My Weekly Diigo Bookmarks (February 7, 2016)

• Pinkerton Academy

  Blizzard Bag Day today @Pinkerton_NH. Check Aspen 4 BB Day work. Visit https://t.co/TGsI0m44O5 4 athletic activity updates.

• News from The Associated Press

  Department of Education gives states ways to cut standardized testing https://t.co/3BSREpeREV

• Why Are Universities Fighting Open Education?

  tags: OER

• Musings about Technology in Work and Life | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

  Important point from Larry Cuban - The point is that technology has surely given us expanded choice, even creativity, in our daily lives but when it comes to a helping profession such as teaching where interactions between students and teachers are crucial to sustained learning, it is well to note that many of the software applications used in school then and now were add-ons that came from the business sector originally designed to get more work from less money spent.

  tags: technology reform classroom practice

• SearchReSearch: Teaching beginners how to search--lessons for teachers

  Good overview of simple search skills from Dan Russell

  tags: teaching beginners search

• Apple Distinguished…Once Again

  @jlscheffer @allegretto29 @patrickmlarkin @dvillanojr @ericconti Congrats&be proud to lead a tech distinguished schl https://t.co/d3wl1oaMEN

• 5 Gmail Hacks Every Teacher Should Know

  tags: gmail hacks teacher

• Michael Podraza EGHSPrincipalRI's Blog: Inspired by ISTE- Entering the Blogging World

  1st post in 2012 Inspired by @patrickmlarkin @gregkulowiec @ajjuliani Entering the Blogging World https://t.co/20UTd1n4eQ #iaedchat

  tags: iaedchat

• Drone Ascending Orbit Cam - YouTube

  Drone Ascending Orbit Cam @patrickmlarkin @BurlMASchools @3DRobotics @GoPro @bpsedtech https://t.co/mvBuQCTYEj

• Solution Saturday: Teammates Hate Each Other!

  Good ideas for working through dysfunction on a leadership team.

  tags: leadership dysfucntion team teamwork

• Response: Building Relationships With Families of ELLs -

  tags: relationships families ELL

• Parenting 2.0: Teach Tech and Empathy, Fight for Equity

  Good discussion of the many questions parents have about when and if they should be employing technology with their children.

  tags: parenting tech balance

• Can-Do Descriptors: A Free Tool for ESL Differentiation

  tags: esl differentiation ell

• Erin Stohlmeyer on Twitter: "This might be the best post I've ever seen about Lexile Levels. READ IT. https://t.co/nItfSthfrW"

  Makes me smile. https://t.co/MlSbC1NDbZ

• A dean from MIT is starting a radical new university with no majors, lectures, or classrooms - Quartz

  A dean from MIT is starting a radical new university with no majors, lectures, or classrooms https://t.co/ep7OKpkqOs

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