Lead by Example

I found this fascinating quote today:
It is so hard for research studies to isolate the effect of technology because it is so unbelievably hard to isolate for the effect of the teacher. Often, technology may actually improve a classroom due to the research study because of the feeling of the classroom and teacher because they [...]

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After reading a great blog entry from one of my favorite sites, The Principals Page, I have to say I agree with his creative take on professional development.  The post talks about his new dog that seems to own the place.  Buddy, the dog, use to be a show dog and now has to be [...]

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In a great blog post called “Why Should Students Come to Class?” Ben Wilkoff on his Learning is Change blog  writes this:
If my students can do the majority of their work with writing and reading online…
If my students can receive all of their assignments online…
If my students can maintain constant contact with their friends, classmates, [...]

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As I mentored two candidates through the process, I learned so much about myself.  I think that is ultimately what mentoring should be about.  One should teach, share, learn, collaborate, and create.  Both teachers (Ginger and Sara- I love you guys) were middle school teachers.  One did the Generalist certificate and the other did the [...]

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Home | Common Craft – Explanations In Plain English
Organizations of all types purchase our videos for training and education
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A Fair(y) Use Tale | Stanford Center for Internet and Society
Excellent mash-up covering fair use and copyright laws
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elearnr
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100 Twitter Tools to Help You Achieve All Your Goals [...]

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National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Home Page, a part of the U.S. Department of Education
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) collects, analyzes and makes available data related to education in the U.S. and other nations.
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Why Do Project-Based Learning
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ISTE | [...]

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Guitar Tabs, Guitar Chords and Lyrics – Chordie
lyrics and chords. will also transpose songs and revise for various strings
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Earth Science World Image Bank image bank This is a cached version of http://www.earthscienceworld.org/images/. [...]

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Math Playground
math activities k-8
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A People’s History of the United States
on line history textbook by Howard Zinn
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2. Drawing the Color Line

Why Is it free?
Free stat counter for bloggers.
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Practical Money Skills for Life – At School – Curriculum
Basic life money skills
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Toy Theater – Home
activities for k-6

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YouTube – Broadcast Yourself.
Many people have not read the Youtube Community Guidelines. You should report any videos that break these rules to youtube – everyone should have a youtube account and be able to do this. Today, a student had a bad video linked to [...]

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maths online
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Copyright Laws for Teachers: Educational CyberPlayGround™
Copyright laws for teachers. Answers to common questions about copyright laws in the classroom from Educational CyberPlayGround™.
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Shift Happens — Now What? at Change Agency
Tags: digital, literacy, learning, administrator, all_teachers, bestpractices, edublogger, edu_trends, edu_news, digitalcitizenship, edublog, professionaldevelopment, curriculum, technology

More than a digital [...]

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