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Chris Harrow

Presenting to learn: learning math by talking about it : Mathematical Communication - 0 views

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communication learning

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  • In other words, students can improve their understanding of math by communicating about it. The following resources describe or illustrate how giving presentations or talking about math can help students to learn math.
Chris Harrow

What goes into mathematical thinking? - 0 views

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Daniel Willingham Learning math brain

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  • Chris Harrow on 02 Jun 12
     
    "So, learning math is somewhat like learning to read: we can do it, but it takes time and effort, and requires mastering increasingly complex skills and con- tent. Just about everyone will get to the point where they can read a serious newspaper, and just about everyone will get to the point where they can do high school-level algebra and geometry-even if not everyone wants to reach the point of comprehending James Joyce's Ulysses or solving partial differential equations."
Robert Ryshke

Making Learning Real: Problem based learning resources - 0 views

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project-based problem-based

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  • Robert Ryshke on 02 Sep 11
     
    Site for resources on pbl and problem-based learning.
Beth Holland

National Center On Universal Design for Learning - 0 views

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udl resources learning education cast Professional Development

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  • Beth Holland on 11 Nov 11
     
    CAST - the Center for Applied Science & Technology - has released a new web site devoted to UDL (Universal Design for Learning). Next week, they are also opening a UDL Resource Center.
Chris Harrow

Flipped learning: A response to five common criticisms | eSchool News - 1 views

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Flipped flippedclassroom pedagogy

shared by Chris Harrow on 29 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • It’s our opinion that one of the reasons this debate exists is because there is no true definition of what Flipped Learning is. The method is often simplified to videos being watched at home and homework being done at school. If this is the definition, then we should all be skeptical. Instead, we should look closer at
Robert Ryshke

How should we parcel out time to learn? - 1 views

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Time and Learning

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  • Robert Ryshke on 31 Dec 11
     
    Time is a resource we still haven't figured out how to use wisely. This blog post addresses some of the questions about how we schedule learning in school.
Chris Harrow

When to Grade Homework - 4 views

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homework grading

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  • Chris Harrow on 13 Nov 11
     
    I've honestly never considered this before. Whether you agree with the chart's conclusions is obviously open for discussion, but the chart left me thinking about specifically WHY we assign HW and what we should be doing about it.
  • Beth Holland on 14 Nov 11
     
    Given technology, can homework be used as a means to (a) differentiate assessment, (b) have students demonstrate understanding via a different modality, (c) scaffold learning to further enhance the classroom experience. For a while, Howard Gardner experimented at Harvard with assigning his lectures as homework. Students watched videos and then came to class prepared to engage in discussion. Could a similar approach be taken at the high school level?
  • Robert Ryshke on 16 Nov 11
     
    Chris: I think this flow chart is very interesting and worthy of considerable discussion. I like it. I would tweak it a bit. For example, I think you could (and should) give application homework that is formative as well as summative. I think all types of homework that fit with all six levels of Bloom's taxonomy could be given both formatively and summatively. The only homework that should be "graded" is homework that leads to end-of-learning assessment. If the homework is given in the process of learning, then it should not be graded but should receive feedback, both from the instructor as well as from the student(s).
Robert Ryshke

Learning and Brain conference in Atlanta with David Sousa - 4 views

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brain-based professional development learning

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  • Robert Ryshke on 18 Aug 11
     
    SDE will be bringing David Sousa to Atlanta for a 1-day workshop on the Brain and Differentiation. Looks interesting, maybe for all those cohort members involved in Learning and the Brain.
Robert Ryshke

Main Page - Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching and Technology - 0 views

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professional development teaching learning

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  • Robert Ryshke on 02 Sep 11
     
    This book is listed as an official publication of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Click here to see their publications. If you have adopted one or more chapters of this book for your class, I would like to know about it! Please use this form to let me know how you are using it. Homepage looks like a good site for resources on important topics in teaching, learning, and technology
Beth Holland

Collaborate | National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials - 0 views

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assistive technology SPED CAST differentiation thinking Professional education teaching

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  • Beth Holland on 11 May 12
     
    I'm a big fan of Universal Design for Learning and CAST (http://cast.org) tools. This is a great resource for instructional materials.
Chris Harrow

APOD: 2012 March 12 - The Scale of the Universe Interactive - 0 views

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astronomy interactive scale universe nasa

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  • Chris Harrow on 12 Mar 12
     
    Learning about differences in scales and orders of magnitude
Chris Harrow

Study smart - 3 views

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study learning strategies

shared by Chris Harrow on 27 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • it may be that the study habits you've honed for a decade or two aren't serving you as well as you think they are.
  • while last-minute cramming may allow you to pass a test, you won't remember the material for long
  • research shows that mixing tasks and topics is a better bet.
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  • Despite strong evidence that interleaving works, it can be tough for teachers to work the mixed-up style of teaching into their lectures,
  • students might not enjoy taking a quiz at the end of every class or testing themselves every time they finish reading a chapter, but doing so would probably help them remember the material on the final exam — and even after the class ended.
  • even though most professors won't use daily quizzes in their courses, students can — and should — test themselves by asking themselves questions during study sessions.
  • "One of the most important transitions you make [at the beginning of graduate school] is realizing that you are really there to learn, not just get good grades,"
Chris Harrow

A teacher explains why she gave up a career she loved | Get Schooled - 1 views

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retention career teaching

shared by Chris Harrow on 23 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • I would like to go back some day when the system finally figures out how lucky it is that people are willing to teach.
  • I cannot ignore that I am leaving a profession I love dearly. Everyone in my family has been part of public education. I viewed it as a calling. I guess now the call has changed its tune.
  • I have decided to quit teaching. Maybe not forever, but definitely for a year or two. This is not a decision I came to lightly, and I did not feel triumphant in it at all. To be frank, I had never felt more defeated in my life.
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  • I thought schools were about learning, but it’s become more about numbers and appearances than learning. When it reached the point that I dreaded getting up and going to work in the morning, it was time to leave. Teaching is not a job you can do well if you don’t love it.
Chris Harrow

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

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Daniel Willingham Learning Myths

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  • "Brain-Based" Learning: More Fiction Than Fact
Chris Harrow

Seth's Blog: The new lazy journalism - 1 views

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professional Development journalism social media

shared by Chris Harrow on 20 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • The hard part of professional journalism going forward is writing about what hasn't been written about, directing attention where it hasn't been, and saying something new.
  • Chris Harrow on 20 Dec 11
     
    The great challenge for journalists is also the challenge for educators. We do need to look for the new ways to learn and share and reach each of our students. We cannot afford to teach the same old stuff in the same old way and expect that to be sufficient for our new students in this new time. Thanks to Bo A. for the lead to this article.
Chris Harrow

"Fallor ergo sum" - St. Augustine, 1200 years prior to Descartes « It's About... - 0 views

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Development Professional learning bo adams mistakes

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  • Do we structure school in such a way that we truly promote and achieve that intricate balance between: 1) wanting to know and to understand and 2) keeping perspective that we have to be wrong quite a bit in order to gain deep knowledge and understanding?
Robert Ryshke

Breathing Earth - 3 views

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Global Learning

shared by Robert Ryshke on 08 Feb 12 - Cached
  • Robert Ryshke on 08 Feb 12
     
    Check out this site for PBL, global learning project.
  • Jere Wells on 10 Feb 12
     
    This is a very powerful graphic rendering of what words cannot easily convey. Thanks, Bob!
  • Robert Ryshke on 11 Feb 12
     
    I agree Jere. I think it is a great segway into PBL. Lots of good PBL could be generated by just looking at this site and starting to ask some interesting questions. Why? Bob
Robert Ryshke

Videos § Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning - 0 views

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DVD Mazur teaching learning methods

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  • Robert Ryshke on 26 Feb 12
     
    In addition to those shown on this page, you can find topical videos on these other pages of the Bok Center site:
Chris Harrow

Devlin's Angle: The difference between teaching and instruction - 0 views

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devlin teaching learning instruction

shared by Chris Harrow on 09 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • I quickly figured out how to play that game successfully – success in that case being measured by my being able to solve under exam conditions, problems like the ones the teacher had shown us and we had practiced in class and done for homework.
  • In fact, you can’t separate real teaching from learning. They are simply two perspectives of the same human interactive process.
  • For whereas technology can provide instruction and can provide teachers and students with resources to assist them, what is cannot do on its own is teach them.
Chris Harrow

Libraries and Museums Become Hands-On Learning Labs | MindShift - 2 views

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library fab lab lab programming museum

shared by Chris Harrow on 24 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • It’s part of a larger movement to rethink and re-imagine what a public library will look like and what functions it will serve. While many people do see libraries solely as book repositories, it’s clear that the library is much more than that.
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