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Randy Ziegenfuss

Using iPod Touch for Reading Assessment - 0 views

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  • Randy Ziegenfuss on 04 Jul 10
     
    Assessment of reading using the ever ubiquitous iPod Touch.
jamie hill

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problem-based learning educational technology

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  • jamie hill on 13 Jul 10
     
    This introduction to problem-based learning will give an overview of problem-based learning by answering some of the questions, which I am often asked when facilitating PBL staff development initiatives. It aims to encourage you to explore the idea of using or not using PBL in your teaching. It highlights areas of research you may be interested in considering.
Randy Ziegenfuss

Book Summary - The Art Of Possibility By Zander, Benjamin and Zander, Rosamund Stone - 0 views

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  • Randy Ziegenfuss on 19 Jul 10
     
    Summary of the book we read in class...The Art of Possibility
Randy Ziegenfuss

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  • Randy Ziegenfuss on 11 Jul 10
     
    "Our research-based and standards-aligned free educational math games and language arts games will engage, motivate, and help teach students."
Jennifer Volpato

Digital Alternatives to Test Preparation - Kevin's Multimedia Essay - 0 views

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  • they were being tested everyday.
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 07 Jul 10
       
      Wow....amazing. And obviously "tests" of the wrong kind.
  • As a AP US History teacher I constantly find myself pitted in a struggle against content memorization versus using 21st century skills within the classroom
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 07 Jul 10
       
      I think this is the one of the challenges we hope to address in this course - do we see the challenge as an opportunity to change what we do, or do we feel like vicitims.
    • Jennifer Volpato
      Jennifer Volpato on 07 Jul 10
       
      I agree, it's that cross between covering the material versus really learning it, or in the case of history living it.
  • College Board recently changed their policy of letting students know what the topic of the DBQ would be, students going into the DBQ had no idea what it would be the day of the test students had to complete a DBQ on the Puritans, a subject last covered in 8th grade. I found myself asking how well students possibly could do on a question like this, a question which was covered before students were even accepted into the honors track
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 07 Jul 10
       
      This is the secrecy that Reeves talks about in the article we read yesterday. I wonder what the Board's rationale is for this decision. Clearly, a bunch of dusty academics feel they need to impose their outdated definition of learning on high school students.
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  • Bring technology to every student, closing the digital divide needs to be a national goal, it can't be a program that waits five years. Forget about immigration, partisan divisions, tax policy, gays in the military, and healthcare, our national needs to make it a priority that by August every student will have access to technology and every teacher will get the training to use that technology effectively within the classroom.
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 07 Jul 10
       
      I am always amazed at how little our country cares about education. We focus too much on reacting to problems instead of attacking root causes. If we developed a world-class education system, we would be able to solve more of our problems, in better time.
    • Jennifer Volpato
      Jennifer Volpato on 07 Jul 10
       
      The reaction component is signifcant. I guess that reaction is easier than the problem solving but certainly not as effective.
  • research about how people learn
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 07 Jul 10
       
      We need to pay more attention to the learning sciences: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_sciences
  • Develop assessments that test the students ability to create authentic learning experiences that demonstrate their growth as an individual.
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 07 Jul 10
       
      So why don't we do this? THE TRUTH ABOUT TESTING will hopefully shed some light.
    • Jennifer Volpato
      Jennifer Volpato on 07 Jul 10
       
      Great challenge. I was thinking after my article review this morning about how this can be achieved in a national way. There must be a way to incorporate a measurement of authentic knowledge into the measurement of our school and student success. Unfortunately, it's not as easy as just creating test questions it would involve other means of data collection
  • Kevin's Multimedia Essay
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 07 Jul 10
       
      Nice outline of the challenges we face with developing skills and balancing requirements of assessment. It's our problem. So what will we do about it? Hopefully we'll develop some potential answers.
Kevin Bush

Digital Alternatives to Test Preparation - Persuasive Essay Draft - 1 views

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  • threat of graduation and remediation classes
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 25 Jul 10
       
      Are there "penalities" for not doing well on these tests? Can a student be denied graduation? I know this is coming in PA with the Keystone Exams. I also believe remediation (in 12th grade) is a requirment if you are not proficient on the PSSA in 11th grade.
  • Test-Prep
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 25 Jul 10
       
      One thing we didn't talk about it class....we should indicate where we got the images from.
  • esult meaningfu
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      Randy Ziegenfuss on 25 Jul 10
       
      result in meaningful
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  • has creativity, critical thinking skills, communication skills, collaboration skills, information and media literacy, and life skills.
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 25 Jul 10
       
      I would suggest "demonstrates" rather than has. I also think that one of our greatest challenges in schools - teachers, leaders and students - is coming to some common understanding of what these terms mean, especially in the 21st century. For example, our understanding of collaboration is probably all over the board from "works in groups" to uses social networking sites to connect with other experts.
  • Apple, Inc
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 25 Jul 10
       
      Does Apple really define this? While they funded the study, I wonder if attaching their name may give the impression that the corporate world is now identifying what we as educators ought to be doing. Maybe...Through research funded by Apple Computer...
  • is outlined below:
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 25 Jul 10
       
      includes the key areas of...
  • this approach
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      Randy Ziegenfuss on 25 Jul 10
       
      the challenge-based approach to learning....
  • an individuals
  • an critical
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 25 Jul 10
       
      a critical skills
  • we began on a
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      Randy Ziegenfuss on 25 Jul 10
       
      we began a
  • And the great majority of teachers participating in the study believed that students engaged in high level work and benefited from extensive learning.
    • Kevin Bush
      Kevin Bush on 26 Jul 10
       
      While I agree with this as well, the challenge is how do we prepare teachers to engage in this instruction. Also, as I was reading I kept thinking, this sounds much like differentiated instruction...how do the two fuse together?
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