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Lois Whipple

When Geronimo Met Joanne Barkan: Thoughts About Philanthropy in Los Angeles | Diane Rav... - 0 views

  • Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy and Hollywood philanthropist Megan Chernin have launched an effort to raise $200 million over five years to benefit local public schools. “The collaboration, in the works for
  • Education is political BECAUSE it is Big Business. To ignore that reality is to be willfully ignorant. And the Philanthropists have tried very hard to turn Education into Big Business behind the scenes while maintaining their pretense of Switzerland-like neutrality in their public persona claiming to the public: “We just want to help education be better.
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    Diane Ravitch point to the political nature of "philanthropy " with Los Angeles educaiton fund
Lois Whipple

Creating a Culture of Student Reflection: Self-Assessment Yields Positive Results | Edu... - 0 views

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    Students learn a lot from this portfolio process. By presenting their work to peers, they get a different perspective on it. They begin to understand how they learn (what educators call metacognition). They realize that revising a project -- sometimes even starting over -- and collaborating with others are natural parts of real-world work.
Tobi Knehr

Home - Radiolab - 1 views

shared by Tobi Knehr on 08 Mar 14 - Cached
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      Interesting stories that make you think about human nature and the state of our civilzation
Lois Whipple

10 Amazing Ways For Teachers & Tutors To Use Twitter In Education - 0 views

  • Teachers can connect to their students on a wider level as well as on a personal level.Interactions can be taken beyond the classroom as Twitter is omnipresent in our smartphones and laptops.Twitter allows for customization of learning depending on the student i.e. differentiating learning for different students.Twitter can be used to quickly connect to multimedia resources (e.g. YouTube or Vine) and turn education into edutainment.Twitter gives new opportunities to connect to other learning communities and new educational content.The very nature of Twitter – brief and to-the-point makes for rapid broadcast of learning
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    Why Should Teachers And Tutors Use Twitter in Education?Teachers can connect to their students on a wider level as well as on a personal level
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    Again, I agree but educational technologies are difficult to move forward in classrooms, at least I can say that it is tough this year with AchieveNJ, Common Core, & PARCC all being implemented at once. I think we are on the way and getting the word out....let's see how much we grow in 2 years.
Kelly OLeary

Encyclopedia of Life - Animals - Plants - Pictures & Information - 1 views

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    THIS IS WHY WE RECYCLE!!!!!!!
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