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Back to School 2011 - Empowering students starts today
Here are a number of “back to school” posts collected in one place! What tech vision will you share? What message does your Acceptable Use Policy send when it goes home with students for them and their parents to sign? … Continue reading
Back to school: Student-led conferences
OK, fall is officially here so I suppose it’s time to wrap up the “Back the School” set of blog posts I’ve been doing. Last but not least, Student-led Conferences. This is something that most schools do NOT do, but … Continue reading
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Back to school: Ten commandments of tech support
Reposted for a new school year! The ten commandments of school tech support Thou shalt test the fix. Thou shalt talk to actual students and teachers and make time to watch how technology works during actual class time, not just … Continue reading
Start the year off with hands on
Teacher Magazine: Teaching Secrets: How to Maximize Hands-On Learning. Good teachers know that students learn a lot more when they get their hands on real materials, and get to do their own projects and experiments. But sometimes we get frustrated … Continue reading
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Tagged back to school, guidelines, hands-on, inquiry, learning, PBL, project, project ideas, project-based, strategies, technology
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Back to School: 15 Web Tools for Students
Back to School: 15 Essential Web Tools for Students. Mashable put together a nice list of (mostly free) tools for staying organized, studying, collaborating, and citing sources. Good for teachers too! Sylvia
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Free Back to School Resource for Laptop Schools
It’s back to school time again in the US! Time for fresh new school supplies, backpacks, or maybe some new laptops? Student Support of Laptop Programs - new laptops? old laptops? Are you getting the benefit of making students allies … Continue reading
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