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I'm working on an issue of Knowledge Quest and, at the same time, a presentation for Charlotte AASL called Who Knows What and How Do We Know It?
"Information evaluation is the single most important concept that we are responsible for teaching. Ye...
Getting back to the subject of this thread, the vision thing isn't predicting the future faves or grasping the basic function of a tool. While I agree with "nmorris" that seeing an analogy between a new tool's functions and an old problem provides...
Nice idea - we're looking for ways to make the feedback process more effective. Currently there isn't a way to do this - but I'll put it into the "to do" list for discussion. Thanks!
When an idea like this is presented, our first (internal) response is "Huh...?" Rather than confront the Head, it's important to understand why this solution is being proposed. For example, it may be that the person doesn't want to have to search ...
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Doing Honest Work - call for authors
We're working on an issue of Knowledge Quest called “Doing Honest Work” and always like to feature the work of independent school educators. Please take a look at the editorial focus and questions and let me know if there are topics or ideas you'd be interested in addressing. Note: We welcome articles by educators, administrators, tech folks, learning specialists, etc.
Editorial Focus: Examines the key issues and practical aspects of ethics education.
What is ethics education and how do… Continue
Editorial Focus: Examines the key issues and practical aspects of ethics education.
What is ethics education and how do… Continue
Posted on June 19, 2008 at 11:19am —
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 10:30am on December 19, 2007,
Fred Bartels said… - Debbie,
Thanks for your kind comment about my Seussian SketchUp walkthrough. I'd love to be able to spend a summer afternoon there... provided I had a water proof anti-gravity belt.
Fred
- At 6:49am on December 18, 2007,
Fred Bartels said…
- Debbie,
I'll remove the other account.
Fred
- At 9:24pm on December 17, 2007,
Fred Bartels said…
- Hi Debbie,
Welcome! Great to see you here. BTW, you appear to be registered twice. Do you want to delete one of the accounts?
Fred
- At 2:06pm on December 17, 2007,
Dorcas Hand said… - Hi, Debbie! Happy holidays.
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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 ...
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