BBC News - Blogging loses appeal for US teenagers, says survey - 2 views

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  • Benjamin Berte on 04 Feb 10
     
    As soon as I catch up...I fall behind
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Can gaming change education? | eSchoolNews.com - 2 views

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  • Kellie Demmler on 25 Jan 10
     
    While there are still many barriers to using video games in educational settings, MIT's latest research is showing some positive results related to gaming and learning.
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