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• The WoW Factor: Cognitive Dissonance and WoWinSchool the Focus of THE Journal Article

  
  edurealms.com — Authority:
  If you haven’t read the recent issue of THE Journal, be sure to take a look at the article .  It’s a great discussion of how the Cognitive Dissonance Guild is supporting educators’ explorations in the virtual world, World of Warcraft.  There’s also discussion of our very own WoWinSchool Project! -Lucas
  6 hours ago

• Thoughts on Turnitin’s database

  
  DrBadgr — Authority: 110
  Image via Wikipedia I was reviewing some originality reports generated by Turnitin for some first year undergraduate work today and it struck me that their database  has grown to such an extent that I no longer trust it. I thought that this would never be the case. I assumed that as the database of harvested web ...
  12 hours ago

• 25 Chicago middle school students jailed after food fight; lounge food fight by Chula Vista teachers

  
  CVESD Reporter — Authority: 91
  A comparison of two food fights, a recent brawl by students in Chicago and a 1999 outburst by teachers belonging to the "Castle Park family": It took two janitors over a week to clean walls and shampoo rugs and upholstered furniture in the teachers lounge at Castle Park Elementary School after a small group teachers ...
  20 hours ago

• Delivery girl

  
  The Mex Files — Authority: 133
  A lot of people, myself included, had our first job as teenagers making deliveries.  Bertha Martinez Sebastian is one of them… but her deliveries are a little more complicated than the morning newspaper: (Ricardo Ibara, EFE, via Latin American Herald Tribune [Caracas] ) Bertha Martinez Sebastian, 16, combines ...
  1 day ago

• In which I further undermine my tenure case

  
  Signifying Nothing — Authority: 517
  Prof. Karlson quotes from a Chronicle debate over the question, Are Too Many Students Going to College? , specifically the reaction of W. Norton Grubb of Berkeley: We do have a moral obligation, emerging from several centuries of concern with equity in a highly inequitable country, to make access to and ...
  1 day ago

• Educators Day 2009 by National Instruments, a resounding success in Chennai

  
  Press About — Authority: 156
  The eighth annual Educators day 2009, the largest academic platform for science and engineering professors was hosted by National Instruments in collaboration with NICE (Nurturing Innovation and Creativity in Engineering) committee in Chennai. The event was a huge success with participation of over 1400 professors and ...
  1 day ago

• Sex Educator Profiles: Spike Babaian

  
  Good Vibrations Magazine — Authority: 424
  What led you to become a Sex Educator? I have always been fascinated with sex. Is there anyone who isn’t? I knew that I did not want to spend my life doing something that I hated, so I found something I loved and decided to make a career of studying and teaching about it. How did you start giving sex advice? ...
  2 days ago

• Sex Educator Profiles: Cleo Dubois

  
  Good Vibrations Magazine — Authority: 424
  What led you to become a Sex Educator? As a teenager, I thought I’d become a philosopher!  After my initiation into BDSM, I realized that there was more to our human sexuality than just vanilla sex and there was a lot to discover.  An early member of the Society of Janus , only the second BDSM educational ...
  2 days ago

• School choice is a real test for parents in New Orleans

  
  Art Institute — Authority: 154
  This is the first of a series on school choice in the New Orleans area On a glorious Saturday last March, New Orleans educators descended on the art museum in City Park to plug their programs at the annual school fair.
  4 days ago

• TED, NED & politicians the last 50 years, India bred

  
  Parisista — Authority: 98
  This is like a 360 degree view of India in less than a week. On one side; Lakshmi Pratury co-hosted the 1st ever TED in India; on the other I was watching the dirty politics of India. Whereas one Chief Minister had amassed Rs. 2000+ crore (around $500m) the other put 1 million homeless at stake after the worst ...
  4 days ago

• Sex Educator Profiles: Tracy Bartlett

  
  Good Vibrations Magazine — Authority: 424
  What led you to become a Sex Educator? I was involved in many leftie organizations and saw how much personal dynamics, particularly relating to relationships and sex, were interfering with the political agenda. How did you start giving sex advice? I was always interested in sex and human dynamics but I got a ...
  5 days ago

• Sex Fantasies in the Time of Porn

  
  As You Like It — Authority: 108
  A number of sex educators--myself included--have been concerned about the impact of mainstream porn on younger teens. There are two reasons: this is first time kids this young have had ready access to mainstream porn, and its the first time mainstream porn has shown so many outrageous sex acts that few couples ...
  6 days ago

• SMHS continues to third round of TMEA auditions

  
  Newstreamz San Marcos — Authority: 518
  Five of the seven members of the San Marcos High School choir participating in the Texas All-State Choir Auditons will move on to the third round of the four-step audition procees. The auditions were recently conducted at Pflugerville High School.
  6 days ago

• Marisa Constantinides on How to Become an ELT Teacher Educator

  
  Kalinago English — Authority: 456
  Oh, To be a Teacher Trainer! In the relatively recently past, Cambridge ESOL redefined their policies regarding the hiring of Course Tutors for CELTA, DELTA and other Cambridge Teaching Awards courses stating an absolute minimum qualification: Today, it is almost impossible to be approved as a tutor on any of ...
  1 week ago

• Online Professional Development for Educators Free Webinar

  
  Free Webinar News — Authority: 137
  PBS Teachers and Classroom is having a free webinar on ‘Online Professional Development for Educators’. This webinar will showcase its professional development service and will provide information on courses as well as additional service for coaches. Webinar Details: Organizer: PBS Teachers and Classroom 2.0 ...
  1 week ago

• Sex Educator Profiles: Tina Mahle

  
  Good Vibrations Magazine — Authority: 424
  What led you to become a Sex Educator? I interned for an amazing organization, Health Initiatives for Youth and had a chance to really see the power of sex education and the impacts it has on developing into a healthy adult. It was amazing to finally connect health education to community activism and youth ...
  1 week ago

• Association of Clinical Researchers and Educators: Academic Physicians Confront a Hostile World: The Creation of ACRE

  
  Policy and Medicine — Authority: 428
    Michael A. Weber, M.D., a founder of the Association of Clinical Researchers and Educators (ACRE), recently published an editorial titled: Academic Physicians Confront a Hostile World the Creation of ACRE to address the concerns about relationships between academic physicians and the pharmaceutical and device ...
  1 week ago

• A Free Magazine (in your mail) for Educators Who Plan Field Trips

  
  FreelyEducate.com — Authority: 424
  I know we dont want to think about 2010 already, but it is time to begin planning Spring field trips! Are you planning a tour or field trip with your students this year? Heres a GREAT resource for you! Student...
  1 week ago

• Taking Human Capital Seriously: Remarks from Allan Odden, SMHC Co-Director

  
  SMHC — Authority: 400
  Taking Human Capital Seriously: Talented Teachers in Every Classroom, Talented Principals in Every School Remarks from Allan Odden, Co-Director of SMHC Today, Jim Kelly and I released an urgent report from Strategic Management of Human Capital (SMHC), Taking Human Capital Seriously: Talented Teachers in Every ...
  1 week ago

• The Evolution of Birth Control

  
  ResourceShelf — Authority: 649
  The Evolution of Birth Control Proponents of abstinence-only education note that not having sex at all was the only surefire way to prevent teen pregnancy. True enough in theory, but much harder to enforce in practice. Advocates of a more comprehensive approach to sex ed argue that providing the best available ...
  1 week ago

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