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View ArticleA Multicultural Perspective on Women’s Rights
Follow Women’s History month is the perfect time to raise awareness that multicultural views and perspectives must be part of the curriculum all year around. Wow! By far one of the best group projects...
View ArticleDigital Storytelling for ELLs
Follow Developing Writing and Oral Communication Skills Teachers are enhancing their content-based lessons using 21st Century tools to develop ESL students’ language and communication skills. They are...
View ArticleWhat iLearned at ISTE 2011 – Part 1
Follow The ISTE conference in Philadelphia was one of the most exciting events we have recently seen. Everything we attended provided us with new insights into tech and education.  We left Long...
View ArticleWhat iLearned at ISTE 2011 – Part 2
Follow What if? History Project During our visit to the poster sessions at the conference, we learned of an interesting project conducted by students attending the Science Leadership Academy in...
View ArticleWe’re Not in Kansas Anymore: The Advantages of Mobile Technology
Follow Nothing could have prepared Dorothy for the events that were to take place during her journey to see the Wizard of Oz; but, what if Dorothy had GPS to guide her home? What if her smartphone...
View ArticleRTI for ELLs: “Our Kids†or “Their Kidsâ€
Follow by H.Parris-Fitzpatrick Last week we presented at a NYC Conference for the CEI-PEA Children First Network. Â The theme was RTI for ELLs and the audience consisted of both teachers and...
View ArticleUsing Digital Media to Create Authentic Writing Experiences for Students
Follow by Heather Parris-Fitzpatrick With all the buzz about ebook readers, it is time for teachers to explore ways to incorporate epublishing into their student writing assignments. Â There are...
View ArticleFlipping the Classroom for ELLs
Follow Why the blended learning model is a good choice One of the latest trends in the education world is blended learning. So what is blended learning and how can it help English Language Learners?...
View ArticleCreating Educational Experiences: The iSchool Initiative
Follow Recently we had the opportunity to attend a mobile learning expo with guest speaker Travis Allen of iSchool Initiative. This young man shared an amazing timeline of events that led him to...
View ArticleMastery Learning and Content Creation on the iPad
Follow By Heather Parris-Fitzpatrick In this era of testing , it’s a good time to reflect on the elements of  Mastery Learning as an instructional model and see how it may benefit the 21st...
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