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Fixing the Interoperable Communications Problem in Chicago
Chicago received cash today to help solve the problem identified in recent interoperability reports. Got to get less turf war between county and city. City to get $16M for police, fire communications upgrades | Crains Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said the money will answer “the urgent need for firefighters, police, and other first responders to…
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Yahoo! Teachers Workshop
On Monday I am attending a Yahoo! Teachers workshop to learn about the new Yahoo! Teachers service– the "easy-to-use site and peer network designed by and for teachers" so they can "create, modify, and share standards-based curriculum".
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Reading Fluency Sheets
Reading Fluency Sheets, originally uploaded by juggernautco. So this year I helped Christian’s teacher to grade the Reading Fluency Sheets. It is a pretty interesting method of assessing and improving a kid’s ability to read and comprehend what they read. The kids would administer the assessments to each other, marking down how far their partner…
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7th Grade CCD Project: A Catholic Framework for Economic Life
This Spring I was the substitute teacher for a 7th grade CCD class. 7th grade is a tough class to teach or to be a student in, since the kids generally have a bored-with-it-all mien and there’s no sacrament to focus on, like First Communion or confirmation. So instead of teaching from the book, and…
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DHS Pilot Training Nearly Over
The Department of Homeland Security NGO training that I wrote about here are available only until April 30, 2007.