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		<title>Discovery Student Center Lights Up the Mind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Discovery Student Center is an incredible tool for students, and it puts the power of digital media in the palms of their hands. The only limit is your students’ imaginations. Many Discovery Streaming users are aware of this fantastic resource, but I wanted to share how much my students love having their own accounts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/dthonus/2011/04/09/discovery-student-center-lights-up-the-mind/</link>
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		<title>Project Based Learning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PBL as a highly effective pedagogy, closely tied to other effective educational practices. PBL is also supported by recent brain research about how we learn and numerous studies assessing the effectiveness of student outcomes. According to recent brain research, the importance of motivation, emotion, and story are key components for learning, retaining, retrieving, and applying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/dthonus/2010/09/18/project-based-learning/</link>
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		<title>Discovery Student Center- Super Tool!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Voicethread presentation,http://voicethread.com/share/1204078/, is an overview of the Discovery Education Student Center for educators. The Student Center is a relatively new tool in the Discovery Streaming program and by setting up a classroom account, educators are able to create and assign lessons, explorations, investigations, projects, quizzes, writing assignments, and so much more. Students receive a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/dthonus/2010/08/16/discovery-student-center-super-tool/</link>
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		<title>Masters in Instructional Media, Outstanding!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two years ago Discovery Education teamed up with Wilkes University to create an online Masters program.  The Instructional Media program is wonderful.  I am now halfway through the coursework and have learned so much!  The courses are designed by many of the people we know and &#8220;love&#8221; like Steve Dembo, Joe Brennan, Lance Rougeux, Kathy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/dthonus/2010/07/15/masters-in-instructional-media-outstanding-2/</link>
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		<title>Creativity in the Classroom with VoiceThread</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is the purpose of education but to help develop minds that can make decisions, problem-solve, and create?  Where would society be today without our creative minds?  Everything worthwhile that civilization has ever produced has been a result of an individual’s or group’s creative mind.  In my opinion, all of the other minds are the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/dthonus/2010/04/01/creativity-in-the-classroom-with-voicethread/</link>
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		<title>Is It Really Important?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So much fuss has been made about making sure the students of today have the necessary 21st Century skills to become productive citizens of the future.  As educators, we are told to prepare our students for a future we cannot even imagine.  Predictions abound about the number of careers our students will have in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/dthonus/2010/03/26/is-it-really-important/</link>
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		<title>Homework with a Twist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many thoughts about the effectiveness of homework. Many say that it provides reinforcement of concepts taught during the day, others say that it teaches discipline and organizational skills. Still others say that it is a complete waste of time. I’m not sure where I fit in with these opinions, but it isn’t up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/dthonus/2010/03/26/homework-with-a-twist/</link>
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		<title>Who Is the Teacher?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I tell the students during the first week of school that I am not their teacher. Of course, this comes as a shock, and they wonder who it is. Then I say that their teacher is in the room. Who could it be? That certainly gets them thinking. I’m just telling the students the truth [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/dthonus/2010/03/24/who-is-the-teacher/</link>
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		<title>Second Life as a Professional Learning Network</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since this summer, I have actively sought to create my own PLN, Professional Learning Network. There are so many ways to continue our professional growth. Consulting with fellow teachers, I began joining groups like Classroom 2.0 and setting up FaceBook and Twitter accounts. The Discovery Educator Network (presented in a previous post) and Second Life [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/dthonus/2009/12/05/second-life-as-a-professional-learning-network/</link>
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		<title>Super Photo to Cartoon Site!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  I just explored a cool site for turning photos into cartoons. Free and no registration! http://www.befunky.com/index.php  It&#8217;s worth a look. To save the pictures you&#8217;ll need to take a screen shot or &#8220;print screen&#8221; and then paste it into &#8220;paint&#8221;. Then crop, save, and you&#8217;re ready to use your &#8220;Cartoon&#8221; anywhere. Have fun!]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/dthonus/2009/06/30/super-photo-to-cartoon-site/</link>
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