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Overview | What does the state of Haiti’s school system reveal about the devastation and social problems there? How does any school system reflect its community and country? What misconceptions about a country’s values and culture might an examination of its schools give rise to? In this lesson, students examine how Haiti’s schools have been devastated following the earthquake. They then execute one of the following projects: comparing post-quake Haiti to post-hurricane New Orleans and writing poetry; taking photographs that tell their school’s story; graphing the relationships among GDP, education spending and literacy; or researching one country’s education system and how it conveys and reflects national culture.

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/telling-tales-out-of-school-what-education-systems-reveal-about-culture/

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I will be teaching RST (Instructional Practices….) for the first time this upcoming school year. I am in the process of getting work sites fro my students . Do we not use  Private Nursery schools that teacher preschoolers; I have not heard any one mention them as a possible site. I have a few in our area that would like to use our students. Could someone please let me know if I can use these sites or not. Thanks

Denise

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In these video clips from actual classrooms around the country, Doug Lemov, founder of the charter-school network Uncommon Schools, analyzes techniques that effective teachers use to get students to pay attention and follow instructions.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/07/magazine/20100307-teacher-videos.html?ex=1283317200&en=cdefb61fb555d1d2&ei=5087&WT.mc_id=VI-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M139-ROS-0310-L1&WT.mc_ev=click#/correcting

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Doug Lemov, a former teacher, principal, charter school founder turned consultant for troubled schools looks at what it means to be a good teacher and how to advise teachers to be better.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/magazine/07Teachers-t.html?em

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High school students in a rural Texas district have started using videoconferencing to learn and teach as they reach out to the rest of the country using technology-based resources they’ve created themselves.

http://thejournal.com/articles/2010/03/04/technology-turns-students-into-educators-in-distance-learning-program.aspx

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Across West Tennessee and the rest of the nation around 45 million students took part in the Read Across America that ties into the birthday of beloved children’s author Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. The initiative is part of a year-round literacy campaign by the National Education Association aimed at getting children interested in reading. 

See the link below to read the full article.

http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20100303/NEWS01/3030318/Nationwide+reading+initiative+aims+to+foster+lifelong+love+of+learning

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The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences is hard at work developing new materials for the new education and training courses.  Be on the look out for the following materials.

NEW Student Reference Book! (this will replace Reaching to Teach student book)

 One book for two courses: 

1.Instructional Practice in Education and Training
2.Practicum in Education and Training

Includes MyEducationLab online feature with videos, homework & exercises, virtual field experiences, case studies, readings, and more!

NEW, online, all-in-one curriculum available for 2010 E & T courses

- Human Growth and Development
- Prinicples of Education & Training

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I just wanted to thank Demeatrice Peters and Loretta McDonald for organizing and putting on the RST Winter Symposium. There was a terrific turnout and great exchange of ideas and resources. I truly enjoyed getting to visit with each of you. It is a pleasure to development materials for such a great group of teachers!

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Save the Date for the 2010 Promethean ActivEducator Conference in Fort Worth, Texas.

Date:  Friday, June 18^th, 2010  –  8:30-3:00

Location:  The Academy at Camp Bowie, Fort Worth ISD, 7060 Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, TX 76116
Registration:  Online registration will be coming in early May – please save the date on your calendars!
Conference Fee:  Approximately $25 (to be determined – will be $25 or less)

Please save the date of Friday, June 18th for a Promethean conference which will include a day of learning with other ActivClassroom users across the region. Come to beautiful Fort Worth, Texas to share flipchart curriculum, learn best practices, and attend ActivClassroom breakout sessions. This one day Promethean conference will provide opportunities for teachers of all grade levels to be inspired and connect with other ActivClassroom teachers for motivation and innovative ideas.

Your conference fee will cover a continental breakfast, all sessions (including a certificate of completion), lunch, and entry into door prize drawings. You will attend all ActivClassroom-focused concurrent sessions by ActivClassroom teachers, and connect with Promethean users, experts, and staff for motivation, education, and community.

Visit www.texasactiveducator.webs.com >Fort Worth Conference for more information on the conference and for information on submitting a presentation proposal.

 

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Toddlers using iPhones…sounds far fetched, but not for a group of toddlers at Weston’s Country School.

http://www.wickedlocal.com/weston/news/education/x626060581/Technology-advances-for-toddlers-at-Country-School

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