One of the hardest parts of running EduCon 2.1 is that all of us at SLA feel a fair amount of pressure to put our best foot forward with the sessions we run. That means for folks like Zac and Diana and Marcie and Tim and me who often go out and work with schools or present at conferences, we want to do something we haven't done before. …
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Working to create the 21st Century school at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, PA and other educational issues.
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Join Team Shift Happens on Kiva
http://practicaltheory.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/1087-Join-Team-Shift-Happens-on-Kiva.htmlThis year, as we feel the pinch of difficult economic times, we should remember that there are those who still have much, much less. That's why you should join Karl Fisch's Team Shift Happens on Kiva. Kiva is a micro-lending bank with a mission of helping to end global poverty. …
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The Educational Debate -- Tone Matters
http://practicaltheory.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/1084-The-Educational-Debate-Tone-Matters.htmlI was going to write a long impassioned screed about the latest Time magazine article about Michelle Rhee. But then I saw that Dean Shareski already did, so I thought I'd first link to that. I'll add a few more points, however, but they deal with the tenor and tone of the conversation right now, both in Rhee's words and in the tone of the article. …
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Blog da Formação
http://blogdaformacao.wordpress.comChris Lehman
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Is joining a PLN bad for morale?
http://www.teach42.com/2009/01/07/is-joining-a-pln-bad-for-m...Example #1. Teacher A works in a decent district. It isn’t a dream job, but nor is it a slum. She does her job, does it well and loves working with the kids. Then she joins Classroom 2.0 and Twitter and other related sites. She reads about Chris Lehmann and SLA, she hears the great things that Eric Langhorst is doing with students in Missouri, she watches the amazing projects that Vicki Davis comes up with in Georgia… Then all of a sudden her school doesn
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Outside [The Cave]
http://outsidethecave.blogspot.comPractical Theory
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Throughlines
http://throughlines.blogspot.comChris Lehmann
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7 Things Meme
http://blogjunkie.edublogs.org/2009/01/04/7-things-meme/m a 911 call. I tripped over the mutt, landed in the open dishwasher and had to have my face glued back together in the ER. Good news: I do not scar. The dog died 4 months later. Karma?! I tag: Betty Gilgoff, Chris Lehmann, Kim Cofino and Phil Macoun. Please link back to me so I can read your 7 things! Can’t wait…. Authored by blogjunkie. Hosted by Edublogs.
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The Randomness of Break
http://www.getrealscience.com/jhenderson/?p=168t see the sun for decades and the entire ecosystem would collapse, starting with primary producers. You know, nothing big though. Good thing I read Cormac. I feel better already…wait, not really. 3. Assessment. The hardest part of teaching: How many times have we seen this in a classroom… a teacher tries to make a final assessment on a project or paper a critical piece of dialogue between student and teacher, but all the student does is whip to the back
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A GeekyMomma's Blog
http://macmomma.blogspot.comWhy Assess?
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Blogs for Educators
http://www.edukindle.mobi/?p=16page for easy access with your Kindle. Please see the descriptions at EduKindle for additional information. Here they are, in no particular order: EduWonk Joanne Jacobs EduHolic EduWonkette David Warlick Practical Theory Informal Learning Think Again
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The TechKnow Blog
http://plennig.wordpress.comPractical Theory
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Successful Teaching
http://successfulteaching.blogspot.comPractical Theory
