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		<title>Emphasize Quality Over Quantity in Student Research Projects</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 15:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the information age. The Web is a fast track to continuous volumes of information. When your students type a few search terms in Google&#8217;s search bar and click enter, the biggest hurdle is not the amount of information that appears in their search results. Instead, the biggest hurdle is sifting through the masses <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/05/emphasize-quality-over-quantity-in-student-research-projects/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Are the Ingredients of Learning?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his State of the Union address last January, President Barack Obama put education at the top of the agenda. These themes for education reform and change have rippled through the nation with his recent campaigns for the Race to the Top.1 There&#8217;s a great deal of talk about technology integration, 21st century skills, web <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2011/04/what-are-the-ingredients-of-learning/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Anchor Students’ Learning Before Winter Break</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/12/anchor-students-learning-before-winter-break/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winter break is just two weeks away for many school districts. From now until the bell rings in mid-December, you may find your students restless and daydreaming about sleeping in, playing in the snow or enjoying a homework-free couple of weeks. Educators often say that the biggest challenge at this time of the year is <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/12/anchor-students-learning-before-winter-break/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reach Beyond the Classroom</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/11/reach-beyond-the-classroom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you envision a classroom in ten years or picture the future of students&#8217; learning and homework? Presently, technology has expanded the reach of education and begun redefining the classroom experience while reshaping the way students today do their homework. Before, a teacher&#8217;s impact was only between the hours of a school day. Students needed <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/11/reach-beyond-the-classroom/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tools to Teach Paperless</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One hundred acres of rainforest are cut down each minute to help fuel our 85 million tons of annual paper consumption in the United States. This equates to each American using about a single 100-foot Douglas fir tree every year in paper products.1 These products include the notebooks, handouts, books, printed documents and more that <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/11/tools-to-teach-paperless/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Collaboration on the Forefront of K-12 Technology</title>
		<link>http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/11/collaboration-on-the-forefront-of-k-12-technology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mona Westhaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technology in the last five to ten years has dramatically affected the way we communicate and collaborate. Students today, who are the digital natives of our world, communicate naturally through programs on computers and applications on mobile devices. Between texting, social networks and email, students understand that our world collaborates and communicates via technology and <a href="http://www.inspiration.com/blog/2010/11/collaboration-on-the-forefront-of-k-12-technology/#more-'" class="more-link">Read more »</a>]]></description>
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