July 2011
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“But one glaring hole has yet to be undertaken: context. I’ve had my kids watch...”
– Khan Academy: Great Idea- With One Glaring Hole (via world-shaker)
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“Woody Allen is famous for saying that 90% of life is just showing up. But that’s...”
– Final Lesson: You Don’t Get an A for Just Showing Up
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“Intensifying demand that the nation’s $228 billion annual investment in...”
– 1992 US News & World Report cover story, Schools For Scandal via Bill Turque WP -
System “Rife With Abuse” For 20 Years Now
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My Research in The Chronicle of Higher Education:... →
I will leave it to legal experts to determine if the research violated the consent requirements of the Federal Regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects (45 CFR 46), but from an ethical standpoint, I argue the researchers did have an obligation to respect the intentions of those students who might have restricted their Facebook profiles to only be visible to members of the Harvard...
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Studies Find Students Learn More by 'Acting Out'... →
A series of experiments by researchers at Arizona State University in Tempe and the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that students can understand and infer more by physically acting out text—either in real life or virtually—than by reading alone.
In the most recent of the experiments, published in the June issue of the journal Scientific Studies of Reading, researchers found that...
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New York School Test Scores →
A complete summary of demographics and student performance over the past decade for every school in New York.
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Top 10 Sites for Creating a Video Chat
Skype in the Classroom
FaceFlow
Caffein
Google+
iMeet
BoostCam
Wetoku
Tinychat
ooVoo
iVideoChat
Read more about why to choose one service over another for your classroom…
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Any Administrators out there?
I received a message some time back from a principal. He loved what we’ve all been able to build here for teachers, as well as the Teacher Roll Call, but very much wanted to connect with other administrators.
So out of curiosity, who are the administrators out there? Would you mind replying/reblogging this post so you can find each other?
via teamteachers
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Legal Guide for Bloggers →
Strike-through for clarity.
A great resource for any all of you.
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School Dropout Rates Add To Fiscal Burden →
Nearly 1 million kids who start high school every year don’t make it to graduation. At a time when federal and state budgets are tight, dropouts costs taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars in lost revenue, health care, welfare and incarceration costs.
world-shaker asked: Teacher Dare Day Question!
You have the ability to take any class you want, and choose anyone you want (anyone alive or dead) to be the teacher. What class do you take, and who would teach it?
You have the ability to take any class you want, and choose anyone you want (anyone alive or dead) to be the teacher. What class do you take, and who would teach it?
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What is something you HAVE to do before the new...
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“Is it possible that mobile devices are reproducing some of America’s most...”
– Ignore the Potential of Mobile Learning, Risk Widening the Digital Divide
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What is your favorite activity you do in your...
OR your favorite activity you’ve done as a student.
via teachingtoday
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“The number of homeless youth has increased 69 percent in the past two years, to...”
– Homeless in college: How do you make it work? 