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Bassett asks, "What are your demonstrations of learning?"

The Fall '09 issue of Independent School magazine is about school mission. Pat Bassett, head of NAIS, established a committee of college ...

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This is a group to discuss and advance the Grant Wiggins UBD approach to curriculum mapping.

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A Word or Two About the NYT Article, "Tips for the Admission Test...to Kindergarten"

I am a fan of the way in which the blogosphere can pluck an article from the news and give it a life of its own. Not quite the Susan Boyle phenomenon but close. One such news story is the NYT's 11/20/09 article, "Tips for the Admission Test...to K...

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I feel much more focused after today's worktime. Walking in I felt like I was swimming in a black hole of indecision. I now am zoned in. My next step is to create an observation instrument.

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Preston Webster replied to Liz Davis's discussion 'Rethinking Professional Development'

Reading the comments I'm reminded how important it is to clearly identify the most important goal for PD. Is it student achievement? Or is it student achievement through the use of teachnology? There can be overlap, but the answers to these are ra...

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Reflection during in-service, November 23, 2009

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Hey, Peter, I think I called you a dystopian back in 2003... :) I wasn't too far off with "all student work will go to the web (public and protected)," and I still rather like the life-long learning portfolio concept...

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Students in 5th grade math often will ask "why do we need to know or learn this"? I want my students to understand the connection between what they learn in 5th grade math and the outside world or its importance in any field of study.

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What to Observe (Mon 11/23/09)

My PGP is about assessment and feedback. Based on my survey results, I need to provide more of the following: *opportunities for students to assess their learning and their understanding *opportunities for students to reflect on their learning an...

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You might also want to strongly consider Wordpress. Our school's director of technology is currently working on standardizing the program to allow teachers to have subdomains that can all pull from common themes and widgets, as well as a bank of u...

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Oh, and we also use Moodle. Most of us have assignments and whatnot posted there.

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Stacy Nockowitz replied to Cheryl Colpoys's discussion 'What are you using for teacher webpages?'

Our teachers use everything from wikispaces to iWeb. There's no real coordination, but all of our sites can be reached via our intranet: www.intranet.columbusacademy.org. I connect to my blog there, too: somenovelideas.typepad.com. We're probably ...

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