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Category Archives: Teacher Training
Google Teacher Academy for Administrators 2010
The Google Teacher Academy for Administrators has issued a call for applications from K-12 administrators for a FREE professional development program to increase use of innovative technologies. Each Academy is an intensive, one-day event. Participants have – hands-on experience with … Continue reading
Possible New Therapies of Locomotor Network Function
Interneurons in the spinal cord play a key role in generating the complex patterns of muscle activity that enable us to walk. These interneurons, together with motor neurons, form a neural network known as the central pattern generator (GPG). The … Continue reading
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Tablet PCs Change Teacher Prep and Performance
I think that Tablet and other mobile PCs have had a profound affect on teacher preparation and performance. Mobile PCs free up novices and experienced instructors to learn and instruct with material and information from beyond previously limiting personnel, walls, … Continue reading
Could Ayn Rand Teach in Your School?
Have you wondered, “Could Ayn Rand teach today in your school? Would other teachers allow her to express her ideas in classrooms, since many in business and entertainment find her ideas useful and profitable?” I would vote to include her … Continue reading
Particle Physics Masterclass 31st March / 1st April 2009
The Durham University Physics Department will host a one-day Masterclass for high school students March 31/April 1, 2009. This Masterclass will highlight some of the latest developments in particle physics research. It will be part of a national series of … Continue reading
ISTE Eduverse Talks: Episode 2
Jennifer Ragan-Fore announced the second episode of International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Eduverse Talks. The series highlights in both real life and Second Life innovations in educational technology. The series also uses Web 2.0 for building professional communities … Continue reading
Nonverbal Advantages for Teachers
Have you ever wondered why some people do not take your talk seriously? Carol Kinsey Gorman offers a brief video introduction about influences posture, gaze, and other behavior have on listeners. This video summarizes information in her book The Nonverbal … Continue reading
Learn to Teach with Advanced Electronic Technology
Vaishali Honawar reports in TPCK – Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge that more teacher colleges incorporate technology into math and science courses rather than just offer them separately. In his class to train preservice teachers in the use of instructional materials … Continue reading
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Children’s Research Center for Mobile Learning – Notes
In 2007, I drafted for someone a proposal for establishing a Children’s Research Center for Mobile Learning. Perhaps others will find these notes helpful for proposing such a program at another research university. Children’s Research Center for Mobile Learning – … Continue reading
Gates Foundation Invests in Chicago Public Schools Leadership
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced a commitment of $10.3 million to the Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL) to support the turnaround of chronically underperforming Chicagp Public Schools. AUSL is the only national program of its kind to … Continue reading