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Learning to Blog Using Paper - 2 views

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Virginia Glatzer on 04 Nov 11

Wonderful step-by-step on how to get students to write and respond.

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Teaching Elementary School Students to Be Effective Writers: What Works Clearinghouse - 4 views

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writers

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Back to School: Helping Boys Man-up in Reading by Suzanne Fields - 1 views

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reading boys literacy

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What kind of books should boys be reading?

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Understanding Technology's Role in Litearacy - 3 views

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literacy technology

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Corkboard.me - Shareable sticky notes web-app. - 1 views

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corkboard collaboration web2.0 sticky note BulletinBoard

shared by Virginia Glatzer on 15 Aug 11 - No Cached

Virginia Glatzer on 15 Aug 11

Share photos, notes, etc. FREE! No signup required.

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Digital Ink - Robert Baker - 1 views

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writing constraints tabletpc tablet ipad

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Robert Baker, from Cincinnati Country Day School, wrote a recent article for AALF, Removing Constraints. Here is a video of a presentation I saw him do - the one that sold me on digital ink and tablet PCs.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Robert Baker, from Cincinnati Country Day School, wrote a recent article for AALF, Removing Constraints. Here is a video of a presentation I saw him do - the one that sold me on digital ink and tablet PCs.</div>

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Stixy: For Flexible Online Creation Collaboration and Sharing - 1 views

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Online collaborative workspace. Organize and share schedules, projects, photos.

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Incoming College Board Head Wants SAT to Reflect Common Core - 1 views

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CCSS

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Erin Saunders on 21 May 12

One of the chief architects of the Common Core State Standards was named the next president of the College Board today and said one of his top priorities is to reshape the organization's influential college-admissions test, the SAT, to better reflect the new standards. David Coleman will assume his new duties on Oct.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">One of the chief architects of the Common Core State Standards was named the next president of the College Board today and said one of his top priorities is to reshape the organization's influential college-admissions test, the SAT, to better reflect the new standards. David Coleman will assume his new duties on Oct.</div>

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Two mistakes to avoid when implementing common core - 1 views

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CCSS

shared by Virginia Glatzer on 30 Aug 12 - No Cached

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Reading non-fiction across subject areas

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Standards for PL ReferenceGuide.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 1 views

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4 pages

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Picking Up the Pieces of No Child Left Behind - The Atlantic - 0 views

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professional development collaboration teaching learning

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Ellen Eisenberg on 16 Apr 12

Professional development and collaboration... imagine that!

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Abstract of a paper comparing typing to hand-writing and transfer to memory - 0 views

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Abstract of a paper comparing typing to hand-writing and transfer to memory

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Infographic: Write It Down | Course Hero - 0 views

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To bring your laptop or not to bring your laptop: that is the question. In today's classrooms, students are presented with a variety of ways to take notes ranging from the old school pen and paper to laptops and tablets. This week, we take a look at various note-taking methods to try and suss out the best techniques for recording-and retaining-important information. Check it out.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">To bring your laptop or not to bring your laptop: that is the question. In today's classrooms, students are presented with a variety of ways to take notes ranging from the old school pen and paper to laptops and tablets. This week, we take a look at various note-taking methods to try and suss out the best techniques for recording-and retaining-important information. Check it out.</div>

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Should You Flip Your Classroom? | Edutopia - 0 views

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technology student engagement homework

shared by Ellen Eisenberg on 19 Apr 12 - No Cached

Ellen Eisenberg on 19 Apr 12

To "flip" or not to "flip"?

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Education Week: Common Standards Ignite Debate Over Prereading - 0 views

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ccss; ela; text complexity

shared by Pam Wolff on 25 Apr 12 - No Cached

On the topic of prereading and scaffolding, the most recent version takes care to "leave room for a wide range of instructional approaches" that engage students in reading, while at the same time "setting some basic parameters based on the standards," such as ensuring that scaffolding "does not pre-empt or replace the need to read the text,"
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To argue that meaning resides solely in the text is antithetical to several decades of research which shows that meaning is in the interaction of reader and text,"
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"In too many classrooms, the actual text never enters the discussion," he said. "It's all about kids' feelings about it, or their experiences related to it. The teacher spends 45 minutes wallowing in that space, but never gets into the information in the text."
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"to do quite a bit of framing to get my kids to the point where they can wrestle with the text."
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oesn't need to be an either-or,
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To do that, teachers have many strategies at their disposal, he noted. They can supply information upfront, when appropriate. They can plan a cold reading but assign texts leading up to it that will fill in knowledge gaps. They can ask students to read a group of surrounding pieces in conjunction with a central text.
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Education Week: Teachers Embedding Standards in Basal-Reader Questions - 2 views

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ccss; questioning ela;

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Wordnik - 0 views

www.wordnik.com

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Define, Relate, List, Discuss, See, Hear, Love words

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Virginia Glatzer on 27 Apr 12

Define, Relate, List, Discuss, See, Hear, Love words

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Purdue OWL: MLA Formatting and Style Guide - 0 views

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MLA

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Word Dynamo - Free Study Guides, Quizzes, Games and Flashcards | Word Dynamo - 0 views

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vocabulary flashcards quizzes spelling study psat

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Virginia Glatzer on 16 Nov 11

Really nice vocabulary tool. Can add your own list of words to study

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Differentiation Central Video Archive - 0 views

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shared by Virginia Glatzer on 08 Nov 11 - No Cached

Virginia Glatzer on 08 Nov 11

DifferentiationCentral maintains an archive of video clips featuring experts in differentiated instruction.

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