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Sheri Edwards

Print: These Lectures Are Gone in 60 Seconds - Chronicle.com - 0 views

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chronicle.com lecture podcast reform

shared by Sheri Edwards on 07 Mar 09 - Cached
  • HOW TO CREATE A ONE-MINUTE LECTURE Professors spend a lot of time crafting hourlong lectures. The prospect of boiling them down to 60 seconds — or even five minutes — may seem daunting. David Penrose, a course designer for SunGard Higher Education who developed San Juan College's microlectures, suggests that it can be done in five steps: 1. List the key concepts you are trying to convey in the 60-minute lecture. That series of phrases will form the core of your microlecture. 2. Write a 15 to 30-second introduction and conclusion. They will provide context for your key concepts. 3. Record these three elements using a microphone and Web camera. (The college information-technology department can provide advice and facilities.) If you want to produce an audio-only lecture, no Webcam is necessary. The finished product should be 60 seconds to three minutes long. 4. Design an assignment to follow the lecture that will direct students to readings or activities that allow them to explore the key concepts. Combined with a written assignment, that should allow students to learn the material. 5. Upload the video and assignment to your course-management software.   http://chronicle.com Section: Information Technology Volume 55, Issue 26, Page A13
  • Sheri Edwards on 07 Mar 09
     
    transform traditional lectures for today's student expectations; thanks to twitterer jonathanmoss
Caroline Roche

From cognitive capability to social reform? Shifting perceptions of learning in immersi... - 0 views

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web 2.0 learning education

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  • Caroline Roche on 03 Feb 09
     
    Learning in immersive virtual worlds (simulations and virtual worlds such as Second Life) could become a central learning approach in many curricula, ...
Josh Paluch

Commentary: Don't prop up failing schools - CNN.com - 0 views

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Clayton Christensen disruptive innovation school reform

shared by Josh Paluch on 15 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Story HighlightsChristensen, Horn: Federal spending on schools is set to jumpThey say it would be a big mistake to use money to let failing schools resist changeCo-authors: Federal money should go to innovators challenging traditional waysThey say technology should be used to create new forms of schooling
  • The most likely result of this stimulus will be to give our schools the luxury of affording not to change.
  • Fourth, direct more funds for research and development to create student-centric learning software. Just a fraction of 1 percent of the $600 billion in K-12 spending from all levels currently goes toward R&D. The federal government should reallocate funds so we can begin to understand not just what learning opportunities work best on average but also what works for whom and under what circumstance. It is vital to fund learning software that captures data about the student and the efficacy of different approaches so we can connect these dots.
  • Josh Paluch on 15 Jun 09
     
    Christensen joins a growing list of education commentators who are opposed to Obama policies
Sheri Edwards

Leading Scholar's U-Turn on School Reform Shakes Up Debate - NYTimes.com - 10 views

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school leading scholar's NCLB

shared by Sheri Edwards on 03 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Arthur E. Levine, a former president of Teachers College, where Dr. Ravitch got her doctorate and began her teaching career in the 1970s. “Now for her to suddenly conclude that she’s been all wrong is extraordinary — and not very helpful.”
  • In 2005, she said, a study she undertook of Pakistan’s weak and inequitable education system, dominated by private and religious institutions, convinced her that protecting the United States’ public schools was important to democracy.
  • She remembers another date, Nov. 30, 2006, when at a Washington conference she heard a dozen experts conclude that the No Child law was not raising student achievement.
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  • Testing had become not just a way to measure student learning, but an end in itself.
  • Sheri Edwards on 03 Mar 10
     
    "Testing had become not just a way to measure student learning, but an end in itself. "
  • Sheri Edwards on 03 Mar 10
     
    New View -- Expert changes her mind
anonymous

Education Week: Four Flawed Assumptions of School Reform - 14 views

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  • The ability to “scale up” a successful school or education program depends more on finding the right conditions than it does on developing the right practices, curriculum model, or other innovation. In the business world, start-ups need to find customers, suppliers, facilities, equipment, and employees in order to spread across the country. Put the “right” business in the wrong place and it will founder, regardless of how good the basic idea might be.
Steve Ransom

79 Ways to Redesign Teaching and Learning | The 3rd Teacher - 60 views

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teaching change reform schools

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  • Steve Ransom on 12 Jan 11
     
    Love these tips!
Professional Learning Board

School Turn-around through Synergy - 8 views

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education reform school turn-around

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  • Professional Learning Board on 03 Feb 11
     
    Eaton-Johnson Middle School is located in North Carolina, approximately 45 minutes north of Raleigh. The school is considered by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction as a rural school, however, this is also inner city. Eaton-Johnson Middle School is located in a district with a high unemployment rate, high crime rate, and a high gang rate. When the school first implemented Synergy, the school was also suffering from low teacher morale, an unclear mission, and very little parent involvement. We had to do something, because EJMS was also considered a priority school which meant that the state was looking very closely at our instructional programs, teachers, school community, and the administration.
Marc Lijour

Michael Geist - Pulling a Fast One?: Who Is Really Hurt By C-32's Missing Fair Dealing ... - 6 views

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copyright law C-32 mt8316 mgeist digital DRM circumvention canada

shared by Marc Lijour on 17 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • linking copyright infringement to circumvention is compliant with the WIPO Internet treaties, it is an approach that has been adopted by other countries, and it is one that has been promoted by many groups supportive of copyright reform
  • several countries have proposed or passed legislation that explicitly links circumvention with copyright infringement, including New Zealand, Switzerland, Canada (Bill C-60), India, and Brazil. 
  • Italy permits circumvention for private copying, Greece established a legal right to pursue access, and the Netherlands grants the Justice Department the power to decree access
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  • Bill C-32 currently includes circumvention exceptions for several purposes including privacy, security research, and encryption. Adding fair dealing means adding five categories of new exceptions -  research, private study, news reporting, criticism, and review.
  • The second group of circumventers consists of those Canadians who believe that circumvention is a reasonable exercise of their consumer rights. These include Canadians who unlock their cellphones or format shift a DVD.
  • Consumers unlock their phones because they believe it is their property and they should be entitled to do so (the government agrees as there is an exception for this in C-32).
  • They similarly format shift DVDs because they reasonably believe that purchasing a DVD should entitle them to watch the DVD on the device of their choice
  • the sale of the products is often based on the presumption that the consumer will have the ability to unlock, make a backup, or format shift
  • If the law does not include a fair dealing circumvention exception, teachers will follow guidelines that prohibit circumvention as part of the educational process and students will be stopped from creating mashups or engaging with digital materials in certain ways.
Jamie Camp

Streaming Event Session Information - 10 views

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DianeRavitch reform advocacy politics NCLB

shared by Jamie Camp on 10 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • anonymous on 10 Mar 11
     
    Links to the archive of Diane Ravitch's talk on March 8, 2011 in Wisconsin.
  • Jamie Camp on 11 Mar 11
     
    Diane Ravitch @ Univ of Wisconsin Madison March 8, 2011. This is right in the middle of the Wisconsin public education crisis.
Teach Hub

Should Schools Switch to 4-day Weeks? - 0 views

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education school school reform

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  • Teach Hub on 09 Jun 11
     
    Who wants EVERY Friday off? I DO, I DO… or do I? Schools around the country are considering the four-day work week to deal with extreme budget cuts. With a shorter week, these schools can save thousands of dollars a year on busing costs and building utilities.
Steve Ransom

Education Week: The Classroom Is Obsolete: It's Time for Something New - 17 views

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education classroom change reform learningspaces

shared by Steve Ransom on 30 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • The following is a fairly universal list of education design principles for tomorrow’s schools, though it would be tailored to the needs of particular communities: (1) personalized; (2) safe and secure; (3) inquiry-based; (4) student-directed; (5) collaborative; (6) interdisciplinary; (7) rigorous and hands-on; (8) embodying a culture of excellence and high expectations; (9) environmentally conscious; (10) offering strong connections to the local community and business; (11) globally networked; and (12) setting the stage for lifelong learning.
  • we still think that yesterday’s classroom equals tomorrow’s school.
  • These initiatives would not necessarily get rid of classrooms, but instead redesign and refurbish them to operate as “learning studios” and “learning suites” alongside common areas reclaimed from hallways that vastly expand available space and allow better teaching and learning.
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