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Five online resources worth checking out…Tom Hoffman deconstructs the English / Language Arts standards from the Common Curriculum.Sylvia Martinez reminds us that an important online safety report discourages scare tactics.10 […]

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February 16, 2011

Five online resources worth checking out…

Tom Hoffman deconstructs the English / Language Arts standards from the Common Curriculum.

Sylvia Martinez reminds us that an important online safety report discourages scare tactics.

10 things teachers should unlearn, from What Ed Said

19 things teacher librarians should unlearn, from Joyce Valenza

Mashable gives us an infographic on the geosocial universe.

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