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Jim Farmer

Ayiti - The Cost of Life - 0 views

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Haiti social studies economics education interactive

shared by Jim Farmer on 01 May 09 - Cached
  • Jim Farmer on 01 May 09
     
    Your goal in this game is to help the Guinard family get an education and improve their lives.
Kathleen N

From Good to Outstanding - Uncut Lesson 1 - James Evelyn | Teachers TV - 0 views

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PD UK exmplar

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  • Kathleen N on 01 Aug 09
     
    Teacher Tv From Good to Outstanding Follow teachers as they try to improve their skills. Will Hana and Rachel get the outstanding rating? Watch uncut footage of their second lessons, then join the discussion group to share your thoughts.
Kathleen N

Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud: RESPONSIVENESS - 0 views

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barkley Responsive Classroom Chick Moorman

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    • Kathleen N
      Kathleen N on 08 Aug 09
       
      Doesn't take much, does it?
  • "So some teachers got a page that showed that no student selected them?" I asked. "Yes," the storyteller informed me. "We thought every teacher needed to know how they were perceived by the students. We simply gave them the information." At this point each professional staff member was asked to select one student from the list who had indicated no relationship with a teacher. Care was taken to make sure each student was selected by someone. Throughout the year teachers were asked to reach out in special ways to this student. Their efforts included:1. Send three "I noticed…." statements a week.2. Give one eye-hug a day (sustained eye contact ending with a smile).3. Give two physical touches a week (high-five, pat on the back, shoulder squeeze, handshake).4. Use the person's name every day.5. Be in their proximity three times a week (other than in the classroom).6. Ask them for help once a week7. Ask their opinion about something once a week.
  • Kathleen N on 08 Aug 09
     
    Great post with true anecdote on a ms program to improve climate "One hundred and twenty-one students filled out the forms. Some students listed several teachers. Others mentioned one or two. Twenty-five middle schoolers listed no teacher they felt they had a positive relationship with."
Don Lourcey

Please Turn on Your Cell Phone - 0 views

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cell-phones edtech Technology Integration e-leadership

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  • The bottom line is cell phones are the most affordable, accessible way to provide access to technology and narrow the digital divide.
  • Don Lourcey on 13 Aug 09
     
    "Finding ways to use cell phones to deliver lesson plans to students would improve education and meet federal guidelines."
Maggie Verster

SCoPE Seminars: Collaborative Projects on WikiEducator: August 10-28 - 0 views

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  • Maggie Verster on 10 Aug 09
     
    Gladys Gahona and Nellie Deutsch have been collaborating online at WikiEducator, an international community dedicated to the design, development, and delivery of free content for learning. In this seminar they will introduce us to the many opportunities available to educators to learn from others, to collaborate on curriculum projects, and to explore new technologies that will improve educational access and quality.
Victor Hugo Rojas B.

GTZ. Peru: Reforming financial policy in the education sector - 0 views

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  • Victor Hugo Rojas B. on 02 Sep 09
     
    Money alone is not enough to improve a country's education system. But without adequate funding for school buildings, technical equipment, teaching materials and teacher training, education reform is doomed to failure from the very outset. The Peruvian Government is well aware of this: for its planned reform of the education system, it has put a new distribution key for budgetary funds at the top of the agenda.
Elizabeth Koh

How Social Gaming is Improving Education - 28 views

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  • Elizabeth Koh on 08 Feb 10
     
    Positive article about social gaming in education with several examples.
Matthew J. Vannice

What Does it Mean to Improve Access to the General Education Curriculum? - 0 views

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  • What Does it Mean to Improve Access to the General Education Curriculum?
  • access is a multi-dimensional and dynamic process that involves a combination of instructional practices and supports.
  • The Access Center proposes that access to the general education curriculum occurs when students with disabilities are actively engaged in learning the content and skills that define the general education curriculum.
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  • research-based instructional methods and practices are being used
  • assessing and documenting whether students with disabilities are meeting high standards and achieving their instructional goals.
  • learn general education content and skills
    • Matthew J. Vannice
      Matthew J. Vannice on 17 Feb 10
       
      ...and skills!! how do we build skills alongside content area comprehension at the secondary level?
  • research-based supports and accommodations
  • research-based materials and media are being used
  • general education curriculum is operationalized in terms of appropriate, standards-based instructional and learning goals
anonymous

Critical Issue: Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement - 0 views

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  • Technologies available in classrooms today range from simple tool-based applications (such as word processors) to online repositories of scientific data and primary historical documents, to handheld computers, closed-circuit television channels, and two-way distance learning classrooms. Even the cell phones that many students now carry with them can be used to learn (Prensky, 2005).
  • Bruce and Levin (1997), for example, look at ways in which the tools, techniques, and applications of technology can support integrated, inquiry-based learning to "engage children in exploring, thinking, reading, writing, researching, inventing, problem-solving, and experiencing the world." They developed the idea of technology as media with four different focuses: media for inquiry (such as data modeling, spreadsheets, access to online databases, access to online observatories and microscopes, and hypertext), media for communication (such as word processing, e-mail, synchronous conferencing, graphics software, simulations, and tutorials), media for construction (such as robotics, computer-aided design, and control systems), and media for expression (such as interactive video, animation software, and music composition). In a review of existing evidence of technology's impact on learning, Marshall (2002) found strong evidence that educational technology "complements what a great teacher does naturally," extending their reach and broadening their students' experience beyond the classroom. "With ever-expanding content and technology choices, from video to multimedia to the Internet," Marshall suggests "there's an unprecedented need to understand the recipe for success, which involves the learner, the teacher, the content, and the environment in which technology is used."
  • In examining large-scale state and national studies, as well as some innovative smaller studies on newer educational technologies, Schacter (1999) found that students with access to any of a number of technologies (such as computer assisted instruction, integrated learning systems, simulations and software that teaches higher order thinking, collaborative networked technologies, or design and programming technologies) show positive gains in achievement on researcher constructed tests, standardized tests, and national tests.
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  • Boster, Meyer, Roberto, & Inge (2002) examined the integration of standards-based video clips into lessons developed by classroom teachers and found increases student achievement. The study of more than 1,400 elementary and middle school students in three Virginia school districts showed an average increase in learning for students exposed to the video clip application compared to students who received traditional instruction alone.
  • Wenglinsky (1998) noted that for fourth- and eighth-graders technology has "positive benefits" on achievement as measured in NAEP's mathematics test. Interestingly, Wenglinsky found that using computers to teach low order thinking skills, such as drill and practice, had a negative impact on academic achievement, while using computers to solve simulations saw their students' math scores increase significantly. Hiebert (1999) raised a similar point. When students over-practice procedures before they understand them, they have more difficulty making sense of them later; however, they can learn new concepts and skills while they are solving problems. In a study that examined relationship between computer use and students' science achievement based on data from a standardized assessment, Papanastasiou, Zemblyas, & Vrasidas (2003) found it is not the computer use itself that has a positive or negative effect on achievement of students, but the way in which computers are used.
  • Another factor influencing the impact of technology on student achievement is that changes in classroom technologies correlate to changes in other educational factors as well. Originally the determination of student achievement was based on traditional methods of social scientific investigation: it asked whether there was a specific, causal relationship between one thing—technology—and another—student achievement. Because schools are complex social environments, however, it is impossible to change just one thing at a time (Glennan & Melmed, 1996; Hawkins, Panush, & Spielvogel, 1996; Newman, 1990). If a new technology is introduced into a classroom, other things also change. For example, teachers' perceptions of their students' capabilities can shift dramatically when technology is integrated into the classroom (Honey, Chang, Light, Moeller, in press). Also, teachers frequently find themselves acting more as coaches and less as lecturers (Henriquez & Riconscente, 1998). Another example is that use of technology tends to foster collaboration among students, which in turn may have a positive effect on student achievement (Tinzmann, 1998). Because the technology becomes part of a complex network of changes, its impact cannot be reduced to a simple cause-and-effect model that would provide a definitive answer to how it has improved student achievement.
  • When new technologies are adopted, learning how to use the technology may take precedence over learning through the technology. "The technology learning curve tends to eclipse content learning temporarily; both kids and teachers seem to orient to technology until they become comfortable," note Goldman, Cole, and Syer (1999). Effective content integration takes time, and new technologies may have glitches. As a result, "teachers' first technology projects generate excitement but often little content learning. Often it takes a few years until teachers can use technology effectively in core subject areas" (Goldman, Cole, & Syer, 1999). Educators may find impediments to evaluating the impact of technology. Such impediments include lack of measures to assess higher-order thinking skills, difficulty in separating technology from the entire instructional process, and the outdating of technologies used by the school. To address these impediments, educators may need to develop new strategies for student assessment, ensure that all aspects of the instructional process—including technology, instructional design, content, teaching strategies, and classroom environment—are conducive to student learning, and conduct ongoing evaluation studies to determine the effectiveness of learning with technology (Kosakowski, 1998).
EducationPlus Learning Department

Information Fluency Home - 0 views

21cif.com

information literacy

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  • EducationPlus Learning Department on 03 Dec 09
     
    The 21st Century Information Fluency Project (21CIF) began in 2001 when the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy received funds from the US Department of Education to research and develop training in the largely unexplored field of online information literacy. The mission then, which remains today, is provide professional development and resources to help educators and students improve their ability "to locate, evaluate and use digital information more effectively, efficiently and ethically." Great site to learn all about information literacy!
Tom March

Reshaping Learning from the Ground Up | Edutopia - 15 views

www.edutopia.org/future-school

edutopia toffler 21st century learning

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  • what it all boils down to is, get the current system out of your head.
  • You're advocating for fundamental radical changes. Are you an optimist when it comes to public education? I just feel it's inevitable that there will have to be change. The only question is whether we're going to do it starting now, or whether we're going to wait for catastrophe.
  • Tom March on 30 Dec 09
     
    Outstandingly clear statement of the problems and first steps in improving education.
reuvas watson

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Home Loans Refinance Refinancing Mortgage Equity Purchase

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    Home123 offers home purchase loans, mortgages, home loans, refinance, reverse mortgage, home equity and home improvement loans. Use Home123's mortgage calculators, reverse mortgage calculator, checklists and detailed information to find the right loan for you.
Maggie Verster

Wireless Networking for 21st Century Schools: Guide to Wireless Broadband and Wireless ... - 10 views

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ebook wireless school2.0

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  • Maggie Verster on 05 Feb 10
     
    School districts are leveraging the power of the Web to make a difference in student learning, teacher professional development, administrator data management, parental information, and district security. The use of broadband technology and wireless communications are key factors in delivering these opportunities. This ebook provides information on effective and cost effective solutions to providing the high-speed wireless access and applications required to enable anywhere, anytime access to the latest tools to improve student learning, provide access to data, and ensure safety and security - today and well into the 21st century.
Jim Farmer

Apple - Education - Central Elementary School Profile - 15 views

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education apple ipod touch elementary tools technology teaching collaboration

shared by Jim Farmer on 14 May 10 - Cached
  • Jim Farmer on 14 May 10
     
    Using the iPod Touch in schools. Improving literacy.
Professional Learning Board

Sound Reading Development - 18 views

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  • Professional Learning Board on 17 Feb 11
     
    There are several reasons why all educators should be aware of best practices in reading instruction. One of the arguments is that sound reading enables improved student understanding across all content areas.
Paul Beaufait

4Teachers : Tools - 46 views

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resources teaching technology education curriculum

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  • Paul Beaufait on 16 Feb 11
     
    "timesaving educational resources that use technology to improve instruction across all content areas and grade levels" (4Teachers Family of Tools, ¶1)
Dimitris Tzouris

Elev8ed - Your Voice. Changing Education! - 26 views

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elev8ed education TED TEDactive video

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  • Dimitris Tzouris on 08 Mar 11
     
    Elevate the education conversation with your voice! We encourage students to submit videos that... * Offer new ideas for what education could be, and/or * Inspire others to transform education, and/or * Propose specific actions you or others can take to improve education in your community
Jamie Camp

Does giving teachers bonuses improve student performance? | Daniel Pink - 0 views

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edreform incentives testing danpink

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  • Jamie Camp on 16 Mar 11
     
    We knew this, but here's MORE research. When will there be ENOUGH research to ditch this idea?
David Freeburg

Google Moderator in the Classroom « Epic Epoch - 0 views

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google moderator EdTech teaching collaboration web2.0 technology education

shared by David Freeburg on 31 May 11 - No Cached
  • David Freeburg on 31 May 11
     
    How could you use Google Moderator in the classroom?  Might it improve classroom discussion and sharing ideas?
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