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Internet Blackout

Internet Blackout

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Many of you will no doubt come across websites today that are blacked out. Many members of the internet are on strike to bring awareness to two impending bills before the US Congress and the Senate.  They are SOPA (stop online Piracy act) and PIPA (Protect IP act).  Though most support the enforcement of copyright laws  as these names imply these bills if they become law are not quite what the name implies, they are much more complex.  Wikipedia has…

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Standards, Curriculum and Assessment

Standards, Curriculum and Assessment

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In Massachusetts we have, or is it had, the Mass Curriculum Frameworks and Standards.  Now we are transitioning to the Common Core. These standards, as I understand the term, are to provide the framework, backbone by which we build our curriculum. A list of standards is not the same as a curriculum. I think we tend to confuse standards (minimum to do list) and curriculum (expanded, creative how to guide). We tend to focus on the to do list and…

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