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Brianne Hogenson

Boom's Digital Taxonomy Pyramid (with links) - 0 views

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    A great resource I found! Its helped broadened my TWS Learning Goals
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    This is full of useful links for teachers.
Robin Galloway

Cursive handwriting no longer stressed at Eastern Iowa schools | TheGazette - 2 views

  • “It doesn’t seem like there’s the emphasis on cursive handwriting today that there was when I was in school,” said Lisa Donohoe, Shelby’s mom.
  • “We do have a curriculum for cursive handwriting as part of our SLEs (Student Learning Expectations),” said Mary Ellen Maske, executive administrator for elementary education for the Cedar Rapids school district.The district uses the Zaner-Bloser Handwriting curriculum, which introduces cursive handwriting in third grade, and practice in fourth and fifth grades.The goal is 10 to 15 minutes of cursive handwriting instruction each day
  • Iowa is among 42 states and the District of Columbia, to have adopted the Common Core State Standards for English, which omits cursive handwriting from the required curriculum.
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  • A 2009 study by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute in Washington, D.C., cites cursive as important for cognitive development because it “requires fluid movement, eye-hand coordination and fine motor skill development.
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      Aren't there better ways to develop eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills? Note taking? Seriously? 
  • “We tell our students ‘We’re teaching you this style, but as you get older, you’ll develop your own style,’” said Thea Thies, a fourth-grade teacher at East Elementary School in Waukon. “That’s the fun part.”
  • Thies said she cites historical documents and handwriting analysis as examples of cursive handwriting in effort to increase her students’ enthusiasm of the subject.
    • Robin Galloway
       
      Yep, that should inspire them!
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    Why should cursive be taught at all in this century?
Robin Galloway

Teacher Tom: Thats-hard-thing-to-do-and-he-did-it - 0 views

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    ECE majors note this blog
Robin Galloway

K12 Online Conference - 1 views

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    Free annual online conference for educators. 
Magda Galloway

Can Mobile Phones Help Teachers Manage Classroom Behavior? | MindShift - 0 views

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    ClassDojo lets teachers track students' behaviors with an easy +1 or -1 system - you can reward students for good behavior (participation, helping others, creativity, insight) or you can make note of negative behaviors (disruption, disrespect, tardiness).
Hannah Engelke

42 Fill-in-the-Blank Prompts For Students To Design Their Own Projects - 0 views

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    Provides 42 dill in the blank projects for students to design their own projects. 
Nikki Lyons

BuiLD YouR WiLD SeLF - 0 views

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    Great resource for "Where the Wild Things Are" Read the book, then have students make their own wild selves. (discussed in the Shannon Miller lecture)
tuttleh

Watch Online | Growing Up Online | FRONTLINE | PBS - 0 views

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    What it's like for this generation of students to be so immersed in technology...
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    Frontline did a program on students spending all of their time online while growing up. Students can connect with so many people with social media. That can be a good and a bad thing. There are a lot of safety issues students need to know about with social media. This program talks about who should talk to students about the safety of social media and what needs to be said.
lizr10

U.S. Department of Education - 7 views

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    The main site for the United States Department of Education
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    This is a great website for teachers. It gives teachers information about what is new and upcoming.
Magda Galloway

How to write a reflection - Centre for Learning and Teaching Resources - 2 views

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    How to write a reflection
Hailee Halverson

Is it time to rename the Common Core? - 1 views

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    People like what's in the Common Core much better when it's not called "Common Core."
Kara Weiler

Free Online Software Training | UNI Lynda.com Access | University of Northern Iowa - 2 views

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Megan Teresi

Education World: The Educator's Best Friend - 12 views

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    All kinds of teacher resources. Tools and Templetes. Worksheets. Lesson Plans. Standards. It has them all.
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