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Entries Tagged as 'classwork'

Welcome to the best Crew in the World!

September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

So here I sit and what great speech will I give you for day one of your junior year at CBHS? I’m not quite sure but here are the top five reasons why I love being a Crew leader:
5. adolescents keep it real 24-7 365;
4. there is never a dull moment in Crew;
3. as I [...]

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Brakes, Gears and RSS

July 23rd, 2008 · 4 Comments

Bikers=Readers
Bikes without brakes and gears, know as Single-speed bikes have made a come back. I’ve been told they require the rider to make their way around the streets and trail old school, using instinct and quick twitch response rather than the overly cautious and limiting  brakes and gears of modern brakes. I interpreted David Parry’s [...]

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Why 18th century schools can’t use blogs

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Jeff Utecht sets the record straight on the possibilities of education blogging. He writes, “if you do not bring the conversation back into the classroom, they are no different from assignments written on paper”. Time is a constant constrain in the classroom and possibly I reason why blogs are being used in limited short term [...]

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Seeing the best in all things

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

On the University of Southern Maine’s Gorham campus room 405 in Bailey Hall was kinda like the world. Most of the room was not online as seen above. On the other side of the room, I was among one of ten adults learning the ways of Web life 2.0. I’m a blogger looking at the [...]

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NETS goals for teachers

July 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Among the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for Teachers, number three: Model Digital-Age Work and Learning, best matches my focus in this course. I can see the utility of blogs in the classroom routine of teaching grading and tracking student progress. Yet I seek to use a blog this year support the smooth operation of [...]

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learning learning learning (my first blog)

July 21st, 2008 · No Comments

My first blog post
Smart is a choice! Casco Bay High School’s Peer Tutoring program is a place to get smarter. Students can become smarter as learning partners seeking help on school work and peer tutors who will get smarter by coaching and tutoring learning partners.

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