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4 Keys to Student Success Online: Part 1

The Electric Educator

Rice 2006). Rice 2006) Some students will thrive in an online environment while others will be better served in a face-to-face classroom. Vrasidas & Zembylas (2003 in Rice 2006) identified high quality materials and frequent teacher-student interaction as key components to student success. 2006): 425-448. 29 Apr 2011.

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4 Keys to Student Success Online: Part 2

The Electric Educator

Hammond 2000 in Rice 2006). Rice (2006) indicates that the importance of positive relationships between teachers and students is critical to student retention. 2005 in Rice 2006) indicate that a significant correlation between teacher effectiveness and the number of professional development hours they have logged. 29 Apr 2011.

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From Testing to Transformational Change with Pam Moran

The CoolCatTeacher

Pam Moran on episode 231 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Pam: One of the things that’s pretty interesting since the last time we talked, Vicki, is that I was part of a group originally in 2010 that started lobbying of superintendents. Twitter: @pammoran.

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4 Keys to Student Success Online: Part 3

The Electric Educator

Fride (2001 in Rice 2006) discovered that the amount of engagement by the adult supervisor seemed to influence the amount of and quality of participation by students. Closely associated with mentor support is the importance of parental support (Rice 2006). 2006): 425-448. The Sloan Consortium, January 2010. 29 Apr 2011.

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April 1, 2011: What Stunt Will Google Pull Off?

The Electric Educator

2005: Google Gulp (Google enters the beverage market) 2006: Google Romance (Find your soulmate) 2007 (Google was very ambitions in 2007, creating many April Fools jokes) Gmail Paper Archive (distrust digital? You can find me on Twitter (@jrsowash), Google+, Linkedin (jrsowash), and YouTube (jrsowash)'

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4 Keys to Student Success Online: Part 4

The Electric Educator

Rice (2006) indicates that “younger students need to be provided guidance in developing characteristics of successful distance students.” As Rice (2006) concludes, the effectiveness of distance education appears to have more to do with who is teaching, who is learning, and how that learning is accomplished and less to do with the medium.

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Love Song to My Readers: Cool Cat Teacher’s 10th blog birthday

The CoolCatTeacher

Cool Cat Teacher, established December 9, 2005 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In 2010, on the post, Sojourner Truth , I wrote. I was blogging here when I joined Facebook and Twitter. On this day in 2005, I started blogging. It took me a week to write my first post.

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