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Just went through and saw some amazing uses of #Mahara not just as an eportfolio tool but as a scoial network connecting schools across CT.
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RT @MoodleMcKean: Using #Twitter in UNI research teaching & impact activities Guide: academics & researchers #eLearning http://t.co/0NmS ...
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RT @heoj: RT @writingproject We just created a playlist of #whyiwrite videos--because writing goes beyond the page: bit.ly/rg6fL6 #nwp # ...
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Here is a prose>poetry video example for our poetry session: Merwin, social justice, and multimodality http://youtu.be/R7T9qZs8qsw #ncte11
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@USCTeacher thanks for the link #edchat
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@USCTeacher At the same time we havew been throwing money at the probelm since Nation at Risk was published in the 80's. to no avail #edchat
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@mrsalander @USCTeacher A comparison of prion expenditures versus higher education expeditures: http://bit.ly/qB6AMD #edchat
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In CT we spend more on incarceration than education. Until that ratio changes nothing will change the opportunity gap #edchat
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RT @geraldaungst: @isteconnects @jgmac1106 In gifted ed, we use multiple criteria for identification. Why can't that be true for school ...
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@geraldaungst @isteconnects It will be interesting to see what versions of #commoncore test come out of the two collaboratives
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@isteconnects don't mean to come across as anti. We need to make policy decisions w/ data. Its the consequential validity worrisome #edchat
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RT @tomwhitby: If schools in areas of poverty have a culture that goes against Govt and Education we need to work on culture & attitudes ...
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@geraldaungst @isteconnects do grants need 2 b connected 2 scores, know practices of effective teachers maybe look 4 increased freq #edchat
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RT @GeofferyKehrig: Standardized tests should identify which communities to support with additional gov. funding ... NOT to punish stude ...
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wonder how much do we really need a robust fed dept of ed, what if that budget was divided up and given to the states #edchat #justsayin
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@geraldaungst @isteconnects not all r fans, but I like the idea of grants based on reform plans (connection to results worrisome) #edchat
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teachers could proably self rank students in their class and these would correlate very well with test result cost millions less #edchat
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@isteconnects We can't have a funding system based on real estate taxes, high pov with three family and low assessment #edchat
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@rliberni There are efforts, but it will take an influx of capital and restructuring of priorities.
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@CTuckerEnglish @drdouggreen Tchs need 2know tests r kind of genre, and like all genres have specific structures that can be taught #edchat
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