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Creating Control: Managing Bullying in the Classroom

EdNews Daily

Bullying Definition. Department of Health and Human Services offers this definition of bullying on StopBullying.gov : “Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance.” Bullying has a wide-reaching and large impact on all involved.

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Week of December 13, 2010 - Live, Interactive, and Free Webinars in Elluminate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Thanks for your attention, and see you online! MINI-GEEK FEST" MONTHLY ONLINE CONVERSATION-DECEMBER, 2010 (AZTEA PD) Mon 13 Dec 10:00PM New York / Tue 13 Dec 03:00AM GMT / Tue 14 Dec 02:00PM Sydney Peggy George and Kim Thomas. As this is the last session for 2010, let’s celebrate with some fun, games and general sharing.

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Sal Khan on Expanding Into Early Learning and Launching a Peer-to-Peer Tutoring Platform

Edsurge

Duck Duck Moose was the first company that could come up with really compelling apps that were good—arguably good—for kids, in 2009, 2010, 2011. So there’s this temptation to say, “The future is going to be online learning,” or “Online learning was horrible. Even as an adult sitting next to them, I would enjoy it.

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Reflections on an Online Master's Degree - The Good Stuff!

EdTechSandyK

In November 2010 I completed a master’s degree in Educational Technology Leadership after 18 months of course work entirely online. There were definitely positive aspects to obtaining a degree this way. As a working adult it was definitely a plus to be able to focus on one course at a time.

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

At one point, five kids in the class were on YouTube, watching videos that were definitely not part of the curriculum. If he had to choose between learning from a computer or learning from a teacher, he said he’d choose the teacher. Eleven-year-old DeVonté Trask was busy playing a typing game on the computer.

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A traditional model of organizational knowledge creation

Connecting 2 the World

The Traditional Model The traditional model used by organizational learning theorists begins with the depth of knowledge. This can further be linked to depth of knowledge being greater as it is internalized (Yaklief, 2010), as exhibit 2 illustrates. Operational definition of expertise and competence. Herling, R. Lapadat, J.

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What lessons does special education hold for personalized learning?

The Hechinger Report

Bourret’s learning curve when it came to personalized learning is pretty typical for teachers, said Chris Liang-Vergara, who was then serving as LEAP’s chief of learning innovation. It’s definitely not always rainbows and sunshine,” said Liang-Vergara. Keeping that honest and real is important.