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		<title>Virtual worlds among latest trends in language education</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 19:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learning a foreign language has long been a high school graduation requirement, but technology has taken language learning to new levels with the availability of interactive websites, apps for handheld devices, and software that can target students’ weak spots. Technology changes quickly, and recently, a new way of teaching and learning foreign languages has emerged:<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/17/virtual-worlds-among-latest-trends-in-language-education/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Flipping for fitness</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 11:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Physical education (PE) teachers are often on the short end of the stick when it comes to technology innovations in school. When the battle of the bulge is fought every day in our schools, the conversations are usually more about removing the symptoms of childhood obesity, like limiting soda pop in vending machines and offering<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/16/flipping-for-fitness/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Common Core could boost U.S. math performance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Common Core State Standards in mathematics have the potential to enhance students&#8217; academic performance if properly implemented, but most states have a long way to go, according to research from William Schmidt, a University Distinguished Professor and co-director of the Education Policy Center at Michigan State University. At an event co-sponsored by Achieve, Chiefs<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/14/study-common-core-could-boost-u-s-math-performance/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Six great special-education resources for parents and teachers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 20:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to some education stakeholders, it’s not always easy finding information on special education, especially when it comes to technology tools. That’s why we&#8217;ve compiled this list of six special-education resources that provide vetted tools and technology that can help in many aspects of a child’s learning. From video reviews of the best special-education apps to advice<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/11/six-great-special-education-resources-for-parents-and-teachers/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Help your students become better web searchers with this new Google site</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For today’s students, internet literacy—knowing how to find and understand information on the web—is as essential as traditional literacy, and now web-search giant Google Inc. has launched a new site to help teach this critical skill. Google’s Search Education site contains lesson plans designed to develop students’ web-search skills, activities to put their skills to<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/11/help-your-students-become-better-web-searchers-with-this-new-google-site/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Eighth-grade students still lag in science</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 04:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eighth-graders in the U.S. are doing slightly better in science than they were two years ago, but seven out of 10 still are not considered proficient, the federal government said May 10. What&#8217;s more, just 2 percent have the advanced skills that could lead to careers in the field. The information comes from the 2011<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/11/study-eighth-grade-students-still-lag-in-science/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Eighth-grade students still lag in science</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 04:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eighth-graders in the U.S. are doing slightly better in science than they were two years ago, but seven out of 10 still are not considered proficient, the federal government said May 10. What&#8217;s more, just 2 percent have the advanced skills that could lead to careers in the field. The information comes from the 2011<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/11/study-eighth-grade-students-still-lag-in-science-2/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/09/happy-teacher-appreciation-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 21:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All week long, we’re cerebrating teachers— here are just a few resources, giveaways and tips on how you can celebrate. Edutopia has 31 tips and ideas for every day in May for Teacher Appreciation Month— find out how you can appreciate your teachers! Check out their gift guide for teachers, too. StudyBlue is helping students say<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/09/happy-teacher-appreciation-week/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why more schools aren’t teaching web literacy—and how they can start</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/09/why-more-schools-aren%e2%80%99t-teaching-web-literacy%e2%80%94and-how-they-can-start-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 17:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1998, a 15-year-old high school student used the personal website of a professor at Northwestern University, Arthur Butz, as justification for writing a history paper called “The Historic Myth of Concentration Camps.” That student, who we will call Zack, had been encouraged to use the internet for research, but he had not been taught<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/09/why-more-schools-aren%e2%80%99t-teaching-web-literacy%e2%80%94and-how-they-can-start-2/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why more schools aren’t teaching web literacy—and how they can start</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/08/why-more-schools-aren%e2%80%99t-teaching-web-literacy%e2%80%94and-how-they-can-start/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 04:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1998, a 15-year-old high school student used the personal website of a professor at Northwestern University, Arthur Butz, as justification for writing a history paper called “The Historic Myth of Concentration Camps.” That student, who we will call Zack, had been encouraged to use the internet for research, but he had not been taught<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/08/why-more-schools-aren%e2%80%99t-teaching-web-literacy%e2%80%94and-how-they-can-start/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Game-based learning catching on in schools</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/08/game-based-learning-catching-on-in-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 04:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instead of pulling out books and paper at Nature Hill Intermediate School in Oconomowoc, Wis., on a recent morning, sixth-grader A.J. Remus and his peers practiced language arts and social studies in a mythical, virtual world. Known as Quest Atlantis, the multi-user, 3-D interactive space allows students to direct avatars on screen through different environments<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/08/game-based-learning-catching-on-in-schools/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>AP surges as a tool for schools raising standards</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/07/ap-surges-as-a-tool-for-schools-raising-standards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 12:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, Advanced Placement exams were mostly for top students looking to challenge themselves and get a head start on college credit. Not anymore. In the next two weeks, 2 million students will take 3.7 million end-of-year AP exams—figures well over double those from a decade ago. With no national curriculum, AP has become<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/07/ap-surges-as-a-tool-for-schools-raising-standards/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>AP surges as a tool for schools raising standards</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 12:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, Advanced Placement exams were mostly for top students looking to challenge themselves and get a head start on college credit. Not anymore. In the next two weeks, 2 million students will take 3.7 million end-of-year AP exams—figures well over double those from a decade ago. With no national curriculum, AP has become<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/07/ap-surges-as-a-tool-for-schools-raising-standards/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Six lessons learned as a grant reviewer</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/04/six-lessons-learned-as-a-grant-reviewer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 19:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the May 2012 edition of eSchool News, Grants and Funding columnist Deborah Ward reveals how serving as a grant reviewer can help you in writing your own proposals. Plus, you&#8217;ll get information about the latest ed-tech grant opportunities.]]></description>
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		<title>MIT launches student-produced educational video initiative</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/04/mit-launches-student-produced-educational-video-initiative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIT has launched an initiative encouraging its students to produce short videos teaching basic concepts in science and engineering to K-12 students, the university reports. The videos will be accessible through a dedicated MIT website and YouTube channel. A subset of the videos will also be available on Khan Academy, a popular not-for-profit educational site<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/04/mit-launches-student-produced-educational-video-initiative/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>10 books for high school summer reading</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 10:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students might not enrich their minds inside a classroom over summer break, but that doesn’t mean enrichment can’t be found in one of the original 24-7 tools for learning: books. Be it on a Kindle, Nook, iPad, or the printed page, books keep students’ minds stimulated, encourage creativity and innovation, and allow for higher-order thinking.<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/04/10-books-for-high-school-summer-reading/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Educational gaming on the rise, but funding remains a challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/03/educational-gaming-on-the-rise-but-funding-remains-a-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 14:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a national survey, teachers say they believe that using digital games in the classroom helps students maintain concentration and enthusiasm for learning, while making it easier for teachers to differentiate instruction and assess students. The survey of 505 teachers who use digital games in their K-8 classrooms aims to identify what teachers think about<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/05/03/educational-gaming-on-the-rise-but-funding-remains-a-challenge/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Alan November Invites You to the BLC Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 02:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join Alan November, the November Learning team and esteemed educators from around the globe for the annual Building Learning Communities conference in Boston, MA. For a $50 BLC registration discount, use this promo code: eSchoolMedia12]]></description>
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		<title>Rise in autism increases calls for awareness</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/30/rise-in-autism-increases-calls-for-awareness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report issued by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in early April during Autism Awareness Month indicates that one child out of 88 is believed to have autism or a related disorder, prompting autism education advocates to call for better autism services. Advocacy groups seized on the new number as further evidence that<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/30/rise-in-autism-increases-calls-for-awareness/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>TED launches new education platform with customized teaching tools</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/27/ted-launches-new-education-platform-with-customized-teaching-tools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TED, a nonprofit organization devoted to spreading big ideas through a series of conferences and a free video platform, has continued its expansion into education by launching a brand-new TED-Ed website with tools to help teachers use video in the classroom. The new platform allows educators to customize videos with follow-up questions and assignments, TED<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/27/ted-launches-new-education-platform-with-customized-teaching-tools/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Students create their own 3D content</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/26/students-create-their-own-3d-content/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some tech-savvy school districts are helping students take knowledge and creativity into their own hands by giving them the chance to create their own 3D content. And many educators say that 3D is a logical path for today&#8217;s students, who are accustomed to customizing their technology tools for their own needs. “With 90 percent of<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/26/students-create-their-own-3d-content/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Students want personalized learning, mobile technology</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/26/students-want-personalized-learning-mobile-technology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More and more students own mobile devices, including tablets, and indicate a strong desire to use those personal learning tools in school to increase collaboration and access to resources, according to the annual Speak Up Survey, which is facilitated by Project Tomorrow. This year’s survey, “Mapping a Personalized Learning Journey: K-12 Students and Parents Connect<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/26/students-want-personalized-learning-mobile-technology/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>States move slowly toward digital textbooks</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/26/states-move-slowly-toward-digital-textbooks-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite enthusiasm for digital textbooks at the national level, states have been slow to get on board. But the movement is gaining strength. Digital textbooks have gotten a lot of ink in recent months. In January, Apple attracted attention when it announced its foray into the field with the iBook, a multimedia-rich textbook for the<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/26/states-move-slowly-toward-digital-textbooks-2/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>States move slowly toward digital textbooks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite enthusiasm for digital textbooks at the national level, states have been slow to get on board. But the movement is gaining strength. Digital textbooks have gotten a lot of ink in recent months. In January, Apple attracted attention when it announced its foray into the field with the iBook, a multimedia-rich textbook for the<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/26/states-move-slowly-toward-digital-textbooks/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Got gamers in your class?</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/25/got-gamers-in-your-class/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been awhile since we paid one of our favorite ed-tech blogs, FreeTech4Teachers, a visit. Richard Byrne’s post yesterday featured a cool (and free, of course) website that lets kids create their own video games. Sploder lets you choose from four different Flash game templates: a physics puzzle game, an algorithm creator, a shooter game<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/25/got-gamers-in-your-class/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New education platform from TED could help power ‘flipped learning’</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/25/new-education-platform-from-ted-could-help-power-%e2%80%98flipped-learning%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TED, a nonprofit organization devoted to spreading big ideas through a series of conferences and a free video platform, has continued its expansion into education by launching a brand-new TED-Ed website with tools to help teachers use video in the classroom. The new platform allows educators to customize videos with follow-up questions and assignments, TED says—an<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/25/new-education-platform-from-ted-could-help-power-%e2%80%98flipped-learning%e2%80%99/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Experts: Collaboration tools hold big promise for education</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/25/experts-collaboration-tools-hold-big-promise-for-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social networking and educational gaming ignite spirited debates regarding their practicality in the classroom: Some educators say those technologies can engage students in new ways, while others question their actual effectiveness. &#8220;How Blogs, Social Media, and Video Games Improve Education,&#8221; a new paper from Darrell West, vice president and director of governance studies at the<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/25/experts-collaboration-tools-hold-big-promise-for-education/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Khan Academy is so popular—and why teachers shouldn’t feel threatened</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/24/why-khan-academy-is-so-popular%e2%80%94and-why-teachers-shouldn%e2%80%99t-feel-threatened/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sal Khan, whose online Khan Academy serves up video tutorials to more than 6 million students worldwide each month, wants to reassure teachers that the free educational service isn’t out to take their jobs—nor is it a statement about a teacher’s ability to deliver a lesson effectively. On the contrary, Khan said, teachers who are<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/24/why-khan-academy-is-so-popular%e2%80%94and-why-teachers-shouldn%e2%80%99t-feel-threatened/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New: 10 of the best Apple apps for education in 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/23/new-10-of-the-best-apple-apps-for-education-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year we presented “10 of the best apps for education,” which highlighted some of the best apps for iPhones and iPods. However, with new upgrades in touch technology, HD and 3D features, and the debut of the iPad, we&#8217;ve come up with a new list of the best Apple-based education apps for 2012. This<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/23/new-10-of-the-best-apple-apps-for-education-in-2012/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New: 10 shiny Apple apps for education</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/22/new-10-shiny-apple-apps-for-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year we presented “10 of the best apps for education,” which highlighted some of the best apps for iPhones and iPods. However, with new upgrades in touch technology, HD and 3D features, and the debut of the iPad, we&#8217;ve come up with a new list of the best Apple-based education apps for 2012. This<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/22/new-10-shiny-apple-apps-for-education/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Feds release blueprint to spur career, technical education</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/20/feds-release-blueprint-to-spur-career-technical-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has released a blueprint to transform career and technical education (CTE) in order to provide high-quality job-training opportunities for students. These efforts aim to reduce skill shortages, promote business growth, encourage new investments and hires, and prompt innovation and economic growth. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/20/feds-release-blueprint-to-spur-career-technical-education/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New site to calculate potential student loan debt</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to calculate how much you could owe in student loans after graduating from a particular college? A new government website provides tools to help with the math. The site, from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is still in the testing phase but already includes information from 7,500 colleges and universities. Users can plug in<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/20/new-site-to-calculate-potential-student-loan-debt/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Graphic material found in online library for elementary students</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kelly and Mike Neill say they were shocked when their 7-year-old son came home from school, rattling off graphic details about a murder. They grew angry when they learned that those details came from a story he read from myOn, a new virtual library offered by Hillsborough County, Fla., schools. The Neills used their son&#8217;s<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/18/graphic-material-found-in-online-library-for-elementary-students/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Report: STEM education needs more money, support</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/18/report-stem-education-needs-more-money-support/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest in an annual series of surveys about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education reveals that funding remains a barrier to better STEM integration in schools—and that districts need more K-8 STEM education and better professional development to help produce students who are career- and college-ready. The key challenges facing STEM education include<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/18/report-stem-education-needs-more-money-support/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How secondary school principals can master the Common Core</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/16/how-secondary-school-principals-can-master-the-common-core/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As states move toward implementing the Common Core State Standards, school principals must ensure they are fully equipped to help classroom teachers incorporate the standards as effectively as possible. Forty-six states and Washington, D.C., have adopted the Common Core standards, and 90 percent of U.S. students are covered by the standards, said Bob Wise, president<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/16/how-secondary-school-principals-can-master-the-common-core/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>SETDA releases 28 case studies highlighting successful ed-tech programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) has released a series of case studies from 28 states highlighting examples of innovative ed-tech programs that are helping to improve K-12 education across the country. The programs described in these case studies were funded through the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program (Title II, Part D of<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/13/setda-releases-28-case-studies-highlighting-successful-ed-tech-programs/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New initiative offers digital media ratings</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/11/new-initiative-offers-digital-media-ratings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new learning ratings initiative will evaluate the learning potential of websites, video games, and mobile apps and will offer ratings and reviews to give parents, teachers, and students a guide to find resources to extend learning time, make learning fun, and build 21st-century skills. Launched by Common Sense Media and social investment foundation SCE,<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/11/new-initiative-offers-digital-media-ratings/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Readers: Financial literacy is a school’s responsibility</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a time where budget cuts are the norm, student loan debt has reached an all-time high, and the economy shows slow improvement, a recent report reveals that few K-12 schools nationwide teach economics or financial literacy. According to the Council for Economic Education report, titled “Survey of the States: Economic and Personal Finance Education in<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/11/readers-financial-literacy-is-a-school%e2%80%99s-responsibility/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tennessee bill on teaching evolution, climate change to become law</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tennessee&#8217;s Republican governor says he will let a bill become law effective April 20 that protects teachers who allow students in their classrooms to criticize evolution and other scientific theories, such as global climate change. Gov. Bill Haslam had said previously he would probably sign the bill. On April 10, he disclosed he would let<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/11/tennessee-bill-on-teaching-evolution-climate-change-to-become-law/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Educators win Mega Millions, decide to keep teaching</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s toxic political climate, teachers have taken more than their fair share of criticism for the state of U.S. public education. Turn on the TV or open a newspaper, and you&#8217;re likely to hear more rhetoric about how teachers don&#8217;t care, or that teaching is an easy job. But in an example of what<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/10/educators-win-mega-millions-decide-to-keep-teaching-2/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Educators win Mega Millions, decide to keep teaching</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s toxic political climate, teachers have taken more than their fair share of criticism for the state of U.S. public education. Turn on the TV or open a newspaper, and you&#8217;re likely to hear more rhetoric about how teachers don&#8217;t care, or that teaching is an easy job. But in an example of what<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/10/educators-win-mega-millions-decide-to-keep-teaching/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ed-tech best practices: April 2012</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten creative ways that schools are teaching students about internet safety … tips for making one-to-one computing a success … a national project that aims to inspire the “model classroom”: These are some of the ed-tech best practices featured in the April 2012 edition of eSchool News. “I teach about internet safety by having fifth<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/10/ed-tech-best-practices-april-2012-2/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ed-tech best practices: April 2012</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten creative ways that schools are teaching students about internet safety … tips for making one-to-one computing a success … a national project that aims to inspire the “model classroom”: These are some of the ed-tech best practices featured in the April 2012 edition of eSchool News. “I teach about internet safety by having fifth<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/10/ed-tech-best-practices-april-2012/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ten education blogs worth following</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/06/ten-education-blogs-worth-following/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Education blogs, on any and every topic, abound online. Unfortunately, educators are probably the last people who have the time to go out and search for them. Which blogs review good free resources? Which can offer information about school reform trends? Which highlight short, how-to videos for those who aren’t very tech-savvy? In this<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/06/ten-education-blogs-worth-following/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Professional development content from ASCD now available on iTunes U</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The educational leadership organization ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) has made a variety of free professional development content available on Apple’s newly revamped iTunes U service. “We are excited to use this technology to assist educators in accessing our professional development resources for free, anywhere and anytime,” said ASCD Executive Director<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/06/professional-development-content-from-ascd-now-available-on-itunes-u/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Conference to explore best practices in flipped learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This summer, educators will have the chance to delve into some of the finer points of one of the largest and most popular trends to hit classrooms in decades: flipped learning. The 2012 Flipped Class Conference will be held June 19-20, with a pre-conference workshop on June 18, at Tribeca Flashpoint Academy in Chicago. The<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/05/conference-to-explore-best-practices-in-flipped-learning/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>‘The Daily Show’ ridicules ban on Mexican American Studies program</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s frightening how uninformed some of the people who are responsible for making education policy in the U.S. appear to be. Take Tucson Unified School District Governing Board member Michael Hicks, who faces criticism following his appearance on Comedy Central&#8217;s &#8220;The Daily Show With Jon Stewart&#8221; on April 2. Hicks was featured in a segment<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/05/%e2%80%98the-daily-show%e2%80%99-ridicules-ban-on-mexican-american-studies-program/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Parents, educators want more from assessment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the federal No Child Left Behind Act, K-12 educators are spending more time than ever before on testing their students&#8217; skills—but is all this testing doing any good? The results from a new national survey reveal that both parents and educators would like to see a wider variety of school assessments that go<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/05/parents-educators-want-more-from-assessment/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Google Art Project expands, with 32,000 works of art now online</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine pulling up a stool next to the lonely diners of Edward Hopper&#8217;s &#8220;Nighthawks&#8221; or dipping your fingers in the basin of &#8220;The Child&#8217;s Bath&#8221; by Mary Cassatt. These familiar images, along with the sunbathers of George Seurat&#8217;s &#8220;A Sunday on La Grande Jatte&#8221; and the somber figures of Grant Wood&#8217;s &#8220;American Gothic,&#8221; are among<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/05/google-art-project-expands-with-32000-works-of-art-now-online/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tennessee governor ‘probably’ will sign evolution bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tennessee, where the nation&#8217;s first big legal battle over evolution was fought nearly 90 years ago, is close to enacting a law that critics deride as the &#8220;monkey bill&#8221; for once again attacking the scientific theory. The measure passed by the Tennessee General Assembly would protect teachers who allow students to criticize evolution and other<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/04/05/tennessee-governor-%e2%80%98probably%e2%80%99-will-sign-evolution-bill/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>‘Hunger Games’ becomes part of school curricula</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some school kids around the country, the odds have been in their favor as they&#8217;ve scored the ultimate field trip—an outing to &#8220;The Hunger Games.&#8221; Field trips to see the blockbuster movie have dovetailed with the introduction of the books into school curricula, despite concerns from some parents that the material might not be<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/31/%e2%80%98hunger-games%e2%80%99-becomes-part-of-school-curricula/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>National leaders brainstorm for digital learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a move that could be considered encouraging for advocates of digital learning, leaders from the Education Department (ED), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the textbook and broadband industry met March 29 on Capitol Hill to discuss how companies can better serve schools and districts with digital textbooks. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said the<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/31/national-leaders-brainstorm-for-digital-learning/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching with Infographics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was always a visual learner in school, creating graphs and little pictures to understand larger concepts or theories. That’s why I understand and appreciate the growing idea of infographics in education. Edudemic recently touched on why infographics have a place in the classroom— Think about it: Take a large idea, and break in down<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/30/teaching-with-infographics/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>College Board launches BigFuture, a free new college planning tool</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/30/college-board-launches-bigfuture-a-free-new-college-planning-tool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The College Board is looking to change the way students find their ideal college or university. The nonprofit organization just launched BigFuture, a new college planning tool. It’s designed to help students customize their planning and application process, step by step. This free resource offers students objective college information in an online, interactive format, with<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/30/college-board-launches-bigfuture-a-free-new-college-planning-tool/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia district implements virtual-world technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A major metropolitan school district has announced that it will offer a 3D virtual-world environment to every classroom teacher in its 35 schools. Forsyth County Schools in metro Atlanta, Georgia’s ninth-largest school district with 38,000 students, is using Dreamland Metaverse to host the NOBLE Virtual World on the OpenSim platform, which offers the ability for<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/28/georgia-district-implements-virtual-world-technology/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tighter security for SAT, ACT in wake of cheating</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 02:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The millions of students who take the SAT or ACT each year will have to submit photos of themselves when they sign up for the college entrance exams, under a host of new security measures announced March 27 in the aftermath of a major cheating scandal on Long Island. The two companies that administer the<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/28/tighter-security-for-sat-act-in-wake-of-cheating/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Developing sound social media policies for schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 02:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a world where three out of four teens have a cell phone, and roughly the same number have used a social networking website, it’s imperative that schools not only develop social media guidelines for their students and staff but also teach students about safe and responsible social media use, said a pair of education<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/28/developing-sound-social-media-policies-for-schools/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Music lessons going digital: Live and online</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/27/music-lessons-going-digital-live-and-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kyle Boyce takes a guitar lesson in Chicago every Wednesday night—with a teacher in Toronto. No traveling is involved. Instead, Boyce fires up a computer, plugs in his electric guitar, and launches into a live music lesson with his instructor on Bandhappy.com, a new Baltimore-based website that aims to bring such lessons to the masses.<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/27/music-lessons-going-digital-live-and-online/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Flipped learning: A response to five common criticisms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 02:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past two years, the Flipped Learning method has created quite a stir. Some argue that this teaching method will completely transform education, while others say it is simply an opportunity for boring lectures to be viewed in new locations. While the debate goes on, the concept of Flipped Learning is not entirely new.<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/27/flipped-learning-a-response-to-five-common-criticisms/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New ed-tech products and announcements: Spring 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The editors of eSchool Media have logged thousands of miles covering various ed-tech trade shows since the start of the year, from Florida and Texas to Washington, D.C. We&#8217;ve spent time at the Florida Educational Technology Conference in Orlando, the Texas Computer Education Association conference in Austin, the American Association of School Administrators&#8217; National Conference<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/24/new-ed-tech-products-and-announcements-spring-2012/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Digital textbooks get a boost with new offerings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple recently made a splash when it unveiled its iBookstore, featuring digital textbooks for high school math and science education from McGraw-Hill and others. Now, Discovery Education has given digital textbooks another jolt with the release of its own high school science offering—and a middle school social studies product as well. Discovery Education&#8217;s new &#8220;Techbooks&#8221;<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/24/digital-textbooks-get-a-boost-with-new-offerings/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New software facilitates assessment and data management</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During recent ed-tech conferences, a number of companies introduced software intended to make assessment and data management easier for schools. For instance, CTB/McGraw-Hill has introduced a program called TerraNova Common Core, a national achievement test that represents a field-tested, valid, and authentic measure of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the company says. It is<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/24/new-software-facilitates-assessment-and-data-management/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Free video lessons offered by leaders in innovation, thinking</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the vast realm of dogs hugging baby deer and toddlers laughing hysterically, it’s not always easy finding online videos that have a deeply profound impact—that is, until Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED) entered the market, providing “ideas worth spreading.” Now, TED is venturing into education with TED-Ed. TED, a global set of conferences owned<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/24/free-video-lessons-offered-by-leaders-in-innovation-thinking/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual field trip to help teach the history of immigration in America</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/23/virtual-field-trip-to-help-teach-the-history-of-immigration-in-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 29 at 1 p.m. ET, Scholastic will lead students from around the country on a live virtual field trip to Ellis Island in New York Harbor to learn the history of immigration. “Coming to America,” a free live webcast on Scholastic.com, is a supplement to free teaching resources and digital activities on immigration<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/23/virtual-field-trip-to-help-teach-the-history-of-immigration-in-america/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>LEGO picks six Wake County schools for new education program</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If having fun is the key to promoting learning, then learning is being promoted in abundance at Combs Elementary School in Raleigh, N.C. For the past five years, students at Combs have used LEGO&#8217;s signature bricks to stretch their creativity and imagination to build what they&#8217;ve been talking about in their classes. Now, five other<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/22/lego-picks-six-wake-county-schools-for-new-education-program/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Students teach computer skills to older generation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirty senior citizens squeezed around a long table designed for about 20, the crush made tighter by canes, walkers, and wheelchairs. As late arrivals wriggled between others in search of a seat, snippets of conversation floated from the chatty crowd. &#8220;I don&#8217;t have a computer. I don&#8217;t have any of that Google stuff,&#8221; one exasperated<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/21/students-teach-computer-skills-to-older-generation/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual school students meet for real-world science fair</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The usual suspects were all on display: experiments involving yeast, anti-bacterial soaps, and herbicides; colorful cardboard posters; and nervous but knowledgeable student scientists explaining their work. Yet two things made the March 15 presentation by the California Virtual Academies different from a traditional science fair. The first was its location, tucked into the children&#8217;s section<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/19/virtual-school-students-meet-for-real-world-science-fair/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>World Water Day is approaching!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[World Water Day is next Wednesday, March 21st— and there are plenty of ways to get your students involved. Check out the Smithsonian’s Shout environmental education program— Shout is an online program that invites educators and students to play an active role in our global environment issues today. The program lets teachers connect with experts<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/16/world-water-day-is-approaching/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>StudyBlue unveils what it calls the ‘world’s largest digital study group’</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[StudyBlue, a free online service that enables students to create and store digital “flashcards” to help them master course material, has announced new functionality that allows users to share and compare their online notes with those of their peers. In a little more than a year, students have created more than 40 million online perspectives<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/16/studyblue-unveils-what-it-calls-the-worlds-largest-digital-study-group/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>High school teacher creates new educational app</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Maryland high school math teacher has launched an educational app for the iPad that allows students to add their own notes and markups to teachers&#8217; Word, PDF, and PowerPoint files without the need to convert those files to another format. Kevin Giffhorn had the idea for the eNotebook app, which he says is the<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/16/high-school-teacher-creates-new-educational-app/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Online Teacher of the Year: Individualized instruction is key</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Through a combination of blended learning, individualized instruction, and enthusiasm, online biology teacher Leslie Fetzer’s dedication to helping her special-needs students develop core learning skills contributed to her new title as the 2012 National Online Teacher of the Year for K-12 education. Fetzer, who teaches in the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) Occupational Course<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/15/online-teacher-of-the-year-individualized-instruction-is-key/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Young people not so ‘green’ after all</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They have a reputation for being environmentally minded do-gooders. But an academic analysis of surveys spanning more than 40 years has found that today&#8217;s young Americans are less interested in the environment and in conserving resources—and often less civic-minded overall—than their elders were when they were young. The findings go against the widespread belief that<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/15/study-young-people-not-so-green-after-all/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ed-tech grants and funding: March 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the March 2012 edition of eSchool News, Grants and Funding columnist Deborah Ward shares eight ideas for creating a successful budget for a grant proposal. Plus, we report on six new ed-tech grant opportunities. Read Deb Ward&#8217;s column here: Eight tips for creating an accurate budget for your grant proposal Learn about the latest<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/14/ed-tech-grants-and-funding-march-2012/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Online tool helps teachers evaluate open educational resources</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/09/online-tool-helps-teachers-evaluate-open-educational-resources/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While free resources for teaching and learning can be found all over the internet, it’s often hard to assess the quality of a resource or whether it aligns to certain standards. Now, a new tool aims to help. Announced in November, the OER Evaluation Tool, from the nonprofit education reform group Achieve Inc. and the<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/09/online-tool-helps-teachers-evaluate-open-educational-resources/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Survey: Teacher morale at its lowest in decades</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/08/survey-teacher-morale-at-its-lowest-in-decades/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teachers are less satisfied with their jobs than they have been in decades, but parent engagement with their schools has increased, according to the MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: Teachers, Parents and the Economy, the 28th in an annual series of surveys commissioned by MetLife and conducted by Harris Interactive. The report, based on<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/08/survey-teacher-morale-at-its-lowest-in-decades/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to rekindle a love of learning in school</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would a high school classroom look like if the students were all like kindergartners, eagerly learning everything they could about the world? What makes this idea seem ludicrous—and why isn’t learning still like this in high schools today? These questions were asked during the opening keynote session at the Consortium for School Networking’s annual<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/08/how-to-rekindle-a-love-of-learning-in-school/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Groups expand access to open educational resources</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/07/groups-expand-access-to-open-educational-resources/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As educators push for more and better access to open educational resources (OER), or content that is available free of charge online, new efforts are helping classroom teachers find and use these resources as quickly and efficiently as possible. Open Education Week, taking place March 5-10 online and locally around the world, aims to raise<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/07/groups-expand-access-to-open-educational-resources/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Children’s publisher developing app for eReading</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A leading publisher of children&#8217;s books is taking a big step into the electronic market: Scholastic Inc. is developing an app called Storia, which includes around 1,300 eBooks and multimedia eBooks that can be bought directly from the publisher or from retailers. Such favorite picture book series as &#8220;Clifford the Big Red Dog&#8221; and &#8220;Ready,<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/07/children%e2%80%99s-publisher-developing-app-for-ereading/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>States to launch ‘IT readiness’ tool for common assessments</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/06/states-to-launch-%e2%80%98it-readiness%e2%80%99-tool-for-common-assessments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As two state consortia work to create next-generation common assessments to help make testing more meaningful for students and teachers, a new tool will launch later this month to help states determine how ready their schools are to support a system of online assessments. The SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) and the Partnership for Assessment<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/06/states-to-launch-%e2%80%98it-readiness%e2%80%99-tool-for-common-assessments/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>News Literacy Project helps students sort fact from fiction in the digital age</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The News Literacy Project (NLP) is a national educational program that taps experienced journalists to help middle and high school students “sort fact from fiction in the digital age.” According to its website, the project teaches students critical-thinking skills that will help them become smarter consumers and creators of information across all types of media.<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/02/news-literacy-project-helps-students-sort-fact-from-fiction-in-the-digital-age/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Video becoming a key tool in teacher training, evaluation</title>
		<link>http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/01/video-becoming-a-key-tool-in-teacher-training-evaluation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As teacher training and evaluation take a front seat in the nation’s education reform agenda, a growing number of schools are integrating video into the process. The Bill &#38; Melinda Gates Foundation’s Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Project notes that once-a-year teacher evaluations are not enough to help teachers improve, and that multiple observations by<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/01/video-becoming-a-key-tool-in-teacher-training-evaluation/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reading, writing, tweeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Ed Knight wants to find out what his six-year-old did in school, he can scroll the Twitter feed on his iPhone for clues to start a conversation with his quiet son, who sometimes holds back when recounting details of his day. That&#8217;s because Evan and others in first-grade teacher Jodi Conrad&#8217;s class use Twitter<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/03/01/reading-writing-tweeting/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>High schools partner with high-tech firms</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Feb. 28 touted the benefits of a new partnership with high-tech companies that will allow high school students in the city to earn free associate’s degrees, learn technology skills, and prepare for possible jobs at the firms—but he was hazy about how enrollment will be handled if the programs prove<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/29/high-schools-partner-with-high-tech-firms/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sign of the times: Driver’s ed simulators focusing on dangers of texting and driving</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Student Tori Thomas of Chambersburg, Pa., didn&#8217;t last long behind the wheel of the Save a Life tour simulator. Thomas, a freshman at Penn State Mont Alto, took a spin in a driving simulator that tested a driver&#8217;s ability to text and drive at the same time. She crashed early, ending her spin through the<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/29/sign-of-the-times-driver%e2%80%99s-ed-simulators-focusing-on-dangers-of-texting-and-driving/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why releasing teacher ‘rankings’ is a bad idea</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editorial—New York City on Feb. 24 became the latest municipality to release the “value-added” rankings of thousands of public school teachers, despite opposition from the city’s teachers’ union, which lost a lawsuit to prevent the release of this information. Here’s why the city’s move—and others like it—are seriously misguided. According to the Associated Press (AP),<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/28/why-releasing-teacher-%e2%80%98rankings%e2%80%99-is-a-bad-idea-2/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Digital revolution changing lives of students with disabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kyle Beasley is a smart second-grader with an infectious grin. He&#8217;s also functionally blind. Until last fall, the 7-year-old used 8-by-11-inch Braille texts that teachers printed for him on a special machine. Each page cost about $1. He once had four lockers just to store his textbooks. Today, the student at Roosevelt Elementary School in<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/28/digital-revolution-changing-lives-of-students-with-disabilities/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama urges governors to boost education funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama on Feb. 27 urged the nation&#8217;s governors to invest more state resources in education, saying a highly skilled workforce is crucial for the U.S. to remain competitive with other countries. Obama made his pitch at a White House meeting with governors in Washington, D.C., as part of the annual winter meeting of<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/28/obama-urges-governors-to-boost-education-funding/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Preschoolers and Programming</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MindShift posted yesterday about an exciting new development in ed-tech for early learners&#8211; MIT’s Lifelong Kindergarten group and Tuft University’s DevTech Research Group are collaborating to create Scratch Jr., a programming software aimed at kids in preschool to second grade. Scratch Jr. is the new version of the group’s original Scratch, a programming software for<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/24/preschoolers-and-programming/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Educators sound off on 3D in the classroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As school reform moves to the forefront of education stakeholders&#8217; minds, many agree that schools must update their practices and technology to engage and prepare students. Some educators say the key to ‘future-proofing’ is 3D technology&#8211;after all, if it works for movies, it can work for schools, too. Others say movies are a far cry<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/24/educators-sound-off-on-3d-in-the-classroom-2/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Educators sound off on 3D in the classroom</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cash-strapped schools can’t stop giving students the resources they need to learn and develop 21st century skills simply because budgets are tight. Luckily, educators can turn to free online resources to help them find and organize lesson plans, give students extra help in various subjects, and more. During a webinar on EdWeb.net, an educational social<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/24/free-websites-help-boost-student-engagement-teacher-productivity-2/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New website helps policy makers learn from other leading education systems</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Center on Education and the Economy, a nonpartisan research organization based in Washington, D.C., has launched a new group called the Center on International Education Benchmarking. The center will conduct research on the world’s most successful education systems, and its website offers access to information, analysis, and opinion on the education systems of<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/24/new-website-helps-policy-makers-learn-from-other-leading-education-systems-2/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>MentorMob helps teachers aggregate online content into a learning ‘playlist’</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Materials for teaching and learning exist everywhere online: in YouTube videos, SlideShare presentations, and published articles, for example. MentorMob is a free new platform that helps teachers collect, or “curate,” this content in one simple place for their lessons. MentorMob organizes the best content for a specific subject, called a “mob,” into an engaging learning<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/24/mentormob-helps-teachers-aggregate-online-content-into-a-learning-%e2%80%98playlist%e2%80%99/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I couldn’t have been hit by a cool car…it had to be a minivan,” laughs Kelby from Oklahoma, an openly gay teen who can’t make the smile reach her eyes as she recalls the day she was hit by a van because of her sexuality. Kelby is one of five people and families documented over<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/24/new-film-examines-bullying-in-u-s-schools/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dozen Las Vegas second-graders were given a common English assignment one recent morning: Write a story using new vocabulary words. But instead of picking up a pencil and paper, these students launched the Pages word processing application on their iPads and started tapping. One precocious youngster in the back of the room raised his<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/22/at-las-vegas-charter-school-ipads-power-project-based-learning/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>10 educational iPad apps recommended by Explore Knowledge Academy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Explore Knowledge Academy has its grand opening celebration in March 2012, it will become the first &#8220;iSchool&#8221; in Nevada, with a 1-to-1 ratio of iPad tablets to students. EKA students as young as kindergartners use the iPad to learn traditional subjects in math, English, social studies, and science. (To read about their experience, click<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/22/10-educational-ipad-apps-recommended-by-explore-knowledge-academy/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Viewpoint: Tests don’t measure teachers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If we really care about the education of young people in poverty, we will stop focusing on test results and pay much more attention to the quality of life students and families endure. The more their parents and the students themselves are employed, the better their housing and transportation, the better their health care and<a href="http://www.eclassroomnews.com/2012/02/22/viewpoint-tests-don%e2%80%99t-measure-teachers/">&#160;&#160;[ Read More ]</a>]]></description>
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