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Elaine Plybon is the coordinator of The Infinity Project at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and a high school science teacher for the Texas Virtual School. She currently serves on the Leadership Councils of the Discovery Educator Network in Texas and in Second Life.

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Educators can find good deals on Black Friday

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Educators will be able to find good deals for their classrooms on Black Friday. Several national chains have "leaked" their Black Friday...
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State Board of Education revises minimum and distinguished achievement graduation requirements

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has announced the State Board of Education's revisions to the graduation requirements for the Distinguished...
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Collaborate in really real time with Etherpad

There are several free tools available on the web that purport to be a great place to collaborate. Google Docs...
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Cator named director of education technology

Karen Cator has been named the new director of education technology at the U.S. Department of Education. Cator will fill the role of former director,...
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Local districts announce varying policies concerning Obama speech

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In a recent article, Education Reform Examiner, Sasha Sidorkin posed the question "Should Obama speak to school children?" Sidorkin equates...
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Blogs and wikis in the classroom

Over the last few years, more and more educators have begun using blogs and wikis in the classroom. This article will discuss what blogs and wikis...
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Single-sex classrooms aren't the answer

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Dallas ISD will be experimenting with single-sex classrooms within coed schools for the 2009-2010 school year. DISD made headline news five years ago...
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As educators increase the use of technology in their classrooms, many find opportunities to assign work that results in great multimedia productions...
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Back to school technology lessons

As teachers begin to prepare for the new school year, part of the planning is what to do in those first days of school. There are some things that...
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Twitter 101 for educators

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The world has been all a-Twitter for awhile now. Recently, Twitter has found its way into the news, churches, businesses, and classrooms. I have found...
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