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Dreams, Machines and Information: Re-wiring the Brain
- Authored by: Greg Cunningham

Dreams, Machines and Information: Re-wiring the Brain

by Greg Cunningham, Blended Learning Specialist I am not one who remembers the dreams of night. Awake, they dissolve into shreds of haze that fade in the morning twilight. Once in a great while one will stick with me, either for its resemblance to a scene from the Texas Chainsaw

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Solving the state’s math problem: do the math
- Authored by: Cathie Maglio

Solving the state’s math problem: do the math

by Cathie Maglio, Blended Learning Specialist Math has been in the news lately. The Globe ran a story on college remediation December 28 (“State colleges trying to solve math problem”) that said only 60% of community college students who have to take remedial math (also called “review” and “developmental”) complete

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Be Amazing in 2018, Blended Curriculum: Building Skills & Confidence
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Be Amazing in 2018, Blended Curriculum: Building Skills & Confidence

Blended Learning – AIMS Blended Learning is the fusion of online and teacher-led instruction. It selects and organizes content from the vast resources of the internet and places customized instructional units in the skilled hands of the classroom teacher and at the fingertips of the student. Blended Learning is the

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Does Homework Have to be Boring?
- Authored by: Joan Reissman

Does Homework Have to be Boring?

by Joan Reissman, Blended Learning Specialist The value of homework is the subject of longstanding debate among educators. In simpler times, homework required no more than rote repetition of concepts taught in class. That’s no longer enough. Today’s teachers don’t want reinforcement to be merely repetitious. They want homework to

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Tweet this: More #Civility is needed, abolish cyberbullying
- Authored by: Greg Cunningham

Tweet this: More #Civility is needed

by Greg Cunningham, JFYNetWorks Blended Learning Specialist In 2010, Massachusetts passed an anti-bullying law that covered student actions and also mandated schools to have a plan in place to address such actions. The law includes cyber bullying, even if it takes place outside the school day. It has been an

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Treat? Or Schtick? Can tricks teach math?
- Authored by: Joan Reissman

Treat? Or Schtick? Can tricks teach math?

There are many tricks that can help students solve math problems by Joan Reissman, Blended Learning Specialist It’s not news that many students struggle with math. According to the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the triennial test given to 15 year-olds by OECD, the United States ranked 38th out

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Online Education—Time to Start is Now
- Authored by: Greg Cunningham

Online Education—Time to Start is Now

by Greg Cunningham, JFYNetWorks Blended Learning Specialist Online Education can be daunting even for digital natives Everyone over 30—or is it now 20? — assumes that young people are completely tech savvy. They walk the streets and hallways with their faces plastered to their phones, texting, posting, broadcasting live video

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Madison Park MCAS Gain Leads State
- Authored by: Gary Kaplan

Madison Park MCAS Gain Leads State

The largest Proficient/Advanced gain in the state by Gary Kaplan, JFYNetWorks Executive Director MCAS scores for 2017 were released last month. JFY’s partner schools logged many good results, but Madison Park Technical Vocational High School was far and away the year’s high point. Madison Park has come in for heavy

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