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		<title>One Teacher&#8217;s Learning Journey with 2.0</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 11:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technology, Passion and Learning: That was the title of Shirley Rinaldi&#8217;s Prezi at Friday&#8217;s Embracing Innovation Conference ( Twitter hashtag: #eic11). Shirley teaches 6th grade humanities and she&#8217;s worked at PDS since 1993. She writes a blog Talking the Tech Walk with another middle school teacher and you can follow their story there. This year...]]></description>
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		<title>Let the kids rule the school&#8230;We just did that</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Shirley Rinaldi. Cross-posted from Talking the Tech Walk This week I realized that sometimes things just seem to fall into place and are meant to happen. This was the case with a new project that we tried in middle school this week, called Imagination Day.  The first thoughts of something new began to...]]></description>
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		<title>Snow Days and Disruption: An open letter to families</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear PDS Families: A few lines (with minor edits)  from division in-boxes and my twitter feed: Student: I just wanted to say how I&#8217;ve never been so productive or so academically aware on a Snow day. I&#8217;ve been working all day today and yesterday making up work for the D day and other classes. I feel home schooled. I...]]></description>
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		<title>A Path to Success: Talents. Challenges. Problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A PATH TO COLLEGE, CAREER AND CIVIC SUCCESS Talents, when revealed, need to be celebrated. Challenges, when discovered, need to be addressed. Problems, when they arise, need to be solved. This is never so true as when we are talking about our children — their health, their growth, their education and their development. It is...]]></description>
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		<title>The Welcome Back Assembly</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 02:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder what happens in an all-school assembly when all students and faculty pre-k through 12th grade gather in the James Earl Jones Theater? Along with all-school activities we we have these regularly scheduled throughout the year including Thanksgiving and the annual Peacemakers Assembly every winter. The welcome back assembly last week did not include...]]></description>
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