October 2010 Blog Posts (4)

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Transform, Not Reform







School reform is once again on the national agenda put there by a new documentary called “Waiting for Superman.” Given what is being offered by President Obama, the U.S. Department of Education, education pundits, and critics as solutions to the problems our school systems are facing I felt a

need to respond.





So, here we go again! One more time politicians,…

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Added by Francis M. Duffy on October 26, 2010 at 10:47am — No Comments

Developing Nigeria Online Webite

I am currently developing a website that will educate as will as get Nigerian youth to understand what social intelligence http://nigeriandevelopment.com, and 21th century school is really about. Thanks to the support of this blog I know have many ideas to go by. I will keep you informed with the updates.

Added by Wazobia Nigeria on October 14, 2010 at 5:24pm — No Comments

Keys to consider before hiring an e-learning Project

By Carlos Biscay (director of e-ABC, www.e-abclearning.com)



Some years ago, when the online training began to consolidate as a global industry and the first high impact implementations began to develop in Latin America, Elliot Masie, founder of The MASIE Center and the Online Learning Council, emphasized the close relationship between competitiveness and virtual education. Besides…

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Added by Constanza Donadio on October 14, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

Global Virtual Classroom contest and clubhouse

The Global Virtual Classroomhttp://virutalclassroom.org(GVC) is a collection of free, online educational activities and resources. It…

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Added by Janet Barnstable on October 1, 2010 at 8:13am — 1 Comment

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