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Chris Harrow

Explore Mars, Inc. Launches the 2011-2012 Mars Education Challenge- ExploreMars.org - 0 views

  • MEC asks science educators who teach grades 7-12 to develop inspiring ways to fit Mars science and exploration into their “every day” classroom lessons – such as biology, chemistry, physics, geology, etc.  MEC empowers teachers to create lessons that will enable educators to teach these topics in new and interesting ways by using Mars as an example.
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    Curriculum challenge for Science teachers in grades 7-12.
Chris Harrow

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

  • 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.
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    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.
Robert Ryshke

Resources : Siemens We Can Change The World Challenge - 0 views

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    This section includes resources to help you facilitate the Challenge and provides a variety of enriching tools to integrate into your classroom instruction. Please take a look at the lesson plans, videos, reading passages, e-books, and more.
Chris Harrow

Education Week: Concern Abounds Over Teachers' Preparedness for Standards - 0 views

  • A quiet, sub-rosa fear is brewing among supporters of the Common Core State Standards Initiative: that the standards will die the slow death of poor implementation in K-12 classrooms.
  • By any accounting, the challenge of getting the nation's 3.2 million K-12 public school teachers ready to teach to the standards is enormous.
Chris Harrow

Redefining Success and Celebrating the Unremarkable - NYTimes.com - 2 views

  • As Mr. McCullough said in his graduation speech: “Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.”
Robert Ryshke

Education Nation 2011: "American Teacher" Takes a Look Inside the Teaching Profession - 0 views

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    Education Nation is a nationally broadcast, in-depth conversation about improving education in America. During an interactive summit on Rockefeller Plaza, parents, teachers and students will meet with leaders in politics, business and technology to explore the challenges and opportunities in education today.
Chris Harrow

What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? - NYTimes.com - 4 views

  • We try to talk to parents about having to sort of make it O.K. for there to be challenge, because that’s where learning happens.”
  • If your premise is that your students are lacking in deep traits like grit and gratitude and self-control, you’re implicitly criticizing the parenting they’ve received — which means you’re implicitly criticizing your employers.
  • Randolph wants his students to succeed, of course — it’s just that he believes that in order to do so, they first need to learn how to fail.
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