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Let's talk about whether the last 20 years' worth of work on curriculum, professional development, and teaching for social justice is in fact a new movement, The New Progressivism. The website link is to an Education Week online Commentary piece.
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Thanks for your input! We have a liberal filtering policy which only blocks, porn, gambling and hate sites. My teachers have been upset because they do not want to be the Facebook "police". We set up a disciplinary OU that restricts access to any fu…
We don't block facebook at our school. I actually just did a history research paper with my students where they created Facebook fan pages for early 19th century reformers. Anyway, during class, when kids are using their computers, I circle around t…
This is a reaction to my earlier video post about using Facebook in the classroom.
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Is anyone using, have used, or have any opinions on the HP tablets?
I have a copy of their white paper on online gaming and how it actually improves a student's understanding of civics.
Nice way to sum it up, Joseph. I enjoyed the exchange here. I agree w/you on cars in my comment above, but the way. Cars certainly allow us to go places and do things that simply are not possible without them (kinda like the Internet I suppose). My…
Hey Beth,
We don't block facebook and other social networking sites. For the most part, this works for us. It doesn't mean our students aren't off task periodically, but I wouldn't point to facebook/social networks as the reasons for off task behavi…
Your slideshow is great---to the point! I may be using part of it---thanks!
How are our discussions about safety on the internet evolving as students (and adults) become increasingly connected through social networking and other means? Have we changed our tone, and how?
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You got lost in my junk filter....sorry about that. Good to hear from you. Hope that you are enjoying this new chapter of your career.
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Kevin
I'm waiting for the iPhone to become more ubiquitous, read: not just AT&T. But am envious and nearly ready to make the leap.
Thanks for the kind welcome,
Pamela
How are you doing? And how's life on your own in the LLC world? Hoping to do a bit more of that sort of thing myself.
Latest techno marvel for me: Got an iPhone for my birthday, and have been busily making kludgy data transfers from my venerable Palm all weekend. Just the thought that I could leave a microblog trail across the universe... But too many things at school to keep my occupied.
Welcome to the Ning!--PG
We met at EduCon...
Enjoyed you and your daughter's presentation,
Susan
Welcome. Good to see you here. Looking forward to reading your contributions.
Fred