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ASCD Inservice: How Negative Social Proof Can Undermine Classroom Management - 0 views

  • the practice of stressing the poor behavior of a few students may actually encourage and increase that behavior.
  • stress the fact that the majority of students are following the rules and conducting themselves appropriatel
  • My school has the motto to “Praise Publicly and Punish Privately.”
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  • P.R.I.D.E. Students are expected to show pride, respect, intelligence, determination, and excellence
  • When they see 1 child receiving praise, they all begin to straighten up
  • wait till after class to address individual concerns.
  • o kill the disruptive students with kindness and it usually work
  • hat these students are actually begging for attention (positive or negative)
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    I feel validated. good stuff this is a topic that has come up repeatedly at work as well.
Nancy Jones

Lectures Are Homework in Schools Following Khan Academy Lead - 0 views

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    detailed article with videos to support and model
Nancy Jones

For Teachers | Index - 0 views

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    Great Canadian site that has lessons and videos for web awareness as well as media literacy. good stuff
Nancy Jones

Brainstorming - Writing Center - 0 views

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    from UNC helpful ideas to brainstorm and revise . Lots of options here. Good for students as well as teachers
Nancy Jones

Educating The Social Network Generation - Finding Common Ground - Education Week - 0 views

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    good article to use with kid and parents to understand the dynamics of facebook and the maturity required to us it
Nancy Jones

Why Cyberbullying Rhetoric Misses the Mark - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    interesting approach and good stuff here
Nancy Jones

Teachable Moment - free lesson plans and topical activities for k - 12 - 0 views

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    a site with idea about developing sensitivity for social justice issues.
Nancy Jones

Harvard Education Letter - 0 views

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    Step by step suggestions for getting students more engaged in analyzing topics by creating their own questions
Nancy Jones

What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Quite a few pages but well worth the read. thanks Mligon4 #twitter!!
Nancy Jones

Flipping a Lesson - DEN Blog Network - 0 views

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    Good resources for intrdouction of and consideration of flipping the classroom with links to films,etc. from other teachers who have already "dipped their toes in the waters"
Nancy Jones

Quality Homework - A Smart Idea - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • How effectively do children’s after-school assignments advance learning?
  • Enriching children’s classroom learning requires making homework not shorter or longer, but smarter.
  • understanding and improving the ways in which children absorb, retain and apply knowledge.
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  • Spaced repetition”
  • when we first acquire memories, they are volatile, subject to change or likely to disappear. Exposing ourselves to information repeatedly over time fixes it more permanently in our minds, by strengthening the representation of the information that is embedded in our neural networks.
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    Good stuff. Interesting use of some new concepts too. Tweeted by my "colleague who shall not be named" :)
Nancy Jones

A Teacher's Guide To Web 2.0 at School - 0 views

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    light hearted slide show re web 2.0 in classroom. also bookmarked on slideshare
Nancy Jones

Welcome to Discovery Education Player - 0 views

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    Collection of videos, discussion guides and lesson plans from the always wonderful Discovery Education.
Nancy Jones

Tech Ed-dy » Digital Citizenship is about Behaviour not Topics - 0 views

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    This is an article from my scoopit account on digital; citizenship in schools. Very thought provoking and a huge number of links to click, including some stuff from Vicki Davis' digiteen.
Nancy Jones

The digital natives are restless | Best Practices News | eSchoolNews.com - 0 views

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    thought provoking read that should be shared with faculty members
Nancy Jones

Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive - 0 views

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    This is ridiculous cool. a collection of broadcasts re; septemeber 11 sorted by international news channels and arranged by time. Talk about 21st century resources avaialbe !!!
Nancy Jones

K-5 iPad Apps for Applying: Part Three of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy | Edutopia - 0 views

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    part 3 of blooms revised taxonomy and IPad links grade K-5 to parts 1 and 2 proficed as well
Nancy Jones

60 Minutes Australia - One Click From Disaster (Sexting Story) - YouTube - 0 views

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    Have yet to view. from 60 minutes Australia
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