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April 12, 2012 2:37 PM
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April 12, 2012 1:51 PM
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Know a great middle school after-school program? Nominate them for a MetLife Foundation Afterschool Innovator Award
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April 12, 2012 1:42 PM
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Increased accountability is one education reform staple that's here to stay. As we increase accountability and transparency for students (and for teachers and administrators), limiting that to test scores shows an incomplete picture. One accountability alternative that allows for greater range and actually encourages student learning and sharing is the student portfolio.
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April 12, 2012 1:10 PM
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Edudemic's list (organized by topic, not ranking) for some great STEM resources that can help you build your knowledge about everything from calculus to zoology.
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April 11, 2012 4:16 PM
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One Kansas school district has deployed a digital literacy program for its middle and high school students as it gears up for the implementation of Common Core State Standards.
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April 11, 2012 10:47 AM
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Intel's Classmate Convertibles have been a huge success: 7 million of these PCs are scattered across the globe in classrooms in more than 70 countries. Now Intel is introducing a new product to the Learning Series; a cheap, versatile, tough, education tablet.
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April 10, 2012 11:49 AM
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In partnership with Charlotte Danielson, Teachscape is proud to introduce the Framework for Teaching Evaluation Instrument. Updates reflected in the Framework for Teaching Evaluation Instrument include:
• Tighter rubric language to describe performance, making the framework easier to use in evaluation,
• “Critical attributes” defined for levels of performance, providing observers with guidance when distinguishing practice at adjacent levels of performance, and
• Examples for each level of performance, illustrating what practice looks like in a range of settings.
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April 10, 2012 8:50 AM
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The Adobe Education Exchange is a free online community for Primary/Secondary and Higher Education faculty and staff to meet, share, discuss, and collaborate on topics of interest to the Adobe education community.
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April 10, 2012 8:23 AM
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April 10, 2012 7:37 AM
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As Richard Beach, a University of Minnesota professor emeritus of English education, points out in a forthcoming book, "Using Apps for Learning With Literacy Across the Curriculum," apps and Web tools are “fostering new ways of knowing and learning,” whether students work collaboratively or independently.
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April 10, 2012 7:28 AM
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Gov. Robert F. McDonnell has signed a law requiring Virginia high school students to take at least one virtual course to graduate.
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April 10, 2012 7:21 AM
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A useful guide for educators confronting the challenges of introducing new technologies into the K-12 classroom in meaningful, inventive, productive, creative, and connected ways
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April 10, 2012 7:08 AM
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Planning is imperative for any technology initiative - iPad or otherwise.
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April 12, 2012 2:10 PM
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Explore Teachscape's newest solution for enhancing teaching effectiveness-- Advance. This state-of-the-art human capital management system includes a range of tools that support performance management, talent management, professional development, shared goals, teacher retention, and more. See how this cloud based solution can drive your district's human capital strategy to the next level.
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April 12, 2012 1:47 PM
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Before choosing to restrict the use of social and mobile tools in schools, policymakers and education leaders have to consider the negative impact such restrictions will have on learning.
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April 12, 2012 1:25 PM
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The future of education is never certain, but all of the evidence suggests that online learning is on the rise. As universities include more opportunities for online study, more students could seek out universities based on these criteria. This change can affect the way students learn, as well as the way universities structure their degree programs.
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April 11, 2012 4:20 PM
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Quite a few great apps on a variety of subjects...
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April 11, 2012 3:32 PM
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In the wake of Flashback, everybody's asking if Macs are still safe. Here are six easy tips on how to be your own gatekeeper. Read this blog post by Seth Rosenblatt on How To.
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April 10, 2012 12:42 PM
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Intel is launching a new tablet reference design geared specifically for K-12 education. The "studybook," as it's called, is capable of running both Google's Android (Honeycomb) operating system and Microsoft Windows 7 and meant to sell for $199 to $299.
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April 10, 2012 9:08 AM
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Kikutext is a service that aims at engaging parents and supporting students. It makes it easy for teachers to communicate with parents using text messaging so students perform better. Teachers can send individualized text message updates to every parent. Then, parents can instantly respond with questions by simply replying. This is a great free service to engage parents and help increase communication between the members of the class.
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April 10, 2012 8:27 AM
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Whether you're an administrator or a teacher leader, you will find some great advice and tips in this list of videos, blogs, and articles on school leadership.
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April 10, 2012 7:42 AM
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Instead of getting lost in specs and features, education leaders and experts suggest starting with learning goals. Then you can match your school's unique needs to devices that meet those needs.
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April 10, 2012 7:31 AM
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Many believe that the education agenda of Gov. Christie and the Senate Democrats is not that far apart, but it is in the Assembly where much of the legislation – such as tenure reform and charter school legislation – will find the most resistance. Patrick Diegnan, the Chairman of the Assembly Education Committee, will join host Ray Pinney for a discussion on the education reform movement, as well as other education issues that will come before the Assembly Education Committee.
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April 10, 2012 7:25 AM
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A collaborative Google Site which attempts to answer the question: How can Google+ take collaboration to another level?
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April 10, 2012 7:15 AM
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These Google Docs tips inspire awesome ideas and tricks for collaboration, sharing, and staying productive.
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