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"During the 2010-11 school year, the vision for the H.E.A.T. Walkthrough process is 90/90; meaning, 90 percent of the teachers will document receiving face-to-face feedback from every classroom walkthrough and 90 percent of the teachers will indicate that the feedback was meaningful to them in terms of improving professional practice. According to Hall and Hord (2000), "Classroom walkthroughs that include focused one-on-one feedback is the most powerful staff development approach available to impact and change behavior." "

Calculation Nation™ is a free education service of The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. NCTM is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership, and professional development to support teachers in ensuring mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students.

Our Courts is a free, interactive, web-based program designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy. Our Courts is the vision of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who is concerned that students are not getting the information and tools they need for civic participation, and that civics teachers need better materials and support. On this site, you will find information and useful teaching resources for an engaging civics curriculum.

iCivics (formerly Our Courts) is a web-based education project designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy. iCivics is the vision of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who is concerned that students are not getting the information and tools they need for civic participation, and that civics teachers need better materials and support.

This is a list of TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Talks. These could be GREAT writing prompts. Most videos are brief - 15 to 20 minutes. You could share just a few moments of a video. Speakers may share vision, discovery, innovation, the future.

ISTE 2010 presentation about VoiceThread. How to, when, and everything that you need to know to get started! Nice resource!