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Here is an idea generated at NWP Inside Inquiry... Teacher Inquiry Community Each Wednesday teacher consultants that are interested would commit to checking in on the MBMP NING and submit their teacher "wonderings." These wonderings would lead us to group or individual inquiry work. What are the thoughts on this?

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8:00 - 8:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast- Check out Heinemann book display 8:45 - 9:00 Greeting Introductions 9:00 Keynote (Kathleen - hand out copies of her publication , Toni could do her Memoirizing session -she is a published author- we coudl sell her books) 10:10 - 11:00 BREAKOUTS Robert Lamphear, Oakland Community College, Mary Cox, and Kathleen Lawson- anyone interested in building a session such as you did last year??? Kathy Hribar - Library Media Specialist, Westwood Ele… Continue

As I gather K-12 plagiarism sources and begin interviewing students, my own kids wanted in on the action. I'm not planning to put them in my "real" research, so we worked on this video just for fun. Enjoy! Continue

I gathered student interviews on the topic of plagiarism and found that many students can easily define the basic concepts, but still have difficulty understanding that definitions can shift depending on context. For example, the definition of common knowledge varies widely between handbooks, electronic resources, and instructors. It's not unusual for a student to be told that common knowledge is anything you "already know" -- without realizing that this writer-oriented definition may leave the… Continue

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I am asking for people to commit to Side by Side ASAP. The date is May 2nd and it is at MISD. We are looking for breakout sessions that will be approximately 45 minutes. If we can get your workshop titles and catchy summaries soon I think we could expand our horizons. Also let's look into the SBCEU dealio and try to make that happen. Hot, HOt, HOT (I don't care how "funky" it is I love this song!) (<<a href="http://www.youtube.com… Continue