Posts Tagged ‘schools’
Secretary Duncan Announces Education Technology Plan, Invites Comments
Secretary Arne Duncan announced the draft National educational technology Plan. He noted that it is a draft. We are open to your comments, he said. Tell us about how technology has changed your school or classroom. The Secretary invited comments, videos, and links to examples of how technology is changing and improving education.
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Auburn University / Auburn City Schools Professional Development System Partnership
The Auburn City Schools/Auburn University professional development System is a collaborative partnership that encourages collaboration among educators, students, future classroom teachers, parents and other community stakeholders. The PDS collaboration now exists as a standard-bearer for partnerships between universities and local school systems. The Holmes Partnership, a consortium of more than 100 research universities, has honored Auburns PDS with its 2010 Nancy Zimpher Award for Best Partnership. The award is being presented at The 14th Annual Holmes Partnership Conference, Closing the Achievement Gap: Continuing the Work, Jan. 28-30, 2010, in Charleston, S.C. Details about the PDS is online at http://www.auburnschools.org/pds
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Using Technology in Education
As mental health becomes the number one challenge for the future, the Inspire Foundation’s Reach Out! service is working with teachers to deliver innovative web based curriculum resources that equip young people with the knowledge and skills to improve their mental health. These tools are available via the Reach Out! Teachers’ Network. Watch the video to learn more.
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Dismantle Public Education
The real reason our standards in education are falling isnt lack of money but a government monopoly.
Learn of the libertarian alternative that could save our children
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WCSD Music Department Professional Development Feb 09 Pt. 2
WEBSITE: http://www.teachertube.com WCSD earlyreleaseday professional development meeting discussed topics related to grading tools systems rubrics and technology.
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How To Maintain Classroom Discipline – Good And Bad Methods Training Educational Video
Maintaining Classroom Discipline (1947). Good and bad methods of disciplining inappropriate classsroom behavior. This was a very well made instructional movie for teachers. While there are new & different problems in the modern schools, the basic ideas of this film still holds. The opening messages are exactly what the best research on classroom behaviour tells us:
1. The vast majority of behaviour problems in the classrom involve minor breaches of discipline.
2. These incidents originate in the classroom situation itself and are within the control of the teacher.
3. Disciplinary problems in the classroom are symptoms of underlying weaknesses in total learning situation. BY CONTRASTING METHODS OF HANDLING THE SAME CLASS, TECHNIQUES ARE SHOWN FOR SECURING CLASS DISCIPLINE and STIMULATING THE INTEREST OF STUDENTS.Producer: McGraw-Hill Films; Creative Commons license: Public Domain.
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