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"Lesson planning is stressful and time-consuming, but is important in giving us an action plan for the entire school year. The way we design our curriculums and the activities we use will determine how successful our learners will be in grasping new knowledge. Lesson design and planning is important. "
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"A parent’s first priority must always be to ensure their own child gets the education they deserve. With the options available today through digital learning, parents have more tools at their disposal than ever. (We discussed some of these in “5 Steps That Take 5 Minutes and Can Supercharge Your Child’s Education.”)"
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How Many Satellites Are Currently In Orbit Video - YouTube
"The most up-to-date data comes from CelesTrak which is funded by the Center for Space Standards and Innovation, located in Colorado Springs. As of this writing, there are over 13,000 satellites in orbit (they CLAIM.. non black ops) and over 20,500 satellites have decayed since 1957. Looking carefully at the data it appears that there are just under 3,500 satellites that are both functioning and in their correct orbit compared to nearly 10,000 that are classed as debris but haven't yet decayed. So 75% of the satellites orbiting the Earth are junk!"
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Mobile Learning Studio - YouTube
"Welcome to the age of mobile media. Smartphones, tablets, and laptops are the smart way to get your message out how can you effectively reach an audience on so many different devices? Become our client and we'll take care of that for you."
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Pinterest 101 for Teachers: 5 Power Pinners You Should Follow | Education World Community
"The key is to follow others who actively use Pinterest to collect great classroom and education related resources and ideas. Who you follow really matters because it directly influences the quality of the content you see when you visit Pinterest. It's great to follow friends and people who you respect, but you also need to make sure you are following some power pinners who will make the whole experience even better. We've put together a five of five must-follow Pinterest users to help you get in the pinning groove. Ready?"
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BetterLesson: Share What Works | Free K-12 Lesson Plans, materials and resources
"Browse a wide array of documents, presentations, full lessons — even complete units and courses. Share your curriculum and connect with fellow educators around the world."
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Study: '21st-Century Learning' Demands Mix of Abilities| The Committed Sardine
"A "who's who" team of experts from the National Academies' division of behavioral and social sciences and education and its boards on testing and on science education collaborated for more than a year on the report, intended to define just what researchers, educators, and policymakers mean when they talk about "deeper learning" and "21st-century skills.""
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12 Tips for New Teachers « Rethinking Schools Blog
"When I work with new teachers, I give them the following suggestions:"
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Parent-Teacher Conference | Project Appleseed
"Here are a few tips on getting the most out of your parent/teacher conference:"
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Teaching students to lie: historical method through hoaxes
"What happens when you teach students how to lie? Answer: they become better historians."
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Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero: 40 Sites for Educational Games
"With the start of school right around the corner, I decided to revisit a post I've done on sites for educational games. This list I've compiled has a nice mix of subjects and grade levels that teachers can use w/ their students."
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"So, the whole MOOC thing has been on my brain of late for a variety of reasons…the Coursera announcement, the figuring out of which of the many MOOC-ish variations is really a MOOC, and the implications of all of it (if any) for the K-12 set. Let me just say at the outset that I’m most interested in the Canadian style MOOC (a la Siemens, Downes, Cormier, Couros, et al.) which fully puts the onus of learning on the learner and the community of learners that form around the topic. As opposed to the Coursera model, there aren’t any canned videos being flipped, just big questions and interactions among the participants attempting to answer them."
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THE HISTORY OF CAPS LOCK [INFOGRAPHIC]
"We’ve all been there. You’re trying to have an adult conversation over the internet and an argument arises. All caps fill the screen, your eyes melt out of your face and you admit defeat. In all seriousness, caps lock is the devil. No one ever capitalizes more than two words. The only defense for anyone typing in all caps is to ‘get a point across’ AKA, ‘be annoying.’"
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Top 10 Windows 8 apps — so far | VentureBeat
"Whether you want it or not, Microsoft will release its Windows 8 operating system on October 26. The new OS upends the familiar Start menu-based interface you’ve known since Windows 95 in favor of one more streamlined for tablets."
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HTG Explains: Why Does Windows 8 Want Me To “Trust This PC”? - How-To Geek
"A trusted PC is a Microsoft account security feature. Only trusted PCs are allowed to synchronize passwords. You can also more easily reset your password from a trusted PC, should you ever forget it."
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How I Got My Digital Life Back Again After An Epic Hacking | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
"When my data died, it was the cloud that killed it. The triggers hackers used to break into my accounts and delete my files were all cloud-based services — iCloud, Google, and Amazon. Some pundits have latched onto this detail to indict our era of cloud computing. Yet just as the cloud enabled my disaster, so too was it my salvation. Yes, you can die by the cloud. But you can live by it too. Here’s how I regained my digital life after it was taken away from me."
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Review of Firefox for Android and Chrome for Android - Bonnie Cha - Product Reviews - AllThingsD
"Smartphones can free you from your desk, as they allow you do many things on the go, including surfing the Internet. But the browser that comes preloaded on your phone doesn’t always offer the best features or performance."
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