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Online Pro D for April 7, 2010
From Steve Hargadon: EDUCATION FOR A DIGITAL WORLD 2.0 SERIES 11:30am PDT (US) / 2:30pm EDT (US) / 6:30pm GMT/UTC: "Towards implementation of eLearning at a multi-campus university" with Azra Naseem.  This session will present the case of Aga Kh (More)
Plagiarism
I thought I'd pass this along. Our school Librarian put together a nice thumbnail sketch of how to combat plagiarism Her blog is here: Bookminder • Teach lessons on academic integrity. • Model good p (More)
Marzano's Assessment Ideas
Okay, it had to come sooner or later. A post from me on Robert J Marzano's assessment ideas. There's a lot here. He's got a few biggish books on it (More)
UBD and Science Curriculum
Right now I'm feeling a bit adrift. As a science teacher in my past life (well, 3 years ago before this VP gig went full time) I hold a special place in my heart for science classes and curriculum. And I like to try to think of ways to integrate powe (More)
What I found when searching for Performance Tasks for Evolution
Okay, I think these screen shots would speak for themselves. First, my search categories: [caption id="attachment_7" align="alignnone" width="501" caption="Here's me searching for anything evolution related."]More)
Performance Tasks Revisited
Still scrambling to find performance tasks for senior science courses, I went back to the source. More)
Assessment - the perils of coercion
I've been grappling with assessment as it relates to education for about five years now.  Six years ago and before I just assessed. I gave quizzes, tests, labs, projects and assignments. I marked them. I handed them back. I used a marks program to de (More)