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		<title>Building Ladders: Part II &#8211; SAMR &amp; TPCK</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Brookhouse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that folks have been introduced to SAMR and TPACK, its time to talk about how practitioners can apply what we know. The question might be, &#8220;How can I look at my curriculum and put SAMR and TPCK into practice in my classroom?&#8221; And, of course, we will ponder how technology can aid in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maine121.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9015003&amp;post=1340&amp;subd=maine121&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Notes for April 7th Webinar &#8211; Think, Play, Learn</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Brookhouse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was in the late 70’s and early 80’s when Atari came out with the Lunar Lander and Asteroids games. I was “stoked” that these games represented an environment for understanding inertia and the other laws of motion, and wondered how I could bring that into my middle school classroom. But they were&#8230;games, not lessons, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maine121.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9015003&amp;post=1327&amp;subd=maine121&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>April 7 Webinar Think, Play, Learn &#8211; Games, Models, and Simulations for Science</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Brookhouse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seymour Papert once said that learning should be &#8220;hard fun.&#8221; Teachers now have the opportunity to integrate games, models and simulations into their science curriculum, while implementing the 5 E&#8217;s (engage, explore, explain, elaborate, evaluate.) This webinar includes demos of GeniQuest and Molecular Workbench and review other important apps on the MLTI image. In addition, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maine121.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9015003&amp;post=1322&amp;subd=maine121&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Feb 17 Webinar -Visual Literacy &#8211; Seeing Meaning</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Brookhouse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Making Meaning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This episode is a follow up to last year&#8217;s Visualization webinar. While there are myriad definitions of &#8220;visual literacy,&#8221; we can distill it down to creating and obtaining meaning of visual representations. As our society becomes more and more immersed in information, educators need to help today&#8217;s learners gain the skills necessary to get a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maine121.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9015003&amp;post=1317&amp;subd=maine121&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>December 2nd Webinar: Strategies &amp; Tools for Tier I Instruction</title>
		<link>http://maine121.wordpress.com/2010/11/23/december-2nd-webinar-strategies-tools-for-tier-i-instruction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 03:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia Curry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tier I instruction refers to Response to Intervention (RTI), which is a method of supporting student achievement and preventing failure. Through a school&#8217;s RTI plan, instruction and interventions are matched to student need, and are adjusted in relation to student response as measured by assessment of learning. Tier I instructional strategies and interventions are those [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maine121.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9015003&amp;post=1298&amp;subd=maine121&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Follow-Up to Nov 4 Webinar &#8211; RtI, Numeracy, and Tech Integration</title>
		<link>http://maine121.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/follow-up-to-nov-4-webinar-rti-numeracy-and-tech-integration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Brookhouse</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Differentiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[math]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[RtI and Numeracy can be leveraged with the advantages that technology has to offer. Applets can make a real difference in the way students learn.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maine121.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9015003&amp;post=1291&amp;subd=maine121&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RtI and Numeracy &#8211; Considerations and Implications</title>
		<link>http://maine121.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/rti-and-numeracy-considerations-and-implications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Brookhouse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Common Core looming large, and standards-based learning coming to fruition, Numeracy is taking center stage with Literacy. We can no longer deal with a one size fits all approach. The integration of technology into math classrooms provides an opportunity to think beyond preparing for the test, and allows for multiple pathways to meet the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maine121.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9015003&amp;post=1279&amp;subd=maine121&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WatchMECreate Engages Maine Students in Serious Creativity</title>
		<link>http://maine121.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/watchmecreate-engages-maine-students-in-serious-creativity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Greenstone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Digital Storytelling and Media Production]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Writing Process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[challenge]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[digital storytelling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regular readers of this blog and participants in our webinars understand the importance of giving students opportunities to solve real problems and to create and publish their work for real audiences. MLTI in collaboration with ACTEM is providing such an opportunity with their new project, WatchMECreate. The first challenge, WatchMEGraduate, has already begun but it&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maine121.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9015003&amp;post=1233&amp;subd=maine121&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fall Update</title>
		<link>http://maine121.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/summer-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Mao</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome everyone to the Maine121 blog. We were busy all last year producing and hosting webinars designed to support Maine educators with the effective integration of the MLTI devices and opportunities that they represent. During the summer, the MLTI Integration Mentors started planning for another year of webinars to support you. Check back later this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maine121.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9015003&amp;post=1130&amp;subd=maine121&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Music, the Mantra, and the MacBook</title>
		<link>http://maine121.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/music-the-mantra-and-the-macbook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevengarton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[composition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[GarageBand allows everyone to be a musician almost immediately.  You can drop in a couple of loops, slide them around, and create some decent sounding music very easily.  This ease of creation inevitably leads to the rehashing of the, “Technology will replace real musicians.” mantra. The truth is, technology can never replace musicians any more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maine121.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9015003&amp;post=1215&amp;subd=maine121&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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