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Happy New Year! And Public Domain Day

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Some history from Wikipedia: “It could have entered the public domain in four different years: first in 1955, renewed to 1986, then to 2003 by the Copyright Act of 1976, and then to 2023 by the Copyright Term Extension Act (also known pejoratively as the “Mickey Mouse Protection Act”) of 1998. As of January 1st, it is available to all.

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Self-Regulation in the Personalized Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

A large body of empirical evidence suggests that self-regulated learners are more effective, confident, resourceful, and persistent in learning (Pintrich, 1995; Schunk & Zimmerman, 1994; Winne & Hadwin, 1998; Zimmerman & Campillo, 2003). Dunlosky, & A. Graesser (Eds.) Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Zimmerman, B.

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Free computer training resources and courses

Educational Technology Guy

They have a large amount of free computer training resources that are well designed, easy to use and understand, and great for sharing with faculty, staff, and students. The Office 2010 course is great and I am sharing it with our users to help them transition from Office 2003 to Office 2010 because of the different menu system.

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9 Resources for National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month

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Everyone knows what bullying is — someone being taunted physically or mentally by others — and there are endless resources devoted to educating both students and teachers on how to combat bullying. Here are nine great resources to start or continue your discussions. Some are pretty sad: Resources. How serious is it?

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Exploring Design Thinking Micro-credentials in the Classroom

Digital Promise

2003), and technology (Kafai & Resnick, 2002; Todd, 1999) suggest that design thinking skills are not merely extras, but can in fact aid students in core subject areas as well as building cognitive and social skills (Carroll et al., Work in mathematics (Goldman et al., 1998), science (Kolodner et al.,

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

eSchool News

Iraq War of 2003 Explained —Believing that Iraq was amassing weapons of mass destruction (WMD) that could be used in future terrorist attacks, the United States and the United Kingdom joined forces to invade Iraq. A Poptential mini-lesson focuses on the flight paths of the hijacked planes and highlights the October 2001 U.S.

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9 Resources for National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month

Ask a Tech Teacher

Everyone knows what bullying is — someone being taunted physically or mentally by others — and there are endless resources devoted to educating both students and teachers on how to combat bullying. Here are nine great resources to start or continue your discussions. Some are pretty sad: Resources. How serious is it?

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