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Blackboard in the High School Classroom
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An article from the New York Times just came out and I have been printing it and taking it to my Blackboard workshops. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/study-finds-that-online-education-beats-the-classroom/
It is just a two pager, but it ...
I am an avid Blackboard user and love what it has done for my high school classrooms. However, I have found it very to difficult to get many of my peers, admin. and community to buy into the idea of having online sources for the high school classr...
I am not sure where you are in the state, but the new Blackboard 9.0 has journaling, blogs and great discussions areas. Most ISDs who have BB are going to the new version this summer. You can create groups and have them do group work. There is als...
So far, I feel like I've been using Plurk more than twitter...a little more personalized I think. This may be a great utility for educators to communicate with each other, but anyone have any ideas how we could utilize this in the classroom; espec...
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- Royal Oak, MI
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- Roseville High School
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- Biology Teacher
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- At 5:35pm on July 9, 2009,
Michael Barbour said… - Welcome Bob... Glad you successfully found your way here...
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Let's talk blended learning here. With the increase in blended learning taking place, it's great to have a spot to connect, share ideas, resources, suggestions, etc.
I'm presenting at MACUL at two different sessions one on how to use Google SketchUp and the other on how to use Blender (both are free 3D modeling software applications).
I am currently posting video podcasts and sketchup files on MI Learning (iT...
A place on the web for the MI-Champions to share, discover, and create new knowledge.
The Tech's Workbench is an area to discuss technical issues as they relate to the educational community.
Michigan Discovery Educator Network: Connecting with others to Learn, Share and Grow.
Congratulations to Ben Rimes on their new baby born today (Saturday, December 5) at 2:33 a.m.!
There are also a huge amount of videos on YouTube about this Wii Interactive Whiteboard System. Just search for IR PEN, or if you want to see me make a professor of myself search for "nerd ir pen".
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This group is for people who are interested in using Skype to connect with other teachers for idea sharing, and for classroom video conferencing.
In this session, Nellie Deutsch will talk about the subject & predicate of a sentence and subject/verb agreement.
Learning English Online (LEO) : Grammar & Words by Nellie Deutsch
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