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Brad

Online School for Girls Newsletter November 2009

Posted by Brad on November 19, 2009 at 2:14pm — 1 Comment

Matthew Lipstein

Highlights from NEIT 2009

Posted by Matthew Lipstein on November 18, 2009 at 12:38pm — 1 Comment

Liz Davis

Making Meaningful Connections (NEIT2009 Days 2 and 3)

Posted by Liz Davis on November 18, 2009 at 9:38am

Laurie Bartels

Digital Social Networking w/o the Computers...

Posted by Laurie Bartels on November 14, 2009 at 6:30am

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Liz Davis

Rethinking Professional Development

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 15 hours ago.

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 15 hours ago.

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 15 hours ago.

Cheryl Colpoys

What are you using for teacher webpages? 4 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 Matt Montagne 16 hours ago.

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 1 day ago.

Susan Carter Morgan

Twittering? 41 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 Bob Irving Nov 18.

Fred Bartels

Computer Use in 2013 2 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 Demetri Orlando Nov 17.

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.

Sister Elizabeth

Mission Statement for 1 -1 laptop program 7 Replies

We have made the decision to move to a 1-1 program next year. I've been asked to find examples of mission statements for 1-1. Can anyone point me toward some samples? I've excited and pleased and ...

Started by Sister Elizabeth in Technology-Educational Discussions. Last reply by Sister Elizabeth Nov 14.

kate grant

Philosophy of Ind. School Teaching?

Do any of your schools have a philosophy statement re: what it means to be a faculty member at an independent school, especially a day school (e.g. teaching takes place beyond the classroom, facult...

Started by kate grant in General Interest Discussion Nov 14.

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Great email, Matt. Thanks for sharing. Working on a blog post about the conference now.
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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 seems like the most efficient way to reach the lar...
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Hey Deborah, I like blip.TV for what you are describing. I think you can pay roughly $100 for an account which allows you to create private links and private embed codes for your video. The videos may be left "private" so that they are only visib...
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We are a grades 6-12 school and all students are currently using Google Apps for education, which includes email along with integrated voice, video, and text chat. We have no restrictions with the accounts, which works for us. Our students are doi...
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Online School for Girls Newsletter November 2009 Last week, in Nashville, Tennessee, a group of three students sat around a lunch table with their teacher. In itself, this is not unusual at most of our schools. However, what made this lunch uniq...
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