ALISON provides free online interactive education to help people acquire basic workplace skills.
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TCRecord: Engaging Parents Beyond the Parent Conference by Using a Shared "Parent Journal" - 0 views
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This article details the use of an assessment tool entitled, the parent journal. The parent journal is a response to a reading writing exercise in which the students respond in school then bring the journal home for their parents to either respond to the student's writing or craft their own response to the topic. I would then respond to each of the journals, creating a circle of communication. Over the four years the parent journal has been in place, parents have been much more involved with their child's education and subsequently almost all of the students' academic performances dramatically increased.
Response to Intervention (RTI) - 2 views
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[Infographic] Gaming is Good for You - 1 views
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Open Education for a Global Economy - NYTimes.com - 3 views
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Right now, a lot of free education is thrown online without a clear sense of how it will help people prepare themselves for employment.
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The decision to make everything on ALISON free remains the key factor that distinguishes the site from others of its type, and makes it globally valuable.
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At ALISON, all students receive a learning record, a kind of archive of their response to life’s vicissitudes.
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http://www.miller-mccune.com/business_economics/computer-error-1390.print - 2 views
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the goal is improving education for children in the developing world, there are plenty of better, and cheaper, alternatives.
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The OLPC concept has been pioneered in a number of school districts in the United States over the last decade
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Repeated calls and e-mails to OLPC and Negroponte seeking comment on OLPC did not receive a response
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etting children in developing countries into school and helping them learn more while they are there
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Making Online Ed Personal | Tomorrow's Professor Postings - 1 views
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Gentle-Genitty wants her students to experience the full depth and enjoyment of online learning. To that end, she builds a framework inside Canvas that helps students understand the logistics and culture of the online setting
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Gentle-Genitty prepares her students to be responsible online citizens, including using salutations and closings, avoiding boldface and caps, and writing clear subject lines. These are life lessons that facilitate communication beyond the classroom