Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Jetson has a system for classroom walkthroughs
Everyone looks to up to a school principal for leadership and guidance, even though they are not always secure in every decision they make. At least that’s the way veteran actor Paul Whitney sees it. “I look back at principals I had – I was 16 at the time – and how I tried to…
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Helping students in career and technology centers
Scores at Reading Muhlenberg CTC have sky rocketed since eWalk PACE was introduced to this Pennsylvania career and technology school.
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6 Tips for Getting Started with Classroom Walkthroughs
eWalk is a tremendous tool that allows our walk-through process to be fluid, ever changing to meet the needs of our school.
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Iowa Athletic Director Develops Coaching Walkthrough
Brad Rose knows what good coaching looks like and how it can motivate student athletes to win – in all aspects of life. Rose is the Activities Director for West Des Moines Community Schools in Iowa, and has coached baseball, football, basketball and track teams – many of them to state titles. Over the past…
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Alistair McDent doesn’t believe in miracles – he relies on them
When Superintendent Alistair McDent has a bad day, he draws inspiration from his coffee mug that reminds him he relies on miracles. McDent, played by veteran stage and film actor James Bradford, has to Save his School District, and his job, by somehow inspiring and coaching staff, completing teacher evaluations and walk-throughs and getting student…
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Track Common Core State Standards in eWalk
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Creating a culture of caring
Creating a culture of caring is an important way to work with students in combating bullying. By empowering students to take action in their environments, we are not only improving the here and now, but teaching skills that can be used by students in their ongoing character development. Â This means teaching students to speak up…
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Walk-throughs help us make informed decisions
Visiting classrooms and conducting walk-throughs is only the beginning of our eWalk process. The real work comes when we sit down and analyze the data the process has provided. There are a variety of reports offered through eWalk that provide valuable information regarding our school initiatives. eWalk provides us with a comprehensive platform to gather…
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Monitoring Implementation of Common Core State Standards
Many new initiatives come and go or do not garner the results once hoped for at inception. This failure to mature into the productive educational programs creators once hoped for can be attributable to many things. Often that critical component of planning and implementation that is overlooked or not emphasized enough is the monitoring piece.…
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Media-X moving forward
Web design; keeping up with modern design standards, whether you’re a one-man operation running a personal blog or multi-million dollar enterprise churning out the latest web applications, can prove to be a considerable challenge. Like just about everything else in the world of technology these days, keeping up with what is modern and tasteful in…
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