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Bradford Saron

What works in education - Hattie's list of the greatest effects and why it matters | Gr... - 5 views

  • Student self-assessment/self-grading* Response to intervention* Teacher credibility* Providing formative assessments* Classroom discussion* Teacher clarity* Feedback* Reciprocal teaching* Teacher-student relationships fostered* Spaced vs. mass practice* Meta-cognitive strategies taught and used Acceleration Classroom behavioral techniques Vocabulary programs Repeated reading programs Creativity programs Student prior achievement Self-questioning by students Study skills Problem-solving teaching Not labeling students Concept mapping Cooperative vs individualistic learning Direct instruction Tactile stimulation programs Mastery learning Worked examples Visual-perception programs Peer tutoring Cooperative vs competitive learning Phonics instruction Student-centered teaching Classroom cohesion Pre-term birth weight Peer influences Classroom management techniques Outdoor-adventure programs
Bradford Saron

Computer Science for Non-Majors Takes Many Forms - NYTimes.com - 2 views

  • “To reading, writing and arithmetic, we should add computational thinking to every child’s analytical ability.”
  • “ ‘Literacy’ implies reading and writing, so ‘computer literacy’ suggests that writing programs is a required skill for activity under this name,” says Henry M. Walker, a computer science professor at Grinnell. “However, general citizens may or may not have to write programs to function effectively in this technological age.” He prefers to promote “computer fluency,” attainable without assignments in programming.
  • Someday, the understanding of computational processes may be indispensable for people in all occupations. But it’s not yet clear when we’ll cross that bridge from nice-to-know to must-know.
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    Here we see coding added to the literacies that we should all be able to exert as adults. Again, I sense a theme here. HT-@wiscprincipal
Bradford Saron

Scratch | Home | imagine, program, share - 0 views

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    Programming for animations, games, etc. 
Bradford Saron

Gamestar Mechanic - 1 views

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    Elementary Coding/Programming 
Bradford Saron

Kodu - Microsoft Research - 0 views

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    Intermediate and middle school coding and programming software. Icon-based. 
Bradford Saron

Why We Need a 4th R: Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic, algoRithms | DMLcentral - 0 views

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    Another push for programming to be recognized as a educational discipline like English, math, science, and social studies. 
Bradford Saron

Too Many Projects Not Enough Time | The Thinking Stick - 3 views

  • The Google Apps Ninja Program that I started back in September and blogged about here has completely taken me by surprise. There are now over 150 educators who have access to the Google Docs. Seeing that there might be something here that I can support long term I decided to move all the files to their own Google Apps domain. So the Google Apps Ninja Program is now officially found at www.ninjaprogram.com the website isn't finished but after reading this blog post if you are interested in using the files and helping to keep them updated, fill out this form and I'll get you in. I'm excited to focus on this next year as one of my projects.
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    Let's us all in on his schedule and the life of an international educator. 
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    The Google Apps Ninja Program is an interesting way to motivate students and have them direct their own learning. Something to look into.
Vince Breunig

Why Schools Must Move Beyond One-to-One Computing - 2 views

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    "Horrible, horrible, horrible implementation from every program I visited," he said. "All of them were about the stuff, with a total lack of vision." His research convinced him not to move forward with one-to-one computing. Perhaps the weakest area of the typical one-to-one computing plan is the complete absence of leadership development for the administrative team-that is, learning how to manage the transition from a learning ecology where paper is the dominant technology for storing and retrieving information, to a world that is all digital, all the time.
Bradford Saron

Professional blog | 21st Century Educator - 1 views

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    Newt concept. 
Bradford Saron

This Week's Live, Interactive, And Free Webinars In Elluminate « Virtual Scho... - 0 views

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    From Scott McLeod and his program CASTLE.
Bradford Saron

Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    We need to also patch in program update for the leaders who would actually facilitate the reform too!
Bradford Saron

Douglas Rushkoff - Blog - Code Literacy: A 21st-Century Requirement - 0 views

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    A 21st Century Literacy, as in on the same level as financial literacy. 
Bradford Saron

McREL Blog: One-to-one initiatives require a "core vision" - 0 views

  • Calling on and sharing research and best practices will be crucial to district’s messaging. If tablets are the chosen devices, a district must be prepared to provide technologies for students to create, multi-task, store and produce robust results/activities in addition to what they will do on the limited functionality tablets…and they need to honestly share this need and solutions to provide additional device support. There is a much bigger picture and quality impact on education with authentic one-to-one implementations. It has to be about core vision, beliefs and strategies that complement what’s needed for learning and producing in the 21st century. It is not as simple as buying a cool tool. We can all have cool tools and have the same old, same old education system resulting in the same old, same old results.
  •  What do administrators, teachers, parents/guardians, etc., need to know and do differently in this changed state?
  • o transform teaching and learning to a student centered, personalized instructional setting, there are key components—project plan elements—that have to be addressed to be successful.  Leaders need to know, understand and guide the ‘change’ process. A 360 degree professional learning program must be embedded for all stakeholders. Teachers who will need to change their practices from adult-centered, static systems to student driven, experiential operations require time, guidance and learning communities to ensure the shift of practice. And overarching policies must direct the practices.
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    Thoughful overview of 1:1 considerations. 
Vince Breunig

Effects of Inequality and Poverty vs. Teachers and Schooling on America's Youth - 0 views

  • What does it take to get politicians and the general public to abandon misleading ideas, such as, “Anyone who tries can pull themselves up by the bootstraps,” or that “Teachers are the most important factor in determining the achievement of our youth”? Many ordinary citizens and politicians believe these statements to be true, even though life and research informs us that such statements are usually not true.
  • till further discouraging news for those who advocate testing as a way to reform schools comes from the PISA assessments (The Program for International Student Assessment). Nations with high-stakes testing have generally gone down in scores from 2000 to 2003, and then again by 2006. Finland, on the other hand, which has no high-stakes testing, and an accountability system that relies on teacher judgment and school level professionalism much more than tests, has shown growth over these three PISA administrations (Sahlberg, 2011).
  • Now, in the USA, our parents are a greater determiner of our income in life than either our weight or our height.
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  • what the best and wisest parents want for their children should be what we want for all children. Thus, that same kind of opportunity to catch up in school should not be denied to youth who come from poorer families
  • citizens calling for school reform without thinking about economic and social reforms are probably being foolish. The likelihood of affecting school achievement positively is more likely to be found in economic and social reforms, in the second bill of rights, than it is in NCLB, the common core of standards, early childhood and many assessments after that, value-added assessments, and the like. More than educational policies are needed to improve education.
  • I think everyone in the USA, of any political party, understands that poverty hurts families and affects student performance at the schools their children attend. But the bigger problem for our political leaders and citizens to recognize is that inequality hurts everyone in society, the wealthy and the poor alike. History teaches us that when income inequalities are large, they are tolerated by the poor for only so long. Then there is an eruption, and it is often bloody! Both logic and research suggest that economic policies that reduce income inequality throughout the United States are quite likely to improve education a lot, but even more than that, such policies might once again establish this nation as a beacon on a hill, and not merely a light that shines for some, but not for all of our citizens.
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    What does it take to get politicians and the general public to abandon misleading ideas, such as, "Anyone who tries can pull themselves up by the bootstraps," or that "Teachers are the most important factor in determining the achievement of our youth"? Many ordinary citizens and politicians believe these statements to be true, even though life and research informs us that such statements are usually not true. citizens calling for school reform without thinking about economic and social reforms are probably being foolish. The likelihood of affecting school achievement positively is more likely to be found in economic and social reforms, in the second bill of rights, than it is in NCLB, the common core of standards, early childhood and many assessments after that, value-added assessments, and the like. More than educational policies are needed to improve education.
Robert Slane

IGES Earth Day Photo Contest - Grades 5-8 (Entries Due May 11) | NASA Earth & Space Sci... - 0 views

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    This is a test to see how this "bookmarking" works. 
Bradford Saron

YoYo Games | Compare GameMaker Versions - 1 views

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    Game design with drop and drag icons. 
Bradford Saron

Create iOS and Flash Games with Stencyl - 1 views

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    Game creation software that is icon-based. 
Bradford Saron

Why kids should learn code. - 1 views

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    HT @wiscprincipal
Bradford Saron

Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » My new book: World Cla... - 0 views

  • This book is the result of my attempts to answer these questions with data and evidence from a variety of sources. Essentially, I reached the following conclusions: The current education reform efforts that attempt to provide a common, homogenous, and standardized educational experience, e.g., the Common Core Standards Initiative in the U.S., are not only futile but also harmful to preparing our children for the future. Massive changes brought about by population growth, technology, and globalization not only demand but also create opportunities for “mass entrepreneurship” and thus require everyone to be globally minded, creative, and entrepreneurial. Entrepreneurship is no longer limited to starting or owning a business, but is expanded to social entrepreneurship, policy entrepreneurship, and intrapreneurship. Traditional schooling aims to prepare employees rather than creative entrepreneurs. As a result the more successful traditional schooling is (often measured by test scores in a few subjects), the more it stifles creativity and the entrepreneurial spirit. To cultivate creative and entrepreneurial talents is much more than adding an entrepreneurship course or program to the curriculum. It requires a paradigm shift—from employee-oriented education to entrepreneur-oriented education, from prescribing children’s education to supporting their learning, and from reducing human diversity to a few employable skills to enhancing individual talents. The elements of entrepreneur-oriented education have been proposed and practiced by various education leaders and institutions for a long time but they have largely remained on the fringe. What we need to do is to move them to the mainstream for all children.
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    @YongZhaoUO and his new book. Note the conclusions. 
anonymous

Education Week: Use Technology to Upend Traditional Classrooms - 0 views

  • The most impressive technology-rich classrooms don't look like classrooms. Instead, they look like creative businesses on deadline—like advertising agencies pulling together a big campaign, architectural firms drawing up blueprints, or software companies developing new programs.
  • The teacher circulated through the classroom like a project manager, answering questions, providing feedback, holding students accountable to deadlines, and providing just-in-time instruction.
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      this is the most important piece - working together instead of studying alone.
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  • The creative-agency metaphor is particularly useful for thinking about the possibilities of new technologies since it stands in stark contrast to the dominant metaphor of schooling: the factory, where a standardized curriculum is delivered as efficiently as possible to groups of students treated as uniform receptacles.
  • "Do schools spend huge sums on technology to do different things or to do the same things faster?
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    professional development web 2.0
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