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Member since Jun 17, 2009, follows 1 people, 2 public groups, 16 public bookmarks (1054 total).

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  • The Free Music Program on 2009-12-01
  • A library without the books - The Boston Globe on 2009-09-09
  • Harvard Report on Class Size on 2009-09-09
  • DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: Tools and Technologies for Effective Classrooms on 2009-07-22
  • On Leadership and Blind Mice « Linked 2 Leadership on 2009-07-02
    • For leaders, we need to understand that the people that follow us expect us to have a plan. They often think and believe that we are in control and driving them with a competent road map in hand. Whether we actually have a plan that is workable or not, they assume because of our position that we are working from a playbook. (
    • The “Which way do we go?” question gets asked every day. In order to be able to be an effective and influential person in the eyes of your followers, make sure that you are decisive, that you are casting a credible vision in an effective manner, and that you are understanding perspectives along the journey.
  • readergirlz: Bully Bust 2009 on 2009-06-19
  • BullyBust 2009 :: About Bullying on 2009-06-19
  • Tweeting Your Way to Better Grades - US News and World Report on 2009-06-17
    • Jenna Gardner, teacher at Meadowcreek High School, Norcross, Ga.:

      [One] possibility is to use Twitter as a type of interactive reading response journal. As students read an assigned text, they record their impressions and questions to allow their fellow classmates to give their input. I do this using Edmodo, a microblogging website designed specifically for schools, but students could do it more informally on their own.
  • Tweeting Your Way to Better Grades - US News and World Report on 2009-06-17
    • fair access and equity. A majority of teachers, especially those who teach in low-income areas, feel that bringing online technologies into a class setting is problematic when students might not have the resources to access the digital tools outside of class.
    • But Jim Burke, an English teacher at California's Burlingame High, says the fact that some students might not have access to broadband Internet outside of school is the very reason why teachers should be focusing on bringing those technologies into school.
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        Charlie Makela on 2009-06-17

        Are we doing a disservice to students who do not have broadband access by not teaching these skills in school?

  • The Partnership for 21st Century Skills - Home on 2009-06-17
    • Learning Environments Must Break Through the Silos that Separate Learning from the Real World

      ORLANDO, FL — Jan. 23, 2009 — Successful learning environments break through the barriers that separate schools from the real world, educators from each other and policymakers from the communities they serve. Yet, many schools continue to reflect their Industrial Age origins with rigid schedules, inflexible facilities and fixed boundaries between grades, disciplines and classrooms, according to a new paper released by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills and sponsored by Cisco Systems

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