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Create polls using the cell phones of the students in the class, or any other device, like ipods and ipads

Photo of Billy Collins Welcome to Poetry 180. Poetry can and should be an important part of our daily lives. Poems can inspire and make us think about what it means to be a member of the human race. By just spending a few minutes reading a poem each day, new worlds can be revealed. Poetry 180 is designed to make it easy for students to hear or read a poem on each of the 180 days of the school year. I have selected the poems you will find here with high school students in mind. They are intended to be listened to, and I suggest that all members of the school community be included as readers. A great time for the readings would be following the end of daily announcements over the public address system.

A SYNAPSE is a minute gap between nerve cells which transmits crucial information through the nervous system. The goal of this network is to perform a similar "synaptic" function between biology instructors of all levels and locations.

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RCampus is a comprehensive Education Management System and a collaborative learning environment. At RCampus, you can do all your school-related work from building personal and group websites to managing your courses, eportfolios, academic communities, and much more. This is really KOOL. It even has a "vocational" section in the rubric area!

The Career and Technical Education Consortium of States (CTECS) (formerly known as VTECS) is nationally recognized for its expertise in developing standards and assessment systems based on a valid occupational analysis process. The organization has a thirty-seven year history of operating as a consortium of states where members pool their human, material, and financial resources to develop competency-based career and technical education products that are validated by business, industry, and labor.

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