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@ImagineLearsaftey issue overblown fear. Still I believe pub will underwrite cost of e-readers. Charge same price w/ no overhead. lead loss
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@tracymercier Still I cringe when I ask tchrs about curriculum and reply "Connected Math" or "McDougal-Littel" materials no equal curric
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txtbks can be a material that provides a guide to tchrs whose goal is content knwledge. Real goal should be ln discourse of discipline.
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One txtbook challenge: Strong link between knowledge and comprhsnsion. How do we build knwgle? Using txtbooks that many cant access due 2 PK
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I am hoping that Broncos will ease up on Dallas Clark now that White is throwing up so many points. Is Clark still in this game?
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Maclin, That's the kind of points I need you to put up!
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@Synergism_ Right On! Huge correlation between words exposed to pre-K and fourth grade reading skills.
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Sitting in Alan Larson's presentation on assessment. Great intro for tchrs. Liked his discussion on disconnect between tchrs and tests.
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@wiobyrne @jgmac1106 Ian do you want to put in an ISTE proposal for next year. I think its in Philly!!
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Ct Dept of Ed Commish: Technology can never replace the type of deep learning, thinking, literacy, and deep understanding of text.
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Huge shout out to EdConnect for STEM I3 grant. Glad to see Litchfield hills represented. #FutureTense
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Outcome of #RTTP application is RESC alliance committee: a collaborative group that wants to examine the promise of technology and curric
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@jasontbedell We should send out some shout outs to see if anyone else would be interested. Have to check if there is a one appearance rule
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CT Dept of Ed Commisioner: The #RTTP application helped shape our legislative agenda. Even though we didn't get it #RTTP helped.
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Ct Commissioner of education: we need to retrain ourselves, before our students. Stop worrying about inherent works in technology.
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CT Commissioner of education explains that edtech is a massive dilemma, a mountain of work that needs to be included n teacher certification
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@jasontbedell We should get some folks together and put in a proposal on....something.
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Presenting today at the Connecticut future tense conference. Examining recent research on online reading comprehension.
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RT @rkiker: RT @moodlenews: Learn Moodle in fifteen minutes (one minute at a time) – created by @wesleyan_u http://goo.gl/fb/uCjPv #moodle
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@jasontbedell I don't know.Prolly focus on my research of using social media to increase the critical stance students take towards media.
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