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		<title>Butterfly Garden of Words</title>
		<link>http://blog.nettrekker.com/2010/02/09/butterly-garden-of-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Abernethy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[etymology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[My Portfolio]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend Amy Ellisor, our netTrekker 101 instructor, and I talked about a project some of her teachers were working on about etymology. There was a bit of frustration for some of her teachers because they couldn&#8217;t find all of the resources they wanted on the topic of etymology.  If that ever happens to you, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethnic Identity in a Multicultural World …</title>
		<link>http://blog.nettrekker.com/2010/01/07/ethnic-identity-in-a-multicultural-world-%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nettrekker.com/2010/01/07/ethnic-identity-in-a-multicultural-world-%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marci Campbell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ELL Channel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The importance of ethnic identity in coping with a variety of life situations has been a major focus of current literature. While identity development is a difficult task for all adolescents; it is particularly complicated for adolescents belonging to ethnic groups. Teens feel a pull between their “home” and “school” identity &#8211; caught between parents&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>netTrekker Supports Continuity of Learning</title>
		<link>http://blog.nettrekker.com/2009/12/15/nettrekker-supports-continuity-of-learning/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nettrekker.com/2009/12/15/nettrekker-supports-continuity-of-learning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Did You Know?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features and Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Portfolio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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So, absences are on the rise….the school is thinking about closing for a period of time due to illness.  You and your colleagues are still charged with meeting your educational objectives even though you won’t have students in your classroom.  What can you do?
More and more schools and districts are establishing plans for handling the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Look at Resources from TeachEngineering</title>
		<link>http://blog.nettrekker.com/2009/10/14/another-look-at-resources-from-teachengineering/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nettrekker.com/2009/10/14/another-look-at-resources-from-teachengineering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Barton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Collections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why do we have to learn this? Every teacher is bound to hear this at least once during the course of his or her career, and should be prepared to offer an answer beyond, &#8220;because I said so&#8221; or &#8220;you&#8217;ll need to pass standardized tests.&#8221; Math and science teachers could explain the value of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting By With A Little Help</title>
		<link>http://blog.nettrekker.com/2009/08/28/getting-by-with-a-little-help/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nettrekker.com/2009/08/28/getting-by-with-a-little-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Abernethy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features and Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Lambert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Idol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Buy Grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BrainPOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Cook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dollar General]]></category>
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I mentioned yesterday that I read a variety of blogs, articles and other goodies first thing in the morning. Well at night, I treat myself to a bit of the entertainment news and last night in my alerts were a few pages with updates about David Cook.
I admit, I didn&#8217;t watch American Idol faithfully until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Simple Gift</title>
		<link>http://blog.nettrekker.com/2009/08/27/a-simple-gift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Abernethy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I got up and read several articles and blog posts while waiting for my son to get dressed and ready for the day. One of the articles that caught my eye was about new teachers. I remember quite clearly my first week of school as a new teacher in 1996. We had first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TeachEngineering with a Special Touch</title>
		<link>http://blog.nettrekker.com/2009/08/19/teachengineering-with-a-special-touch/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nettrekker.com/2009/08/19/teachengineering-with-a-special-touch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Abernethy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features and Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Collections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[netTrekker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[special olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STEM]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent article from eSchool News about building momentum in STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), there was an urge to not forget the T and E in the curriculum.
&#8220;One of the findings is that discussions of STEM tend to be focused on science, sometimes math, rarely both together&#8211;usually they&#8217;re siloed, and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s a Feature for That.</title>
		<link>http://blog.nettrekker.com/2009/07/30/theres-a-feature-for-that/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nettrekker.com/2009/07/30/theres-a-feature-for-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Abernethy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features and Tools]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.nettrekker.com/?p=732</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am a social network junkie. I&#8217;m not as bad as I used to be, but I start my day off checking my RSS feeds, see what&#8217;s new on netTrekker Village, check in on my PLN (personal learning network) on Twitter, my Facebook PLN (which has a few different people than my Twitter), and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hanging by a Thread</title>
		<link>http://blog.nettrekker.com/2009/07/29/hanging-by-a-thread/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nettrekker.com/2009/07/29/hanging-by-a-thread/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Abernethy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conferences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features and Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Integration Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.nettrekker.com/?p=724</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I promised you a gem from one of the sessions I attended, and told you that you&#8217;d have to take a gamble on whether or not I post it. I am so sorry to leave you hanging by a thread, but I&#8217;m ready to start sharing. This first gem has become quite popular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freebies for Attending a Free Webinar!</title>
		<link>http://blog.nettrekker.com/2009/06/17/freebies-for-attending-a-free-webinar/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nettrekker.com/2009/06/17/freebies-for-attending-a-free-webinar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie Peterson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features and Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Portfolio]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.nettrekker.com/?p=664</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sound too good to be true?  Not so.  We are so convinced that you must see The Power of My Portfolio in netTrekker that we&#8217;re pulling out all of the stops to get you to attend.
Learn how to create a project-based lesson plan and how to manage your web-based resources all within netTrekker’s My Portfolio.  [...]]]></description>
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