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Dodging Bullets in Presentations - 0 views

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    Here's an idea for an assignment for students (and teachers?) create a set of slides to persuade us to do/choose/learn about something. Catch: the slides can only have 1 word and 1 image per slide. 
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Tracking on Twitter « doug - off the record - 0 views

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    Jill got going on Twitter last night and this is the tool I taught her to use. The columns make it easy to say organized. And, yes, that's me in the top left of the screenshot. :)
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PLC: "The Medium is the Message" | Joel Zehring - 2 views

  • professional learning community is simply another item to check off the list, rather than a powerful framework for redefining school in the twenty-first century. Schedules, agendas, tasks, and assignments are not necessarily bad things, but they are not sufficient for building vibrant professional learning community.
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      What can we do to avoid these pitfalls?
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      I think this is so important. We're all educators because we are pursuing our passions. The best PLC meeting I've been in all year is when I really saw those passions come out of people.
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    Loved the words "proximity, permanence, shared history, and shared vision." This is what a PLC really needs in my opinion. It will be so exciting next year when people are into their second year with the same people...in some cases. Having been with the same PLC two years in a row in the past, I proclaim :) that it makes a big difference!!! Proximity is a big deal too!!!
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First Steps Toward Becoming a 21st Century Educator | always learning - 0 views

  • The development of a personal learning network (or PLN) is absolutely essential for any successful 21st century educator.
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      The point of a PLN is that we are not alone. We're not the only ones trying to do what we're trying to do -- to be wordy. There is no reason to reinvent the wheel every time we want to try something we see as new.
  • Once you’ve set it up, your RSS reader will aggregate all of the new posts on those fantastic blogs in one place – like an e-mail inbox for websites and blogs. Instead of scrambling around trying to find all the best new posts, just sit back and let them come to you!
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      My favorite digital tool is Google Reader. Blog posts are so much more fleshed out and thoughtful than Twitter posts, and comments on blog posts can start a real discussion, instead of a simplified one like on Twitter. Don't get me wrong, I get a lot out of my Twitter network, but Google Reader is great.
  • In order to really bring your network together, you will need to share your own thoughts and learnings with your PLN.
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      I agree with this fully. 21st Century Learning involves creating and sharing like has never been possible before. We need to be reflecting and sharing those reflections. For transparency's sake, my blog is www.tagmirror.org
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  • Twitter is a powerful tool for sharing quick snippets of your thinking, for connecting with others, and for widening your information consumption a little bit at a time.
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      Great description of Twitter.
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    Reading material for our CSIP. Preferably reading material that isn't printed out :) A good first step for our CSIP would be to get back involved with Diigo. This could be a bookmark that we could work on "making ours" by highlighting and sticky noting it.
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Tuttle SVC: 10 Reasons you should care about the Common Core State Standards Initiative... - 0 views

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    This makes me nervous. I suppose its ominous tone has nervousness as an intended effect, but it's still a bit scary.
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Grading for Learning « Straight Talk from an HSD 1J Board Member - 0 views

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    We should really pick this apart as a group.
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ASCD Inservice: Dethroning the Sacred Gods of Grading - 0 views

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    Boy, did that title catch my attention. I have never heard of the author before, but loved what he had to say...wish I could go to the conference. He seems to be a mixture of Wormeli and DeFour. Was really interested in what he had to say about teacher leaders and would like to know more about Marzano's rubric that seemeds to be a solution to the ills of grading and traditional testing. Thanks for sharing!
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SpeEdChange: This Century - 0 views

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    I don't agree with every point Ira makes, but he is a tireless advocate for the needs of *all* students and this blog post is worth a read.
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Where Collaboration Goes to Die « doug - off the record - 0 views

  • If you’re interested in locking down content, why not pretty it up and turn it into a webpage?  There are plenty of free places to post static content if price is an issue.  If you’re going to use a wiki, I would encourage all to exploit the power of the wiki.
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      This is a great point that we need to think about in our creation of Wikis. We need to use the right tool to spread our information.
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The Tempered Radical: Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work - 0 views

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    Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work,
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MeTA musings: (In)formative assessment: LESS grading and MORE feedback - 0 views

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    Blog post re: formative assessment and standards-based grading
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100 Incredibly Inspiring Blog Posts for Educators - Learn-gasm - 0 views

  • Examine the educational value of taking learning–and students–out of the classroom.
  • Directed more specifically at parents, but an important reminder for educators as well, this post shares why children should learn about finances from an early age.
  • Find out about this initiative at the Library of Congress and why teachers should support primary sources for students.
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  • This blog post offers a gentle reminder that the best way to get a student to do their own homework is by assigning child-appropriate tasks.
  • Learn about the importance of IEPs and how you can better serve your students by understanding what is written in them.
  • This teacher explains how she used Chatzy with a 7th grade class to work on Internet safety and technology.
  • Read this post for an inspirational way to use Skype in the classroom to connect your students with others around the world.
  • This blog post includes an hour-long presentation on copyright issues specifically for teachers.
  • Learn about digital portfolios and why they matter to you as an educator.
  • Advocating preparing students for life and successful careers doesn’t have to depend on college, this blogger explores the possibility of students who are not college material still succeeding.
  • This brief post urges educators to help recognized untapped potential in students.
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