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  Rubicon International Reflect. Refine. Design -- Excellent resources from @teachingwthsoul Taking Stock of the Year: Three Tools to Help Unpack Your Learning http://www.edutopia.org/blog/school-year-end-review-lisa-dabbs

  

  Taking Stock of the Year: Three Tools to Help Unpack Your Learning edutopia.org

  Lisa M. Dabbs M.Ed. (@teachingwthsoul on Twitter) is the facilitator of Edutopia's New Teacher Connections group. She is also the founder of the weekly #ntchat for new teachers on Twitter, and...

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  Rubicon International For those who have discovered Pinterest (an engaging visual curating tool) you know it can be a lot of fun. Which is why we are intrigued by this new tool called Learnist--which is envisioned as Pinterest for learning. http://mashable.com/2012/05/23/learnist/

  

  Grockit Wants to Build a Pinterest for Learning mashable.com

  Search engines may make it easy to find information, but they don't necessarily do the same for learning it. That's why the founders of social test prep startup Grockit want to re-configure online content such as YouTube...

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  Rubicon International "There's an app for that" -- rings so true today. Check out this interesting round-up of Teacher-Developed Apps to fill lesson gaps and tips on how to create your own. http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/high-school-notes/2012/05/21/teacher-developed-apps-fill-lesson-gaps

  Teacher-Developed Apps Fill Lesson Gaps usnews.com

  Facebook and Angry Birds were two of the most downloaded apps last year, but that doesn't mean Web and mobile applications are all play. There are tens of thousands of educational apps aimed at teaching high school students...

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  Rubicon International What a thought provoking QA -- especially the answer to: Is a good class a fun class? http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-morrison-mielwocki-teachers-testing-20120516,0,751461,full.column

  

  The National Teacher of the Year on what makes a great teacher latimes.com

  The class clown from Mr. Gadberry's high school art class has made good — and how. Rebecca Mieliwocki teaches seventh-grade English at Luther Burbank Middle School in Burbank — but not next year. Instead, she'll be on the road...

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  Rubicon International We've got news! Two hints -- it's related to #commoncore and professional development http://www.facebook.com/RubiconInternational?ref=tn_tnmn join us!

  

  Introducing Rubicon Webinars webinars.rubiconlearning.com

  Rubicon is an educational technology services firm known for its leadership in the field of curriculum management. Rubicon partners with public and independent schools throughout the world to plan and implement Web-based...

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  Rubicon International Talk about hands-on, real-world learning -- students at Lynchburg's Dunbar Middle School are putting together a fully operational hovercraft. Another inspiring example of integrating STEM in the classroom. "The project is part of the school's technology education class designed to give them real-life skills to carry into adulthood." http://www.wset.com/story/18271603/kids-building-huge-hover-craft-at-dunbar-middle-school

  

  Kids Building Huge Hover Craft at Dunbar Middle School wset.com

  Reporter: :Lauren Compton l Videographer: Jemon Haskins Lynchburg, VA- The students at Lynchburg's Dunbar Middle School are putting together a fully operational hovercraft. The hovercraft is 20 feet long, but the excitement...

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  Rubicon International After scanning the contents of the new Ed Leadership Mag we immediately flipped to One to Grow On: Three Wishes for New Teachers. The column is penned by an inspiring educator and scholar we were fortunate to meet at ASCD 12 -- Carol Ann Tomlinson. http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/may12/vol69/num08/Three-Wishes-for-New-Teachers.aspx

  Three Wishes for New Teachers ascd.org

  Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our...

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  Rubicon International Multimedia tools are key, even with limited resources in an AP Literature classroom with award-winning teacher. http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/08/milken-award-winning-teacher-changes-lives-despite-lack-of-resources/?hpt=us_t5

  

  Milken Award-winning teacher changes lives despite lack of resources schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com

  by Tamara Wilson, CNN (CNN) At a time when many talk about what’s “wrong” with education, there are many talented teachers making a positive impact in our schools. A great example of an educator who’s making such an impact is...

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  Rubicon International This article on bringing current events into the classroom with the New York Times is an inspiring example of how one teacher has forever made a significant change to the life of her students http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/reader-idea-current-events-friday-brings-the-world-to-a-texas-town/

  

  Reader Idea | 'Current Events Friday' Brings the World to a Texas Town learning.blogs.nytimes.com

  Idea: a weekly period devoted to reading and discussing current events with The Times whets students' appetites.

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  Rubicon International Perspective from Nobel Peace nominee Bob Geldof: Pay teachers more, focus on mobile technology from eSchool News http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/05/07/nobel-peace-nominee-pay-teachers-more-focus-on-mobile-technology/

  

  Nobel Peace nominee: Pay teachers more, focus on mobile technology eschoolnews.com

  Sir Bob Geldof—an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor, and political activist—noted during the Consortium for School Networking's recent K-12 Technology Leadership Conference that the world's economy is changing,...

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