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Successful Distance Learning for Young Kids

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter You may be worried that the youngest kids can’t learn at a distance, but Dr. Nancy Frey, co-author of the Distance Learning Playbook comes along side us to help us understand how it can be done. There we learn from students, teachers, and families every day.

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Bucking the Trend

A Principal's Reflections

You can follow him on Twitter at @mrwarren29. Image credit: [link] Recently, I had the opportunity to visit New Milford High School in Bergen County, NJ and spent a couple of hours meeting and touring the school with Principal Eric Sheninger. Michael recently visited New Milford HS and reflected on hist visit below.

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To Weather The Storms of Higher Education, Remember Why You’re There

Edsurge

My why is helping learners integrate learning throughout their lives in ways that meet their educational dreams and provide resilience in their careers without sacrificing the other elements of their lives. When the committee meetings drag on, why do you stay motivated? My why begins before I had ever heard of Sinek.

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I love the #DEN

Kathy Schrock

I interact daily with teachers on Twitter, which is my social network of choice. Hashtags on Twitter help educators participating in Twitter chats, or interested in a particular topic, to hone their PLN. You don’t need a Twitter account to search Twitter. (You You don’t need a Twitter account to search 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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NFL PLAY 60 Kids Day keeps kids active in advance of Super Bowl LV

eSchool News

Getting active for 60 minutes a day is critical as kids who are regularly active have a better chance of a healthy adulthood, but only 1 in 5 children and adolescents get enough activity to meet the U.S. Connect with us on heart.org , Facebook , Twitter or by calling 1-800-AHA-USA1. About Discovery Education.

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Brass Cogs and Virtual Steam

The Daring Librarian

Hannah Fry @FryRsquared who, according to her Twitter profile is "All math and no trousers." Meeting Linda Dougherty, my dear librarian friend I met virtually in 2007 on the grid in Second Life and in person at the NECC (ISTE) conference in Washington DC in 2009.