July 2012
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Ugh tumblr app
1. Can’t edit my tweets anymore
2. Where are tags? Oh yeah, tap the icon…
3. Can’t promote
4. Can do chats (never use)
Lack of editing tweets means I won’t use the app on my iPhone anymore, until I pull the old version of the app from backup… :\
Update: Dashboard
1. Doesn’t load pictures consistently after 1 scroll down
2. Why do notifications need to be separate from the posts?
Editing...
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Trying to make it through the morning without...
via Ms Lundberg
25 Women In STEM You Should Know About →
teachlet:
gjmueller:
Here’s the list, read the article fore more details:
Sally Ride, Physicist, Former NASA Astronaut
Red Burns, Godmother of Silicon Alley
Missy Cummings, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
Caterina Fake, Flickr Co-Founder
Maria Klawe, President, Harvey Mudd College
Susan Helms, Active Duty Commander, 14th Air Force, Commander, Joint Functional...
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Why Bother Educating the Poor? →
Are education reforms making a difference in the lives of poor students? Or are they a charade?
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New Research Helps Make Case for Rigorous PBL →
When PBL is used to teach Advanced Placement courses, diverse students show impressive academic gains along with increased engagement, compared to students in more traditional AP classes. Johanson shared results from the Knowledge in Action study, a research project conducted by an alliance that includes GLEF.
The key findings are:
A 30% higher pass rate for high-achieving students...
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“I have yet to have a student tell me they can’t use technology in class because...”
– tweeted by @sjunkins and retweeted more than 500 times at ISTE 2012 (via holtthink)
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25 Women In STEM You Should Know About →
Here’s the list, read the article fore more details:
Sally Ride, Physicist, Former NASA Astronaut
Red Burns, Godmother of Silicon Alley
Missy Cummings, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
Caterina Fake, Flickr Co-Founder
Maria Klawe, President, Harvey Mudd College
Susan Helms, Active Duty Commander, 14th Air Force, Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for...
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“It’s not just nice to know another language; it’s increasingly...”
– U.S. Sen. Jack Reed on the Rhode Island Road Map to Language Excellence, developed with some federal financial assistance, recommends a route to language and cultural proficiency that starts in prekindergarten and continues through college.
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“In Plain English: The Affordable Care Act, including its individual mandate that...”
– Amy Howe: Scotusblog
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Starting a new Twitter account that is just for...
educationneverending:
My ICT leader at school was talking to me about the wonders of Twitter. I had a Twitter but I closed it down cause it was poo. Now I am doing a teacher one.
Anyone out there have a Twitter they use specifically for teaching and could you recommend good people to follow?
I have a PLN EDU list of twitter teachers. Definitely not comprehensive but a good start!
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“There is no reason that teaching U.S. history in the 21st century cannot be an...”
– A history teacher’s brilliant idea
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Great question asked of me last night...
therationalradical asks:
What has been the most significant educational technology tool you have adopted within the last year?
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WatchGreat video explains why twitter is useful, how it can connect you to resources and exchange ideas. Save this for when a faculty member says, “Fluh, Twitter? What’s that about?”
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How BYOD Fits Into The Insanely Crowded World Of... →
What can education learn from businesses that have been pioneering the BYOD model in recent years?
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First Official Teacher Bummer...?? I hope not!! →
thegrownuplife:
After asking more questions regarding the upcoming school year, I received an e-mail from the head of the English department where I learned that all the pre-tests, activities, and post-tests are being planned at the moment and there is little room for creativity and essentially no flexibility.
gjmueller: This post illustrates an issue I’d like to ask #education about -...
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Why Johnny Can’t Add Without a Calculator →
Though serious empirical research fails to show any beneficial effects of technology, it also doesn’t demonstrate any harm. The emphasis on technology is in part damaging because of its opportunity cost, both in effort on the part of policymakers and in terms of money. It also distracts from the real problem: teachers who don’t understand enough about math or science.
To sum up, technology...
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WatchThe lies behind diploma mills
The leader of Pencader Charter High School emblazons school documents, letters and emails with a signature touting her educational credentials.
“Ann Lewis, PhD.”
But a News Journal investigation found that Lewis holds a degree from an unaccredited educational institution, Westfield University. Several experts, including a retired FBI investigator, called Westfield...
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For the students in this computer-lab-turned-mini-software-company, who spend the entire course working individually or with partners developing a game that teaches an educational concept of their choosing, there’s the critical thinking needed to understand and communicate to players what exactly is toughest to teach about a subject. There are also the transferable skills of proposal...
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Tackling Teacher Turnover at Charter Schools →
A new paper, based on research as well as a survey of charter school teachers, offers school leaders and charter management organizations advice on how they can keep more charter school teachers in the fold.
Build a culture of “mutual feedback”
Protect teachers’ time
Create career pathways
Become more attuned to personal needs of teachers
I think this promotes success at...
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WatchThe Chronicle interviews Bill Gates on tablets in the classroom: “Just giving people devices … has a really horrible track record.”
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“People are asking for digital content. Anything digital. They are hungry for it.”
– Library staff member, responding to our online canvassings of patrons and librarians for our new report on libraries, patrons, and e-books. Read the full report here. (via pewinternet)
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Why Are Buses So Conducive to Bullying? →
A 2005 study from the Journal of School Violence reported that two incidents of bullying occurred for every bus ride they monitored. According to a 2007 report by the National Center for Education Statistics, middle school students are most likely to be bullied on a bus. This is also the same age that students are also most likely to be injured by bullying. What is it about buses that make them...
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Blogging is the New Persuasive Essay →
Does the average person, once they leave school, spend a lot of time composing academic essays? Is this the best way for our students to show their learning? In some places, the academic 5 paragraph essay is hailed as the Holy Grail of non-fiction writing achievement. Yet even if a student can become a great persuasive essay writer, they’re still only semi-literate, at least according to the...
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In Uncertain Times, a Publisher Pushes Digital... →
About one-third of Pearson’s business is now from digital products and services, though overall sales have slowed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is restructuring as part of a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy process prompted in part by decreasing school budgets. Revenues for the K-12 group of McGraw-Hill’s education division, which it plans on spinning off into a separate company, dropped...
