USDLA 2009 Winners in K-12 Videoconferencing

The United States Distance Learning Association 2009 Winners received their awards last week. Some of our friends were featured!
Best Practices Awards for Distance Learning Programming
Platinum
COSI Columbus Electronic Education Program
Videoconferencing ~ Pre K – 12
Bronze
The CenterNET2 Project-Center for Rural Development, Somerset, Kentucky
Videoconferencing ~ Prek-12/Higher Education
Best Practices Awards for Excellence in Distance Learning Teaching
Platinum
Floyd Gary Walton, “Mr. [...]

Marzano: Reinforcing Effort

This post is part of a series on integrating the McREL research on classroom instruction that works with videoconferencing.

Reinforcing Effort: Generalizations

Not all students realize the importance of believing in effort.
Students can learn to operate from a belief that effort pays off even if they do not initially have this belief.

Recommendations
Use these to improve your practice.

Explicitly [...]