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Canadian Teachers Crack Down on Cyberbullying

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2008-07-23 04:00:23 by geeksugar in geeksugar -- Geek is chic.
...teachers and students being harassed and threatened, representatives at a meeting for the national teachers' organization have unanimously voted in favor of urging the federal government to make cyberbullying a criminal offense says CBC News . Emily Noble, president of the Canadian Teachers' Federation had this to say about the issue The...
 
Tags: teachers, canadian teachers, national teachers, online predators, emily noble, noble, online, unanimously voted, harsher penalties
 
 
 
 
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$500,000 available to science and math teachers

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2008-08-07 21:59:38 by Gadgetress in Gadgetress
...teachers in Orange County Approximately $500,000 is available. Toshiba just sent me a reminder that K-6th grade teachers should start thinking about potential science and math projects now if they want to meet the October 1 deadline. Grades 7 to 12 have more leeway and can apply for up to $5,000 grants any time of the year. Requests of more...
 
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Teachers Learn to Use New Technology

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2008-09-10 16:06:51 by Jason in News at About Projectors
...teachers that are given it. Most teachers who receive an interactive whiteboard or new PC in there classroom do not know how to use it, or refuses to adapt it into their learning program. Some schools are starting to change this by having their teachers take training courses over the summer. William Smith, Cabell County Superintendent, said...
 
Tags: technology, teachers, instructional technology, schools, interactive whiteboards, classroom, cabell county superintendent, whiteboards, organizations natural instinct
 
 
 
 
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Virtual replacement for the real teachers

2008-01-14 09:11:45 by Editor in Gadgets Reviews
 
...teachers nerves, and it is hard to devote attention to everyone. Good teachers often have no rest because of very high demand on their work, so they must go from one university to another, wasting precious lifetime. Every generation of teachers face with this problem, as well as with many others. Now, in the age of robotics and computers,...
 
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Virtual replacement for the real teachers

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2008-01-14 09:11:45 by Editor in Gadgets Reviews
...teachers nerves, and it is hard to devote attention to everyone. Good teachers often have no rest because of very high demand on their work, so they must go from one university to another, wasting precious lifetime. Every generation of teachers face with this problem, as well as with many others. Now, in the age of robotics and computers,...
 
Tags: teachers, teachers nerves, precious lifetime, slow students, devote attention, rest, solutions, age, computers
 
 
 
 
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Teachers Demand Ban on Bully: Scholarship Edition

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2008-03-05 12:00:23 by Laura Moncur in Gadgets Page
...Teachers demand ban on bullying video game The biggest problem I have with this game is that its not realistic enough. Surviving the school years is a difficult task, yet this group thinks that telling the truth about our school years isnt appropriate Bully: Scholarship Edition features a shaven-headed teenager who adjusts to life at a new...
 
Tags: teachers demand ban, teachers, scholarship edition, game store, game, scholarship edition features, video game, bully, bullies
 
 
 
 
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Teachers are Using Comics to Captivate Reluctant Readers

2008-03-24 17:38:22 by Dave in Forever Geek
 
...teachers are using this interest in comics, or rather graphic novels to inspire reluctant readers like myself to get interested in reading as well as learning through text From the Miami Herald Under the spiffier label of graphic novels, these bound books feature every stripe of hero and story. The themes and genres can range from science to...
 
Tags: comics, reluctant readers, bound books feature, books, inspire reluctant readers, archie comics, graphic, graphic novels, fathers comic books
 
 
 
 
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Facial expression recognition for robotic teachers

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2008-06-25 15:00:00 by Doug Aamoth in CrunchGear
...teachers. The software can detect when a person is smiling or when their brow is furrowed, for instance. Whitehill also found that people have a tendency to blink less frequently when theyre trying to grasp difficult subject material If I am a student dealing with a robot teacher and I am completely puzzled and yet the robot keeps presenting...
 
Tags: facial expression recognition, robot, robot teacher, whitehill, common facial expressions, jacob whitehill, expressions, off-the shelf webcams, video
 
 
 
 
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This Does Not Reassure Me: Texas School District Will Let Teachers Carry Guns

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2008-08-16 00:11:10 by Judie Lipsett in Gear Diary
...teachers follow certain requirements cartoon credit [ visit site to read more
 
Tags: district policy change, policy change approval, visit site, october, teachers follow, gadget news, school shootings, news story, carry
 
 
 
 
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Video Games are Starting to be Used in Classrooms