through cohort analysis,
The Millennials - Pew Research Center - 0 views
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Beloit College has been doing this every Fall, to remind their faculty of what background knowledge their students do, and do not, have! It's called the "Mindset List," to help academics understand what freshmen know -- and what they don't have a clue about. This list has been prepared each August since 1998 and past lists are available online.Here is this year's list, for the Class of 2010:1. The Soviet Union has never existed and therefore is about as scary as the student union.2. They have known only two presidents.3. For most of their lives, major U.S. airlines have been bankrupt.4. Manuel Noriega has always been in jail in the U.S.5. They have grown up getting lost in "big boxes".6. There has always been only one Germany.7. They have never heard anyone actually "ringand the list goes on . .
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Social Networking: Keeping It Clean -- THE Journal - 0 views
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"These social media services weren't built with security in mind," says application security expert Gary McGraw. "They grew up and evolved around a focus on communication and ease of use. That's why it was so easy for someone to fake this high school Facebook page. These sites are highly inclusive and inherently open to this kind of mischief."
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Many districts exclude students from social media as a security measure; some go so far as blocking all network users access to the likes of Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. But other educators think locking down networks and isolating students from social networks is tantamount to shutting them off from the real world.
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Facebook has become an important communications medium
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NCTE Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing - 0 views
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Everyone has the capacity to write, writing can be taught, and teachers can help students become better writers.
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People learn to write by writing.
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Writing is a process.
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App Store - Common Core Standards - 0 views
7 Excellent Tools to Publish Students Work - 0 views
9 Great New Web Tools for Teachers - 1 views
Teachers Easy Guide to The Most Important Web Tools in Education - 0 views
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