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How can I use NING in my 7th Grade HEALTH class??

Posted by Dan Weller on November 24, 2009 at 11:24am

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How can I use NING in my SCIENCE class room?

Posted by Dan Weller on November 24, 2009 at 10:00am

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Debbe Cotter

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Here are the three short blurbs for the AIMS Technology Retreat program. Feed, a Must Read Anyone who works with or knows a teenager, a tweenager, or a pre-teen absolutely must read Feed by M. T. A...

Tagged: Retreat, Tech, AIMS, for, Blurbs

Started by Debbe Cotter in Conference Discussions 1 day ago.

Liz Davis

Rethinking Professional Development 15 Replies

I have been thinking about effective means of professional development for teachers for a long time. Lately I have been questioning the effectiveness of the group training model. On the surface it ...

Tagged: growth, training, development, professional

Started by Liz Davis in General Interest Discussion. Last reply by Preston Webster 1 day ago.

Susan Carter Morgan

Twittering? 42 Replies

Are any independent school teachers twittering? I've found the Twitter network to be helpful in providing resources, links, and contacts. scmorgan (Great that I posted this in 2007, and it's bring...

Started by Susan Carter Morgan in Technology-Educational Discussions. Last reply by Curt Lieneck Nov 24.

Fred Bartels

Computer Use in 2013 3 Replies

Back in 2003 there was an interesting discussion on the ISED ListServe in which a number of people, myself included, speculated about computer use in our schools in 2013. A summary of that discussi...

Started by Fred Bartels in General Interest Discussion. Last reply by Jim Heynderickx Nov 23.

Cheryl Colpoys

What are you using for teacher webpages? 11 Replies

We want to have all of our teachers put up webpages. What is your school using? What do you like or dislike about it?

Started by Cheryl Colpoys in General Interest Discussion. Last reply by Laura Demaria Nov 23.

Ramsey Brookhart

Teaching Millennials

GLOBALISTIC: Writings from a millennial generation: www.globalistic-book.com “Globalistic” is a non-fiction work that addresses the current state of progress, technology and information-overload in...

Tagged: strategies, technology, innovation, Books

Started by Ramsey Brookhart in Book Discussions Nov 21.

Deborah Levy

Looking for a great Video Sharing website with the ability to privately share videos 1 Reply

I'm looking for an easy-to-use, ad-free video sharing site that teachers can upload their students' video work (or slideshows, etc.) and then we can share them with families. Any suggestions are a...

Tagged: file, sharing, video

Started by Deborah Levy in General Interest Discussion. Last reply by Matt Montagne Nov 20.

Cheryl Colpoys

Email for Middle School Students 5 Replies

I am in a K-8 school and we are planning to give school email accounts to our 5-8 grade students. I wanted to get suggestions about possible pitfalls and what, if any, restrictions to place on the ...

Tagged: email

Started by Cheryl Colpoys in General Interest Discussion. Last reply by Matt Montagne Nov 20.

Fred Bartels

Earth Virtual Academy - EVA - A Design Charrette 1 Reply

Please consider participating in a design charrette to brainstorm a possible model for a virtual school that could harvest the opportunities of the Internet and transcend the limitations of our act...

Started by Fred Bartels in General Interest Discussion. Last reply by Fred Bartels Nov 19.

Demetri Orlando

Introductions 197 Replies

  Please take a moment to introduce yourself by posting a "reply" in the box below. Please always keep in mind that this is a public network, accessible to anyone on the internet. You probably do...

Started by Demetri Orlando in General Interest Discussion. Last reply by Stephen Middlebrook Nov 17.

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Preston Webster added a blog post
I am haunted by more failure than success because of failing to adjust my professional development design to match current personal and system realities. But these failures have created opportunities as well. Here's how. Excitement filled the roo...
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Debbe Cotter added a discussion
Here are the three short blurbs for the AIMS Technology Retreat program. Feed, a Must Read Anyone who works with or knows a teenager, a tweenager, or a pre-teen absolutely must read Feed by M. T. Anderson. Set in the near future, the author convin...
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Laurie, You are at the heart of what motivates adults to learn. Excellent. Most of my failure had to do with my inability to connect meaning, purpose, and passion to learning that helped teachers improve teaching (this means doing something diffe...
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Hi Preston, I think that PD – and this refers to all types of PD, not just PD related to technology – should encourage and support learning: • within one's area of expertise • within one's area of passion • that complement's one's area of experti...
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Thanks, Preston, for sharing the article on finding time. ~Laurie
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Time is our enemy, for sure. Sadly too much PD is designed around time and budgets. But honesty is encouraged here as well. Time is required as teachers deconstruct and construct ideas while creating predictability and control in ready-to-use mat...
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Thanks, Liz. We just haven't had much luck with getting teachers to give up those blocks, at least not on a consistent enough basis to make any real progress. I hope you see some real success in making this paradigm shift.
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It would come out of their free block. I'm planning to meet with them every two to three weeks for a semester.
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I used it pretty actively for about two years and ultimately found it more annoying than useful. Keeping a decent signal to noise ratio took too much care and time. I'm glad others find it wonderful, but it didn't really work for me.
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Where is the teacher's time coming from to engage in these more personalized approaches to PD? We would gladly do more of this sort of thing with teachers, but even those motivated to do so have a lot of trouble making time for them.
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December 14, 2009 from 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Making it real: A Workshop on Multicultural Competency Development in Every Classroom MONDAY, DECEMBER 14TH. 2009 1:30 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. Beaver Country Day School, Chestnut Hill, MA. Please spread the word - administrators (grades 6-12) will benef...
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November 23, 2009 Digital Media & Learning, Press Releases (Chicago, IL) — As President Obama called for new efforts to reimagine and improve education in science and math, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced a $2 million...
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Dan Weller Haha! New and brilliant ways that NING is about to transform 6th grade science and 7th grade health
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