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   <title>eduTweetup Boston 2011 Event Recap on Storify</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Did you miss eduTweetup Boston 2011 or would just like to relive some moments from the unconference event? Here&#8217;s a Storify recap of eduTweetup Boston 2011. If you attended or followed the #edutweetup hashtag, please share your thoughts of the event below! View &#8220;eduTweetup Boston 2011&#8243; on Storify Related posts:eduTweetup Boston 2011 Event eduTweetup in [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=13" class="stealth">.eduGuru</a>, August 17, 2011.  
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   <title>OPENBLOCKFull ResultsCLOSEBLOCK Your education: Was it worth it?</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[I want to start by thanking everyone who filled out the survey. It was because of you that I could share this rich amount of insight behind how higher education is perceived. And not to mention, make my #eduTweetup talk a success. Jump to a recording of the talk. In total the survey received 143 responses [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=13" class="stealth">.eduGuru</a>, August 17, 2011.  
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   <title>100% of Colleges and Universities are Doing Social Media</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[The Millennial Generation is said to be constantly connected through the use of hand-held devices and online media. But how is that technology changing marketing strategies? Take a look at some of these interesting results on the use of social media in US colleges and universities nationwide. In the 2007-2008 academic year, the University of Massachusetts [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=13" class="stealth">.eduGuru</a>, August 17, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:52:34 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>Facebook Groups and Pages Compared: Communities for Accepted Students</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[According to a survey of 226 colleges conducted by Varsity Outreach in 2010, an overwhelming majority (88%) of colleges and universities have already created a Facebook presence for their school. So, how are Admissions Offices utilizing Facebook as a community-building tool for their accepted students and incoming classes? Two popular options are Facebook Groups and Facebook [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=13" class="stealth">.eduGuru</a>, July 29, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:21:46 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>eduTweetup Speakers Announced, 10 Bonus Tickets Remaining</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[eduTweetup Boston 2011 on July 29 is an event bringing together education professionals and technology leaders for a night of fun-filled dialogue around pressing issues facing the 21st century university. Higher Ed Live and .eduGuru are teaming up with some other great sponsors to put together this event. View the eduTweetup Speaker List » The &#8216;unconference&#8217; [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=13" class="stealth">.eduGuru</a>, July 29, 2011.  
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   <title>Idiot's Guide to Event Tracking</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[On July 23rd, 2011, I had the pleasure of presenting at the HighEdWeb Arkansas regional conference. My topic was looking at approaching our websites through incremental realignments, rather than sweeping redesigns, and doing so based on information we can get from our analytics. A core component of that topic is using Google Analytics for event [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=13" class="stealth">.eduGuru</a>, July 29, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:21:45 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>Your Education: Was it worth it?</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[As part of my EDUTweetup presentation I started talking to a lot of people inside and outside higher education about their educational experience. I found a polarization happening very quickly. People either started giving me a sales pitch for their institution, while others focused on themselves and how hard they worked to use &#8220;the system&#8221; to get [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=13" class="stealth">.eduGuru</a>, July 29, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:21:45 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>Recruitment Lessons from the 2011 E-Expectations Study</title>
   <link>http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/edurss02.cgi?rd=3759</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Noel-Levitz recently released their annual Online Expectations of Prospective College Students and Their Parents report.  It gives some interesting data around students and parents that will help you know if your school is on track with its recruitment efforts.  With over 1,000 students and 500 parents surveyed it presents a great sample size of this [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=13" class="stealth">.eduGuru</a>, July 29, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:21:44 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>ISTE 2011: Theme 2 Admin PD</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Another theme was PD for Administrators, especially in the area of new technology and delivery platforms. There was a big discussion about this at the EduBloggerCon (http://www.edubloggercon.com/) and about how educators and educational technologists need to make sure that their administrators are keep up to date on the new tools and techniques. This also popped [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=80" class="stealth">Center4Edupunx</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:55:04 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>ISTE 2011 Theme 1: Games</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Digital Games Based Learning (DGBL) was everywhere. There were tons of presentations on various games and game development. My favorites were Peg Steffen and Hilarie Davis's Educational Gaming Opportunities for Classroom Engagement and Dr.Lisa Dawley's Quest-Based Inquiry Across Immersive Learning Environments. Peg's presentation focused on her experiences running a project on the games NOAA developed [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=80" class="stealth">Center4Edupunx</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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   <title>EduPunx on Poetry and Life-Long Learning</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[In a small mountain library in Colorado, a group of beat poets and life-long learners gathered for the Gilpin County Public Library  Midsummer Poetry Evening. Naturally Simon and Garfunkel&#8217;s Scarborough Fair was playing as we walked into the library. The Center for EduPunx&#8217;s Poetess in Residence was invited to read. ( By the way, Karla [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=80" class="stealth">Center4Edupunx</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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   <title>D2L Poster</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re doing a poster session at the D2L conference this week. el Día de los Muertos  When we submitted it, we had hoped for the opportunity to do a presentation to share our results, but since we don&#8217;t have that opportunity &#8211; here&#8217;s some of the resources we already have up on the web. This [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=80" class="stealth">Center4Edupunx</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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   <title>Smackdown at EduBloggerCon</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Tomorrow (okay – really today) ISTE holds what for me is one of their most exciting events –EduBloggerCon. #ebc11 It is an unconference that last a whole day from 8 am – 5pm. So while there has been a wiki that has allowed some people to propose topics – many more will be suggested and [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=80" class="stealth">Center4Edupunx</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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   <title>Anatomy of a blog</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[This morning I was asked to teach an Introduction to Blogging session to a class of new students in Early Childhood Teaching. As part of their first assignment they are asked to blog for 8 weeks about an &#8220;education and society&#8221; topic of their choosing. Unfortunately we were unable to book a computer lab (rarer [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=79" class="stealth">Cat's Pyjamas</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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   <title>Looking for Interesting Examples of&#8230; Blended Learning</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[In my work as education technologist I&#8217;m often asked for examples of blended or online learning. &#8220;Just show it to me&#8221;. Not an unreasonable request, as it can be challenging for an educator (whether a teacher, librarian, manager or other) who has never had a blended or online learning experience themselves, to conceptualise the options [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=79" class="stealth">Cat's Pyjamas</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:44:51 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>Tweeting it up in the Hawke&#8217;s Bay &#8211; #hbtweetup</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[(This post is a cross-post from Fruitbowl.co.nz) If you&#8217;ve never been to a Hawke&#8217;s Bay Tweetup, you have another chance this Friday 1 April. Advintage Wines (@advintagewines) have kindly agreed to host (free wine, free tapas). It looks set to be the biggest #hbtweetup so far&#8230; (thanks to @dhtbrowne for taking over the organisation on this one ). [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=79" class="stealth">Cat's Pyjamas</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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   <title>weekly #edtech links</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[The iPad: Enhancing Learning and Teaching in the Digital Age « 21st Century Learning The Australian Taxation Office has said that the iPad, and equivalent e-readers or tablets, are deemed to be equivalent to a laptop and it will attract a 50 per cent education rebate. This will make iPads popular with schools. tags: ipad [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=79" class="stealth">Cat's Pyjamas</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:44:50 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>The Epitome of #EdTech</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Tomorrow I&#8217;m doing a show &#8216;n tell presentation at our institution about Blended Learning. I will demonstrate some courses, resources and learning approaches we have designed and developed at EIT. I&#8217;ll also show some work from other institutions. And then I&#8217;m keen to make my audience go: Wow! Show a few high-end examples, courses, resources [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=79" class="stealth">Cat's Pyjamas</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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   <title>#iMoot &#8211; Moodle Course Creator Challenge &#8211; The Rubric</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m greatly enjoying the #iMoot international Moodle conference (Moodle conferences are called MoodleMoots). Over the course of 4 days, a veritable &#8220;who&#8217;s who&#8221; of Moodle experts are sharing their  case studies, experiences and work. Topics cover all aspects of Moodle: teaching, course design and development, tools, Moodle development and the future of Moodle. One of [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=79" class="stealth">Cat's Pyjamas</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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   <title>Twitterwalls: the writing&#8217;s on the wall</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Last Friday the Hawke&#8217;s Bay Tweetup (#hbtweetup) was kindly hosted by The Crossing restaurant. The lovely drinks and positively gorgeous food were enjoyed by all the Hawke&#8217;s Bay tweeps. But The Crossing offered us another benefit, a data projector, discovered a week before during my reccie. The wonderfully hospitable Richard gave us a code for [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=79" class="stealth">Cat's Pyjamas</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:44:49 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>The ID Litany</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Working as an eLearning Advisor in higher education, a large part of my role is instructional design. In course design meetings with academic staff, I find myself asking the same questions over and over again. For each element of the course, I have the same questions. I thought I&#8217;d share it with you here, in an [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=79" class="stealth">Cat's Pyjamas</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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   <title>Moodle Course Design: a high-wire act #mootnz11</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[I was very pleased to be one of  a number of presenters talking about learning design at this year&#8217;s New Zealand Moodle Moot. Stephen Lowe talked about learning theories and Julian Ridden did an epic session on Game Theory which unfortunately I missed but he&#8217;s uploading an open course about it to MOOCH soon. But [...] <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=79" class="stealth">Cat's Pyjamas</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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   <title>#ISTE11: On Longitudinal Web Presences for Writing, Learning, Being</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[I had the opportunity to hear Paul Allison, one of my favorite teachers, talk at length about his work with Youth Voices yesterday. Usually, Paul&#8217;s asking about others&#8217; work, or showcasing the work he&#8217;s doing &#8211; but not talking about &#8230; Continue reading &#8594; <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=78" class="stealth">Bud the Teacher</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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   <title>#ISTE11: #engchat Reflection</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[# Engchat 2011 from Ben Grey on Vimeo.1 # Special thanks to Ben for spending time capturing this work. # <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=78" class="stealth">Bud the Teacher</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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   <title>Love as an Essential Element of School Design</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m about to head off the grid for a week or two, with only brief glimpses of online things.  It&#8217;s that time of year and I need a break &#8211; and I&#8217;m celebrating an anniversary with Ms. the Teacher &#8211; &#8230; Continue reading &#8594; <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=78" class="stealth">Bud the Teacher</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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   <title>The Week in Tweets for 2011-07-04</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Blogging in the Blogger&#039;s Cafe. Good thing blogging&#039;s not dead. #iste11 # @Mrs_Vee @skajder No. It&#039;s a tool in the box &#8211; but not the number one tool. in reply to skajder # @skajder @mrs_vee Fair enough. So &#8211; Why &#8230; Continue reading &#8594; <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=78" class="stealth">Bud the Teacher</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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   <title>The Week in Tweets for 2011-07-11</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Off to rent some bikes and ride around the coast. Rough day. # &#34;We hold these truths to be self-evident . . .&#34; http://t.co/XtETbdh # @TeachaKidd On point 8 &#8211; we should not be in the business of pre approving &#8230; Continue reading &#8594; <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=78" class="stealth">Bud the Teacher</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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   <title>Fuzzy Thinking: Fragmenting Us in Pursuit of, Well, Us.</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[No fewer than three times today, my brain was tickled into considering the question that I&#8217;ve buried at the end of this hurried post. Let me recap: # 1. In a few Google+ conversations about sharing1, I&#8217;ve seen folks state &#8230; Continue reading &#8594; <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=78" class="stealth">Bud the Teacher</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:34:08 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>The Week in Tweets for 2011-07-18</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Back to work. Teaching Google mail today. Should be fun to discover how many changes have been made in the last week. # @milobo Thanks. See you soon. in reply to milobo # @garystager Have a great time. in reply &#8230; Continue reading &#8594; <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=78" class="stealth">Bud the Teacher</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:33:56 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>Leave A Little Love for Them</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been teaching an awful lot of Google Mail and Calendar classes lately, as my school district is moving into its new email platform1.  And I mention during these classes that students will have email next year.  In fact, it&#8217;s &#8230; Continue reading &#8594; <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=78" class="stealth">Bud the Teacher</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:33:55 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>The Week in Tweets for 2011-07-25</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Good Monday. Teaching and playing catch up today. Nice to have some office time. Big year ahead. # @techsavvyed The joy of the summer schedule. Enjoy your break. in reply to techsavvyed # @hickstro Well thanks. What sorts of folks &#8230; Continue reading &#8594; <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=78" class="stealth">Bud the Teacher</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:33:48 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>Determining Failure</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m off again on a short vacation, but I couldn&#8217;t let this paragraph escape at least a word or two.  Over the weekend, Bill Gates was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal.  From the piece: # One of the foundation&#8217;s &#8230; Continue reading &#8594; <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=78" class="stealth">Bud the Teacher</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:33:47 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>Considering How One 'Sees' Things</title>
   <link>http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/edurss02.cgi?rd=3733</link>
   <description><![CDATA[We may not agree, either, on the kind of evidence that we need to use as we revise our schemes, as they go from inside our heads, to paper and pencil to actual  <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=77" class="stealth">Bridging Differences</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:05:20 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>What Works Best: Help or Punishment?</title>
   <link>http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/edurss02.cgi?rd=3734</link>
   <description><![CDATA[The other sees schools as one part of a free-market economy, where quality may be judged by data; if the results aren't good enough, then fire part or all of the people and close the store, I mean, the school and pick a new  <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=77" class="stealth">Bridging Differences</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:05:20 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>'We're Eventually Irrepressible'</title>
   <link>http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/edurss02.cgi?rd=3729</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Staying close and observing closely has advantages. But staying close also has disadvantages: one isn't as prepared as one should be for the larger political  <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=77" class="stealth">Bridging Differences</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:05:19 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>A Dark Day in New York State</title>
   <link>http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/edurss02.cgi?rd=3730</link>
   <description><![CDATA[This isn't an argument against holding teachers accountable; it's an argument against holding them accountable for the wrong things and in a way that will result in very negative unintended  <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=77" class="stealth">Bridging Differences</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:05:19 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>A Heritage of Disrespect?</title>
   <link>http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/edurss02.cgi?rd=3731</link>
   <description><![CDATA[it was those with far more power and resources who made the rules that kept them out. It took an enormous battle, led by labor unions and do-gooders, on behalf of our natural thirst for knowledge and self-respect. How dare the elite question the value others placed on getting a good education for their children? But it is part of our shared history to do  <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=77" class="stealth">Bridging Differences</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:05:19 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>What I Learned at Siena</title>
   <link>http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/edurss02.cgi?rd=3732</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Those of us who truly care about children and the future of our society should find ways to share our ideas, to discuss our differences amicably, and to model the behavior that we want the young to emulate. I want to advance the ideals and values that are so central to the Siena community: compassion, responsibility, integrity, empathy, and standing up against  <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=77" class="stealth">Bridging Differences</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:05:19 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>Schools with Power to Adapt to Individual Children</title>
   <link>http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/edurss02.cgi?rd=3725</link>
   <description><![CDATA[We can't overcome the past until we make radical changes in the way too many Americans are forced to live, as well as in our ways of using  <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=77" class="stealth">Bridging Differences</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:05:18 -0400</pubDate>
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   <title>On Treating Students &amp; Educators 'Like Rats in a Maze'</title>
   <link>http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/edurss02.cgi?rd=3726</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Referring to No Child Left Behind, now in effect for nine years, the committee held that there were some school-level effects, "but the measured effects to date tend to be concentrated in elementary grade mathematics, and the effects are small compared to the improvements the nation hopes to achieve."  <a  href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?feed=77" class="stealth">Bridging Differences</a>, July 28, 2011.  
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         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:05:18 -0400</pubDate>
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