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New iPrep Academy gives students technology-rich environment

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he school will provide students with a technology-rich environment by giving each student a laptop computer to use at the fully Wi-Fi enabled campus and at home. In addition, the curriculum will consist of both online and face-to-face classes of the Honors and Advanced Placement level. According to Pimienta, the combination of computer and traditional classes will give learning a more individualistic twist. “It will make the learning experience more personal,” said Pimienta. “It’s not the standard curriculum you see in normal high schools — it will be adapted for the environment.”

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Free Resources for Educational Excellence (or FREE, for short)

[Via The Big Deal Book]
Free Resources for Educational Excellence (or FREE, for short) is an
extensive compilation of free resources from federal agencies. Browse the
Subject Map to review topics, type in a keyword to search the entire
database or click on the featured links for current topics of interest. Sign up
for the FREE RSS to get notification several times a week of new resources
being added to the more than 1,500 existing resources on the site.
Web: http://www.free.ed.gov/

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Business Is Brisk for Teacher Training Alternatives

[Via Joanne Jacobs]
The high unemployment rate has provided an unexpected boon for the nation's public schools: legions of career-switchers eager to become teachers. ... read the whole article

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Australian Children's Television Foundation's Learning Centre – resource for educators.

Television, film and multimedia have an important role in learning across curriculum areas and topics.
The ACTF has quality Australian resources to support educators in primary to tertiary and community roles.
There are free lesson ideas, learning resources and classroom activity sheets to help your students learn. "
ACTF’s Learning Centre

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K-12 online conference: Bridging the divide, 30 November

http://k12onlineconference.org/
The K-12 online conference invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning. This free conference is run by volunteers and open to everyone.

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See 'ME' not the ADHD, 20 August, Melbourne

http://www.acer.edu.au/proflearn/SpecialNeeds.html
This one day workshop will provide research findings related to the characteristics of ADHD and the most effective strategies to support the learning and social needs of students with ADHD.

We choose the moon


  • We Choose the Moon is an interactive experience recreating the historic Apollo 11 mission to the Moon in real time.
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Teachers – Win the trip of a lifetime to Antarctica

In celebration of the upcoming release of Robert Swan’s new book, Antarctica 2041: My Quest to Save the Earth’s Last Wilderness, with Native Energy and Broadway Books, is proud to offer one teacher a once-in-a-lifetime free trip to Antarctica, aboard Robert Swan’s International Antarctic Treaty Expedition (IATE), November 16-30, 2009.

From July 1 through September 4, 2009, teachers or professors can visit the contest website and submit a compelling essay, 500 words-or-less, titled: “Why I want to visit Antarctica this November, and how I plan to bring the skills I learn back to my classroom.”

More here

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Video – Microsoft's Learning Essentials

Free templates and tutorials for teachers and students in the classroom environment
Microsoft Learning Essentials video

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Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning. A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies

" The meta-analysis found that, on average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction."
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