The Guerilla Season Book Blog-Eric Langhorst

Just a quick link to another example of how teachers can use blogs to enhance the reading of a book in class by extending conversations past the school day, linking to resources and relevant materials, inviting parents to read and study with their children, inviting students from other parts of the country to collaborate and have students learn directly from interacting with the author of the book. What a concept!
Guerrilla Season is the book, Eric Langhorst of the Speaking of History podcast is the teacher, and it appears he’s looking for more participants.

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Reel Deal Drug Education Resource Launched

The Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Lesley Hinds, officially launched the Reel Deal drug education resource at a ceremony at Transition on the 10th of March 2006. The launch is the culmination of a year of work by all of the organisations involved in the Reel Deal partnership.

The Reel Deal partnership combines the public, private and voluntary sectors bringing together Transition, an organisation which provides accredited learning and support to recovering and recovered substance users, Fast Forward, a youth drugs and alcohol peer education programme, NHS Lothian and Media Education, a specialist media company that works in the community to help promote positive change.
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Conversation with Pre-Service Teachers - Teacher as Learner

First of all, thanks to those of you from Brigham Young University who added your thoughts to my first post on the set curriculum. I enjoyed reading your comments and learning more about your concerns and questions regarding teaching 21st century learners. As you can see, this is a conversation that can continue for a long time, and I hope that it will continue this week and even after our Second Life meet-up on Monday.

Today, I want to respond to your questions about student-teacher relationship and technology. I’ve selected the following questions from the list you sent me:

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