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- Education Publishing and the Economic Stimulus
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- Web Content is a Source for Differentiated Instruction PLANNING
- Twitter Basics
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- Educators - Web Content is a Source for Differentiated Instruction
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- SIIA Ed Tech Forum Live Blog #1
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- Games Learning & Society 2008 - Day 1
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- Education and the Economy - Part 3
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- The Great Education Debate - Obama vs. McCain at AEP
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- Education Spending and The Economy
- Social Media Contrarian View
- Urban Schools & Education Technology - 10 Requests
- Stager Takes Reading First and NCLB Behind the Woodshed
- New Index Reveals The Most Popular Keywords for K-12 Students
- Developing Reading Fluency = Grinding in Video Games
- Teaching Time Management - Do you walk the walk?
- A Year In Blogging - 10 Lessons Learned
- Blog Roundup
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- Do Teachers Go To Heaven?
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- Its Not On The Test - NCLB Protest Song
- Physics Game For 3rd Grade - Cool Video
- Association of Education Publishers Blog - Article
- Why Advertising Isn't Working Anymore
- Web 2.0 - Steve Hargadon Distills and Channels the Future of Education
- The Future of Education Publishing - Panel Report from the Education Industry Investment Forum
- Using Jokes to Teach - Why So Glum?
- Virtual Worlds = Real Learning
- Brand Control - It Was Always A Myth
- Students Make Virtual Vietnam Memorial
- Cell Phone Books - Reading Is Reading
- Web 2.0 & Education Publishing - AAP Presentation
- Video Games Embody the Best in Cognitive Theory - Part 2
- Lifelong Learning - Retired Construction Worker Deciphers Stonehenge Construction
- Why Should We Care About Educational Videogames and Simulations?
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- Teachers and the Internet: Five Things You Need to Know
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- 4 Essential Traits For Education Entrepreneurs - Barbara Russell at AEP
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- Thanks Giving
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- Information Overload - A Cultural Challenge - Closing Thoughts & Resources
- 10 Ideas to For Marketing & Selling In The Age of Information Overload - Part 4
- 10 Ways to Build Instructional Materials For 21st Century Skills - Information Overload Part 3
- Information Overload - Part 2 - A cure for “a poverty of attention”
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- Getting it Wrong - Slaying Myths About Video Games - Part 2
- Web 2.0 In Traditional Supplemental Publishing - Cool Idea
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- eMail 2.0 Resources for Education Marketing
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- Textbook Price Cure in New York Times - Worse than the Disease
- Learning In a World of Infinite Input
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- Whats on my iPod - Spring 07 Edition
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Lee Wilson is President & CEO of PCI Education in San Antonio. He has spent two decades in the education business at Apple, Chancery, Pearson, Harcourt, and Headway Strategies.
This blog covers strategy, products, marketing, and sales issues for technology and print publishers.
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Smart Board vs. Promethean - Dueling Electronic Whiteboards at NECC Which is the right interactive white board for you? A high level comparison of Smart Technologies vs. Promethean. - June 26, 2009 5:26 PM
Gag Me With a Mission Statement - Friday Curmudgeon Edition Speak plainly and honestly if you want to be taken seriously in the age of social media. If you respect your customers - talk to them like adults. Two examples of what not to do included. - June 17, 2009 8:03 AM
Will ARRA Education Stimulus Funds Be Used For Change Or Propping Up the Status Quo? Doug Stein's pointed commentary on innovation and stimulus funds. - June 11, 2009 11:03 AM
Hacking Education - A Publisher's Perpsective A publishers addition to the Hacking Education conversation started by Union Square Ventures. Four specific insights to help entrepreneurs think about this. - May 22, 2009 11:44 AM
NCLB Reauthorization Advice from a Parent Advocate Comments on a great post about the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) reauthorization by Ann Foster of Parents for Public School.
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