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What are you doing to get ready for the upcoming year? I just posted my thoughts on getting ready for the next school year. I'm focusing on changing the classroom culture to one in which "learni… Started by Matt Townsley in Philosophy / Pedagogy	3	Jul 17, 2009 Reply by Kev
Ning as PD follow-up I am in the midst of helping my building move forward through the use of personal learning networks (mostly RSS feeds for now). I have pitc… Started by Matt Townsley in Help or Feedback Needed	20	Nov 15, 2009 Reply by Linda Alexander
5 Frequent Problems with Technology Professional Development I just got done reading a thoughtful poston technology professional development written by Evan Abbey. I wanted to highlight a few of his "… Started by Matt Townsley in Philosophy / Pedagogy	1	May 5, 2009 Reply by Mark Marshall
Points vs. Learning I've been throwing out this idea to a few of my colleagues: "Are we encouraging students to 'cheat' by assigning points to homework?" Becau… Started by Matt Townsley in Philosophy / Pedagogy	16	Jul 14, 2009 Reply by Matt Townsley
Prezi - good bye PowerPoint? good bye Keynote? Is anyone using Prezi? Several people have been tweeting about it, so I thought I'd find out what the rage was all about. From what I can t… Started by Matt Townsley in Reviews of Software Tools and Services	2	Apr 15, 2009 Reply by Karen Justl
Cover It Live I'm curious to know if anyone is using Cover It Live in their educational setting. I suppose one obvious use is backchanneling during stude… Started by Matt Townsley in Reviews of Software Tools and Services	8	Jul 11, 2009 Reply by Tommi
Standards-based grading & student information systems I'm in the midst of rolling out a more "standards-based" way of reporting grades to my high school math students and their parents. The iss… Started by Matt Townsley in Philosophy / Pedagogy	2	Apr 10, 2009 Reply by Matt Townsley
Giving up A's and B's for 4's and 3's - a good idea? Standards-based grading makes the NY Times. Is this a good idea? How does technology/web 2.0 fit in? Started by Matt Townsley in Philosophy / Pedagogy	5	Mar 26, 2009 Reply by Matthew Allen
Are we doing what is best for our students…or are we doing what is most convenient for us? A building PLC-esque group I belong to discussed this question today. I think we, as educators, need to be asking ourselves this early and… Started by Matt Townsley in Philosophy / Pedagogy	11	Mar 12, 2009 Reply by Benjamin Stewart
TPACK - a framework for technology integration Hello, I am very much interested in a a framework called "TPACK." Technology Pedagogy Content Knowledge (Image from http://www.tpack.org… Started by Matt Townsley in Philosophy / Pedagogy	41	Jan 9, 2015 Reply by Stacy Mercer