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9-11-2001 - 18 years later - please don't forget

Educational Technology Guy

It is a day we honor and remember the thousands of lives lost, the survivors, and those who rose up in service in response to the attacks on 9-11-2001. It is a day of remembrance, a day of reflection and a day to be proud. It is a day Americans can be proud of the way we came together following the attacks on 9-11. United We Stood.

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Online Teaching Is Improving In-Person Instruction on Campus

Edsurge

Even back in 2001, an in-depth study of an online-education effort at the State University of New York reported that most faculty who taught remotely found the techniques they discovered online positively impacted their campus instruction when they returned to the classroom. It’s a message I’ve been arguing for a while.

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Better Feedback for Deeper Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Goodwin & Miller (2012) provided this summary: In Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock's 2001 meta-analysis, McREL researchers found an effect size for feedback of 0.76, which translates roughly into a 28-percentile point difference in average achievement (Beesley & Apthorp, 2010; Dean, Pitler, Hubbell, & Stone, 2012).

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September 11th, 20 Years Later. Never Forget. Take a moment. Do a good deed

Educational Technology Guy

It is a day we honor and remember the thousands of lives lost, the survivors, and those who rose up in service in response to the attacks on 9-11-2001. It is a day of remembrance, a day of reflection and a day to be proud. It is a day Americans can be proud of the way we came together following the attacks on 9-11. United We Stood.

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The First Days of the School Year: It’s About the Learners Not the Content

User Generated Education

2009). ( Community Building in the Classroom ). 2010; Cowan, 2012; Lohr & Haley, 2018; Sadera et al., and from ASCD: A growing body of research confirms the benefits of building a sense of community in school.

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Certell’s Poptential™ Addresses 21st-Century Wars With Free Memorial Day Teaching Resources

eSchool News

Composed of scenes from the 2009 historical drama “The Taking of Chance,” the film follows Colonel Michael Strobel, played by Kevin Bacon, a military officer who volunteers to escort the body of Lance Corporal Chance Phelps, who was killed in Iraq, back to his hometown in Wyoming for burial. and NATO forces’ invasion of Afghanistan.

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Using Feedback Logs to Empower Learners

A Principal's Reflections

Goodwin & Miller (2012) provided this summary: In Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock's 2001 meta-analysis, McREL researchers found an effect size for feedback of 0.76, which translates roughly into a 28-percentile point difference in average achievement (Beesley & Apthorp, 2010; Dean, Pitler, Hubbell, & Stone, 2012).