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This post is from an official WordPress blogger. If you are a novice, like I am, this blog is indispensable. #educ_dr
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Free Internet Tools for Teachers
Although I haven’t looked at all the applications at this site, there is certainly a lot to look at. If you use the internet as or in your classroom, it’s worth a thorough look. Free Internet Tools for Teachers at … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Virtual Schools
Tagged Education, K through 12, Technology in education, WordPress
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Education Week Teacher: Classroom Management That Creates Harmony Instead of Hostility
From a blog I meant to repost almost two months ago: Although many experts oppose punishment-and-reward systems, they are still used in almost every classroom. Teachers are often required to adopt a school-wide classroom-management system, or they may institute their … Continue reading
Posted in behavior management, Education, Fixing Education, PostADay
Tagged Behavior, Classroom, Classroom management, Education, Education Week, Hostility, Punishment, Student
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Edutopia News | May 30, 2012
Always a pleasure to share Edutopia newsletters and blogs. Here’s one that was sent out a few weeks ago–yes, I’m catching up. (wink) You don’t have to wait for me and my input. You can get Edutopia information directly from … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Fixing Education, PostADay
Tagged Education, education technology, K through 12, Learning, Technology in education
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your voice | summer 2012
Below is a link to an informal survey regarding the “option” of failure at the university level. Some of the comments are interesting, and related articles are helpful to anyone teaching at the post-secondary level–whether online or in traditional classrooms. … Continue reading
Originally posted on Virtual School Meanderings:
From Saturday’s inbox… Allied Online High School Blog Offline Summer Reading Recommendations for Online High School Students Posted: 15 Jun 2012 10:57 AM PDT By JACQUELYN SANBORN, Dean of Instruction at Allied National High…
Originally posted on Used Books in Class:
Shhhhh….We’ve been very, very quiet in grade 9 this year with our Silent Sustained Reading (SSR) academic experiment in the college prep 9th grade class. 77 students were asked to read a minimum…
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From ed.gov: Preventing “Rusty Summer Readers”
What is great about this post is that it focuses on a child’s interests, and not so much on what adults would like them to read. But it also strongly suggests a scheduling a daily reading time and discussing with … Continue reading
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From: NCVPS E-learning Advisors Portal – E-lerts
Virtual Public Schools! Go, North Carolina!! How well this school functions is, at this point, a little less important than that it exists and functions! We don’t normally view North Carolina as having the most progressive of educational systems, yet … Continue reading
Teach Plus: Closing the Curriculum Gap Is a Social Justice Issue
In the debate over how to improve public education, we should not lose sight of what we as teachers and schools are actually doing, of how are we educating our students and to what end. Strong performance on standardized tests … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Fixing Education, PostADay, PostADay/PostAWeek
Tagged critical thinking skills, curriculum, Education, educational equity, Huffington Post, K through 12, Learning, National Center for Education Statistics, PostADay/PostAWeek, poverty and education, Social justice, Standardized test, Teacher
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