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Danielle Melia

Social Networking To Save At-Risk Students -- THE Journal - 1 views

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academic students teaching online education SocialNetworking social_media at_risk_students

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  • Danielle Melia on 03 Jul 12
     
    Maria Brennan has become pretty proficient at tracking down Everett School District students who are on the verge of dropping out. She's even snagged a few that have already crossed the line and helped them back into positive territory. As graduation success coordinator for Everett School District in Everett, WA, Brennan has used a combination of traditional methods (reaching out directly to the students and their families by phone, for example) and high-tech approaches to help improve graduation rates for the district's four high schools.
Gary Bedenharn

Great Teachers and Leaders : Race to the Top : NYSED - 0 views

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leaders teachers race education learning teaching 4

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  • Gary Bedenharn on 06 Jul 12
     
    A list of practice rubrics that districts can mull over to decide what is best for the district and teachers.
  • Irene Watts-Politza on 06 Jul 12
     
    This looks good, Bill. I bookmarked it for my library and will look it over. Thanks for sharing.
Melissa Pietricola

murrilo.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 1 views

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technology education teaching pdf

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  • Melissa Pietricola on 30 May 10
     
    Liverpool School District: 2002 attempt to create a virtual school. District evaluated the costs/benefits of offering online learning opportunities. It was not successfully implemented
Lisa Martin

Online Schooling Grows, Setting Off a Debate - 0 views

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fully online public schools opposition

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  • Half a million American children take classes online, with a significant group, like the Weldies, getting all their schooling from virtual public schools.
    • Lisa Martin
      Lisa Martin on 03 Jun 12
       
      I didn't realize this many children in America were already taking online classes.
  • Florida Virtual School, the largest Internet public school in the country, more than 50,000 students are taking courses this year
  • About 90,000 children get their education from one of 185 such schools nationwide.
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  • full-time online charter school like the Wisconsin Virtual Academy
  • They are publicly financed, mostly elementary and middle schools.
  • Legally, they are considered public school students, not home-schoolers, because their online schools are taxpayer-financed and subject to federal testing requirements.
  • opposition from some educators, who say elementary students may be too young for Internet learning, and from teachers, unions and school boards, partly because they divert state payments from the online student's home district.
    • Lisa Martin
      Lisa Martin on 03 Jun 12
       
      My charter school faces the same opposition.
  • ''That's what I love most about this curriculum,'' Mrs. Weldie said. ''There's no reason for Isabel to practice counting if she can already add.''
    • Lisa Martin
      Lisa Martin on 03 Jun 12
       
      True individualization of instruction.
  • Lisa Martin on 03 Jun 12
     
    This article discuss fully online public elementary schools and the opposition from school districts.
ian august

Startup Advice for Online Education - 0 views

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online learning education teaching advice

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  • Matthew Wicks, who runs a Chicago-area consulting firm specializing in helping schools and districts tap into the potential of online learning.
  • He was a co-founder of the Illinois Virtual High School.
  • "Understanding why you're creating the online school is really, really important
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  • thoughts and needs of the staff, parents and students should come into play in any serious discussion, he says. "The best online programs I've seen do a great job of bringing in all those participants from the very beginning so they have ownership," Wicks says.
  • many teachers were worried the coursework wouldn't be up to par and that computerbased instruction would ultimately hurt district teachers
  • Promising Practices in Online Learning."
  • While iNACOL remains the largest national organization advocating for online learning, several others can offer help to districts looking to launch virtual programs. These include the Southern Regional Education Board (www.sreb.org) the Virtual School Clearinghouse (www.vsclearinghouse.com) and numerous proprietary vendors
  • ian august on 02 Jun 11
     
    things you need to know, groups that offer advice
lkryder

ISTE Standards Essential Conditions - 0 views

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iste technology standards

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  • oactive leadership in developing a shared vision for educational technology among all education stakeholders, including teachers and support staff, school and district administrators, teacher educators, students, parents, and the community Empowered Leaders  Stakeholders at every level empowered to be leaders in effecting change Implementation Planning A systemic plan aligned with a shared vision for school effectiveness and student learning through the infusion of information and communication technology (ICT) and digital learning resources   Consistent and Adequate Funding Ongoing funding to support technology infrastructure, personnel, digital resources, and staff development Equitable Access Robust and reliable access to current and emerging technologies and digital resources, with connectivity for all students, teachers, staff, and school leaders Skilled Personnel Educators, support staff, and other leaders skilled in the selection and effective use of appropriate ICT resources Ongoing Professional Learning Technology-related professional learning plans and opportunities with dedicated time to practice and share ideas Technical Support  Consistent and reliable assistance for maintaining,  renewing, and using ICT and digital learning resources  Curriculum Framework Content standards and related digital curriculum  resources that are aligned with and support digital age  learning and work  Student-Centered Learning  Planning, teaching, and assessment centered around  the needs and abilities of students  Assessment and Evaluation  Continuous assessment of teaching, learning, and  leadership, and evaluation of the use of ICT and digital  resources  Engaged Communities  Partnerships and collaboration within communities to  support and fund the use of ICT and digital learning  resources  Support Policies  Policies, financial plans, accountability measures,  and incentive structures to support the use of ICT  and other digital resources for learning and in district  school operations  Supportive External Context  Policies and initiatives at the national, regional, and  local levels to support schools and teacher preparation  programs in the effective implementation of technology  for achieving curriculum and learning technology (ICT)  standards
  • Proactive leadership in developing a shared vision for educational technology among all education stakeholders, including teachers and support staff, school and district administrators, teacher educators, students, parents, and the community
  • Shared Vision
Catherine Strattner

Cuomo Signs Legislation on Public Disclosure of Teacher Evaluations | WKBW News 7: News... - 0 views

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legislation public disclosure teacher performance

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  • The new law signed today by the Governor ensures that parents and the general public can assess how schools across New York are performing. The law requires school districts and BOCES to fully disclose their evaluation results to the public and require requires the State Education Department to post and make widely available important data that will allow the public to analyze and compare how schools are performing. School districts and BOCES will also be required to notify and fully disclose to parents and legal guardians the final specific ratings and composite evaluation scores of the teachers and principals to which their student is assigned.
  • Catherine Strattner on 01 Jul 12
     
    Legislation makes APPR ratings public in NY state.
  • Catherine Strattner on 01 Jul 12
     
    Article regarding public disclosure of teacher ratings in NY state.
Mark Prelewicz

The Authority in Online Education - 0 views

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  • As school districts across the country have faced budget gaps, they’ve been forced to cut back. Schools are eliminating programs and cutting teaching jobs and salaries – it’s clear that the U.S. public education system is facing problems. But Wozniak thinks that school systems have not “adapted to children’s needs,” and that computers could help to fill these gaps. Additionally, they could help schools save money. “If you had 30 teachers in a class with 30 students, they’d all get individual attention and be moving at their own paces,” Wozniak said. “So I think someday a computer could possibly be a teacher.”
  • “School in itself is pretty much a restrictive force on creativity,” he said. “When you come to class, you do the exact same pages in the book, the same hours as everyone else in the class. You don’t go off in your own little directions. This is not the way of the future.”
  • New technologies are beginning to mimic the capabilities of humans more than ever before. While technology and education experts agree that teachers won’t be replaced by robots anytime soon, computers have helped schools to make strides in student progress and achievement over the past few years. Tools like interactive online education platforms and online courses have demonstrated success, while also helping school districts save money. But to pinpoint successful educational technology, interactivity is key.
Mark Prelewicz

Public Schools Begin to Offer Gym Classes Online - New York Times - 0 views

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  • The course allows students to meet requirements by exercising how they want, when they want. They are required to work out hard for 30 minutes four times a week and report to their teachers by e-mail. Parents must certify that the students did the workouts.
  • Still, some committed online educators remain unconvinced. Tim Snyder, the executive director of Colorado Online Learning, which offers more than 50 online courses to Colorado schools, included physical education with studio art, marching band and the laboratory sciences as subjects best left to brick-and-mortar schools. "These are still better experienced in a hands-on setting," Dr. Snyder said. But online gym has prospered. That has been possible in part because physical education itself has evolved. Once a highly regimented class centered on team sports and competition, physical education now emphasizes healthy living and personal fitness, topics some see as eminently suited for independent Internet study.
  • Even the course's author, Brenda Corbin, who writes curriculums for the Minneapolis district, was dismissive at first. "I refused to be a part of it," Ms. Corbin said of her initial reaction a year ago, when Ms. Braaten and district administrators approached her about writing the physical education course. "How do you know they're really working out?" Ms. Corbin said she asked. But she later changed her mind. "I was uninformed about what you can do over the computer," she said.
  • Mark Prelewicz on 01 Jun 12
     
    PE course mini-evaluation. changing mind-sets
Celeste Sisson

Homework or Not? That is the (Research) Question. | District Administration Magazine - 0 views

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  • Celeste Sisson on 06 Jun 13
     
    Article will some research on giving homework and affects of homework in a flipped classroom.
Celeste Sisson

EBSCOhost: Upside down and inside out: Flip Your Classroom to Improve Student Learning - 0 views

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      Celeste Sisson on 08 Jun 13
       
      Faulkner  welcomes the students and talks about  the day's task as he puts a couple of  key problems on the electronic whiteboard to check for understanding on  last night's video lesson.
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      Celeste Sisson on 08 Jun 13
       
      . If several students are  stuck on a problem, he might work  through more examples on the board  at the front of the class. And, just to  be sure, there are daily spot quizzes,  often using clickers so the students  and teacher get immediate results.
    • Celeste Sisson
      Celeste Sisson on 08 Jun 13
       
      create a Moodle  site for each course. It soon became  clear that they'd have to create their  own video lessons rather than relying on prepackaged web courses or  lessons. Once the district agreed to  unblock YouTube, they embedded  the video lessons in each course site. 
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      Celeste Sisson on 08 Jun 13
       
      Classroom management was another challenge, says 20-year veteran  teacher Rob Warneke: "Kids need to  be trained and guided to stay on task,  work collaboratively, solve their own  problems, be disciplined," he says.  "This is harder than making everyone  be quiet during a lecture. Thinking  and learning can be quite noisy!"
    • Celeste Sisson
      Celeste Sisson on 08 Jun 13
       
      Students with no internet  connection can get the lessons on a  jump drive or CD.
Danielle Melia

Something to Shout About: New research shows that more librarians means higher reading ... - 0 views

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education learning teaching

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  • Danielle Melia on 04 Jun 12
     
    Librarian Marie Slim knew the cuts were coming. She just didn't know they'd be this bad. For nearly 10 years, there had been a certified media specialist-and a full-time paraprofessional-at each of the six high schools in her California school district. Then things slowly began to change.
Amy M

Alan Singer: Cuomo, Common Core and Pearson-for-Profit - 0 views

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Pearson

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  • ts taught in schools across the United States with little or no parental or educational oversight. Pearson standardized exams will assess how well teachers implement Pearson instruction modules and Pearson's common core standards, but not what students really learn or whether students are actually learning things that are important to know. Pearson is already creating teacher certification exams for eighteen states including New York, organizing staff development workshops to promote Pearson products, and providing school district Pearson assessment tools. In New York, Pearson Education currently has a five-year, $32 million contract to administer state test and provides other "testing services" to the State Education Department. It also recently received a share of a federal Race to the Top grant to create what the company calls the "next-generation" of online assessments.
  • Amy M on 16 Aug 12
     
    pearson
Amy M

Applying Mastery Learning Techniques - 0 views

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  • Amy M on 05 Jun 12
     
    An article on mastery learning. Perhaps applicable to online instruction.
Jessica M

Factor Structure of Opportunity to Learn for Students with and w ithout Disabilities - 0 views

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Disabilities Structure Learn Students

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  • school performance is a result of the interaction between students’ abilities and the instructional environment (Ysseldyke & Christenson, 1987
  • partly in an effort to reduce variance between states and to raise the consistency and quality of accountability measures of teachers, schools, and districts
    • Jessica M
      Jessica M on 09 Jun 14
       
      hopes of Common Core Standards through our country
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