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		<title>The Psychology Behind Teacher Tone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1971, Albert Mehrabian defined communication as being made up of three things -words, tone of voice, and body language. He then clarified that our tone makes up 38% of our communication, and body language makes up 55%. In effect, we only need words for about 7% of the total message. Consider what this means [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A trick for the holidays&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a very small and simple tutorial on how to do something spectacular this holiday season to wow your family and guests.  Have a maintenance free virtual fireplace and all the holiday music you can shake a stick at.  Just click &#8216;Shu&#8217; below!

 
-from Shu:
 

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		<title>Writing Across The Digital Curriculum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For years I&#8217;ve taught writing online just like I&#8217;ve taught writing face to face.


Typical face to face run-through:  A student turns a paper in while in a face to face class, and I write all over it in red ink, giving the student tons of valuable feedback.  The student gets the paper back, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual Teachers -Don&#8217;t sit at a computer all day!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  When I started working full time from home, I thought about how wonderful it would be to work right beside my kitchen with all the technology I needed in one place -my office.  I thought how great it would be to be able to be mobile without necessarily having to go anywhere.
 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shu-ncrew.com/uncategorized/virtual-teachers-dont-sit-at-a-computer-all-day/</link>
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		<title>Increase Interaction Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m piloting this new idea in my Blackboard class right now, and it&#8217;s one I approached carefully.   Teachers should add a www.groupboard.com whiteboard in announcements so that students have instant access to live chat with each other in online classes.  Basically, www.groupboard.com allows you to have an online interactive white board with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s a Big Idea for Online Education:</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Changing the system, changing incentive and motivation, and changing the approach we take to online education&#8230; with some interesting hypotheses.  Enjoy the presentation:

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		<title>Adding an End of Course Survey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[North Carolina Virtual Schools has an end of course survey that collects data about student performance, student perceptions of teacher performance, and ways to improve how NCVPS reaches the needs of learners across the state.  I checked it out.  It&#8217;s a nice survey. 
Because of the perspective of the survey though, it&#8217;s difficult to ask questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knowledge Nugget I  -File Extensions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[   
When you hear things in trainings like &#8216;.swf&#8217; or &#8216;.jpg,&#8217; those are file extensions. Some have even become part of our regular vocabulary without many even knowing that they&#8217;re talking about a file extension! An .mp3, for example, is a type of file, even though now the word is becoming synonymous with &#8217;song.&#8217;
    What is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CoboCards -Collaborative, Virtual Flashcards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  As an English teacher, I often have basic memory tasks for students to perform.  They need to know the definitions of vocabulary words, and they also need to know titles, authors, eras, and origins of classic literature.  It&#8217;s tough to just ask students to memorize a list, and here I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shu-ncrew.com/education-tools/cobocards-collaborative-virtual-flashcards/</link>
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		<title>Google Calendar as a Desktop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of the tips and tricks we&#8217;ve gone over here so far have been specifically for online teaching and learning.  Today&#8217;s tip is a wonderful tip for online teachers, and it&#8217;s also a great tip for busy professionals of all kinds!  The desktop background you have right now is probably pretty  and stylish, but [...]]]></description>
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