Learning in America: Open Educational Resources

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"reform" math (2)
#castine2010 (2)
#MLTICastine (7)
#RTF (1)
1:1 laptops (4)
2009 (1)
20th Century Learning (1)
22nd Century Learning (1)
50 Ways (3)
academia (1)
accessible instructional materials (2)
accountability (1)
achievement (1)
ACTEM (19)
actem09 (5)
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activities (1)
adapt (1)
adaptability (1)
adaptation (1)
adult education (12)
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advisor/advisee (1)
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agriculture (2)
AIM (1)
Alan November (1)
algebra (2)
alliteration (1)
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anticipating (1)
anticipation (1)
apathy (2)
apples (1)
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ARD (1)
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articles on education (1)
Arts (8)
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ASCD (2)
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ATEM (1)
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authority (2)
autobiography (1)
automation (1)
babies (1)
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backchannel (1)
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balance (1)
battleship (1)
behavior (6)
behavior management (3)
belonging (1)
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big brother (1)
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Block Scheduling (1)
blog (1)
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blogs (28)
Bloom (1)
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book (3)
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browser (2)
budget (7)
bullying (1)
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castine (2)
CCSS (6)
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classroom (1)
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Classrooms Online (4)
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CMS (1)
co-creators (1)
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Coalition for World Class Math (1)
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cognitive dissonance (1)
collaboration (13)
collaboration tools (2)
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Common Core Curriculum (3)
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common sense (1)
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community (7)
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Creativity (7)
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curriculum (4)
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dialogue (1)
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digital storytelling (6)
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DIY (1)
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dreams (3)
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earning a living (1)
earth (1)
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echo chamber (1)
echo chambers (1)
ecology (3)
economics (2)
editing (2)
education (5)
education history (2)
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educational publishing (1)
educational reform (3)
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efficiency (1)
ego (1)
Eight Conditions (1)
election (2)
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email (2)
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emotional intimacy (1)
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encouraging (1)
endings (2)
energy (1)
engagement (2)
engineering (1)
English (1)
enthusiasm (2)
entitlement in kids (1)
environments (2)
ePaLs (2)
equity (2)
ergonomics (1)
essential questions (4)
essential skills (1)
ETAN (1)
ethics (2)
evaluating information (8)
Everyday Math (5)
expeditionary (3)
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expeditionary schools (1)
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Featuring (17)
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Flip (1)
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global warming (1)
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good teaching (1)
Google (3)
Google apps (7)
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Google for Educators (4)
Google for Teachers (1)
Google Maps (2)
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graduation (1)
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grants (5)
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gratitude (1)
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grief (1)
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Growing Up Online (1)
handwriting (1)
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high school (3)
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history (4)
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hopes (2)
how (2)
human nature (1)
humility (3)
humor (1)
hunting (1)
hybrid schools (1)
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idea generators (2)
IEPs (1)
images (4)
imagination (1)
immigration (1)
iMovie (4)
iMovie 8 (1)
India (1)
influenza (1)
information (1)
Information glut (1)
information literacy (3)
information overload (1)
innovation (1)
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innovative schools (1)
inquiry (4)
inquiry learning (4)
inservice (1)
inspiration (2)
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institute (2)
institutes (1)
instructivism (3)
integration (3)
interactive (1)
interactive whiteboards (1)
interdisciplinary learning (1)
internet (1)
internet communication (1)
internet resources (9)
internet safety (4)
interpersonal communication (1)
intonation (1)
involvement (1)
iPhoto (1)
issues (1)
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jargon (1)
jobs (4)
John Dewey (1)
Joy (1)
just-in-time learning (1)
justice (1)
K12 Online Conference 2008 (1)
K12Online (1)
k12online10 (1)
keyboarding (2)
Kindle (2)
king middle school (1)
kite flying (1)
language (3)
Laptops (6)
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Latin (2)
law (2)
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learning (3)
Learning in Maine (1)
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lectures (1)
left brain (1)
lesson plans (2)
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librarians (1)
library (3)
licenses (1)
life lessons (2)
life safety (1)
life skills (1)
life-long learning (1)
limitations (1)
linux (1)
Listening (2)
Literacy (12)
literacy across the curriculum (4)
LMS (1)
loans (1)
lobstering (1)
local control (4)
local government (1)
local history (4)
lock down (1)
logical fallacies (2)
looping (1)
Mac (1)
Macbooks (2)
Madeline Hunter (1)
Maine (4)
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Maine Laptop (1)
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Maine Native American (2)
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maine studies (1)
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Maine's Common Core of Learning (1)
MainEd09 (1)
MainEducational technology (1)
maineed08 (3)
MaineIdeasinEducation (1)
making meaning (1)
Making Mistakes (2)
making predictions (1)
MAMLE (2)
manifesto (1)
maps (2)
marketing (2)
MARTI (1)
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MARVEL (6)
math (11)
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MEA (1)
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MED008 (1)
media (2)
media literacy (4)
Medieval (1)
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Memoirs (1)
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mentor (1)
mentors (1)
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Meta Cognition (1)
MICDL (1)
microorganisms (1)
middle level (2)
MLR (2)
MLTI (12)
MLTI Student Conference (4)
MLTI Student Tech Team Conference (4)
MLTI Summer Institute (3)
MLTI Summer Institute 2010 (2)
MLTICastine08 (18)
model (1)
models (1)
Momentum (1)
moms (1)
money (1)
moodle (1)
motivation (2)
movie (4)
multi-tasking (1)
multi-touch devices (1)
multimedia (1)
narratives (2)
National Curriculum (2)
national guard (1)
national standards (7)
native american (1)
NCEE (1)
NCLB (2)
NECC (1)
Necc08 (2)
necc09 (2)
Neil Postman (2)
net neutrality (1)
netbook (3)
network (1)
New England Secondary School Consortium (1)
new literacy (1)
news (2)
Nokomis Warrior Broadcasting (1)
nonverbal communication (1)
notebook (1)
noteshare (14)
notetaking (1)
numeracy (1)
Nvu (1)
observations (1)
oceanography (1)
OCR (1)
OER (4)
Ohler (1)
OLPC (4)
One to One Computing (3)
One-Room Schoolhouse (1)
one-to-one (8)
online classroom environments (3)
online conference (2)
online learning (3)
Online Privacy (1)
online schooling (1)
online tools (2)
open education (2)
Open Educational Resources (2)
open house (1)
open office (1)
open source (4)
OpenOffice (1)
operating system (2)
opportunity (1)
oral history (5)
organization (2)
outdoors (1)
P21 (1)
paper production (1)
papermaking (1)
paradigm (1)
parent/school partnership (1)
parenting (3)
parents (1)
Parnership for 21st Century Learning (1)
partnership (1)
patience (1)
pay (2)
pbl (1)
pdf (3)
peace (1)
pedagogy (2)
peer pressure (1)
penalties vs democracy (1)
performance-based learning (2)
perseverance (3)
perseverence (1)
persistence (1)
personal network (1)
personalization (1)
persuasion (2)
persuasive writing (1)
philanthropy (2)
philosophy (2)
Phishing (1)
phone (1)
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photos (5)
physics (1)
play (3)
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PLN (1)
podcast (26)
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podcasts (2)
poetry (1)
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population (1)
possibility (1)
power (3)
predicting (1)
preschool (1)
presence (1)
presentations (2)
primary (1)
print (1)
Priorities (1)
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process (12)
production (1)
productivity suite (1)
professional development (15)
professionalism (1)
programming (3)
progress (1)
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project based learning (1)
project-based learning (8)
projects (1)
propaganda (2)
prosody (1)
public education (1)
publications (1)
Question 3 (1)
questioning (2)
questioning sources (1)
race to the top (4)
rainforest (1)
reading (10)
reason (1)
redundancy (1)
reflection (1)
relationships (1)
reliability (1)
research (4)
research process (3)
resource sharing (1)
respecting differences (1)
Response to Intervention (1)
responsibilities (1)
responsibility (4)
restorative justice (1)
reviewing (1)
rhythm (2)
right brain (1)
rights (1)
risk-taking (1)
robotics (1)
ROI (1)
role (1)
rome (1)
roots (2)
RSS (1)
RTI (1)
RttT (3)
sage on the stage (1)
sarcasm (1)
SAT (1)
scaffolding (1)
scale (1)
scapegoating (2)
school (7)
school consolidation (6)
school culture (2)
school culture. globalization (3)
school money (2)
school reorganization (1)
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schooling (2)
schools (2)
science (8)
scientific management (1)
scrapbooking (1)
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search (2)
searching (2)
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SEED (2)
self-education (1)
senior exhibitions (1)
sentences (1)
Setting Sail (1)
sexual harassment (1)
sharing (3)
shaw (1)
Sid Fleischman (1)
silos (1)
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simplicity (5)
simulations (2)
singularity (1)
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Smartboards (6)
Snow Days (1)
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social media (1)
social network (2)
social networking (6)
social ostracization (1)
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Spanish (1)
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specialization (1)
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speech (2)
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Stager (1)
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storytelling (4)
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STS10 (1)
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teacher story (1)
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teaching (1)
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Tech Team (2)
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Trask (1)
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Twenty-first Century Literacies (1)
Twenty-First Century Skills (8)
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