http://www.edtags.org/ http://www.edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://www.edtags.org/bookmarks.php/keene Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://oedb.org/library/features/150-writing-resources As a student, writer, author, journalist, poet, or screenwriter, you know that you probably spend more time on research, editing, and proofreading than you do on the actual writing. Therefore, you might not have time to find resources to help you write better, faster, or more persuasively. This is where our list comes to your rescue, as the following links focus on places where you can conduct research, software that is free and easy to use, and services that will remove that "extra work" monkey from your back. keene Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:12:01 +0000 writing research papers resources http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1qee-bTZI keene Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:07:50 +0000 http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html Now that we are using the Internet in the classroom to support instruction, it is important the area of assessment be addressed. One usable method for teachers is to provide a rubric for student use and for both formative and summative assessment purposes. Another is to provide some type of graphic organizer. Below you will find a collection of assessment rubrics and graphic organizers that may be helpful to you as you design your own. Let me know if you have one you would like to share! A book dealing with both the theoretical and practical design of rubrics is the ASCD publication, Assessing Student Outcomes: Performance Assessment Using the Dimensions of Learning Model. keene Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:18:50 +0000 rubrics web pages websites assessment evaluation http://www.ted.com/ Inspired talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers keene Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:17:47 +0000 technology entertainment design conference http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryRSS.cfm?ArticleID=7375 As the 2008-09 e-Rate filing window approaches, administrators of the program are encouraging e-Rate coordinators from schools and libraries across the country to get the basics right. When common mistakes are avoided and the basics of an application are strong, they say, the "application generally goes right." keene Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:33:21 +0000 back to basics erate libraries technology t502 http://www.sailsinc.org/Durfee/resources/index.htm Decent list of student and teacher resources. keene Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:29:24 +0000 student resources teacher resources libraries http://www.lifehack.org/articles/miscellaneous/the-ten-videos-to-change-how-you-view-the-world.html Interesting videos... keene Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:27:00 +0000 t530 videos ted http://www.firstclasseducation.org/ According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), just four years ago seven states across America -- from Utah to Maine, Tennessee to New York -- placed at least 65% of their operational budgets in the classroom. Now only two states do. Four years ago fourteen states placed less than 60% of their budgets in the classroom. Now twenty states aren’t even getting 60% to their classrooms. The NCES has reported dramatic recent increases in K-12 education funding – four times the rate of inflation – while for four straight years the percentage of dollars reaching America’s classrooms has declined. Just 61.3% is now reaching our classrooms as a national average. We can and must do better. keene Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:23:19 +0000 65 cents schools budgets accounting a027 http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/75/33/7533.pdf The July issue of the Progress of Education Reform is devoted to Dropout Prevention. It looks at the results of five separate studies on different aspects of the issue. keene Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:20:18 +0000 graduation high school dropout http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2007/08/20/poll_young_peoples_heroes_are_parents/ WASHINGTON --When it comes to those they most admire, young people do not look chiefly to the worlds of music, today's wars or history. Instead, they turn to their own families. keene Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:19:39 +0000 teens parents heros http://www.teachersdomain.org/ Teachers' Domain is an online educational service with two related components — Collections and Courses — that help teachers enhance their students' learning experiences and advance their own teaching skills. keene Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:18:15 +0000 online resources teachers science science education earth science engineering life science physical science http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaH4y6ZjSfE Video from Dove's "real beauty" campaign showing the onslaught of ads a young girl sees from the beauty industry keene Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:16:05 +0000 dove campaign for real beauty media literacy girls http://www.reading.org/downloads/choices/cc2007_bookmark.pdf The International Reading Association and the Children’s Book Council have published the Children’s Choices for 2007. These are the favorite books for kids in K-6 as chosen by the kids themselves. keene Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:13:00 +0000 ira childrens lit http://efficacy.org/ he Efficacy Institute, Inc. is a national, not-for-profit agency of education reform. We are committed to developing all children to high standards.The central objectives of our work are: to build belief that virtually all children can "get smart;" and to build the capacity of adults to set the terms to help them do so. keene Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:08:59 +0000 efficacy jeff howard self efficacy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o This is from the author of "The Machine is Watching Us" keene Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:07:41 +0000 youtube video student 2.0 millenials ed tech