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Online Learning Source for Fall 2012
This item showed up in my inbox today. There is information related to professional development, continuing education, use of social network tools in education, and much more. If you use technology to learn or teach, the VHS Collaborative offers a … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Education, Education, Education News, Online Education, PostADay, Professional Development, Virtual Schools
Tagged Blog, Classroom, Education, education technology, K through 12, Learning, online courses, PostADay/PostAWeek, Secondary school, Technology, Technology in education, VHS Collaborative, virtual education, virtual schools, WordPress
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8 Questions to Inspire Teaching and Training Moments
This morning I came across this blog. There are some wonderful ideas for teachers, regardless of experience–although the post is aimed at newer teachers. How we ask and thing about questions is an important aspect of teaching that is often … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Teaching
Tagged all education levels, Best practice, Blog, Education, PostADay/PostAWeek, questioning strategies, Teaching, WordPress
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Duncan Kicks Off “Let’s Read! Let’s Move!” | ED.gov Blog
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is touring the kicking off the Let’s Read! Let’s Move! initiative for the summer with a bang. He has merged the reading improvement with First Lady Michelle Obama‘s campaign to prevent childhood obesity, and is … Continue reading
Teacher Talk: Assessment of Science Education with Technology
The post from Teacher Talk emphases the importance of science skills learned and still to be mastered in our nation’s schools. Digital technology helps students learn, but technology can also be used to assess learning. In science, the use of … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment of education, Digital Education, Education, Education Reports, Fixing Education, PostADay, PostADay/PostAWeek, Teaching, Teaching Science
Tagged Blog, Education, education technology, Government reports, K through 12, NAEP, National Assessment of Educational Progress, National Center for Education Statistics, NCES, PostADay/PostAWeek, science education, Technology in education, U.S. Department of Education, WordPress
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Thirty-seven Words
Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. Thirty-seven words. Yet these words “forever altered our high schools and colleges for the better.” Click on the link above to ed.gov … Continue reading
Going Public: The Simplest Approach to Mobile Security — THE Journal
If your school is considering using mobile technology as part of the curriculum, it is probably worried about over-the-air-waves security. This article discusses how to reduce the risk of invasion of privacy for mobile technology. The article is from several … Continue reading
An English Lesson from Miami-Dade County Schools
Some time ago, I reposted from a blogger who discussed teachable moments in critical thinking with technology, and used an English class as the topic. Well, the next day I saw a news item linked by Teaching Tolerance about a Miami-Dade … Continue reading
Put the Brakes on the Summer Slide | Teaching Tolerance
Here is a great–and short!–list of things one can do with a student during the summer. Enjoy! Put the Brakes on the Summer Slide | Teaching Tolerance. If the link above does not work, copy and past this URL into … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Fixing Education, Kids Reading, PostADay
Tagged Education, Learning, PostADay/PostAWeek, Reading, Student, WordPress
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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
Russell Simmons: So a Rabbi and a Hip-Hop Mogul Go to Israel…
This piece caught my eye as something we need to remember to “teach” to American children \as well as to Americanadults not only about tolerance but also about acceptance. A quote from the linked-to blog: Its our responsibility to teach our children … Continue reading
Write of Passage 