“Skype in the Classroom” Presentation (Updated) | Diary of a Public School Teacher!

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“Skype in the Classroom” Presentation (Updated)

Posted November 16, 2013 by Oldschoolteach in Blogging about Education, Education Blog. Tagged: global classrooms, Mystery Skype, Skype education presentation, Skype in the classroom. Leave a Comment

Seeing as how SlideRocket is closing down, and I was presenting Skype in the Classroom at a tech conference, I decided to update my little presentation. Words of wisdom, take advantage of the Skype in the classroom site, it offers amazing opportunities for your students to engage in some “real world” learning!! READ MORE…

Nite Cap 11-16-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2

James Baldwin said it best: 

"For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."

A BIG EDUCATION APE NITE CAP

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Oregon Save Our Schools: The Oregonian's Anti-Union Agenda

Oregon Save Our Schools: The Oregonian's Anti-Union Agenda: The Oregonian's Anti-Union AgendaCurrent contract negotiations between Portland Public Schools and the Portland Association of Teachers are faltering.  Local media, thought to be responsible for investigating and writing in an objective manner in order to inform the community of the situation appears to be serving more as a place to bash teacher unions instead.A recent piece came out which this phenomenon is analyzed."Since bargaining started, the Oregonian's editorial board has written a series of commentaries about negotiations

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Teaching in a Dystopic State ! : Common Core and More

Teaching in a Dystopic State ! : Common Core and More: Common Core and MoreMr. Young is wrong - but only about one thing! "Education IS quantifiable"! The quantity of public money shoveled to corporations to provide volumes of testing, new "innovative" curricula and highly paid administrative positions is quantifiable and IS in the $$$ BILLIONS !  The end game is to create a privatized public educational system so as to extract even more taxpayer dollars from it for political buds and sycophants. A major problem with education today lies at the feet of the teachers themselv

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solidaridad: Rally at Galatzan Event Against LAUSD iPad Giveaway

solidaridad: Rally at Galatzan Event Against LAUSD iPad Giveaway: Rally at Galatzan Event Against LAUSD iPad GiveawayRally at Galatzan Event Against iPad Giveaway by Robert D. SkeelsLike Marie Antoinette, LAUSD's Tamar Galatzan is ignoring community needs with her flippant suggestion: the district should spend school bond money for thousands of iPads for every student and teacher. To the parents who want: Smaller Class Sizes, Arts Education, Physical Education, Early Education, Adult Education, Nurses, and Librarians Board Member Galatzan says Let Them Eat iPad! 

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Are desegregation funds helping? | UTSanDiego.com

Are desegregation funds helping? | UTSanDiego.com:

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11-16-13 Saturday Matinée Special Double Feature News Breakout

Saturday Matinée Special Corporate Reform School Girls News BreakoutSpecial  Sneak Preview - Witch Hunter starring Campbell Brown  News BreakComing to a theater near you! mark as readKing Harvest | California FatherKing Harvest | California Father: King Harvestby California Father on November 16, 2013 · Leave a CommentWent to a UTLA rally Wednesday. I didn’t really want to be there but decided to

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King Harvest | California Father

King Harvest | California Father: King Harvestby California Father on November 16, 2013 · Leave a CommentWent to a UTLA rally Wednesday. I didn’t really want to be there but decided to go anyway. The chants were uninspiring: “We want a raise. We want a raise.” But as the crowd got thicker on the patch of Beaudry roped off for the rally, I found myself agreeing with much that was said. Where was th

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A Day in the Life of an American School District.

50 Films « Go Public Project: A Day in the Life of an American School District. « Go Public ProjectWATCH GO PUBLIC50 FilmsBefore becoming part of the film, each of the 50 videos comprising GO PUBLIC was cut into a standalone short. Each unique story is a closer look at our subjects and their roles in public education.view them here »GO PUBLIC VoicesHear about PUSD from those who are living the exp

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MONDAY: Launching Beyond Borders via #StuVoice Chat - Student Voice

Student Voice: MONDAY: Launching Beyond Borders via #StuVoice Chat - This Monday at 8:30pmEST, Student Voice will be hosting a #StuVoice Twitter Chat for the launch of Beyond Borders. Beyond Borders is the latest development in Student Voice’s pursuit of its mission, and it takes it to an international scale. Read more about Beyond Borders here, connect with the director of this project, and check

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Ravitch’s Realistic Assessment of 2013 NAEP Results and Reform “Success” | deutsch29

Ravitch’s Realistic Assessment of 2013 NAEP Results and Reform “Success” | deutsch29: Ravitch’s Realistic Assessment of 2013 NAEP Results and Reform “Success”November 16, 2013In his smug review of education historian Diane Ravitch’s November 8, 2013, questioning of the inconsistencies in 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results as an indicator that the corporate reform agend

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John Arnold’s Big Fact Check | EduShyster

John Arnold’s Big Fact Check | EduShyster: John Arnold’s Big Fact Check The exquisite sensitivity of being a billionaire…Reader: last time we checked in with the rich they were different from you and me. For one thing, the rich are exquisitely sensitive, which is why the average billionaire sleeps on sheets with a thread count higher than your annual income. But the truly rich also have billions m

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STEMming the Tide of Lies | California Father

STEMming the Tide of Lies | California Father: STEMming the Tide of Liesby California Father on November 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment Okay, THERE IS NO CRISIS IN EDUCATIONGerald Bracey:President Obama told the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, “8th graders have fallen to 9th place.” That statistic comes from the 2008 round of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study. It’s true. But ther

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2nd Banana 11-16-13 Recap of Last Week's Best Post #EDchat #EDreform #RealEdTalk #p2 #1u

BIG EDUCATION APE 2ND BANANARECAP OF LAST WEEK'S BEST POST Rally for a Raise | United Teachers Los AngelesRally for a Raise | United Teachers Los Angeles: Rally for a RaiseStart: 11/13/2013 4:00 pmEnd: 11/13/2013 6:00 pm"It's About Time"Left represents the number of days as of Nov. 13, 2013UTLA will be holding a mass “It’s About Time” rally outside LAUSD headquarters beginning at 4 p.m.

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Morning Wink 11-16-13 AM Posts #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2

BIG EDUCATION APE - MORNING WINK  AM POSTS mark as readThe Problem With Standardized Testing | toteachornototeachThe Problem With Standardized Testing | toteachornototeach: The Problem With Standardized TestingSquare Pegs in Round Holes: The Problem With Standardized Testing by Kristen HoughtonThe school year is well under way; children seem to be passing all their subjects, and parents breathe a

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The Problem With Standardized Testing | toteachornototeach

The Problem With Standardized Testing | toteachornototeach: The Problem With Standardized TestingSquare Pegs in Round Holes: The Problem With Standardized Testing by Kristen HoughtonThe school year is well under way; children seem to be passing all their subjects, and parents breathe a sigh of relief. What more can you ask for, right?Plenty if you’re concerned about their future educational growth

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Does video justify Cherokee school board member's claim that... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com

Does video justify Cherokee school board member's claim that... | Get Schooled | www.ajc.com: Does video justify Cherokee school board member's claim that school chief almost ran her down? Previous PostsDruid Hills Charter Cluster and DeKalb School Board: Any hope for a redo? November 14, 2013Demanding 'no excuses' of schools and 'grit' of poor children while ignoring the real problemNovember 14,

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Inverted Totalitarianism | California Father

Inverted Totalitarianism | California Father: Inverted Totalitarianismby California Father on November 15, 2013 · Leave a Comment Whew, that is hard to say. Anyway, here is Chris Hedges on Sheldon Wolin: in classical totalitarianism politics trumps economics; in inverted totalitarianism economics trumps politics.  In classical totalitarianism power resides in a charismatic dictator; in inverted to

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SKrashen: Unemployment figures among recent college grads do not support claim of STEM worker shortage

SKrashen: Unemployment figures among recent college grads do not support claim of STEM worker shortage: Unemployment figures among recent college grads do not support claim of STEM worker shortageUnemployment figures among recent college grads do not support claim of STEM worker shortageS. Krashen  November, 2013 If there is a shortage of STEM workers, there should be very little unemployment amon

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teacherken at Daily Kos 11-16-13

teacherken at Daily Kos: mark as readLeaves at Day 30 - bloodwork now normaland as a result her transplant procedure is now complete.  She will have one more appointment with the transplant practice at Day 100 early next year, but she has no further medical restrictions at this time. She has come a long way since her cancer was first discovered on January 27. She is not cured, because this kind of

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With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week 11-16-13

With A Brooklyn Accent: With A Brooklyn Accent Go BATs All Week  mark as readWhat Schools in NYC Need- A Message from the BK Nation Education ForumOn Thursday, in Judson Memorial Church, a group of students, parents, teachers, principals and education researchers brought together by the new organization BK Nation had a frank discussion of what can be done to improve the public schools of New York

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All Week @ The Answer Sheet 11-16-13

The Answer Sheet:mark as readReport slams D.C.’s federally funded school voucher programMore trouble has cropped up for the D.C. school voucher program, the only federally funded program in the country that sends children to private school using public money to pay the tuition. A new U.S. General Accountability Office report says that  the local agency that administers the program — which has used

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11-16-13 Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Schooling in the Ownership Society All Week

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog:Schooling in the Ownership SocietyMike Klonsky's SmallTalk Schooling in the Ownership Society mark as readWe thought we were done with Vallas but... he's backLook out. Vallas is back in town. We tried to finish him off back in 2001 but...No sooner had I finished posting about how the Working Families Party and allies were running Paul Vallas out of Bridgeport, than I

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11-16-13 Wait What? All Week

Wait What?:         mark as readState-sanctioned child abuseFellow pro-public education advocate and commentator lays out the harsh truth about the absurdity of the massive standardized testing industry that is being forced up on America’s children, teachers and parents. Here is another must read column from Wendy Lecker: “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” Governmen

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11-16-13 Seattle Schools Community Forum Week

Seattle Schools Community Forum:Seattle Schools Community Forummark as readFocus on the SoutheastThere are no real or urgent capacity issues in the southeast part of the city. Consequently, a lot of the people there are puzzled by the changes proposed for that part of town and Director Patu is reported to be preparing an amendment to the Growth Boundary plan that will call for the deletion of any

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11-16-13 Ed Notes Online Week

Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes Online mark as readAdvice from a Lowly Retired Elementary School Computer Teacher - Hey Obama - It's Computer Science 1.1.... and some lessons for my colleagues in MORE.Bear with me on this one. Obama Care Spaghetti codeWith every passing day, it becomes clearer just how incompetent -- and really arrogant - team Obama is and has been - and I can begin to understand the of

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11-16 -13 Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All Week

Jersey Jazzman:Jersey Jazzman Jammin' All Week mark as readWe Don't Need a NJ Version of Race To The TopFor the life of me, I can't think of one good reason why New Jersey needs this:State Sen. Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex) has filed a bill to be heard on Thursday that would create an Innovation Fund and appropriate $5 million in its first year to help schools trying new programs in scheduling, technology

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11-16-13 Fred Klonsky | Running for our pensions. | VOTE 4 Fred Klonsky.

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Fred Klonsky | Running for our pensions. | VOTE 4 Fred Klonsky.mark as readNeighborhood public schools. An idea whose time has come in Chicago.11 2h Keeping retirement weird.  The Silence of the Lambs. I got a call from my retired friend Ed Rosenthal yesterday. His voice sounded tired. He told me that

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11-16-13 Perdido Street School Week

Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School mark as readArne Duncan - One Of The Best And Brightest Of Our GenerationWe need the best & brightest to #teach. Join the @TEACHorg Thunderclap to recruit the next generation http://t.co/uauAhwfL9V— Arne Duncan (@arneduncan) November 9, 2013The phrase "Best and Brightest" doesn't mean what Arne Duncan seems to think it means.  In modern us

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11-16-13 Radical Scholarship

Radical Scholarship: mark as read“Fahrenheit 451″ 60 Years Later: “Why do we need the things in books?”“Sometimes writers write about a world that does not yet exist,” Neil Gaiman begins his Introduction to the 60th Anniversary Edition of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451: This is a book of warning. It is a reminder that what we have is valuable, and that sometimes we take what we value for granted….

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Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 11-16-13 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAY mark as readThe Best Online Resources About President John F. KennedyThe fiftieth anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination is coming up next week, and I’ll certainly be making additions to this list. Here’s a start: JFK in Photos is from The Atlantic. Textbooks Reassess Kennedy, Pu

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This Week's Education Research Report 11-16-13 #SOSCHAT #EDCHAT #P2

Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK'S EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTmark as readStandardized Testing and the Common Core Standards: You Get What You Pay For?Eighty-five percent of American students attend school in a state that has adopted the Common Core State Standards. As these states transition from adoption to implementation of the new standards, many are grappling with how best to assess whether s

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 11-16-13

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT   mark as readLausd Board Won’T Censure President Richard Vladovic For Alleged Sexual Harassment, BullyingGalatzan’s motion is neither debated nor seconded as Garcia leaves room. tweeted from the pressroom -  by @howardblume :: “4 insiders: Informed speculation had been that Villaraigosa worked out deal: Deasy

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NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education 11-16-13

NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education:NPE News Briefs mark as readNew York’s Teacher of the Year Is Not Rated “Highly Effective” | Diane Ravitch’s blogNew York’s Teacher of the Year testified to the State Senate Education Committee that the education evaluation system made it impossible for her to be rated “highly effective” because of the “dysfunctional implementation” of the Co

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11-16-13 Schools Matter All Week

Schools Matter:  Schools Matter All Weekmark as readThe Dirty Water on Mike Pence's Fascist CECIby Doug MartinMore information is coming into me, as we speak, concerning the CECI detailed below. I will be following up with more writings concerning Pence's group, so please sign the petition to tell Pence to stop his educational power grab. And call Mike Pence at 1 (317) 232-4567).  For an insightfu

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All Week 11-16-13 @ THE CHALK FACE

@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: All Week @ THE CHALK FACE  mark as read4 Corporate Education Reform Talking Points That Are Flat-Out LiesIf you listen to the buzz coming from the airwaves about education reform these days, you may notice that many things are starting to sound much too familiar–some even vomit-inducingly so.  It’s almost as if someone gave the spokespeople from state educati

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LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONG Diane Ravitch's blog 11-9-13 -13 #thankateacher #EDCHAT #P2

Diane Ravitch's blogLISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH ALL WEEK LONGDIANE RAVITCH'S BLOG mark as readNew York’s Teacher of the Year Is Not Rated “Highly Effective”New York’s Teacher of the Year testified to the State Senate Education Committee that the education evaluation system made it impossible for her to be rated “highly effective” because of the “dysfunctional implementation” of the Common Core standar

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Common Core Standards: Ten Colossal Errors - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Common Core Standards: Ten Colossal Errors - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher: Common Core Standards: Ten Colossal ErrorsBy Anthony Cody on November 16, 2013 6:18 AMA recent book described the "Reign of Errors" we have lived through in the name of education reform. I am afraid that the Common Core continues many of these errors, and makes some new ones as well. The Business Ro

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Statewide Special Education Task Force - State Board of Education

Statewide Special Education Task Force - State Board of Education (CA Dept of Education): Statewide Special Education Task ForceExamines California's complex systems for serving students with disabilities and forward recommendations to the State Board of Education, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, and the California Department of Education.Carl CohnCo-Chair, Special Education Task Force Fr

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White House backtracks on changes to No Child Left Behind | Al Jazeera America

White House backtracks on changes to No Child Left Behind | Al Jazeera America: White House backtracks on changes to No Child Left Behindby Dexter Mullins  @DexterMullins  November 15, 2013  3:11PM ETStates will not have to meet October 2015 deadline to show low-income students are not taught by bad teachersThe Department of Education has abandoned a three-month-old plan that would have forced sch

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Nite Cap 11-15-13 #BATsACT #RealEdTalk #EDCHAT #P2

James Baldwin said it best: "For these are all our children, and we will profit by or pay for whatever they become."A BIG EDUCATION APE NITE CAP mark as readDesign Lessons for Students, not Standards | The Classroom SoothDesign Lessons for Students, not Standards | The Classroom Sooth: Design Lessons for Students, not StandardsPosted on November 15, 2013 | Leave a commentHappy Friday, al

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