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Are you Automating Everything you Can?
Do you know any teacher that was hired to do less this school year than last school year? Do you know any school where there is a directive for teachers to slow down, back off the stress level, and only do what is reasonable?
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Getting Classroom or Campus Grants: It's a lot Easier than you Think, If you "Think Like a Grant Benefactor"
Grant writing and grant-getting (garnering grants) carries a mystique that prevents many "ordinary" teachers from going after the money. |
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Tons of Free Professional (Trade) Publications: Print or E-mail -- Your Choice
Many teachers can use free technical publications, even if they receive only one copy.
Sometimes a printed copy is better, other times an electronic copy is more useful. What if you could receive free copies in one format, or the other, or both? |
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Two Low-Cost, Hands-On "Our District should buy this stuff but won't" Resources
If you are going to open your wallet and purchase classroom supplies and materials, you might as well get more for your money. |
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Edutopia - Professional Development
Visit (or revisit) Edutopia. The reason? Edutopia continues to challenge education to…
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African American Culture: Learn it Like you would a Foreign Language
African Americans lost their demographic status as "The Minority." Now, there are more Hispanics in the US than African Americans. But, this does not decrease the importance of teachers understanding African American culture. |
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PBS Teacherline
PBS Teacherline® is an expensive alternative for professional development if a teacher has to pay for the courses out of their own pocket. |
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Ready for Real Sharing among Teachers in your District?
Here is a site that we suggest that you refer to your school district's IT Department.
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Summer Spruce-up: Scour, Scrub, Sift-through and "Sanitize" your Stuff
Summer time is prep time for the upcoming school year.
Wouldn't it be great if you faced the year unafraid?
Well, you might not fear your mess, but, clutter drains your energy.
And, clutter builds stress. Especially when you are looking for |
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Hassle-Free Assessment: Pipe Dream or Reality?
The goal of assessment is to keep the teacher on track, to ensure that the instructional presentation is clear and effective...to ramp up, revamp, tune up, and fine tune instruction. |
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Teacher Leadership: Business Models or Modern Alchemy?
Modern educational "theory" (which we advise that you sip in small doses) [See our article, Plan Simply -- Build a Simple Plan: Loose the Ideology] seems to stem more from psychology or business theory than from educational knowledge. |
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Treating (Teaching) Children "Equally" is Unfair
You hear statements about treating all students equally all the time. Too bad that this is the worst thing that at teacher can do… |
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A Teacher's "Bionic Brain:" The World's Best Super Computer
Imagine that the school district that you work for decided to install a "super computer&quip; that was geared for education and success.
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Reflections on "What Worked:" Now is the Time to Prepare for the Next School Year
If you enjoyed a successful school year. If your instruction was dynamic, student-centered, flexible, energized and energizing, experimental, action-research-based… |
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Teacher Sharing: Standards are the Key to Efficient Sharing
Standards are the key to efficient and effective teacher sharing.
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The Power of "Shared Thinking" for a Learning Community
Shared Thinking is the power behind a learning community.
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Rote Memory: Drill and Practice Road Kill
A bird's eye view over an educational timeline, no matter what parameter we examine, would appear to be like the swing of a pendulum.
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Planning Backwards: The Quickest Way to "Full Steam Ahead"
Planning is paradoxical.
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Trouble with Data: Don't be Fooled by the Numbers
Data seems solid, substantial, productive, professional.
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