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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Education News: November 21, 2010

November 21 | A teacher shares the guidelines he gave his students when introducing wikis into his course as a way of reviving his students' interest in learning and encouraging them to collaborate -- Edutopia

November 21 | Researchers explore the possibility that evermore ubiquitous technology is harming students' attention spans and brain development, even as we add technology more and more to our schools -- New York Times

November 19 | More public schools experiment with various forms of single-sex education, offering particular all-boy or all-girl courses or else keeping boys and girls in the same building but separated throughout most of the school day -- eSchool News

November 19 | Columnist greets the release of a new report by NCATE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education) with skepticism, doubting that universities will actually implement its calls for more field experience for their education majors -- Washington Post

November 18 | New York City Mayor Bloomberg's choice of a publishing executive to lead the city's school system prompts consideration of what credentials (such as experience as an educator) one needs to qualify as a good educational leader -- Time

November 17 | First-ever Global Education Conference offers round-the-clock sessions by presenters from across the world to participants "attending" online from across the world, as well -- Edutopia

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