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TodaysMeet Chat Room - 4 views

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chat backchannel

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Nice simple online instant chat room, can also pull in tweets with a hashtag. Would be good for back channel chat in a conference situation.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Nice simple online instant chat room, can also pull in tweets with a hashtag. Would be good for back channel chat in a conference situation.</div>

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Lessons for Online Learning : Education Next - 1 views

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elearning

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what the virtual education movement is missing is a clear definition of quality that can be used to evaluate these new and growing providers

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Chrome Experiments - "Body Browser" by Google Health & Google Chrome teams - 0 views

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anatomy science

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Explore a detailed 3D model of the human body.
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Test-Taking Cements Knowledge Better Than Studying, Researchers Say - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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Cafescribe - 1 views

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ebooks textbooks

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Follet's e-textbook site. Download any text free for 7 day trial. You can only print up to 30% of a text you've purchased

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Solitude and Leadership: a graduation speech - 3 views

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purpose

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Recommended by David Brooks, this article discusses the importance of thoughtful reflection.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Recommended by David Brooks, this article discusses the importance of thoughtful reflection.</div>

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Digital Citizenship - 2 views

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internet_safety digitalcitizenship

shared by Demetri Orlando on 08 Dec 10 - Cached

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Berkman center article describes schools along a spectrum of digital citizenship implementations

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Searching the Brain for the Spark of Creative Problem-Solving - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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people were more likely to solve word puzzles with sudden insight when they were amused, having just seen a short comedy routine.
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the humor, this positive mood, is lowering the brain’s threshold for detecting weaker or more remote connections” to solve puzzles
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Demetri Orlando on 08 Dec 10

positive moods improve problem-solving! Possible moral of the story - hire happy people?

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Yokahama International School Learning Hub - 0 views

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googleapps portfolio

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YIS Learning Hub using Google Apps and blogger (?) to give each student a blogging space as their portfolios.

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Technology Standards - Arizona Academic Standards: 2008 Educational Technology Standard... - 2 views

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standards

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Arizona Ed tech standards

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The 7 Steps to Innovative Leadership - 3 views

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leadership metiri

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Cheryl Lemke of Metiri Group lists 7 keys to innovative leadership.

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GeoGebraWiki - 1 views

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math algebra

shared by Demetri Orlando on 21 Oct 10 - Cached

Demetri Orlando on 21 Oct 10

looks like a cool tool for math. anyone used it?

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Teaching for Understanding 1 - 3 views

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criticalthinking ubd

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There's Only One Way to Stop a Bully - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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bullying

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in American curriculums, a growing emphasis on standardized test scores as the primary measure of “successful” schools has crowded out what should be an essential criterion for well-educated students: a sense of responsibility for the well-being of others.
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teachers, janitors and bus drivers are all trained to identify instances of bullying, and taught how to intervene.
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Ex-teacher learns the hard way: Watch what you put online | Philadelphia Inquirer | 06/... - 1 views

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internet_safety facebook aup

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teacher terminated from a Catholic school in PA as a result of an incident involving and exacerbated by her blog

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Does the Internet Make You Smarter? - WSJ.com - 4 views

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Shirky technology internet

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the most important English reference work in less than 10 years
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Overview | q2lwebsite - 3 views

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coolschools

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Facebook assignment.pdf - Google Docs - 5 views

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facebook

shared by Demetri Orlando on 23 May 10 - No Cached

Demetri Orlando on 23 May 10

awesome PDF template by Melissa Tredenick (NAIS Teacher of the Future). This is an assignment for students to create a FaceBook profile for Holden Caulfield, Catcher in the Rye.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">awesome PDF template by Melissa Tredenick (NAIS Teacher of the Future). This is an assignment for students to create a FaceBook profile for Holden Caulfield, Catcher in the Rye.</div>

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One-to-One Computing Has Failed Our Expectations - 3 views

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To make the computer an essential tool in the classroom, and thus to realize the potential value added from technology, we need to redefine the curriculum in terms of what gets taught, and we need to redefine how it gets taught.
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NYCiSchool 131 Avenue of the Americas - 4 views

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innovation pbl coolschools

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NYC public school with a PBL curriculum!

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