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Seven Fun (and Cheap) Class Projects to Try with... →

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How well does Khan Academy teach? →

Jul 26th

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5 daily questions for technology leaders →

Where is the organization going? How are we carrying out the mission? How are we making learning better for students? What connections can we make today? What am I going to do better for students?

Jul 26th

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“iTunes U 1.2 now makes it easy to take notes while watching or listening to a...”

– iTunes U is a free download for the iPhone and iPad. [App Store] Apple Updates iTunes U With Note-taking and Improved Search (via world-shaker)

Jul 26th

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10 Things in School That Should Be Obsolete →

1. COMPUTER LABS. Students are connected to the Internet everywhere except in school. Regardless of their income bracket, most kids carry around a world of information in their pockets on their mobile devices, and yet we force them to power down and disconnect, and we confine them in obsolete computer labs. A modern school needs to have connectivity everywhere and treat computers more like...

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“Leadership is so much more than keeping up with your emails.”

– Management and Leadership (George Couros response to “When would I have time to go on there? I have 150 emails a day that I need to take care of! When would I possibly have time to tweet?”)

Jul 25th

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Annual Study Finds Child Education, Health... →

Children’s health and education are showing positive signs even in the midst of a dismal economic environment, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual ranking of child well-being, released this morning. The 23rd-annual Kids Count Data Book represents an overhaul of the Baltimore-based group’s historically health-dominated 10 benchmarks. This year the indicators...

Jul 25th

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Are you a dawdler or a doer? Tell your story using the Twitter hashtag #1st5days. What are you going to do on the First Five Days of school to make that dent in the status quo?

Jul 25th

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10 Interactive Lessons By Google On Digital... →

What Makes YouTube Unique – Basic facts and figures (40 minutes) – Teacher’s Guide Lesson 1,Slides Lesson 1 Detecting Lies – (35 minutes) – Teacher’s Guide Lesson 2, Slides Lesson 2 Safety Mode – (5 minutes) – Teacher’s Guide Lesson 3, Slides Lesson 3 Online Reputation and Cyberbullying – (45 minutes) – Teacher’s Guide Lesson 4, Slides Lesson 4 Policy – The Community Guidelines (20...

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