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Steven Engravalle
April 6, 2012 12:11 PM
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Need fresh ideas for activities and projects? Getting ready for summer and need field trip ideas? Want to get the most out of staff meetings? Need to be creative with training due to budget restraints? Experiencing some challenging behaviors in your program? Bring your questions to this unique Professional Development experience for Afterschool Providers that offers a great opportunity to learn from each other, share resources and ideas and get inspiration from other providers in the area.
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Steven Engravalle
April 6, 2012 10:26 AM
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This post walks you through a simple step-by-step process for managing the flow of documents that students share with you. If you have ever felt overwhelmed by a flood of documents in your Google Documents account, follow Kern's plan and enjoy having order in your Google Docs account again.
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Steven Engravalle
April 4, 2012 7:38 PM
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Lawmakers are considering a bill that would bring requirements such as teacher-student ratios, which public schools that have traditional buildings and classrooms already adhere to, to bear for their online counterparts. That bill has not yet made it to either chamber of the Legislature for a floor vote.
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Steven Engravalle
April 4, 2012 7:33 PM
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With an increasing number of apps allowing users to store their documents in iCloud, Apple customers will be faced with choosing between iCloud and Dropbox. Fortunately, there is a way to sync iCloud documents with Dropbox.
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Steven Engravalle
April 4, 2012 7:16 PM
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A great resource for educators. Any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, phones, and even the Dropbox website.
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Steven Engravalle
April 4, 2012 1:42 PM
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Four teams of high school students unleashed a new wave of products and entrepreneurism receiving top honors at the 2012 Innovation Summit, the final round of the 2011-2012 Spirit of Innovation Challenge (Conrad Challenge).
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Steven Engravalle
April 4, 2012 10:36 AM
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FREE online Conference on Bullying and CyberCitizen.org ~ May 11, 2012...
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Steven Engravalle
April 3, 2012 9:56 AM
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In hopes of bringing in more revenue, the Irving Independent School district has joined a national advertising network specifically for schools.
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Steven Engravalle
April 3, 2012 9:15 AM
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Today’s K-12 superintendents must be forward thinkers, bold leaders, and skilled communicators in order to lead their schools effectively in the 21st century, said the winners of eSchool News’ 2012 Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards.
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Steven Engravalle
April 3, 2012 8:46 AM
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The Alliancefor Excellent Education’s Center for Secondary School Digital Learning and Policy invites any and all teachers, schools, districts, states and other organizations such as libraries, afterschool programs or community-based organizations to submit proposals to be considered for our work leading up to Digital Learning Day 2013. Such activities may include being showcased on our site, hosting a school visit, being highlighted in a case study, having an opportunity for a teacher to be a guest blogger, developing tips of the day, or the potential to be featured in other ways leading up to Digital Learning Day 2013 on Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Submissions are due no later than April 27th.
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Steven Engravalle
April 3, 2012 8:32 AM
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The Learning Power of LEGO infographic from onlinecollege.org brings to light the uses of LEGOs in education as well as a brief history of Lego Bricks.
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Steven Engravalle
April 3, 2012 8:28 AM
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Apple products with Mac OS X operating system are quite popular among designers and digital artists. So today I have collected 25 awesome apps for designing purposes.
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Steven Engravalle
April 3, 2012 7:50 AM
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This edition of Think Quarterly is dedicated to digital creativity in its many forms – from YouTube remixes to next-generation advertising to data visualizations – and what it means for your business.
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Steven Engravalle
April 6, 2012 11:43 AM
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VoiceThreads might best be described as interactive media albums. They are essentially online slide shows of images, documents, or videos that enable viewers to comment on any slide (or at any point in the video) by typing, recording an audio or video comment, or drawing on the image itself.
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Steven Engravalle
April 6, 2012 10:17 AM
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Quipper is a quiz app with a difference. Whether you're looking to test your general knowledge or study for a maths exam, Quipper can help you learn have fun answering questions. Many varied and interesting categories to work through; I would guess there is something for everyone.
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Steven Engravalle
April 4, 2012 7:35 PM
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Three days a week, as the school day draws to a close, Jennifer Aaron's kindergarten class at P.S. 150 in Manhattan sits down to compose a message about what they have been doing all day.
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Steven Engravalle
April 4, 2012 7:30 PM
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There are many ways to download YouTube videos to your computer. Why would you want to download YouTube videos?
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Steven Engravalle
April 4, 2012 6:28 PM
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Taking steps to ensure a common sense approach to New Jersey’s system of education funding and to root out abuse and fraud, Acting Governor Kim Guadagno today named seven representatives from the public and private sectors as members of the New Jersey Education Funding Task Force. Created by Executive Order in March, the Task Force will evaluate the effectiveness of the Free and Reduced Price School Lunch Program as a proxy for measuring “at risk” students and, more broadly, make recommendations to address areas of the school funding formula that may be subject to manipulation, fraud, or distortion, including municipal tax abatement programs.
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Steven Engravalle
April 4, 2012 10:40 AM
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Here are some of the cool features available in Google Docs to support writers.
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Steven Engravalle
April 3, 2012 10:03 AM
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Expounding on the ideas of the wildly popular article 21 Things That Will Be Obsolete in 2020, Mind/Shift asked a few of those who attended Big Ideas Fest, a recent gathering of teachers, administrators, entrepreneurs and policymakers, to predict what they think will be obsolete in 2020.
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Steven Engravalle
April 3, 2012 9:42 AM
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Educational funding is a hot topic this year as school districts nationwide scramble to fill budget gaps.
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Steven Engravalle
April 3, 2012 9:07 AM
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More and more schools are adopting tablet computers in their programs, and the explosion of tablets is changing the way we teach and students learn. Teachers need to know about this new dynamic, so NJAET is providing a FREE opportunity to learn more about how to use tablet computers in the classroom at tabcamp NJAET at Stone Bridge Middle School in Allentown, NJ on Saturday, April 28, 2012.
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Steven Engravalle
April 3, 2012 8:40 AM
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2012 School Leader Award Recognizes Curriculum Advancement
NJSBA's School Leader Award recognizes creative public school programs that advance student achievement; deadline for entries is June 8.
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Steven Engravalle
April 3, 2012 8:30 AM
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William Johnson delves into the real reasons why we're still afraid to risk the public scrutiny of standing up in front of our classroom peers in this article he wrote appearing on gothamschools.org.
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Steven Engravalle
April 3, 2012 8:25 AM
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With much of human knowledge now our fingertips, the Internet is rewiring our brains in various ways, Online College finds...
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