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If You Need it, Get it! Do-It-Yourself Professional Development in the 21st Century

If You Need it, Get it! Do-It-Yourself Professional Development in the 21st Century

By Rita Platt In my work as a teacher-leader, I often hear teachers lament that they need more training on various methods, strategies, ideas, and […]

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Real or Fiction? On the Internet it’s Not Always Easy to Tell!

Real or Fiction? On the Internet it’s Not Always Easy to Tell!

Education 2.0, Featured Articles, The Toolbox July 4, 2015 at 12:04 pm Comments are Disabled

By Todd Fitzpatrick and Rita Platt We all know that the internet is a mix of the best and worst information on any given topic. […]

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“Slant” it: An Alternative to the Flipped Classroom for Practical Teachers

“Slant” it: An Alternative to the Flipped Classroom for Practical Teachers

Featured Articles, The Toolbox January 26, 2013 at 7:07 pm Comments are Disabled

By: Rita Platt The “Flipped Classroom” is all the rage these days. Educational journals, blogs, and chat rooms, are flooded with the concept of “flipping.” […]

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Is technology hindering our ability to persevere?

Is technology hindering our ability to persevere?

The Edge of Education December 12, 2012 at 11:35 am 1 comment

Good teachers are great communicators, and great communicators understand that the responsibility of communication lies with the communicator—the person sharing the information. Good teachers, and […]

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The Future of Productivity

Video of the Day November 18, 2011 at 3:57 pm Comments are Disabled
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Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms.

Annotations July 2, 2010 at 2:18 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Jeff Ayer Will Richardson does a phenomenal job of laying out everything needed to both initiate and defend the use of blogs […]

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Welcome to the blogosphere: the educational use of blogs.

Annotations June 30, 2010 at 2:00 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Jeff Ayer Ray covers the basics of using a weblog (blog) in the classroom at literally any educational level, K-12. Dubbing them […]

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Research on writing conventions: U R what U write.

Annotations June 21, 2010 at 1:16 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Jeff Ayer Nelson and Feinstein focus on “Netspeak,” which they define as “a blend of speech and writing” (1).  Their greatest point, […]

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New literacies: enrichment or essential?

Annotations June 8, 2010 at 2:58 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Jeffery Ayer Jakes outlines three ways in which the new literacies seem to be upon us, including, “learning with the Web as […]

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Sepia no more. Heffernan, V.

Annotations June 6, 2010 at 11:10 pm Comments are Disabled

Heffernan, V.  (2008, April 27).  Sepia no more.  The New York Times.   Retrieved from  http//:www.nytimes.com. An Annotation by Jeffery Ayer This article almost entirely […]

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