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Cool Cat Teacher Blog: How to Make Wiki References

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:29:28 -0000

Tags: wiki wikispaces references citation

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The Juggle - WSJ.com : The Real Dangers of Cyberspace

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:41:18 -0000

A short article in the Wall Street Journal that most notably quotes Vanessa VanPetten, who writes a great teen/parent blog and does an amazing job detailing what teens are doing online in her work. The comments on this piece, however, give some interesting insight into the views of parents.

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Big Shift in Accounting Rules Nears

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:12:11 -0000

Sigh. The reason my now-unused accounting degree from 2002 lessens in value as the years go on......and the reason that textbooks will be obsolete faster than they can be printed. Just one more piece of proof that a degree is meaningless unless there is continual professional development in any field.

Tags: weekof8_25 accounting

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Cell Phones Make Headway in Education

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:07:41 -0000

A BusinessWeek article on cell phones in education. It was cool to see a member of my PLN, Liz Kolb (@lkolb) quoted at the end of the piece!

Tags: weekof8_25 cellphones

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We stink at PowerPoint, and it's our own fault

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:07:31 -0000

An interview on Future Tense with Nancy Duarte, author of the book Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations. Some good points about why many presentations are ineffective and also links to examples of good presentations.

Tags: powerpoint weekof8_25

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apophenia: "Born Digital" by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:55:46 -0000

John Pederson pointed me to Danah Boyd's post about the new book "Born Digital" by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser. Danah describes the book as:

"Intended for broad audiences, "Born Digital" creates a conversation between adult concerns, policy approaches, technological capabilities, and youth practice. This is not an ethnography, but JP and Urs build on and connect to ongoing ethnographic research concerning digital youth culture. This is not a parent's guide, but JP and Urs's framework will benefit any parent who wishes to actually understand what's taking place and what the implications are. This is not a policy white paper, but policy makers would be foolish to ignore the book because JP and Urs provide a valuable map for understanding how the policy debates connect to practice and technology. The contribution "Born Digital" makes is in the connections that it makes between youth practices, adult fears, technology, and policy. If you care at all about these issues, this book is a MUST-READ."

Danah also goes on to give a great disclaimer to the "academics in the room", those who are very wary and weary of the term "Digital Native".

I just ordered this from Amazon - can't wait to share my thoughts on it!

Tags: danahboyd borndigital weekof8_25 all_teachers

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Ellen Notbohm | Award-winning Author and Columnist on Autism, Parenting and Genealogy

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:23:36 -0000

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Great Source Grants & Funding - Reader's Handbooks

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:23:19 -0000

Tags: RIT

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Amazon.com: Improving Comprehension Instruction: Rethinking Research, Theory, and Classroom Practice (Jossey Bass Education Series): Cathy Collins Block, Linda B. Gambrell, Michael Pressley: Books

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:05:15 -0000

Tags: RIT

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BICA Home

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:14:44 -0000

Tags: RTI

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Glencoe eSolutions - WebKey Express

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:07:24 -0000

This just blows my mind - I had been looking for an online keyboarding solution like this for over a YEAR and NOW I find one? Well, hopefully it will help one of my readers and I will pass it on to the teacher who moved into my old job. Seriously kicking myself for not finding this last year...it has everything I needed! Online, student reports, keeps track of student data.........

Tags: keyboarding weekof8_18

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The RTI Toolkit: A Practical Guide for Schools

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:21:14 -0000

Tags: RTI

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Don't Buy It | PBS KIDS GO!

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:53:40 -0000

This PBS Kids Media Literacy site has some great games and activities for understanding advertising. There are resources for parents and teachers as well.

Tags: bias_in_advertising weekof8_18 media_literacy

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Don't Buy It . Advertising Tricks | PBS KIDS GO!

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:47:10 -0000

Tags: bias_in_advertising

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The Rule of 72 (with calculator)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:49:34 -0000

This calculator is a great tool for using the finance rule of 72 to determine how long it will take for an investment to double based on the interest rate. I'm working on writing financial literacy curriculum right now and love this quick calculator.

Tags: ruleof72 weekof8_18

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Rule of 72 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:47:41 -0000

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Student Teaching Doesn’t Teach You Everything You Need to Know.....

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:49:18 -0000

I haven't gotten the first email newsletter yet, but this looks like it could be a great resource for new teachers. If nothing else, the author, Lauren Maynard has great credentials and the site is incredibly clean and professional-looking!

Tags: weekof8_18 newteacher

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Taking Ownership of the Future - National Strategy for Financial Literacy

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:23:13 -0000

Tags: financialliteracy

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DetailsForm

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:21:13 -0000

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Passport Home

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:20:07 -0000

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