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anonymous

Worldview: U.S. must compete with China in the classroom - Philly.com - 4 views

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shared by anonymous on 17 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • f we are concerned about competition from China, we should look beyond Beijing's growing military - and economic - might. Far better to focus on China's progress, and our lag, in educating our future workforce.
  • And despite the current recession, the U.S. economy is still powerful and innovative. But we are failing to produce the educated manpower we need to compete in a globalized world.
Amy Hess

The Wilderness Classroom - About WCO - 0 views

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shared by Amy Hess on 13 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Amy Hess on 13 Jan 11
     
    Presented to IU13 Tech integrators meeting. Free assemblies sharing exploration of the wilderness around the world, including Amazon, dogsledding, etc.
anonymous

A Fistful of Challenges for Ed Tech -- THE Journal - 4 views

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shared by anonymous on 19 May 11 - No Cached
  • In the fourth slot was nothing short of the "fundamental structure of the K-12 education establishment," specifically, as the authors described it, "resistance to any profound change in practice."
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 19 May 11
       
      Whoa! What do you think of this?
    • Aly Kenee
      Aly Kenee on 19 May 11
       
      I think it's spot on. The big change our administration is pushing for is a new lunch schedule. Although it would be better for our students, he has met resistance...from the cafeteria manager, who claims it will cost more in labor for her.
    • Vicki Treadway
      Vicki Treadway on 03 Jun 11
       
      We always deal with this - we are one of the top high schools in the state so, why mess with excellence?
  • The authors said that as long as the thrust of education support is on maintaining the existing system's "basic elements," meaningful change will face resistance.
  • The lack of congruence between what students are learning outside of school and what they're being taught in the classroom is causing a disconnect in educational practices.
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  • The existence of a wealth of online tools and communications tools is allowing teachers to "to revisit our roles as educators."
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 19 May 11
       
      Can't argue with this, but the question is DO they revisit their roles?
    • Vicki Treadway
      Vicki Treadway on 03 Jun 11
       
      Good question, Jim. I get frustrated with teachers that seem to just teach day in and day out but don't explore what is changing in their content area or in the world of their students. Teachers don't have to jump on every bandwagon that comes along but they should be aware of possibilites and be carefully choosing where they are going to focus their time and teaching methods.
  • "As IT support becomes more and more decentralized, the technologies we use are increasingly based not on school servers, but in the cloud,
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 19 May 11
       
      This is great - as long as the bandwidth is there.
  • "The digital divide, once seen as a factor of wealth, is now seen as a factor of education
  • Digital literacy will also play an increasing role in career advancement, according to the report.
  • The ways we design learning experiences must reflect the growing importance of innovation and creativity as professional skills."
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 19 May 11
       
      I like how this is phrased, too
  • Innovation is valued at the highest levels of business and must be embraced in schools if students are to succeed beyond their formal education
    • Aly Kenee
      Aly Kenee on 19 May 11
       
      I hear fairly frequently from students who resist technology. They have been brought up to copy notes from the teacher and spit info back, so meaningful tech integration means more work for them. I think we need to stress with them that their future may be enhanced if they have this knowledge.
  • "It has become clear that one-size-fits-all teaching methods are neither effective nor acceptable for today’s diverse students," according to the report. "Technology can and should support individual choices about access to materials and expertise, amount and type of educational content, and methods of teaching."
  • anonymous on 19 May 11
     
    In the fourth slot was nothing short of the "fundamental structure of the K-12 education establishment," specifically, as the authors described it, "resistance to any profound change in practice."
  • Aly Kenee on 19 May 11
     
    In the fourth slot was nothing short of the "fundamental structure of the K-12 education establishment," specifically, as the authors described it, "resistance to any profound change in practice."
  • Vicki Treadway on 03 Jun 11
     
    In the fourth slot was nothing short of the "fundamental structure of the K-12 education establishment," specifically, as the authors described it, "resistance to any profound change in practice."
anonymous

1:1 Ipads in Kindergarten - iPads in Education - 7 views

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shared by anonymous on 16 May 11 - No Cached
  • With the iPads, I am able to use applications to target very specific and individualized needs of my students. 
  • The outcome, after only 14 weeks of implementation, surpasses even my own high expectations.
  • I am teaching the same reading and writing program, students are similar, the only change has been using the iPad as a tool to differentiate instruction. The data from my classroom is compelling.  Last year, before the implementation of iPads, 46% of my students were reading books on grade level, 39% were reading books above grade level and 15% were reading books below grade level.  After the implementation of the iPads, 100% of my students are reading above grade level.  Because I can individualize instruction with the iPads, 100% of my students are reading first grade sight words, without the ipads, only 65% were able to accomplish this.   
Sue Miller

The-Rise-of-K-12-Blended-Learning.pdf - 9 views

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shared by Sue Miller on 19 May 11 - No Cached
  • Sue Miller on 19 May 11
     
    from Michael Horn's Horn's Innosight Institute and The Charter School Growth Fund.
  • Sue Miller on 19 May 11
     
    "The paper profiles 40 influential blended learning organizations that are among the earliest pioneers of this fast-growing sector-including several Apex Learning high school district partners such as Chicago's VOISE Academy (pg 150) and Wichita Public (pg 157). Also documented is the effectiveness achieved by these organizations in reducing costs and improving academic performance with high quality, personalized instruction through online learning in brick-and-mortar classrooms."
anonymous

Will the Real Digital Native Please Stand Up? -- Campus Technology - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 03 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • "If you're in higher education and you're developing a strategic plan or making investment decisions based on conversations you're having with the students currently in your classrooms--or even high school students--you're talking to the wrong audience," she warns. "You really need to be talking to third-graders. The high school kid applying to your school today is just not as 'native' as the kids further down the pike."
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 03 Oct 11
       
      Excellent point, would you agree?
Darcy Goshorn

Scratch Lesson Plan Printables - 7 views

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shared by Darcy Goshorn on 07 Sep 11 - Cached
  • Darcy Goshorn on 07 Sep 11
     
    Orgazined by subject area and grade level.
anonymous

Wolfram|Alpha Blog : Save the Date for Wolfram|Alpha Homework Day: October 21, 2009 - 3 views

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shared by anonymous on 06 Oct 09 - Cached
  • During Homework Day, scholars, experts, and members of the Wolfram|Alpha team will explore a wide variety of subjects relevant for K–12 to college students. Segments throughout the day will be tailored for specific age groups and show how students and teachers are already using Wolfram|Alpha in the classroom
  • anonymous on 06 Oct 09
     
    "Join us on Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at noon CDT, for the start of Wolfram|Alpha Homework Day, a groundbreaking marathon live interactive web event that brings together students, parents, and educators from across the United States to solve their toughest assignments and explore the power of using Wolfram|Alpha for school, college, and beyond."
  • anonymous on 06 Oct 09
     
    This should be GREAT!
Michelle Krill

WritingFix: interactive prompts, lessons, and resources for writing classrooms - 9 views

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shared by Michelle Krill on 19 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Michelle Krill on 19 Oct 09
     
    "Since 2001, the Northern Nevada Writing Project has proudly sponsored this free-to-use website, which aims to "fix" those teachers who don't believe that the teaching of writing can be both fun and rewarding. If you explore our website's pages, you will find prompts, lessons, and resources that were created and shared--and then posted here--during workshops and in-service classes sponsored by the NNWP. The Nevada teachers who participate in these professional development opportunities discover ways to be passionate about teaching writing, and here we share the very best, hoping that our passion is contagious to the teachers across the globe who have discovered what we've proudly posted here."
Vicki Treadway

Twenty-Seven Interesting Ways to use Twitter in the Classroom - 2 views

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shared by Vicki Treadway on 12 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Vicki Treadway on 12 Nov 09
     
    Good Twitter resource
anonymous

TeachPaperless: Culture vs. Control - 6 views

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shared by anonymous on 25 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Columbus Signature Academy
  • New Tech Network of schools which are problem based learning high schools. The first thing I noticed was the open spaces and architecture
  • The second and more lasting thing I noticed was the students. They were in hallways and classrooms. They were on laptops, listening to headphones, working independently, working in groups, and working on projects. Everyone seemed engrossed in whatever tasks they were involved in. Not everyone was doing the same thing. It was not quiet, but it also was not loud either. The one group of people I had a hard time locating were the teachers.
  • anonymous on 25 Apr 11
     
    Jealous?
Dave Solon

AFT - A Union of Professionals - Ask the Cognitive Scientist - 0 views

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shared by Dave Solon on 30 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • The penultimate sentence is in parenthesis to indicate that some saw the sentence and some didn't. Subjects found the passage more interesting if the reason for the ending was not explicitly in the passage. Similar effects have been reported for more educational materials (e.g., historical passages, see Frick, 1992).
    • Dave Solon
      Dave Solon on 30 Jun 11
       
      So don't give away everything or be too explicit. Leave the reader with something to analyze or think about.
  • One key reason that stories are easy to comprehend is because we know the format, and that gives us a reasonable idea of what to expect. When an event is described in a story, we expect that the event will be causally related to a prior event in the story. The listener uses his or her knowledge of story structure to relate the present event to what has already happened.
  • Subjects remember about 50 percent more from the stories than from the expository passages.
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  • Stories Are Easier to Remember
  • Stories and Story Structure in the ClassroomStories are interesting, easy to comprehend, and easy to remember; and even preschoolers have some appreciation of story structure (Wenner, 2004). Exactly what has led our minds to handle stories in such a privileged way is not well understood, but it has been suggested that understanding the actions and characters in a story calls on the same processes we use in trying to understand the actions and intentions of people in the real world (Bower, 1978). We evolved as a social species, and so we may have special cognitive apparatus to deal with social situations that are co-opted in thinking about stories.
  • How can teachers capitalize on the privileged status of stories? There are two groups of applications. First, obviously enough, one can tell more stories. Second, where stories are inappropriate, it may still be useful to inject elements from the story format into lessons. Both approaches are discussed here.
  • Tell more stories in class.
  • Have students read stories outside of class.
  • Tell stories to older students.
  • Use the four Cs to structure lessons
  • Since stories are interesting, easy to remember, and easy to understand, they are an ideal introduction to a new unit. The teacher can introduce new material in a way that is both non-threatening and interesting.
  • Use the most important C—conflict.
  • Screenwriters know that the most important of the four Cs is the conflict. If the audience is not compelled by the problem that the main characters face, they will never be interested in the story.
anonymous

Fostering Student Creativity and Responsibility With Blogging | Edutopia - 4 views

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shared by anonymous on 22 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • anonymous on 22 Jun 11
     
    Interesting article supporting blogging
Darcy Goshorn

Digital Literacy and Citizenship Classroom Curriculum and Textbooks - 2 views

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shared by Darcy Goshorn on 26 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Darcy Goshorn on 26 Oct 11
     
    Common Sense Media offers this FREE Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum to help educators empower their students and their school communities to be safe, responsible, and savvy as they navigate this fast-paced digital world. NO COST to your school. It's all free thanks to generous support from our philanthropic supporters. Research-based learning.
allisonfuhr

Response: Leaders Must 'Walk the Walk' and Create a Culture of Innovation - Classroom Q... - 0 views

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shared by allisonfuhr on 28 Jun 17 - No Cached
  • One quick tangible item a principal or school leader could employ is a 'Feel Free to Fail' card. Giving out a business card inscribed Feel Free to Fail and telling staff that you expect to meet with them after they try something new and it flops is a great way to promote the mindset that teaching does not be perfect.
  • allisonfuhr on 28 Jun 17
     
    Innovation is essential for education to be transformed. As educators our job is to create leaders for our changing society. We must prepare kids for their tomorrow, not our today.
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  • twitteraccounts1 on 31 Oct 23
     
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