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Week of July 11, 2011 - Live and Interactive Webinars in Blackboard Collaborate (Formerly Elluminate)

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The time of the events below will show up automatically in your own time zone when you are registered in LearnCentral and when you have chosen your time zone in your profile, or you can check the new event time converter on the event page. This first session will feature, "Teresa Bunner: Finding Intersections & Creating Overlaps".

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Hi-Lo Texts: Reaching fringe readers with text bands

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This will help the student reach for that more difficult text while still being within a zone of proximal development. Equity not equality You will not be able to spend equal time with each reader or writer. I am not a fan of leveled classroom libraries or leveling books with only one measure (Lexile, Guided Reading, etc.).

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Will Virtual Reality Lead More Families to Opt Out of Traditional Public Schools?

Edsurge

Emma Green, a staff writer for the New Yorker, has been spending time visiting these VR classrooms and researching the company for the magazine. Emma Green: It felt to me a little bit like I was in a video game when I was in these environments. Or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity.