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How to Embrace an Open Culture in Your Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Learning and Sharing Can Spread from Teacher to Teacher with George Couros From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In this episode, you’ll learn: What is the definition of open culture and learning? As a teacher, there is nothing worse than irrelevant, impractical and (dare I say it?)

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Clearlake Capital to Acquire Discovery Education from Francisco Partners

eSchool News

is an investment firm founded in 2006 operating integrated businesses across private equity, credit, and other related strategies. More information is available at www.clearlake.com and on Twitter @ClearlakeCap. together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”). Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc., About Clearlake.

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Now a Google Certified Educator

EdTechTeam

I will definitely prepare for the level 2 and trainer certification soon! In January 2006, Nicole started teaching mathematics in the Diploma Program at a private school in Manhattan. Nicole Hamilton was born in England, raised in Jamaica, and moved to New York at the age of 18.

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Donors Choose YOU - Top 10 Tips to Fund Your Project

EdTechTeam

In 2006 while waiting on a very late bus to pick up my first graders, my principal stopped by my room to tell me about this new website she had heard about from some admin colleagues. Simple is definitely best. If you need help, connect with me on Twitter: @mrdearybury1. It was called donorschoose.org. What was that?

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5 Ways Adobe Premiere Rush Encourages Creativity in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Product Review: Features, Lesson Plan Ideas, and Tips From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Adobe Premiere Rush is a simple to use video creation tool that includes powerful camera features, video editing, and publishing features. It syncs and works on all platforms.

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Wikipedia Is NOT Wicked!

The Daring Librarian

Much like the Internets in general, (or the Googles, or the Facebooks, or the Twitters, or the YouTubes) many educators look upon Wikipedia with suspicion, sometimes derision, and occasionally with fear. No definition. Wikipedia and the future of the past " Journal of American History , Volume 93, Issue 1 (June 2006) p.

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Future Trends Forum #8, with Jim Groom: full recording, notes, and Storify

Bryan Alexander

Twitter activity during the hour was also very energetic, so I Storified it. For more background on containers Jim recommended Marc Levinson’s book The Box (2006). One mentioned that their institution used to host WordPress locally, but is now exploring externally hosted social media (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc).

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