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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.
Michelle Krill

Measuring 1:1 Results -- THE Journal - 2 views

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1:1 shift byod

shared by Michelle Krill on 02 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Staff development was a big issue.
  • Before the 1:1 rollout we spent at least six months on staff development. Going from 30 kids in a room opening textbooks to 30 kids opening computers is a significant shift.
  • Four years later we're still not there yet but we've definitely made progress. Getting to 100 percent is going to take a while.
  • Michelle Krill on 02 Dec 11
     
    "When you move an entire district into a digital environment a lot of things change. What doesn't change is the fact that everything revolves around academic achievement."
Anne Van Meter

Ed schools vs. education - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 5 views

www.post-gazette.com/...ed-schools-vs-education-648613

education

shared by Anne Van Meter on 12 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • "The achievement gap between the U.S. and the world's top-performing countries can be said to be causing the equivalent of a permanent recession," Mr. Hanushek wrote for Education Next.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 12
       
      What are your thoughts on this?
  • Today we lead the world only in how much we spend per pupil.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 12
       
      There are many reasons for this, of course. But, why do you suppose we're not getting the achievement?
    • Jimbo Lamb
      Jimbo Lamb on 13 Aug 12
       
      Is it because we are forcing all kids to fit the same standards rather than develop different standards for different needs of the students?
    • Anne Van Meter
      Anne Van Meter on 29 Aug 12
       
      Not in % of GDP we spend... Of course, those other countries spend on pupil support: extended parental leave, full health care...
  • Far and away the most important factor in student learning is the quality of teachers. If we got rid of just the bottom 5 percent to 7 percent of teachers, that alone would lift our kids to Canadian levels, Mr. Hanushek calculates.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 12
       
      This is a delicate subject. But, we all know folks who don't put forth the effort that they should. What IF we did this?
    • Jimbo Lamb
      Jimbo Lamb on 13 Aug 12
       
      How do you compare this? In my school, I will have 183 students in my classes this year, and none will be considered advanced math students. Our calc teacher will have a majority of the advanced students and his enrollment numbers are at 93. How does this compare?
    • Anne Van Meter
      Anne Van Meter on 29 Aug 12
       
      I only teach the lower level students (no complaints about that, I'm good at what I do) but they will not hit "advanced"!!
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  • Our teachers "do not know anything," according to Terrence Moore, who teaches history at Hillsdale College. That's largely because most have degrees in education rather than in the subjects they teach.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 12
       
      This statement just TICKS.ME.OFF!
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 12
       
      Teachers are constrained by many different influences. Creativity is stifled, we teacher to the lowest common "core" denominator. Schools are not bold but old. We are rewarded by passing many useless measures, which unfortunately this article is based off of. Standardized test scores have blinded the public to what is important. Being able to problem solve and to be creative has always been the mark of an American, but that is being stripped of this generation b/c of the drive to wards testing.
    • Anne Van Meter
      Anne Van Meter on 29 Aug 12
       
      And what are elementary teachers supposed to have degrees in? Do you really want a second grade teacher with a major in history? Or chemistry? In college, I took engineering and business calculus classes, business statistics and accounting, in addition to my education math classes. Does it matter that I didn't get a degree in math? Isn't it better that I also have courses in ancient near eastern history? And Arthurian legends? And American and English literature and American government?
  • "Future teachers are better served by getting good grounding in academic subject matter."
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 12
       
      Is that true? Or, is it better to learn how to teach and to use technology for what its capable of doing, etc etc?
  • Ed schools seem to think knowing stuff isn't important.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 12
       
      Humbug!
  • "If you confront [teachers] with the fact that they, just as their students, can tell you nothing about the first 10 presidents or the use of the gerund, they will blithely respond that it is not so important for them to know things as to know 'how to know things,' " said Mr. Moore.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 12
       
      What do you think?
  • The reform needed is to remove state "certification" requirements. The reason for them, we're told, is to guarantee that only the qualified teach. Their real purpose is to keep the knowledgeable out of the classroom.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 12
       
      This is sounding more and more like a rant instead of a thoughtful argument.
  • "Yet these education schools," Mr. Moore points out, "not only do not impart real knowledge of academic subjects; they are actively hostile to it."
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 12
       
      I need to see facts to support this.
    • Anne Van Meter
      Anne Van Meter on 29 Aug 12
       
      The first three out of four years in college were spent taking more non-education courses than education related. We all had to take the full math/English/history/science core courses, then added psychology and sociology in addition to the education courses and several internships as well.
  • If instead of being forced to hire the certified, schools were free to hire the qualified, colleges of education would wither away -- and learning would blossom.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 12
       
      Many qualified folks lost their positions when they weren't deemed 'highly qualified.' 
    • Jimbo Lamb
      Jimbo Lamb on 13 Aug 12
       
      Isn't that what certification is? An official statement that the person is indeed qualified?
    • Anne Van Meter
      Anne Van Meter on 29 Aug 12
       
      But, wasn't he just complaining several paragraphs ago that 60% of teachers are certified in their subjects? And he wants to add more uncertified teachers?
  • Students learn a lot from the teacher who knows a lot," Mr. Moore said. "They learn nothing from the teacher who knows nothing."
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 12
       
      Now, that's profound.
  • they aren't allowed to teach.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 12 Aug 12
       
      Why would they? The work is difficult, the pay is terrible and everyone outside of education thinks you're lazy.
    • Jimbo Lamb
      Jimbo Lamb on 13 Aug 12
       
      A medical doctor teaching in HS? What, around their appointments with patients? 
    • Anne Van Meter
      Anne Van Meter on 29 Aug 12
       
      And politicians take cushy jobs as lobbyists. I can't think of many teachers who only need to teach civics. It's only a small part of the full curriculum.
  • Not so many years ago, our schools were the best in the world
    • Jimbo Lamb
      Jimbo Lamb on 13 Aug 12
       
      I'd like to see the supporting evidence on this.
  • anonymous on 12 Aug 12
     
    An interesting article, and certainly not without other opinions.
  • Anne Van Meter on 29 Aug 12
     
    An interesting article, and certainly not without other opinions.
Michelle Krill

Lead2Feed: Student Leadership Program - 1 views

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  • Michelle Krill on 18 Mar 14
     
    "Lead2Feed is a service learning program that nurtures a new generation of leaders - the ones sitting in your classroom - while working to end world hunger. Based on the best-selling book Taking People With You by YUM! Brands CEO David Novak, Lead2Feed empowers students to act, to serve and to make big things happen."
Darcy Goshorn

http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7050.pdf - 2 views

net.educause.edu/...ELI7050.pdf

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shared by Darcy Goshorn on 26 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Darcy Goshorn on 26 Jul 13
     
    7 things you should know about voicethread
Silevia Centrin

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shared by Silevia Centrin on 25 Aug 15 - No Cached
  • Silevia Centrin on 25 Aug 15
     
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Peterss Jone

Bad Credit Instant Loans - What is Assets To Resolve Urgent Cash Requirement - 0 views

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  • Peterss Jone on 02 Sep 15
     
    Are you facing issues of Monetary crisis? The only thing that is coming to your mind is how to gain Economic freedom without having to wait for a Short time? You are worried also at our tough monetary time because you have no support from anywhere. You can apply easily without any hesitation though online mode.
Michelle Krill

Top 10 Things You Didn't Know Google Maps Could Do - 20 views

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shared by Michelle Krill on 30 May 10 - Cached
  • Michelle Krill on 30 May 10
     
    "There's more to Google Maps than a place you double-check your directions. Google's data-stuffed site offers a lot of helpful tools for vacationers, spreadsheet nerds, bikers, and others. Today we're digging into Google's data-rich geo-tool and pulling out some helpful lesser-known features."
anonymous

We can't let educators off the hook | Dangerously Irrelevant - 10 views

dangerouslyirrelevant.org/...et-educators-off-the-hook.html

blog

shared by anonymous on 03 Oct 10 - No Cached
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 03 Oct 10
       
      What do you think? SHOULD we let them off the hook? IS it excusable today to NOT be aware of and to use the appropriate tools of the web?
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 03 Oct 10
       
      Oh, and read down through the comments, as well. The discussion continues there.
  • If you’re a teacher / administrator / librarian / education professor that somehow ‘doesn’t even realize [yet] that there’s a decision to be made,’ should you even be working in a school or university? Don’t our children and our school systems need and deserve someone who’s in a different place than you are?
  • It’s about our students: our children and our youth who deserve at the end of their schooling experience to be prepared for the world in which they’re going to live and work and think and play and be. That’s the obligation of each and every one of us. No educator gets to disown this.
  • anonymous on 03 Oct 10
     
    "If you're a teacher / administrator / librarian / education professor that somehow 'doesn't even realize [yet] that there's a decision to be made,' should you even be working in a school or university? Don't our children and our school systems need and deserve someone who's in a different place than you are? It's one thing to still be a learner; heck, we're all learners with this technology stuff. It's another to opt out or not even recognize the choice. If we look at what our kids need, shouldn't we replace you with someone else? "
anonymous

iLearn Technology » Blog Archive » Interactive book from Google: 20 Things I Learned - 3 views

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shared by anonymous on 19 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Google has done it again with a new online e-book called 20 Things I Learned.  This interactive e-book is your guide to how browsers and the web work, how the World Wide Web has evolved, cloud computing,  and what we need to know to navigate the web safely.  The book has an enchanting quality with its humorous approach to the web (love the titles) and fun illustrations.  This guide-book is one you will want to share with all of your colleagues, relatives, friends, students…you will want to dive into it yourself.
cheryl capozzoli

Education Videos - Free Video Clips | ExpertVillage Videos - 0 views

www.expertvillage.com/about_24_education.htm

video sat tutorials

shared by cheryl capozzoli on 19 Feb 09 - Cached
  • cheryl capozzoli on 19 Feb 09
     
    For all things education, take a look at Expert Village's free How To Videos with amazing tips on school and teaching related issues. Get the most from a guidance counselor or discover the world of home schooling. Increase your educational knowledge and help students get excited about class materials. Prepare children for preschool or ease stress on test days. Expert Village's videos are easy to follow and packed with information.
Anne Van Meter

Smithsonian Magazine | People & Places | Interview: Doug Fine Journalist, New Mexico - 0 views

www.smithsonianmag.com/...nterview-doug-fine-200803.html

environment solar_power

shared by Anne Van Meter on 15 May 08 - Cached
  • I make a career of doing things poorly and increasing people's confidence they can do those things, too.
  • Anne Van Meter on 15 May 08
     
    Any Env Sci teachers in the network?
  • Anne Van Meter on 15 May 08
     
    Journalist Doug Fine lives "off the grid" in New Mexico - I bought the book...
Darcy Goshorn

Useful Google Talk Bots That You Must Add as Friends - 0 views

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shared by Darcy Goshorn on 29 Aug 08 - Cached
  • Darcy Goshorn on 29 Aug 08
     
    Holy cow! If I used Google Talk, I'd definitely use these talkbots. They do lots of things: post RSS alerts, suscribe to friendfeeds, post to twitter, etc.
Michelle Krill

Web 2.0 Guru » home - 0 views

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shared by Michelle Krill on 24 Sep 08 - No Cached
  • Michelle Krill on 24 Sep 08
     
    So you don't know what Web 2.0 means, simply put, it's the readability and writablitiy of the internet. It's not a new internet, it's all about the interactivity and productivity applications on the internet that provide you with 24/7 ability to produce, communicate, collaborate, share, store, network and learn. One of the best things about these Web 2.0 applications is that they are FREE!!
Aly Kenee

The Best Ways To Access Educational YouTube Videos At School | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 0 views

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YouTube videos filtering converters

shared by Aly Kenee on 15 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Aly Kenee on 15 Jan 09
     
    Getting around the YouTube-blocked-at-school thing
Michelle Krill

Welcome to the Group - 35 views

Go to Home>My Groups and find the CFF Group. On the bottom right, click Edit under Alerts to change the setting. Cathy DiPiano wrote: > But where do I set the email settings? Ann and I were look...

Organization

started by Michelle Krill on 30 Apr 08 2 follow-ups, last by Michelle Krill on 07 Nov 08
Darcy Goshorn

WorldHistory.com - 0 views

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shared by Darcy Goshorn on 09 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Darcy Goshorn on 09 Jun 09
     
    Interactive Maps, Timelines, Videos, Geocoded Photos, Museum Artifacts, and your Ancestors are just a few things you can do and discover on WorldHistory.com, the new social history experience. We connect the dots of history, we connect you to history. Sources, partners, and YOU provide the content, history provides the story.
Kathe Santillo

National Geographic - Inspiring People to Care About the Planet - 0 views

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  • Kathe Santillo on 01 May 09
     
    People and places, maps, and all the great things you'd expect from National Geographic.
Michelle Krill

Wikispace Tutorials - Your online resource for great wikispace tutorials. - 0 views

wikispacetutorials.com

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shared by Michelle Krill on 09 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Michelle Krill on 09 Aug 09
     
    Wikispacetutorials.com is a tutorial blog dedicated to wikispaces.com users who need to find answers to their wikispace questions. We provide video tutorials and written tutorials that cover the basics of wikispaces, as well as the advanced features. We are not affiliated with wikispaces.com. We just think they have a pretty good thing going, and we want to promote the use of their site, as well as help train the wikispaces.com community to get the most out of their wikispace. We hope that this site becomes a great resources for wikispace users all across the globe.
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