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Today, December 11, 2010 myself and my computer specialist partner had our last business meeting before the Launch Date for a new book scheduled now for Friday, December 17, 2010 Besides empowering Seniors(50 Plus) to become for-profit business entrepreneurs OR non-profit social entrepreneurs there is an urgency to change the seniors mindset from entitlements and withdrawal to taking advantage of Lifelong Learning opportunities to be more active, creative, productive and useful in…

This was originally posted on Assessment FOR Learning.

Here is a conversation you will probably never hear:

The other day I was talking with…

When I think of all the questions from students who have read my book, and of the wise words I have heard spoken by teachers and professors, and of the anxiety that troubled and impoverished students often bring into the…

I wasn't expecting my "interview" to actually be a screening call, but that is exactly what happened. A human resource specialist called me at a predesignated hour and day and made it clear this contact was a screening call she would hand over to supervisors at Aventa Learning, to which end, I MAY receive a callbackand. She went on to ask me a set of pointed questions: What did I think was the biggest barrier to an online student's learning? Why did I want to become an online educator? And…

Why did I take that class dealing with Communication and Collaboration I asked myself? As I was going through PBS’s courses for teachers, one class caught my attention- Communication and Collaboration. When the class first started, I really did not have an idea of what it was going to be about or how I could use it. In the first week I found out that it was for getting our students ready…

I wanted to get iPad use into my school and decided to buy one as a library book that can be borrowed by the teaching staff 3 days a week and explored by the students on the other 2. I think that this might help to get the ball rolling to help everyone in a high school figure out ways to integrate this technology into classrooms. By letting students explore and then asking them to think about ways to bring it into their classes they will make it easier for digital…

Here is a great STEM resource.

John Roach writes:Video games might make some of us fat and depressed, but Canadian researchers are hoping gamers will find an online puzzle challenge addictive enough to help them figure out the origins of

genetic…

I've been trying to land a job with KC Distance Learning for over a year. My interest in online education began three years ago, when I chose to homeschool my oldest child who had recently been given an IEP and was still not doing so hot in the classroom. Since I was a teacher and had just recently left my position due to a relocation, I was jobless and needing a focus. I decided to take on the education of my own child and after careful research into the world of homeschool curriculum I…

Over 50 Apps and Growing – New Resource Page Will Be Updated Frequently.

Last week I published a draft of this new page and sought feedback from readers. My objective has been the creation (and regular updating) of a listing of free Internet based resources that teachers can use to do some of the many things they need to do in their jobs, in a more efficient or effective manner (thus the label, ”productivity resources”).…

SF Superintendent and Board Complicit in Embezzlement Scheme?…

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