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Promises | Horizontal Change Management - 0 views

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    "Integrity1 My daughters class flip chart list to describe Integrity. Can you name a few people around you, or in the public spotlight, that seemed to have missed that day in first grade? Promises Mrs. Dillon's first graders are well aware of the power of keeping promises. They know that promises are a contract between two people. One person expects things when that promise is made. Multiple kept promises, those smart kids know, helps build trust. They feel comfortable making friends with those they trust. In class they know it is much easier to finish things together if the other kids keep their promises. The really bright ones know that promises and promises kept are the deposits and withdrawals into and out of the account of collaboration, effort and success. Things get better when you manage that account- you know, positive change. Truthtelling Those little ones know early on what it means to not lie, to lie and to be dishonest. What Giordan's class has figured out is that being aware of the truth and revealing it, even if you know the result might be hard to deal with, is a good thing. The one who added this to the list might have done something wrong, separate from a lie, felt bad and fessed up. Smart he/she was to know that those consequences were much less severe than the ones that follow silence. Mistakes These kids are 7. I will let you figure out who, in the public limelight in those years, might have made mistakes and never admitted them- despite resounding evidence to the contrary. They have some negative role models. On their own level they know there is lots to be learned from having to explain a mistake, from gathering the courage to do so and from the connection that gives you to better future decision making. altruism First grader, kids in general, have a knack for the real kind of black and white. The kind where you know if someone might get hurt, you know if you might get hurt and you just feel what is right or wrong. They al
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GlobalClassroom - 5 views

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    Teaching and Learning is a four week course with Act 48 credit.
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K12Online Conference 2009 Flyer - 4 views

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    The Free Online conference for professional development has arrived! Feel free to print the flyer and disseminate at your school!
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Seedmagazine.com | The Seed Salon - 0 views

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    Similar to the TED Talks.
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TinyURL decoder - 0 views

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    See what is in the tinyurl BEFORE you click!
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vozMe - From text to speech - 0 views

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    vozMe: From text to speech. online tool that offers applications and services to convert text into speech. vozMe uses speech synthesis systems and technology to provide voice resources to any website or add speech synthesis to any web browser.
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NECC 2009 Attendees | NECC 2009 | Welcome! - 0 views

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NECC 2008 - 0 views

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    The central repository for all the NECC happenings.
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