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Free MIT simulation has students compete as video game moguls | eSchool News - 11 views
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The university announced Nov. 30 that the popular simulation, known as “Platform Wars,” would be freely available on the MIT Sloan Teaching Innovation Resources website, following the lead of MIT’s OpenCourseWare program, a seminal experiment in higher education’s sharing of open course material.In “Platform Wars,” students set the price of hardware, negotiate royalty rates with game makers, and decide if they should subsidize the first few games for their gaming system.
Mass customization in education - Home - Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog - 28 views
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Here's the thing: We have lots of data about our kids - test scores, ability measurements, learning inventories, teacher observations etc. We have a lots of different ways to teach and a wealth of diverse teaching resources. What the classroom teacher lacks in the time to analyze and match the individual numbers with the intervention.
Twenty Everyday Ways to Model Technology Use for Students | Edutopia - 22 views
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Forensics - 17 views
Council proposes state teacher evaluation system | 9news.com - 9 views
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The recommendations state that teachers should be evaluated based on six quality standards: knowledge of content, establish environment for diverse students, facilitate learning, reflect on their practice, demonstrate leadership, and student growth.
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Student growth makes up 50 percent of a teacher's evaluation score, but council members say they want it to be from assessments taken throughout the school year, not just one day.
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teacher and principal can then be granted one of four ratings: Ineffective, Partially Effective, Effective, or Highly Effective. If a teacher receives two low ratings in a row, that teacher may lose non-probationary status or job protections similar to tenure. Council members say the primary goal of the evaluation system must be to find ways to help struggling teachers improve.
Next for education: Teacher avatars | Featured on eSchool News | eSchoolNews.com - 15 views
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To populate an educator’s avatar with knowledge, Don Davidson, Intellitar co-founder and CEO, said a common starting point might be a digital curriculum that would serve as an alternate knowledge source. The educator would provide personal experiences as they relate to the subject matter or views on certain topics.
Google, Twitter build Speak to Tweet for Egyptians | Relevant Results - CNET News - 6 views
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Even if the Internet is down, people in Egypt can still use Twitter through a new service from Google and Twitter.
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Google, in combination with Twitter and its recently acquired SayNow engineers, has released a service for tweeting without an Internet connection.
Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud: HOARDING INDIVIDUALS...SHARING FRANCHISES...TEAMS - 3 views
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At the initial stage, individuals meeting, you often hear people complaining that they have to go to the meeting: “ this is my time I should be doing my work” With the emphasis on MY, it’s a hoarding culture.
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Franchises are formed when teacher share their creativity with each other and work together to design instructional or assessment strategies together, such as 9 week common assessments or a unit of instruction. In the early stages of franchising, strategies designed together are implemented individually. A team designs a common assessment but doesn’t look at each other’s lesson plans.
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