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Kelly Peterson-Chapman

The Problem With Charters - Bridging Differences - Education Week - 0 views

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    Editor's Note: Diane Ravitch is taking a break from the blog this week, and Deborah Meier is blogging in her place today. Bridging Differences will begin its Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow and return next week. I'm back from Chicago-my sort-of second home. I spent my "off hours" arguing, as usual, with my friend Mike Klonsky.
Amy George

Chocolate Souffle Recipe : Mark Bittman : Recipes : Cooking Channel - 0 views

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    what college student doesnt want some therapy baking time and these look delicious!
Courtney M

TeachersFirst's Copyright and Fair Use Resources - 2 views

  • This collection includes instructional activities about copyright and collections/tools to use images, music, and texts legally, either through Fair Use or Creative Commons licensing. Use these resources to model and teach ethical use of electronic media or to find copyright-safe raw materials for student projects.
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      Basically, this site condenses links to websites explaining all about what teachers can do without breaking any copyright laws, to websites with suggestions or ideas about how to teach students about copyrights, and the first site in the list is to images that are copyright free!
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    This website is a wonderful resource for any teacher. It provides links to guide the teacher in fair use laws, suggests ways to teach about copyright laws, and provides a link to copyright-free images! It's really a one -stop-shop for everything copyright.
Kelsey Everton

What Digital Native children can teach the rest of us about technology - 0 views

  • “focused on giving children a real voice in the broader, often very adult, discussion of future technologies and real-world problem solving.”
  • they can teach us not only about their own needs and desires, but also about our own future preferences and how technology might help us solve bigger, global problems
  • digital natives allow us to see unrestrained possibilities for Web-based developments
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  • We found that today’s children intuit a very seamless connection between online and offline worlds
  • A strong trend in the pictures the children drew was a break down in the barrier between the physical and digital worlds, with children appearing to see no difference between ‘real’ and ‘computer-based’ activities.
  • today’s children see technological devices as a natural extension of themselves
  • Current initiatives include Trash to Treasure, another illustration-based study which looks to kids for new ways to recycle and manage waste
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    This is a great article on what our students, the "Digital Natives" can teach us about technology! I have highlighted what I found to be the most interesting and insightful quotes from the article!
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