Learning in Maine
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Checking for Truth

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Three places to double-check facts and sources: http://www.snopes.com/ http://www.factcheck.org/ http://www.politifact.com/ And a plac...

Trust Online: Evaluating Information

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I've come to realize that one of the most important skills that we can develop is the ability to determine if the information we hear...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

MLTI Consultative Model of Professional Development

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The MLTI is using the Consultative Model of Professional Development starting this year.  For more information on the possibilities, check ...

Interactive Simulations for Education

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PhET: Interactive Simulations BBC School Science Clips NASA Simulation Gizmos (Subscription) eduMedia (Subscription) Add additional...
Sunday, August 22, 2010

Common Core State Standards, Common Core, and Partnership for 21st Century Learning

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This past week my colleagues pointed me to a Video about a new initiative in New Brunswick, Canada, which uses the Partnership of 21st Learn...
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Midcoast Maine Homeschool Center

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By Pam Kenney About 5000 Maine children in kindergarten through the twelfth grade were homeschooled during the 2009-10 school year. That...
Thursday, August 12, 2010

In Praise of RSU #10 Computer Technical Staff

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Very often Maine school technology technical staff don't get the respect they deserve.  It can be a very frustrating job, with last-minu...
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Friday, August 6, 2010

Summertime and Net Neutrality

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"Summertime and the Livin' is Easy" ~ Porgy & Bess It's summertime and our guard is down. What better time for som...
Thursday, August 5, 2010

Common Core State Standards Implementation

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Let's face it, for better or worse, the CCSS is a done deal. ACHIEVE - the architect of this document with financial support of large...

NCEE, Pearson, RttT, CCSS, USED & Gates

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The Ascent of America's Choice and the Continuing Descent of America's High Schools   ~ Sandra Stotsky
Monday, August 2, 2010

Should Maine Adopt CCSS?

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 MPBN: "New Learning Standards in the Works for Maine Students" Proposed Rule Change for Adoption of Common Core Standards INF...
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Everyday Words at Castine

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Agenda Link Everyday Words Google Site
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Digital Citizenship - Raising the Flag

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Castine 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010

Gates, CCSS, RttT & Continuing to Follow the Money

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Huffington Post: The Most Dangerous Man in America Business Week: Bill Gates' School Crusade Education News; Corporate Role in Commo...
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Does It Resemble a Factory?

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  “An important question to ask of any proposed educational innovation is simply this: Is it intended to make the factory run more effici...
Sunday, July 11, 2010

Let's Use Normal Language With Kids

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by Bob Keteyian Often, we use words like depression , bi-polar , panic attack , generalized anxiety disorder , and more to describ...
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Marion Brady: Education Reform: An Ignored Problem, and a Proposal

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"The most useful thing Congress and state departments of education can do is abandon authoritarian, centralizing initiatives and legi...
Monday, June 28, 2010

Summer Institute Reminder!

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Take a break from the pressures of summer chores and recreation for a professional recharge in Castine at the 2010 MLTI Summer Institute J...
Sunday, June 27, 2010

Two Stories - Two Pictures

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by Robert V. Keteyian Ned is a very active seven year old boy—tireless and constantly in motion.  His continuous imaginative play is capti...

Follow the Money . . .

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Who controls education in the United States of America? " This group of very rich people ignored this body of research that ...
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