Teachers 2.0
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How the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wages war on public schools TL;DR of what the USCoC did:
- Pick a catchy, inflammatory title for your title.
- Use an unreliable source for your data.
- MISQUOTE said data.
- Fail at graphics.
It gets worse. Click that link and read the darned thing.
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Strike Debt!
source: Bard Strike Debt https://www.facebook.com/BardStrikeDebt
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Tip for all my student readers: if you’re too lazy to use a bibliography creator like NoodleBib or RefWorks, let Google generate your bibliography entries for you. All you have to do is google the article/book title in Google Scholar, click “cite” at the bottom of the search result, and copy either the MLA, APA, or Chicago cite into your word document.
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The High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries To revamp our education system, blame teachers less and pay them more.Via The New York Times
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How One College Is Closing The Computer Science Gender Gap : NPR At Harvey Mudd College in California, about 40 percent of the computer science majors are women. That’s far more than at any other co-ed school. And it’s thanks in large part to the school’s president, Maria Klawe. She has worked hard to keep women interested in computer science and empower them to succeed in the field. -
Coursera announces category for Teacher Professional Development
You can view them all here: https://www.coursera.org/courses?cats=teacherpd
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Have a few early finishers? Check out what’s new at KB…Konnected Kids!
#edtech #sschat #literacy #scichat #mathchat #games
Below are just a few of the sites that I have added to KB…Konnected Kids: Enrichment Sites for Students who Finish Early. Currently there are 300+ sites arranged by categories.
Read Alongs
Art 2
Social Studies
- The President’s Desk (JFK)
Music
Fun Reads
Science 2
Comic Maker
Games 2
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Web App of the Day: Churnalism
Need a screening tool for signs of Churnalism? Head over to the Sunlight Foundation’s newly launched plagiarism checker app that can run any piece of text against its extensive database of U.S. press releases, RSS feeds and Wikipedia entries for possible overlaps.
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