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You may have come across some discounted electronics with this label. If you would like to learn more, watch the 3 minute video, Talking Refurbished Electronics, from David Pogue. He explains what refurbished means and provides some recommendations on purchasing refurbished products. I’ve purchased refurbished products (scanner, flat screen monitor) myself and agree with Mr. Pogue. You can get some good deals, but need to be careful where you buy.

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This looks like a great collaborative project. If I Were Running for President is hosted by DeAnna Sheets, a teacher in Branson, MO.

Students will poll adults and students from their school and collect data about what issues make them choose one presidential candidate over another. The students will then use that data and create a mock presidential candidate of their own. They will include background information on their mock presidential candidate, key issues, political party ticket, campaign slogan and title. After all of the participating schools have created and entered their mock presidential candidate, an election will be held to see which candidate has been elected as the new president.

• Project Dates: September 2, 2008-November 7, 2008
• Grades 1-6
• Registration is open
• To see the list of classrooms currently registered visit the project wiki and look for the Sidebar on the right.
• Minimal tech tools required. “The basics you will need: either access to a digital camera or a way to upload pictures of your kids drawings etc (unless you choose to do them on a computer). You or your students will need to have access to one computer to type in all of the completed information about the candidate for others to read.”
• Information must be uploaded to the wiki by October 27, 2008
• Election will be held November 3-7th. All students will get to cast their vote.

I would love to see a Willard class participate in this. Let me know if I can help!

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All the Willard R-II attendance centers are subscribing to Discovery Education Streaming this year, aka United Streaming. This is a powerful resource with an extensive collection of videos, lesson plans, worksheets, speeches, songs, images, quizzes, etc. for all grade levels. Yes, you can access this tool from home.

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