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Thanks Ryan Rosenthal for sharing this article - Ryan says ... Interesting article talking about a small study that was done in Canada. I liked how they said that most tech instruction in the schools they looked at was focused on how to use the tech not on higher order thinking. It also mentions that the teachers on the forefront of tech teaching are not the new teachers but the ones with experience under their belt. Those teachers know how to handle the classroom and are therefore more comfortable taking the challenge of managing the students as they use tech. 

One Room School advantages which Christian school teachers and champions need to herald. Bookmark and read this NYTimes article. Teacher student relationships are more important to effective learning than physical resources. Are our classroom strategies still based on the Prussian model? or are we leveaging the strengths and wisdom of the One Room School?

10 good ideas to teach our students. Includes some links.

Easy, free one-page web site creation - I thought this might be useful for student project pages

I have not used livecode.com myself, but this video goes over the simplistic nature of the programming language and how well it works for student learning of programming concepts. Check out the impressive portfolio of real apps online out on the web. It might be great for development of church or school apps too.

Jerry Blumengarten is a 'Cybrarian' who maintains a vast website including over 20,000 links to educational resources and activities. If you are looking for it, chances are good that Jerry has it! Excellent stuff.

Wiki outlining best practices for using wikis with your students. Great resource!

Student Tech Projects

Pointed to this by a student. He and a partner found a tutorial for extracting DNA from a strawberry! Super cool!

School district near Omaha, Nebraska that is implementing iPads for all high school students this year. Lots of great resources and tutorials about using the iPad.

Should we model regional events like this for our WELS High Schoolers?

Churchm.ag's review of ByTheBook software called Roll Call. The software is for check in and check out of students at church events.

From the CLS eNews 10/29/14 - In order to promote Christian education and the role their school plays in offering it to young children, St. John's in Neillsville, Wis. posts a quaterly video to their Web site. The St. John's Connection highlights Pre-K through 8th grade events throughout the quarter and gives parents and prospective families insight as to what St. John's has to offer its students.

Socrative blog

A different type of flipped classroom. Two-minute daily prep videos.