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• Classroom management key to successful teaching.

  
  Peaceful Playgrounds — Authority: 125
  "[Classroom management] is probably one of the things thats least understandable and most complex about teaching. This is the hardest skill to master." -- Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, The Los Angeles Times, December 14, 2009. Check out this weeks LA Times article on : ...
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• Inside the Global Collaborative Debate: Eracism

  
  K12 Online Conference 2009 — Authority: 138
  Presenter : Vicki Davis, Bernajean Porter, Julie Lindsay, Kim Caise Location : Various USA Locations and Beijing, China Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page Presentation Title : Inside the Global Collaborative Debate: Eracism Presentation Description : This presentation will center around the ...
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• Steal This Preso! Copyrights, Fair Use, and Pirates in the Classroom

  
  K12 Online Conference 2009 — Authority: 138
  Presenter : Mathew Needleman Location : Culver City, California, USA Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page Presentation Title : Steal This Preso! Copyrights, Fair Use, and Pirates in the Classroom Presentation Description : Myths and realities of copyrights as they relate to multimedia projects in ...
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• Googlios: A 21st – Century Approach to Teaching, Learning, & Assessment

  
  K12 Online Conference 2009 — Authority: 138
  Presenter : G. Alex Ambrose Location : South Bend, Indiana, USA Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page Presentation Title : Googlios: A 21st – Century Approach to Teaching, Learning, & Assessment Presentation Description : As the first decade of the 21st century comes to end and blogs, wikis, ...
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• Remixing History: The Cigar Box Project

  
  K12 Online Conference 2009 — Authority: 138
  Presenter : Neil Stephenson Location : Calgary, Alberta, Canada Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page Presentation Title : Remixing History: The Cigar Box Project Presentation Description : Neil Stephenson believes in the power of technology to bring the past into the future. Empowered with 21st ...
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• Virginia in a Hurry, 12-18-09

  
  Virginia Tomorrow — Authority: 498
  Kaine to Raise Taxes Cut Core Service Funding Kaine to Propose Reduction in State Pension Contribution Delegates Will Give Up Some Perks to Save Money Where Are Virginia Democrats on Health Care Reform Virginia Republicans Push Webb to Oppose Health Bill Webb Under Fire Perriello Says Office Location ...
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• Copyrighting an SQL Query

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Mike Masnick has posted on an IT contractor who put a copyright notification in a script that executed an SQL query. From the post: …the district had contracted out the process to a guy who charged them $500 per year, to basically write and then run an SQL query that exported the data. Each year, all he had to do ...
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• ccLearn Sponsoring TEDxNYED

  
  Open Education News — Authority: 140
  Jane Park at Creative Commons is announcing ccLearn’s support for the TEDxNYED conference. The conference will focus on education and will take place Mar. 6 in New York City. From the post: You’ve all heard of the TED Conference (Technology, Entertainment, Design), the annual meeting of great minds with amazing ...
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• Marxism at Lincoln High School in Los Angeles

  
  Asymmetric — Authority: 131
  I think its harmful to foster anti-American, anti-Capitalist anger in children. Its also logically nonsensical: Do everything you can to get good grades so that you can participate in the system, work in the field of your choice. Oh, and that system is evil and your bosses will exploit you, if you dont start your own ...
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• Hitch a Ride on the Glory Satellite

  
  OSGC Educational Resources Blog — Authority: 124
  Do you want to hitch a ride on NASA’s next climate monitoring satellite? Join the Glory mission, which will launch no earlier than Oct. 1, 2010, by surfing over to the Send Your Name Around the Earth Web page. Names will be recorded on a microchip built into the satellite, and you will get a [...]
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• DC Vouchers Solved? Generous Severance for Displaced Workers

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 750
  By Andrew J. Coulson Colbert King  argues that DC should continue the opportunity scholarships private school choice program on its own dime, instead of complaining that Congress is killing it off. He starts off with a refreshing dose of realpolitik: “It should come as no surprise that Democratic congressional ...
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• My Own Christmas Newsletter: Spoiler Alert - Includes Swine Flu

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 142
  December, 2009         It may be better to give than receive, but Id rather read your newsletters and cards than try to remember the past year in enough detail to write my own.         Memory isnt always accurate in my case.   A friend once accused me of "painting the past in pastels."   ...
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• My Own Christmas Newsletter: Spoiler Alert - Includes Swine Flu

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 142
  December, 2009         It may be better to give than receive, but Id rather read your newsletters and cards than try to remember the past year in enough detail to write my own.         Memory isnt always accurate in my case.   A friend once accused me of "painting the past in pastels."   ...
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• My Own Christmas Newsletter: Spoiler Alert - Includes Swine Flu

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 142
  December, 2009         It may be better to give than receive, but Id rather read your newsletters and cards than try to remember the past year in enough detail to write my own.         Memory isnt always accurate in my case.   A friend once accused me of "painting the past in pastels."   ...
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• Blogging About Virtual Schooling

  
  Virtual High School Meanderings — Authority: 137
  One of the monthly “Blogging about…” features, this one on virtual schooling – beginning with the thematic entries.ConferencesAssorted Podcasts from VSS 2009 from Around the Corner-MGuhlin.orgOpening Session at the Virtual School Symposium from Virtual Learning ConnectionsElluminate’s Fire and Ice Project ...
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• School Segregates 4-year-old Boy Because of Long Hair

  
  Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher — Authority: 507
  I support reasonable dress codes and standards of appearance. As this boys father says, if the boys hair were dyed some bright color or up in Statue of Liberty spikes, that could be what the school considers "distracting" to the learning environment. But the boys hair just covers his ears. The school has no ...
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• K-12 Educational Leadership

  
  Coaching Tip: The Leadership Blog — Authority: 115
  Say Yes to Education values and realizes the promise and extraordinary potential of Syracuse City School District students according to Ned Deuel, chair of the Board of Education. The Say Yes to Education: Syracuse program combines comprehensive, high-quality and sustained academic, social, emotional, ...
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• New Poll on Charters

  
  Virginia Tomorrow — Authority: 498
  My current business partner Bill Bosher and former colleague Cary Funk have released an interesting survey about charter schools and other education-related issues. Here are some of the most useful findings. CHARTERS Most Virginians haven’t heard very much about them (just goes to show you how difficult it is ...
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• K-12 On-Line Conference 2009: Computer Games in the Classroom

  
  OllieBray.com — Authority: 123
  The 2009 K-12 Conference has been as successful as ever and now its my turn to contribute to this years programme. My presentation Using computer games to enhance learning and social interaction goes live over on the K-12 site at 12.00h (GMT) today. This automated post provides a bit more background on the ...
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• How to Praise Your Kids (5)

  
  Family Matters — Authority: 124
  In the last chapter of How to Praise Your Kids , I described studies claiming that over-praising can result in the development of competitive kids . I am sure it is all very disturbing for parents growing up in our "reward and praise era" to discover we may in be doing more damage than good to our kids when we ...
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