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Radio Shout Outs!
May 01, 2012 - 12:11 amToday, I tricked my students. Yes, I had to fool them into thinking they were doing an assignment on radio/ T.V. commericals. While thinking they were listening to a local FM station to determine what makes a good c ...
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Legal 101 for PR
April 27, 2012 - 02:51 pmYour school has implemented a public relations program. After spending hours honing and developing a winning program, your PTA has given its blessing and your school board has signed off on the hard-won budget...so you're good to go, right ...
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PR for Recruitment
April 27, 2012 - 02:34 pmThough a lot of schools turn to public relations only in times of crisis, other schools look to PR as a means to prevent a problem. For insance, schools that are facing low enrollment rates due to a down economy are increasingly investing in p ...
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Immersion Lesson!
April 25, 2012 - 08:30 pmHello, Immersion lessons are a great way to totally engage your students in learning. I attached a Theme Day/Immersion Lesson step-by-step guide on my Resource page that you can use to create successfu ...
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Bulletin Board Ideas
April 24, 2012 - 06:11 pmPrimary bulletin boards can be cumbersome for some teachers to keep up with on a regular basis. We have so many other responsibilities that adding a currently changing bulletin board can sometimes be the straw that broke the cam ...
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Social Media Here to Stay
April 24, 2012 - 04:28 pmSocial media is defined as using websites and other online means of communication by large groups of people to share information and develop social and professional contacts (www.dictionary.com). Throughout the world schools ar ...
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Top Education Bloggers Share Why They Blog
April 24, 2012 - 02:59 pmLast month, the Education World Community named the top 25 blogs for educators, a carefully curated list of the best voices in the education blogosphere today. These well-written and useful blogs span perspectives, offering lesson ideas, comme ...
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What's Your Angle?
April 23, 2012 - 06:07 pmWhen teaching a lesson, I think you have to approach it like a shotgun. Shotguns do not just shoot one bullet, but spray lots of little bullets at the target. In the same way, when teaching, try to hit the lesson from many diffe ...
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Earth Day is Sunday, April 22nd
April 20, 2012 - 04:30 pmSunday,April 22, is Earth Day. Begun on April 22, 1970, by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, the purpose of the day was to create awareness that our natural resources will not last forever and to stress each of our responsibility in protecting ...
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You're Fired!
April 18, 2012 - 06:07 pmYes, Mr. Trump from Celebrity Apprentice, inspired me to create a weekly project called Classroom Apprentice, where students choose a project manager and are given a task to complete under a tight deadline! They love it, and it ...
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