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Polk County Public Schools: A K-12 e-Learning Success Story

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:37:34 +0000

Polk County Public Schools, located in Florida, is the winner of the “2008 Blackboard K-12 Video Contest.”

In Polk County’s video, district administrators, staff members, teachers, and students explain why they use Blackboard technology for professional development and to increase the sense of engagement both students and teachers feel in the learning process.

For more information about Polk County Public Schools, please visit http://www.polk-fl.net

For more information about the uses of Blackboard technology in K-12 schools, please visit http://www.blackboard.com/k12

Duration : 0:3:33

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Teachers, Parents Worry Budget Cuts Could Hit Classroom

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:37:01 +0000

Hundreds of jobs may soon be on the chopping block in the Omaha Public Schools District. On Monday, the district revealed its early plans to deal with a $26 million revenue shortfall.

Duration : 0:2:36

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Ben Stein – America’s Education Crisis

admin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:41:18 +0000

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/24/Ben_Stein_on_How_Not_to_Ruin_Your_Life

Author, economist and TV celebrity Ben Stein gives his take on the current state of education in the United States.

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How Not to Ruin Your Life with Ben Stein.

You may know him best for his deadpan delivery in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, or his offbeat game show, “Win Ben Stein’s Money.” But this active thinker is also a major contributor to current discussions and understanding of business, ethical and social issues in the world of finance, and the political and social content of mass culture. Come hear this polymath speak about the many economic, political and social issues confronting us today – The Commonwealth Club of California

Ben Stein is a lawyer, economist, and commentator on finance (and a well-known actor and Hollywood personality).

Stein served as an economist at the U.S. Department of Commerce. He has been a longtime contributor to Barron’s and a columnist and editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal. He has also written extensively about finance for New York magazine and the Washington Post.

In addition to writing for Yahoo! Finance, he currently writes a biweekly column on economics and finance for the New York Times and appears weekly on the Fox News network commenting on finance and economics.

He is the author of several personal finance books, including How to Ruin Your Financial Life, Moneypower: How to Make Inflation Make You Rich, Financial Passages, and – with Phil DeMuth – the best-sellers Yes, You Can Time the Market, Yes, You Can Be a Successful Income Investor, and the forthcoming Yes, You Can Still Retire Comfortably.

Stein is Honorary Chair of the National Retirement Planning Coalition, and lives in Los Angeles, Calif.

Duration : 0:7:4

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Mr. Winkle Wakes

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:25:40 +0000

http://www.creatinglifelonglearners.com

Rip Van Winkle awakes after one hundred years and visits a school…

Created as a conversation starter for professional development on the use of educational technology.

An amusing, animated retelling of the popular education story about the need for twenty-first century skills to be taught in schools.

Duration : 0:2:51

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Secretary Duncan Announces Education Technology Plan, Invites Comments

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:35:30 +0000

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.

Duration : 0:1:0

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Auburn University / Auburn City Schools Professional Development System Partnership

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:32:22 +0000

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

Duration : 0:7:19

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Using Technology in Education

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:14:22 +0000

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.

Duration : 0:6:46

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Dismantle Public Education

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:55:14 +0000

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

Duration : 0:9:59

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WCSD Music Department Professional Development Feb 09 Pt. 2

admin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:21:27 +0000

WEBSITE: http://www.teachertube.com WCSD earlyreleaseday professional development meeting discussed topics related to grading tools systems rubrics and technology.

Duration : 0:48:4

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How To Maintain Classroom Discipline – Good And Bad Methods Training Educational Video

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:57:59 +0000

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.

Duration : 0:13:43

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