The truth is, if you want a decent job that will lead to a decent life today you have to work harder, regularly reinvent yourself, obtain at least some form of postsecondary education, make sure that you’re engaged in lifelong learning and play by the rules. That’s not a bumper sticker, but we terribly mislead people by saying otherwise.
lifelong learning is the key to getting into, and staying in, the middle class.
“illiteracy will not be defined by those who cannot read and write, but by those who cannot learn and relearn.” Any form of standing still is deadly.
Students need metacognition to connect content to objectives, whether that is progress in a GBL unit, or work towards an authentic product in at PBL project.
Maybe we should visit together? Sorry that I saved this article again in our group rather than just commenting the first time. Let's find some PD time to introduce our amazing teachers to Diigo!
This frequently updated website is an important one for Mt. Abe's transformation. We used some of their materials in our ILO work and in the tech plan.
Video sessions from ISTE. 50 of the zillions of options during the conference are available for a year. Teri and I can recommend this conference highly and warmly encourage you to check out some of these amazing talks!
Between adaptive software that can present and assess mastery of content, video games and simulations that can engage kids on a different level, and mobile technologies and online environments that allow learning to happen on demand, we need to fundamentally rethink what we do in the classroom with kids. (personal communication, October 1, 2011)