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Inside Higher Ed: 8 Ways to Improve Group Work Online

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article discusses why online collaboration skills are critical to student success in today's world and offers strategies for educators to help students do well in group projects.
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Quality Digest: Self Directed Work Teams: A Competitive Advantage

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Article describes self-directed work teams as an innovative way to approach employee management. Designed around "whole" projects, these teams manage their own work and handle obstacles themselves, fostering independent thinking and a...
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New York Times

New York Times: An in Depth History of Group F.64

For Students 9th - 10th
This article is based on a book by Mary Street Alinder, who had worked with Anselm Adams. Group f.64 was a group of photographers in the 1930s who advocated for a pure style of photography.
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Aventis Learning Group: Systems Thinking: The What, Why, When and How

For Students 9th - 10th
Systems thinking is a holistic approach to analysis that focuses on the way that a system's constituent parts interrelate and how systems work over time and within the context of larger systems. It is particularly useful in addressing...
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Work 911: Cooperative Communication

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site defines "Cooperative Communication" and provides examples and information as to how to apply it. Although the article is geared toward the workplace, it applies to all forms of communication, especially when negotiating....
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Everything ESL

Everything Esl: Working With Bilingual Parent Volunteers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Advice about how to start a group of bilingual parent volunteers at your school to work in mainstream classrooms and with first-year English language learners.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Individual Tasks

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides effective time management strategies for cooperative groups. Students will work on time management and an aid to with group engagement. SL.11-12.1c Questions/Part
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Kids Health: Volunteering

For Students 9th - 10th
Volunteering may seem like working without being compensated but that isn't necessarily true. Volunteers are compensated with a gratifying feeling of making a difference in the life of someone in need.Read this article to find out how to...
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University of Toronto (Canada)

Canadian Painters as Art Educators 1920 1950

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting general discussion of Canadian art and artists between 1920-1950 that was a new generation of painters than before the First World War. Gives biographical information on a variety of different painters with examples of their...
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Carnegie Endowment for Intl Peace: Egypt's Islamist Problem [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A good analysis of the various Islamist movements at work in Egypt and how the government should attempt to bring these groups into the political process. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
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Center for the Collaborative Classroom: Integrating Speaking and Listening Ccss

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Integrating speaking and listening builds a positive classroom community with less bullying, increased self-confidence, and greater independence, along with the ability to work with all students. This article gives ideas for projects or...
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The Balance: 10 File Management Tips to Keep Your Electronic Files Organized

For Students 9th - 10th
Thse tips will help individuals and groups organize files and data.
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Panix.com: The Cockatrice Boys

For Students 9th - 10th
Monsters have invaded the world and a brave group boards a train called the Cockatrice Belle to rescue humankind. This is a very short, positive review of this Aiken work from Panix.com.
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Boston University

Boston University: Putting Value Into Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Andrew Ward decides to get into the middle of an argument between David Hume and Hume's critic Malcolm Budd about the standard for assessing the value of works of art upon the feeling of pleasure or displeasure. This topic will be a...
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Hands on Civics: An Approach to Increase Community Intelligence

For Students 9th - 10th
This article outlines a program that the author has used with academically at-risk ninth grade students to enhance their understanding of how communities work and how they can change through individual and group efforts.
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Edutopia

Edutopia: Common Ground: Teaching Kids the Benefits of Working Together

For Teachers K - 1st
Article discusses how cooperative learning helps create the essential skill of working (and compromising) within a group.
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Encourage Play: Two Fun Ways to Practice Conversation Skills

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Listening and responding on topic during a conversation is a skill our kids need to practice and learn. Here are two fun ways to practice this skill. You can do these activities with groups of kids, or pairs of kids. If you are working...
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Amby Duncan-Carr

Amby: Types of Interviews

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you getting ready for a job interview? Make sure you are prepared by investigating the variety of interview formats that are out there.
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My Perfect Resume: Before You Search: The Riley Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you looking for activities and resources to help you prepare for your job search? Learn to explore your options, prepare for the search, investigate education/training options, and find Internet resources.
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Tel Aviv University: Mime

For Students 9th - 10th
This technical article explains MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions). MIME is a specification for enhancing the capabilities of standard Internet electronic mail. It offers a simple standardized way to represent and encode a wide...

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