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FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right - 0 views

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538 connections election politics socialstudies

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Patrick Higgins on 27 Aug 08

Lots of great data to expose our students to here. Let them go nuts with the graphs and write their explanation and rationalie.

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Patrick Higgins on 27 Aug 08

I like this one for its simple use of polling data to make projections. As John Becker said, they take a baseball stats approach to the election.

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Steli Efti : Throw Down the Gauntlet: Break the Chains of Bad Practice, Build Our Future - 0 views

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21stcenturyschools change education

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Consider letting students create teacher PD as part of their technology education program.
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Move towards a model of embedded professional development.  Binge professional development that happens in one day rarely creates sustainable, system wide change.  Move toward embedded programs like the 23 things that involve teachers in their own pd and requires them to research, reflect, and use the tools.
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Patrick Higgins on 23 Aug 08

Give this a read. What do you think?

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Patrick Higgins on 23 Aug 08

Great article at Supercool School.

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From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Learning - 0 views

www.cellphonesinlearning.com

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Patrick Higgins on 23 Jul 08

Great stuff here for using cell phones as learning tools.

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Education Olympics - 0 views

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Patrick Higgins on 24 Aug 08

This is great! A site dedicated to showing our student's performance on international assessments.

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Google For Educators - 0 views

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Patrick Higgins on 22 Aug 08

Google's collection of election tools for your classroom. Good stuff here for visual learners

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Patrick Higgins on 22 Aug 08

Great political/election coverage through google.

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2008 Election ProCon.org -- Which candidate would make the best U.S. President? - 0 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 22 Aug 08 - Cached

Patrick Higgins on 22 Aug 08

great resource.

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Patrick Higgins on 22 Aug 08

Pro-con's page about the election this year. Straightforward.

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Hail to the New Chief: A Guide to the 2008 Presidential Candidates' Education Agenda | ... - 0 views

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this might help

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Patrick Higgins on 22 Aug 08

Edutopia's guide to choosing the presidential candidates stance on educational issues.

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Beyond the Book: A New Role for Your Students | Edutopia - 0 views

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shared by Erica Hartman on 22 Aug 08 - Cached

Erica Hartman on 22 Aug 08

great idea for conections classroom, assign one student the role of researcher

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rubrics - 0 views

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assessment peerreviewed rubrics

shared by Patrick Higgins on 21 Aug 08 - Cached

Patrick Higgins on 21 Aug 08

Collection of assessment tools.

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New Document - 0 views

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classdiscussion connections rubric

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Patrick Higgins on 21 Aug 08

I like this one.

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Class Discussion Rubric - 0 views

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classdiscussion connections rubric

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Patrick Higgins on 21 Aug 08

Here is a rubric that can be used for students in classroom discussions

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Class Discussion Rubric: 2 - 0 views

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Patrick Higgins on 21 Aug 08

Here is the link to the new version of "Did you Know"

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Phillip Toledano - Days with My Father - 0 views

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What's Next 2008: Ten Predictions for the Future of Public Education | Edutopia - 0 views

www.edutopia.org/whats-next-2008

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Education Podcast Signup - 0 views

educationpodcast.com

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Erica Hartman on 20 Aug 08

great podcasting tool for middle school

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OECD Factbook 2008 in Gapminder Graphs - 0 views

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gapminder oecd stats visualization

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Patrick Higgins on 19 Aug 08

More gapminder fun

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BBC NEWS | Technology | US to back 21st century learning - 0 views

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Congress gets mad.

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Teaching Effectiveness Program - 0 views

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keybr.com | Typing at the speed of thought! - 0 views

keybr.com

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typing tutorial

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typing tutor

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