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		<title>Teacher Spotlight: Meet Mr. Basler</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dale Basler has been a teacher of science in Appleton, Wisconsin since 1998. He currently teaches physics and physical science at Appleton East High School.
In 2004, Dale was elected President-Elect of Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers (WSST) and served for four years on the WSST Board of Directors. For two of those years, Dale served [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yteachersblog.com/blog2/?p=60</link>
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		<title>NSTA &#8216;08: Celebrating Science Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week the Yahoo! For Teachers Team will join science teachers from around the country at the National Science Teacher Association (NSTA) Annual Conference in Boston to learn what&#8217;s new and exciting in the world of science education.
We&#8217;re looking forward to reconnecting with teachers we met last year at the 2007 NSTA Annual Conference in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yteachersblog.com/blog2/?p=59</link>
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		<title>In Their Own Words: Calling All Middle Schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our little school is &#8220;walking&#8221; I-80 from DuBois, Pennsylvania all the way to San Francisco, California and we&#8217;d love to visit with you along the way.
To make this wellness project more than just laps in gym, we are asking you to introduce your middle school and tell us something about your area. You can see [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yteachersblog.com/blog2/?p=58</link>
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		<title>WIRED Science Student Video Contest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WIRED Science and PBS are sponsoring a &#8220;WIRED Science Student Video Contest&#8221; that is open to all students in grades 9-12 (contest is also open to home school students).
This is an opportunity for students to work with their peers to create a video explaining a science concept, ideas on the future of science, or&#8211;well, anything [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yteachersblog.com/blog2/?p=57</link>
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		<title>In Their Words: Earth Day&#8230;A 24 Hour Webcastathon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Educators and students from across the globe are planning a 24 hour long “Webcastathon” on Earth Day 2008 (Tuesday, April 22nd).  Thanks to our good friends over at World Bridges, the audio from the conversations will be broadcast live at Edtechtalk.com/live.
The goal of the day is to share stories across the globe about what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yteachersblog.com/blog2/?p=55</link>
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		<title>Call For Presentations: Innovative Learning Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Innovative Learning Conference (ILC) 2008 is a new event produced in partnership by CUE and FETC for the K-12  education community. ILC is devoted to advancing student achievement through an interactive event that will include  hands-on workshops, concurrent sessions, meetings and exhibitions.
ILC is designed for teachers, principals, district  administrators, curriculum designers, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yteachersblog.com/blog2/?p=56</link>
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		<title>New NSDL Resource: Beyond Penguins &#038; Polar Bears</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears is a new online professional development resource for elementary teachers which focuses on preparing teachers to teach polar science concepts by integrating inquiry-based science with literacy teaching.
Research has shown that this integrated approach can increase students&#8217; science knowledge,academic language, reading comprehension,
and written and oral discourse abilities.
This program is funded by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yteachersblog.com/blog2/?p=54</link>
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		<title>In Their Words: Many Voices For Darfur</title>
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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.            Elie Wiesel
In a way, we decided to take sides when we launched Many Voices for Darfur, a global collaboration project. Wendy Drexler  and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yteachersblog.com/blog2/?p=51</link>
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		<title>Introduction to del.icio.us</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Related Links

del.icio.us
Yahoo! For Teachers Document &#62; del.icio.us 101
Wikipedia &#62; Social Bookmarking

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		<link>http://yteachersblog.com/blog2/?p=50</link>
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		<title>In Their Words</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the best things about working on the Yahoo! For Teachers initiative has been the opportunity to travel around the country to meet teachers and hear their stories. Here are just a few of the amazing teachers we&#8217;ve met:

 Last year at the 2007 NSTA Conference in St. Louis we met a science teacher [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://yteachersblog.com/blog2/?p=49</link>
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