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Lauri Brady

Instructional Technology - Grand Island Public Schools - 0 views

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  • Lauri Brady on 13 May 11
     
    "Grand Island Public Schools recognizes the critical role that technology plays in educating children for the future. In order to be productive citizens in society, students must possess the skills to be contributing members in an information-rich technology environment. In accordance with state and national instructional technology standards, Grand Island Public Schools learners will be provided the skills and implementation opportunities which will enable them to: 1. use a variety of information technologies and applications. 2. develop positive attitudes toward the social impact of technology and apply ethical and legal principles to the use of information technologies. 3. develop strategies to utilize information technologies to search for, locate, and access information. 4. use a variety of media to communicate, collaborate, publish, and interact with experts, peers, and other audiences. 5. organize, prepare and present ideas and information utilizing information technologies. 6. solve problems utilizing a variety of information technologies "
Donald Burkins

Education Innovation: It's Systematic and It's Magic: The Ambidextrous Professional Lea... - 3 views

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  • Donald Burkins on 21 Oct 09
     
    "The ambidextrous Professional Learning Community believes that results come from using a systematic approach to looking at essential learning, collecting and analyzing actionable data, using data to drive instruction, using Response to Intervention to meet the learning needs of all students, and using the best known research based instructional strategies. Ambidextrous Professional Learning Communities know that collaboration is central to their work. In other words, Ambidextrous Professional Learning Communities believe that results are simply a matter of using a systematic process. But the Ambidextrous Professional Learning Community also believes that great results are something more "
  • Donald Burkins on 21 Oct 09
     
    AmbiPLC No 5
Donald Burkins

Education Innovation: The Ambidextrous Professional Learning Community: Data Driven and... - 0 views

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  • Donald Burkins on 21 Oct 09
     
    "Being focused on current "real time" student data that can be acted on is key for Professional Learning Communities. Data, the right kind of data, is essential for driving the day-to-day instructional program of team members. The right kind of data is actionable, that is, it can be used to make instructional decisions based on current student learning needs. But there is another side to data that requires some skepticism. "
  • Donald Burkins on 21 Oct 09
     
    part 4, AmbiPLC
Darcy Goshorn

Cybraryman's Instructional Coaching Linkapalooza - 3 views

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  • Darcy Goshorn on 11 Apr 13
     
    Cache of links to some yummy instructional coaching resources.
Darcy Goshorn

Teaching Via Videoconferencing: Instructional Strategies - 8 views

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  • Darcy Goshorn on 07 May 13
     
    slideshow
Kathy Fiedler

5min - Find the best how to, instructional and DIY videos - Life Videopedia - 0 views

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  • Kathy Fiedler on 29 May 12
     
    "Your one-stop shop for instructional videos and DIY projects." From Arts, Auto, Business, Fitness, Food Entertainment, Health, Knowledge, and Games to Home, Fashion, Entertainment, and Travel, there's a 5 minute video here for you! Got 5 min? Join and upload your video tutorial to the community.
Kristin Hokanson

College Students Score Higher In Classes That Incorporate Instructional Technology Than... - 0 views

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  • Kristin Hokanson on 26 Mar 08
     
    Jim Gates sent this ACSD article on the CFF listserve.
  • Kristin Hokanson on 26 Mar 08
     
    Hybrid classes & instructional tech incorportated helps students. From ACSD SmartBrief shared by jgates513
Mardy McGaw

Educational Leadership:Teaching for the 21st Century:21st Century Skills: The Challenge... - 1 views

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  • But in fact, the skills students need in the 21st century are not new.
  • What's actually new is the extent to which changes in our economy and the world mean that collective and individual success depends on having such skills.
  • This distinction between "skills that are novel" and "skills that must be taught more intentionally and effectively" ought to lead policymakers to different education reforms than those they are now considering. If these skills were indeed new, then perhaps we would need a radical overhaul of how we think about content and curriculum. But if the issue is, instead, that schools must be more deliberate about teaching critical thinking, collaboration, and problem solving to all students, then the remedies are more obvious, although still intensely challenging.
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  • To complicate the challenge, some of the rhetoric we have heard surrounding this movement suggests that with so much new knowledge being created, content no longer matters; that ways of knowing information are now much more important than information itself. Such notions contradict what we know about teaching and learning and raise concerns that the 21st century skills movement will end up being a weak intervention for the very students—low-income students and students of color—who most need powerful schools as a matter of social equity.
  • What will it take to ensure that the idea of "21st century skills"—or more precisely, the effort to ensure that all students, rather than just a privileged few, have access to a rich education that intentionally helps them learn these skills—is successful in improving schools? That effort requires three primary components. First, educators and policymakers must ensure that the instructional program is complete and that content is not shortchanged for an ephemeral pursuit of skills. Second, states, school districts, and schools need to revamp how they think about human capital in education—in particular how teachers are trained. Finally, we need new assessments that can accurately measure richer learning and more complex tasks.
  • Why would misunderstanding the relationship of skills and knowledge lead to trouble? If you believe that skills and knowledge are separate, you are likely to draw two incorrect conclusions. First, because content is readily available in many locations but thinking skills reside in the learner's brain, it would seem clear that if we must choose between them, skills are essential, whereas content is merely desirable. Second, if skills are independent of content, we could reasonably conclude that we can develop these skills through the use of any content. For example, if students can learn how to think critically about science in the context of any scientific material, a teacher should select content that will engage students (for instance, the chemistry of candy), even if that content is not central to the field. But all content is not equally important to mathematics, or to science, or to literature. To think critically, students need the knowledge that is central to the domain.
  • Because of these challenges, devising a 21st century skills curriculum requires more than paying lip service to content knowledge.
  • Advocates of 21st century skills favor student-centered methods—for example, problem-based learning and project-based learning—that allow students to collaborate, work on authentic problems, and engage with the community. These approaches are widely acclaimed and can be found in any pedagogical methods textbook; teachers know about them and believe they're effective. And yet, teachers don't use them. Recent data show that most instructional time is composed of seatwork and whole-class instruction led by the teacher (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Early Child Care Research Network, 2005). Even when class sizes are reduced, teachers do not change their teaching strategies or use these student-centered methods (Shapson, Wright, Eason, & Fitzgerald, 1980). Again, these are not new issues. John Goodlad (1984) reported the same finding in his landmark study published more than 20 years ago.
  • Why don't teachers use the methods that they believe are most effective? Even advocates of student-centered methods acknowledge that these methods pose classroom management problems for teachers. When students collaborate, one expects a certain amount of hubbub in the room, which could devolve into chaos in less-than-expert hands. These methods also demand that teachers be knowledgeable about a broad range of topics and are prepared to make in-the-moment decisions as the lesson plan progresses. Anyone who has watched a highly effective teacher lead a class by simultaneously engaging with content, classroom management, and the ongoing monitoring of student progress knows how intense and demanding this work is. It's a constant juggling act that involves keeping many balls in the air.
  • Most teachers don't need to be persuaded that project-based learning is a good idea—they already believe that. What teachers need is much more robust training and support than they receive today, including specific lesson plans that deal with the high cognitive demands and potential classroom management problems of using student-centered methods.
  • Without better curriculum, better teaching, and better tests, the emphasis on "21st century skills" will be a superficial one that will sacrifice long-term gains for the appearance of short-term progress.
  • The debate is not about content versus skills. There is no responsible constituency arguing against ensuring that students learn how to think in school. Rather, the issue is how to meet the challenges of delivering content and skills in a rich way that genuinely improves outcomes for students.
    • Mardy McGaw
      Mardy McGaw on 20 Oct 09
       
      "ensuring that students learn how to think" You would think that this is the essence of education but this is not always asked of students. Memorize, Report and Present but how often do students think and comment on their learning?
  • practice means that you try to improve by noticing what you are doing wrong and formulating strategies to do better. Practice also requires feedback, usually from someone more skilled than you are.
    • Mardy McGaw
      Mardy McGaw on 20 Oct 09
       
      Students need to be taught how to work as part of a group. The need to see mistakes and be given a chance to improve on them. Someone who already knows how to work as a team player is the best coach/teacher.
  • anonymous on 07 Sep 09
     
    A very interesting article. Lots of good discussion points.
Kathe Santillo

Finding Images on the Web - 0 views

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  • Kathe Santillo on 01 May 09
     
    Boston University Library's instructions, guides, and resources for finding images on the Web.
karen sipe

FoolProof Teacher (High School Financial Literacy Curriculum) | Home - 10 views

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  • karen sipe on 05 Mar 10
     
    e offer free, turnkey, web-driven financial literacy instruction for high school students, college-age young people, and kids who are homeschooled.\n\nOur highly interactive online "modules" help you teach young people about money, financial responsibility, and the realities of the free enterprise system. And young people do all the teaching.\n
  • karen sipe on 05 Mar 10
     
    Free site on with financial literacy instruction
Darcy Goshorn

GREAT Handout Tutorial for Google Earth Tour Creation - 19 views

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shared by Darcy Goshorn on 29 Jan 10 - No Cached
  • Darcy Goshorn on 29 Jan 10
     
    This is a great handout with illustrated instructions for creating placemarks and tours in Google Earth created by David Jakes. If you click on the little yellow comment bubble in the upper-right corner of the first page, you can find the Word doc version to adapt for your own students/teachers.
  • Darcy Goshorn on 29 Jan 10
     
    So full of win!
anonymous

The Technology Facade - 11 views

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  • anonymous on 17 May 10
     
    "Abstract: This paper reports on the design, development, and application of a Checklist intended to assist educators in recognizing strengths and weaknesses in their technology-based programs at their institutions. The Checklist sampled public and private schools to validate the existence and impact of the Technology Facade. Initial findings indicate that schools have masked the effective use of computers labs and classroom computers behind the auspices of teacher activities, student participation, and parental involvement. The study and suggests possible courses of action to address deficiencies in the use of technology, the construction of the necessary infrastructure, and the design of a viable instructional strategy."
  • anonymous on 17 May 10
     
    This resonates with me because I see it time after time. Even one-to-one districts aren't doing anything with the computers that they weren't already doing without them. The technology is a Facade. Interesting notion
  • Aimee Engleka on 19 May 10
     
    The author of this book was my professor at Duquesne University during the time he was authoring it. He, at the time was the head of the Instructional Technology Deptartment. As an assignment, we helped to "proofread" and make suggestions...so excited to see it mentioned here. Larry has been ahead of his time in this field for years. Great read, and highly recommended as it offers a different, yet crucial perspective on things.
Darcy Goshorn

10 Self-Evaluation Tips for Technology Instructional Specialists | Edutopia - 12 views

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  • Darcy Goshorn on 23 Jul 14
     
    "These questions have helped me become more reflective with my actions, have allowed me to focus on the teacher I will be coaching, and assist in planning the differentiated, classroom-embedded, technology staff development of which I am an avid proponent."
Kathy Fiedler

ThingLink Education - ThingLink - 0 views

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  • Kathy Fiedler on 12 Nov 12
     
    "Innovative Teaching Tool With ThingLink's easy-to-use editor, teachers can create immersive and engaging experiences by adding tags to any image in a few minutes: Create authentic, valuable, and rich interactive stories around historical events using media (video, sound, photos, written words, etc.) found online. Annotate graphs and timelines. Record an instructional message to students inside an image. Embed interactive images into student blogs. Enable students to curate content inside an image to demonstrate understanding of a topic."
Michelle Krill

infuselearning | Empowering The BYOD REVOLUTION - 3 views

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  • Michelle Krill on 19 Dec 12
     
    InfuseLearning provides a platform by which teachers can seamlessly engage every student on any device. Make informed decisions at the point of instruction with real-time, student feedback.
  • Angie McWilliams on 20 Dec 12
     
    I shared this with one of our elementary schools this morning. However, a support person at InfuseLearning told me this week it most likely will not always be free. Portions of it will remain free, but others will be a cost, although the support person didn't know what would/would not remain free. He also was not able to provide a timeframe as to when a cost would begin to be added to InfuseLearning.
Darcy Goshorn

The Art of Coaching Resources - 4 views

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  • Darcy Goshorn on 11 Apr 13
     
    A treasure trove of downloadables to assist the instructional coach!  Grab these. Now.
Darcy Goshorn

How Can I Hire Good Coaches? - The Art of Coaching Teachers - 5 views

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  • Darcy Goshorn on 11 Apr 13
     
    Thoughts and a few great printables for hiring instructional coaches
Kathy Fiedler

Lexile® at School - 0 views

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  • Kathy Fiedler on 25 Apr 12
     
    "Lexile measures are powerful, versatile tools that educators can use to help their students grow as readers. When you use both Lexile reader measures and Lexile text measures, you can treat each student as an individual learner, rather than as below-grade, on-grade or above-grade. Site includes a "find a book" feature which allows you to search a book by title or author and find out the lexile level. There is a conversion chart on the site which will give you a guide to the approximate grade level equivalents as well. Here are some classroom ideas and applications to help you differentiate instruction for all readers in various situations."
anonymous

Six Things I Look For When I Visit A Classroom | Mindsteps Inc. - 6 views

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  • When I observe a classroom, I pay close attention to who is doing the bulk of the thinking.
  • There are typically four stages of rigorous learning: acquisition, application, assimilation, and adaptation. When I visit classrooms, I try to figure out at what stage of the rigorous learning process is the instruction.
  • When I visit a classroom, I don’t immediately look on the board to see the posted objective. I try to get a sense of the objective from the instruction itself.
Darcy Goshorn

BBC Schools - Spellits - 0 views

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  • Darcy Goshorn on 07 Nov 11
     
    direct instruction in spelling patterns with audio and text, including games 
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