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toc =Intro:= Welcome to Conversations with Maria Knee, Lisa Parisi and Sheila Adams. I am (insert name here). This is show #128. Today is April 1, 2013. This is a show where we welcome conversation, encourage discourse, and enjoy discussions. We request that everyone remain respectful at all times and feel free to join in either in the chat room or through skype.

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 * Who sets the tone for a class - the students, the teachers, or a combination of both? Working environment What is the role of the teacher?
 * School Atmosphere defenses

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Should you bloom where you are planted or move to where you can bloom?

http://www.plurk.com/p/229gx 1. Can you be a good teacher without using tech? 2. Parents as Partners 3. How to move teachers into Project Based Learning 4. Online Professional Development - developing communities, finding ways to make it work without the high cost. 5. What is a tech rich classroom? 6. Moving from using tech to moving toward a classroom that creates and produces, with tech 7. Using an interactive whiteboard interactively 8. How to move our districts toward 21st learning in the classrooms? 9. What will our kids need in 15 - 20 years and how do we need to adjust our classrooms to get there? 10. The importance of networking 11. The idea of removing leveling by age in schools - Brain Rules idea, outcome-based assessment 12. Homework
 * What do you do when you have little tech to use?
 * What is good technology?
 * what is a good lesson
 * how 2 create lessons that engage