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Lisa Durff

Should the U.S. Follow South Korea's Education System? - WSJ.com - 0 views

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shared by Lisa Durff on 06 Aug 13 - No Cached
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      Lisa Durff on 06 Aug 13
       
      A closely guarded market! When 5 Americans (me among them) went to Korea to teach English we had to declare we were tourists at the border.  We were indeed volunteers.
  • South Korea has dramatically improved its education system over the past several decades and now routinely outperforms the U.S.
  • South Korean 15-year-olds rank No. 2 in the world in reading
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  • 93% high-school graduation rate
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      Lisa Durff on 06 Aug 13
       
      BUT they are ready for? factory jobs. The desks are typically nailed down in rows and teachers expected to lecture for 3 hours. I disrupted that idea rather quickly and my grammar class performed super well.
  • In South Korea, if parents aren't engaged, that is considered a failure of the educators, not the family.
Lisa Durff

Why Learning Through Social Networks Is The Future - 1 views

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shared by Lisa Durff on 30 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • one of the most necessary and sought after skills for a global citizen, and as such, must become a prominent feature of any school curriculum.
    • Lisa Durff
      Lisa Durff on 30 Nov 13
       
      Start teaching students how to build a PLN for them, how to use a reader daily, how to engage in conversations via blogs, how to connect with others around the globe in elementary and when they reach high school they will be ready to manage their own learning.
    • Lisa Durff
      Lisa Durff on 30 Nov 13
       
      Compare these thoughts to Attwell, G. (2007). Personal learning environments-the future of eLearning?. eLearning Papers, 2(1), 1-8.http://personligalarmiljoer.pbworks.com/f/personliga_inl%C3%A4rningsmilj%C3%B6er.pdf
Lisa Durff

Who To Follow On Twitter: 14 #edtech Personalities - 0 views

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shared by Lisa Durff on 19 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • 5. @coolcatteacher: Vicki Davis is a full time classroom teacher and creator or more than 15 global projects. She’s author of The upcoming book Reinventing Writing and coauthor of  Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds.
Lisa Durff

Use What Their Mamas Gave 'Em: Students' Cell Phones in Education | Stretch Your Digital Dollar - 0 views

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shared by Lisa Durff on 15 Jan 11 - Cached
  • The idea is this: you can create and print your own QR codes, containing any information you’d like, for FREE at www.qrstuff.com. Then, you can post them in certain areas or give them to students. Students use their phone to take a picture of the code and the FREE software to decode it. Maybe the QR code contains a URL that you want them to visit. Maybe it contains a question you’d like them to answer. Whatever it is, it’s sure to engage students in the activity and motivate them to find their next QR code.
    • Lisa Durff
      Lisa Durff on 15 Jan 11
       
      Mr. Culler would be a natural at building one of these!
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