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Using Pop Culture to Teach Writing Skills

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In 2007, she was named a member of the USA Today All-Teacher Team, and in 2011 she was awarded the Massachusetts Commonwealth Award in Creative Leadership. She is a 2013 recipient of the Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award.

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Lexia Celebrates 40th Anniversary 

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in 2013, and then becoming part of education technology and services provider Cambium Learning Group in 2020, and integrating with reading intervention provider Voyager Sopris Learning. To learn more, visit www.cambiumlearning.com or follow Cambium on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

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Experiences in Self-Determined Learning: Moving from Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0

User Generated Education

Philipp Schmidt (2007) provide an excellent comparison of how Education 1.0 Rarely do the results of those activities contribute back to the information resources that students consume in carrying them out (Keats & Schmidt, 2007, para. Education 1.0 can be compared to Web 1.0 Keats and J. is similar to Web 1.0. Education 1.0

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The Fallacy of the “Either/Or” Scenario

The Principal of Change

I am visiting a district in Pennsylvania soon, and as a “Twitter Challenge” before I join them, educators were encouraged to send some questions to me ahead of time. January 26, 2013 5 Characteristics of a Change Agent January 1, 2016 Be a Change Agent December 19, 2016 Just Ask August 22, 2012 Is “failure” an option?

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Here's a Neat Infographic on 'The History of the Hashtag'

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According to the infographic, Chris Messina first suggested using hashtags for Twitter groups in 2007. Tumblr followed later that year, Instagram started using hashtags in 2010, Google Plus hopped on the bandwagon in 2011, and Flickr barely beat out Facebook to avoid last place in 2013.

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Obviously Easy to You, Amazingly Hard to Others

The Principal of Change

Yet I still see people complain “why isn’t every teacher on Twitter…you are going to become irrelevant, blah blah blah.” ” Then I look at when they started and it could be 2013. Where was I, in 2007 when others saw the potential. We need to be empathetic. Where were they in 2010 when I started?

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Educating Kids for Life not for Tests

The CoolCatTeacher

Pam Moran on episode 236 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Twitter: @pammoran. I think that technologies are certainly a part of it. View story at Medium.com. Blog: spacesforlearning.wordpress.com.

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