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Graham Veth

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

  • 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
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    DC is keeping/firing teachers based on "grading" teachers in their successes with their students on standardized tests.
Mitch(ell) Miller

iPhone cuff links by picnicbybarbfeldman on Etsy - 1 views

  • 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).
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    If you're nerdy and sartorial
sheralyn woon

Channel NewsAsia - Japan resort a hot spot for men with virtual girlfriends - channelne... - 0 views

  • 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.
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    Virtual Girlfriends
Amanda Comperchio

Now at preschool: ABCs, RFIDs | Good Morning Silicon Valley - 1 views

    • Amanda Comperchio
       
      Another example of technology entering our lives...big brother or not?
Julia Jacobsen

Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration - 0 views

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    This website has several curricula that connect classrooms across the country (and the world) and help students learn about seasonal change.
Mydhili Bayyapunedi

How Schools Are Putting the IPad to Work - PCWorld Business Center - 0 views

  • "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
       
      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
Cameron Paterson

Weblogg-ed - 0 views

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    Will Richardson's blog.
Doug Pietrzak

Found: The Future of Playgrounds | Magazine - 1 views

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    Microsoft future ideas, eat your heart out.  Here's a chance at wired.com to design playgrounds of the future
Uche Amaechi

Obama Meets Netanyahu as Mideast Peace Talks Begin - NYTimes.com - 5 views

  • 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,
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    yada
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    hmmm. interesting. (just testing)
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    Go Obama Go!
Benjamin Berte

BBC News - Police investigate Habbo Hotel virtual furniture theft - 2 views

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    Odd, but I'm having a hard time feeling concerned over the theft of this furniture.
Uche Amaechi

Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: The iPad Luddites - 4 views

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    Apple vs. creativity?
Benjamin Berte

BBC News - Blogging loses appeal for US teenagers, says survey - 2 views

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    As soon as I catch up...I fall behind
Kellie Demmler

Can gaming change education? | eSchoolNews.com - 2 views

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    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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