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in title, tags, annotations or urlIowa review team recommends new science standards | Iowa Department of Education - 1 views
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"The review team's recommendation proposes modifying the Next Generation Science Standards for Iowa so that only the performance expectations section is used, rather than the entire standards document. Members said the performance expectations are easier to understand, especially for teachers in subject areas other than science, and allow for more local control because they are broader than other parts of the standards document. The team's recommendation also proposes modifying the Next Generation Science Standards for Iowa by separating them by grade level for kindergarten through 8th grade and organizing the high school standards into a span of grades."
TeachPaperless: Don't Block: Educate - 0 views
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Would you rather your child encounter questionable content alone in their room or in a classroom mentored by a trained professional?
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This brings up a great point. If we use the Internet with students from the time they are in elementary school and teach them to evaluate the text, just like we would with printed text, then hopefully they will be better consumers of online information. We need to TEACH them how to handle stumbling upon questionable content. It's about setting expectations for how to use the Internet just like you would set expectations for how to use other tools in the classroom. Students will still try to get to sites that are inappropriate, but that behavior should be equivalent to anything else they do that's inappropriate and therefore subject to consequences.
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We are educators. Nobody said education was going to be comfortable.
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And who says the world is a "comfortable" place. If we choose not to use the Internet or choose not to trust students with it, what message are we sending to them? We're (as schools or educators) saying to them that we're ignoring the one type of media that they find legitimate. We're saying to them that we're going to ignore the one place where they go to first for much of their information regardless of its accuracy. How can we send them that message and claim to be effective teachers???
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Iowa Department of Education 21st Century Skills - 0 views
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Friedman
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(1) critical thinking and problem solving; (2) collaboration and leadership; (3) agility and adaptability; (4) initiative and entrepreneurialism; (5) effective oral and written communication; (6) accessing and analyzing information; and (7) curiosity and imagination.
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I think these are all great...but think back to the '5 essential characteristics' and formative assessment, etc. How will we be able to "assess" these skills? It's tough to assess these soft skills, in my opinion.
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Yes, these are definitely broad topics. What underlying, assessable skills make up these survival skills?
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Iowa - 21st century curricula | Dangerously Irrelevant - 7 views
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The ICC is definitely working hard to get us where we need to go. We need to get our staff, school board, and community to understand that doing nothing is not an option.
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We also need to be very supportive of each other during this process. It will definitely be a change for many (most?) teachers. We need to celebrate our successes and build upon them. We also need to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it when things do not turn out how we hoped/planned.
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The change can be the toughest part, sometimes it is just a different way of doing things can make the biggest impact.
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I know I should be more positive, but I am still not sold on it. I don't have the answer,and agree we need to do something, but I don't know if this is it. Time will tell.
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With the research that shows the importance of building student creativity, it is concerning to see so many districts eliminating or de-funding arts programs.
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While watching the video, I had kind of an a-ha moment (many of you have probably reached this point years ago). I imagined the schools of long ago -- think one room prairie school houses. For many kids this was the only place they would see books or be exposed to anything beyond merely existing. At some point, school and home began switching places. As stated in the video, without allowing the new available technology into the classroom and teaching them how to manage it, school will become a one room schoolhouse and home will be the place they can explore the world and expand their intellect. What we need to work for is a seamless meshing of the two. They come to school to get inspired and motivated to continue learning on their own time.
Iowa Core Curriculum - Home - 1 views
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academic expectations of the Iowa Core Curriculum and Iowa’s core content standards — or “what” students should know. It also provides performance standards — or “how well” students should perform in certain areas.
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Are these standards just "good to know" or will schools be asked to merge their current standards with those of the ICC?
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From what I've learned...schools will be asked to document how they are meeting each standard. Sort of like quasi-state standards, if you will. Not sure if it is to *replace* local standards though. This is where I'm unsure.
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Districts will need to do an alignment of their curriculum with the core. They must cover everything in the core. My understanding is the core is supposed to be a core, and you should have time to add more than the core for the "local control" component. How they will be assessed is anyone's guess at this time.
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The Iowa Core Content Standards are Iowa's state standards. This was put into code in Senate File 588 from the 2007 legislative session. So, every district is responsible for implementing all of the Iowa Core Content Standards. As for how this relates to the Iowa Core Curriculum, the statements I've heard coming out of the DOE are that by implementing the Iowa Core Curriculum, districts will be implementing the Iowa Core Content Standards, and going beyond them. Districts are not expected to do any merging or additional alignment work between these two documents. The idea is that if you implement the ICC, you won't have to engage in separate or additional work to implement the Iowa Core Content Standards.
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Grade spans allow classroom teachers to reinforce and build upon previously mastered concepts and skills, and provide the most appropriate learning experiences for students to successfully progress through grade levels
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success in postsecondary education
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How would you define success in post-secondary education? Thinking back to the near-decade I spent in college, I would say it's a mix of interpersonal skills, finding and pursuing goals and passions, and realizing the importance multiple literacies.
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good description, Russ. The more I teach high school students, the more I think about what it means to "prepare them for postsecondary success." Does it mean lecturing for 60 minutes so that they're used to it when they take Bio 101? Does it mean assigning them 15 page essays in preparation for College Composition? Or does it mean preparing them with the essential content so that they have the appropriate pre-requisite knowledge their freshmen year of college? Or is it a combination of all of the above? I think if we can help them see the "life long learning" thing...AND somehow develop a relentless pursuit for excellence. I think it'd be cool if a student was so fixated on learning that he/she studied every single problem/concept/idea (wouldn't leave me or the computer or whatever other resource alone) until he/she was confident that it was understood. TOTALLY idealistic, but cultivating this type of passion towards learning seems to be a sure-fire ingredient for success at the post-secondary level.
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The Changing Face of Education in Iowa: Call for Action: Get Rid of Grades - 5 views
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We never get a chance to have students compare themselves to... themselves. Never to look at how much they have grown, or what they have left to do.
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This is so true.
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I find this very interesting and it's such a great point that I took some time to reflect on. As a teacher, I can see how this may benefit some students. Some of them would really enjoying seeing how far they've come or what they don't know yet. Not all of them look at their ITEDs scores and really understand them. I guess this would be a good reason for some form of pre/post testing. I really like the idea of having students take pride in seeing what they've gotten out of the classroom since so many of them degrade themselves and what they're learning anyway....thanks for the food for thought.
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I teach special education and I compare my students to themselves all the time. The skill areas we work on are charted and monitored twice a month at a minimum. I think it is an extremely valuable tool to have them see a visual of how they have grown (hopefully!) through the year. I agree that grading is subjective in many areas and can be inconsistent. Grades are most important in high school for getting into college and scholarships.
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The way textbooks and goals are set up normally, the tendency would be that students assess themselves against a pre-concieved standard. This will take a lot of re-thinking.
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Many college drop outs have substantial debt - yes kid's expense in more than one way!
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The Iowa World Language Association is working on the materials for a language passport or portfolio which could be used to document what a student knows and can do. This language passport can be used by universities and future employers to attest to a student's competence with a particular language--something that grades don't always show. Perhaps other areas could develop similar tools to showcase a student's competence in that area.
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Wow...well written. I have been of the same school of thought for some time, but it seems like such an 'out there' concept for so many people.
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I often think of how valuable this has been for my own children. They have had a Montesouri education and have been graded on challenging themselves and not compared to the other students. We have now switched back to traditional school and I find that my children are becoming a bit lazy. They now say things like who cares I always get A's. Is this what learning is about? I try to make sure to stress challenging yourself to my own students and I downplay grades.
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Great piece and the discussions we must be having as an education community. AND the discussion we should have with students and parents. Often we have this belief that the status quo is just fine, but often do nothing about challenging our system and how it supports learning as a journey. This concept and discussion should be kept alive and I believe we need to keep this discussion open.
Effects of Technology on Classroom and Students - 4 views
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I agree with this article. I began using a technology based textbook this year. A teacher does become more of a facilitator when the students are working with technology. It does improve motivation for students who normally don't get excited about school.
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I agree as well. Some of the classes we offer at our Alternative School are done on the computer, and you are right, we as teachers do become more of a facilitator with those students. It's funny, we have some students who really like the computer classes, and others who don't like them at all.
Race to the Top evens playing field, challenges teachers | The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism - 5 views
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This move to participate in the national standards [officially known as the “Common Core”] was part of a national trend. So far, 48 states have adopted all or part of these national standards. The reason? The Obama administration’s “Race to the Top” program. “They put some big carrots out there for states,” Latham said, referring to the administration’s $4 billion competition. One of the ways states score points in the competition is doing exactly as Iowa did: adopt both state and national standards. So far, 11 states and the District of Columbia have won funding in two rounds of competition. Iowa has not even been a finalist, and thus the state has not seen the tens of millions of dollars in aid that other states have won. However, four Iowa schools with high poverty and low achievement rates did receive grants from the Race to the Top legislation. Being committed to adopting state and national standards was key for those schools to receive the grants, Latham said.
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Is this really why we adopted the CCSS? I have never heard that before and this article isn't convincing of that point.
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I haven't heard much about the Iowa Core lately. I wasn't even sure it was still being worked on after the change in administration. Does anyone know how private schools play into the Race to the Top?
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Starting in 2012, Iowa’s schools will have to follow state standards in certain subjects and national standards in others.
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States score a significant portion of Race to the Top points by opening up charter schools and pegging teacher pay to student performance—two features that are common in New York and D.C., but are virtually nonexistent in Iowa.
Is REAL Formative Assessment Even Possible? - The Tempered Radical - 0 views
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Instead, school leaders should ask that teachers meet with ONE collaborative group and one collaborative group only. Then, they should require that collaborative groups make formative assessment a priority. Meetings should focus on studying formative assessment data, creating exemplars, improving rubrics, and designing remediation and enrichment opportunities for kids. The simple truth is teachers just don’t have the time to do formative assessment correctly if their attention is divided between the kinds of traditional meetings we’ve always been required to attend.
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High Tech Testing on the Way: a 21st Century Boondoggle? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher - 1 views
Teachers team up to tackle learning gap - 3 views
ePortfolios and GoogleApps - ePortfolios with GoogleApps - 0 views
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ePortfolios and GoogleApps
School Districts Integrate Technology into Common Core-based Curriculum - 0 views
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The key idea to this article is that the learning drives the technology. We shouldn't just be using the technology just to say that we have integrated technology in our curriculum. I like how they pointed out that in Des Moines that they are giving ides how to meet the standards through the "lens" of a technology tool. The Tech Tuesday training idea is one that I can see easily being implemented in my district. It would support those teachers who don't have as much confidence in using technology. Using student technology leaders is another great point that is brought out in this article.
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Cool Cat Teacher Blog: QR Code Classroom Implementation Guide - 0 views
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QR Codes are barcodes of information that hardlink the physical world with the online world.
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They can save us time. They can save paper. They provide a link to mobile devices that help students do their homework and follow along.
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Adobe air QR Code reader
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The truth about flipped learning | eSchool News - 0 views
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Ultimately, flipped learning is not about flipping the “when and where” instruction is delivered; it’s about flipping the attention away from the teacher and toward the learner.
Home | Iowa Core Curriculum 21st Century Scenarios - 8 views
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This scenario database is to be used by educators seeking to find or contributing new ideas to stimulate and offer a variety of Curricula options while infusing 21st century skills within the Iowa Core Curriculum. It is a collaborative project between the AEAs with the goal of providing this database tool as a support for Iowa educators
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