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I believe Dennis has a point when he criticizes current education practices for shoving the onus for technology onto classroom teachers. More than a few administrators are more tentative about technology and farther behind in adopting tech skills ...
Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has a program in conjunction with several independent schools within the route 128 belt to train teachers and earn a master's degree. Teachers-in-training spend a year on the school campus taking cour...
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- At 6:30pm on February 12, 2008,
Mr. P. said…
- David,
Cincinnati Country Day School is exploring the possibility of adding some sort of a study skills course for our sixth graders. What you do with Dr. Mel Levine's The Mind That's Mine curriculum sounds very interesting. I'd love to speak you and get your ideas and advice.
Thanks,
John Polasko
polaskoj@countryday.net
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- Belmont Day School
- Job title or grade level:
- Grade 5 (homeroom, math, science)
- Website:
- http://www.belmontday.org
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- www.slacker.com
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Hi Susan ~ I Twitter and I love my PLN on Twitter! I get teaching ideas daily, and I feel like I miss out on great discussion if I am away from Twitter for more than a few days. My Twitter name is BJacketsfan.
For all teachers of 2nd grade.
Thanks Sarah,
I agree with you - what I really want to say is that the 1-1 will enhance and improve our already high quality teaching and that it is part of the "life long learner" that is in our mission statement.
And then I'm done.
However, o...
Dear Cassandra,
Thanks for the help. I have visited the Primary Mathematics series website and sent an email to their school contact email address. If I don't hear something soon I will send you an email request for your rep.
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, faculty expected to be involved in the whole life of the...
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, faculty expected to be involved in the whole life of the...
Whether you are a principal or the tech director, you have ideas! Let's share them here.
Margaret-
I have the number of the sales rep here in Colorado, if you need it. Feel free to message me if I can help with any questions about the curriculum. You might want to order a set of grade level materials from the Primary Mathematics serie...
What do we need to do in order to better equip our students to become true leaders in a "flat world" that has both exciting opportunities and challenges at every turn?
I've been asked to design and teach a 1 or 2 session adult ed course on social networking, including Facebook and Linkedin, and perhaps Twitter. The participants may likely be seniors, though these days I'm not exactly sure what age constitutes a ...
A group dedicated to talking about all kinds of diversity issues and sharing ideas and resouces.
"It's better to be on the bottom of a ladder you want to climb, than to be on the top of one you don't."
Whether you are a principal or the tech director, you have ideas! Let's share them here.
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