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The emphasis in" the chapter so far has been on oral and visual communication . But much communication is written, and some consideration of the special features of written communication is necessary. The main point that needs stressing is that written communication is one-way and the recipient, or recipients, have, for the time being at least, to rely on the writer's accuracy of expression.

"The purpose of interventions is to ensure students are provided with the standards based supports they need to meet/exceed grade level standards. A comprehensive system of interventions involves a graduated set of safety nets aligned to specific student needs and standards. In Pennsylvania, ELL educational programs are all found within the instructional core"

Curriki is more than your average website; we're a community of educators, learners and committed education experts who are working together to create quality materials that will benefit teachers and students around the world. Curriki is an online environment created to support the development and free distribution of world-class educational materials to anyone who needs them. Our name is a play on the combination of 'curriculum' and 'wiki' which is the technology we're using to make education universally accessible.

Curriki is more than your average website; we're a community of educators, learners and committed education experts who are working together to create quality materials that will benefit teachers and students around the world. Curriki is an online environment created to support the development and free distribution of world-class educational materials to anyone who needs them. Our name is a play on the combination of 'curriculum' and 'wiki' which is the technology we're using to make education universally accessible.

Welcome to School AUP 2.0 This is a dynamic document designed to support teachers, school media specialists, and education leaders in developing, maintaining, and enforcing policies designed to: 1. Promote the most effective, productive, and instructionally sound uses of digital, networked, and abundant information environments. 2. Provide safe digital environments for learners and to instill safe practices and habits among the learning community.

Family Mingle is a family meeting place that enables you to simply build your extended family tree, place family messages on the family message board, schedule family events, share photos and build family albums. Mingle helps all family members, young and old, to stay in touch and to learn a bit more about their family today and the family heritage.

MixedInk takes a fresh approach to collaborative writing. It's a fun, democratic and elegant way for people to weave their best ideas together. (Plus, it's free!)

# Make a video about any SAT/ACT vocabulary word of your choosing from this list. On that list, we'll show you how many videos have been submitted for each word. Please choose one without any videos submissions. :) # 1 video for 1 word, but you can make as many videos as you want. # Anyone can enter the competition! Just remember that part of the prize money has to go to a U.S. high school or middle school of your choosing. # All voting will happen at BrainyFlix.com, so make sure your video includes the following text: "Vote for this video at www.BrainyFlix.com/words/xxxxx". And substitute the "xxxxx" with your vocab word.

Send greetings to your family and friends using Google Earth. Type in your greeting and geoGreeting will find buildings around the world that are shaped like letters. Very cool!

The WikiEducator is an evolving community intended for the collaborative: * planning of education projects linked with the development of free content; * development of free content on Wikieducator for e-learning; * work on building open education resources (OERs) on how to create OERs. * networking on funding proposals developed as free content.

Aligned instruction comprises the following activities: Teaching topics that are aligned with the standards. Ensuring the right level of challenge. Focusing teaching based on the learning needs of each student. Implementing instructional strategies to increase student achievement. To view an effective instructional strategy, click on one of the videos or document titles below. A nice collection of videos including a lot of instructional strategies

Free, open-source instructional materials for K-12.

MagToo is an image widget application and portal site which allows users to create slide shows with a unique magnifier tool, and immersive 360 degree panorama style shows. Furthermore, users can share these on social network sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.), as well as create virtual "travelogues" on Google maps. MagToo's virtual travelogue is a unique feature unavailable on other image widgets, and allows users to map and share their travels with slide and panorama shows.

"The exhibits of the MathSite are intended for people of all ages who are interested in or are curious about mathematics. No specialized mathematical knowledge or expertise is assumed."