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OER Presentation at WhippleHill User Conference

openedblogger wrote 3 days ago: ccLearn’s tweeted that their presentation at the WhippleHill User Conference 2009 is now avail … more →

Tags: open-education, C/C++, CC licenses, Creative Commons, E-learning, Openness

Blended instruction more effective than either face-to-face or online instruction alone, study suggests

educblog wrote 4 days ago: T.H.E. Journal reports: The United States Department of Education reported recently that it’s … more →

Tags: Technology in Education, Alternative Education, Higher Education, School Reform

(Un)professional development

Randy Clemens wrote 5 days ago: In urban high schools across America, principals observe teachers. Observations divide nicely into t … more →

Tags: What's Happening?, observations, Professional Development, Teaching

July 21st STS-125 Space Shuttle Crew Tweetup!

osgc wrote 5 days ago: Advance registration is required. NASA will host a Tweetup with space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-12 … more →

Tags: Blogroll, Cool Science, Higher Education, NASA, Science, Student Opportunities, Teacher Opportunities, STS-125, twitter

Free Training Workshops for Afterschool Universe Astronomy Program - Greenbelt MD, July 23-24, 2009

osgc wrote 5 days ago: Afterschool Universe is a hands-on astronomy program targeted at middle school out-of-school-time se … more →

Tags: astronomy, Educational Materials, NASA, Professional Development, Science, STEM, Teacher Development, Teacher Opportunities, Workshop

Outreach and Education SEED Grants for Astronomy Researchers - Deadline July 31, 2009

osgc wrote 5 days ago: Simple Efective Education and Dissemination (SEED) Grants for astronomy researchers avaialbe for 200 … more →

Tags: astronomy, Funding, Higher Education, Research, Science, STEM

Changes to national teacher education standards announced

educblog wrote 1 week ago: Inside Higher Ed reports: Teacher education programs are now required to meet higher standards or in … more →

Tags: Faculty (K-12)

Public school districts must pay for private special education, Supreme Court finds

educblog wrote 1 week ago: NPR reports: In a 6-to-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that school districts could be req … more →

Tags: Alternative Education, Legal issues in education, school funding, Students with disabilities

NJ high school, focused on learning communities, achieves 100% graduation rate

educblog wrote 1 week ago: The AP, via MSNBC, reports: MetEast [High School in Camden, NJ] graduated its first class of seniors … more →

Tags: Alternative Education, college preparation, Diversity & multicultural issues, School Reform

School Newsletter - June 2009 & Kindergarten Requests

Graham Arts wrote 1 week ago: Today we are publishing our year-end school newsletter. The paper edition went home at the end of th … more →

Tags: Newsletters and Notices, / Poirier

New Educational materials Available From NASA

osgc wrote 1 week ago: The Educational Materials section of NASA’s Web site offers classroom activities, educator gui … more →

Tags: Educational Materials, lesson plans, NASA, Science, STEM

English Children's Stories Translated into Spanish

openedblogger wrote 1 week ago: Gavin Baker at Open Access News is reporting the launch of Editorial Flamboyent, which publishes Spa … more →

Tags: open-education, Open Content, commons, book, Education

Fighting social stereotypes with the aid of video games

educblog wrote 1 week ago: Note: this is cross-posted with my Cognitive Science Blog Science Daily reports: Social problems li … more →

Tags: Alternative Education, Diversity & multicultural issues, Outside the Classroom, Technology in Education

What Can Colleges Learn from Online K-12 Schools?1 comment

jimskcc wrote 1 week ago: By Jim Shimabukuro Editor K-12 school systems, such as California Virtual Academies (or CAVA), are p … more →

Tags: College(s), completely, Online, Programs, School, System, California Virtual Academies, cava, Accrediting Commission for Schools

Next Week at Poirier - June 22nd to 25th, 20093 comments

Graham Arts wrote 1 week ago: We’ve finally arrived at the last week of school! Students and staff have been working hard all year … more →

Tags: / Poirier, Special Events, Weekly Update

California schools face potentially devestating budget cuts

educblog wrote 1 week ago: The AP (via USA Today) reports: California’s historic budget crisis threatens to devastate a p … more →

Tags: school funding

We Fail When Students Fail

Randy Clemens wrote 2 weeks ago: Forty-four of seventy-seven students did not pass the eighth grade at Bradwell Elementary School, a … more →

Tags: What's Happening?, Accountability, democracy, Failure, School Participation, social promotion

Moodle Courses for Linux in Education1 comment

openedblogger wrote 2 weeks ago: Open Source Schools is highlighting the website Linux for Education. The Moodle site reportedly has … more →

Tags: open-education, Open-Source, Online Learning, Education

New direction2 comments

Don wrote 2 weeks ago: I recently wrote about fear and doubt and how I was uncertain of my future and how that future might … more →

Tags: Education, Web 2.0, Wikinomics, GOOGLE DOCS, Prayer, SMS, technology, twitter


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