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.
Knowledgeworks 3.0: Future Forecast - 1 views
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Great resource to look at the future of education.
Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance (TA) Center - 1 views
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Emergency/crisis plan resources
Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » Numbers Can Lie: What ... - 2 views
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The fact the U.S. as a nation is still standing despite of its abysmal standing on international academic tests for over half a century begs two questions: Is education as important to a nation's national security and economy as important as believed? If it is, are the numbers telling the truth about the quality of education in the U.S. and other nations?
McREL Blog: One-to-one initiatives require a "core vision" - 0 views
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What do administrators, teachers, parents/guardians, etc., need to know and do differently in this changed state?
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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.
Kathy Schrock's Home Page - 0 views
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SLATE presenter
Speaking: Next Vista for Learning - 0 views
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Rushton Hurley - SLATE Keynote Website includes links to videos organized by category and searchable
jmathiesen - home - 0 views
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SLATE Keynote Speaker
Great iPAD Resources - 2 views
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This is a great resource for people looking for apps and ideas for iPAD use in the classroom.
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.
How to make BYOD work for your schools | eSchool News - 3 views
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Strategies for challenges, like access and security.
Effects of Inequality and Poverty vs. Teachers and Schooling on America's Youth - 0 views
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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.
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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).
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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 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.
Twitter guide for Twits and Tweachers that want to tweet ! - Google Drive - 2 views
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Tips for Twitter
Leadership and the PLC | AllThingsPLC - 2 views
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Listen: When teachers say they are overwhelmed with district and school mandates, take the time to evaluate these concerns. Teaching under the very best of conditions is complicated. It requires time for planning, professional development, and collaboration. The emotional wear and tear of the job can be exhausting
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This is so true-especially with so many new initiatives changing at lightning speed.
Review - The Connected Educator - 1 views
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Finished reading the Connected Educator. As we discussed in class, much of what we are doing is the same as outlined in this book. It is evident that since this book's publishing, there are many new and improved versions of these tools and ideas. This is a great book and I plan to use it as a resource in the future. I purchased the electronic version and have found that there were disadvantages to me versus the hard copy.
Great Graphic shared by Sean Junkins - 0 views
A Review: Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work - 1 views
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Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour and Robert Eaker revisited their work on PLCs and published a sequel to their book on PLCs. In the sequel, they discuss their thoughts, "New Insights" on PLCs. The publisher, Solution Tree provides an "Action Guide" to assist the reader in understanding the findings/discussions described in the new book.
Which Way Should We Go? - 0 views
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Today in education, we are truly overloaded. Think of the list of things that we have deal with; the Common Core Standards, RtI, PBIS, New State Testing, Educator Effectiveness, doing more with less, etc. and the list continues. Setting priorities and determining what direction to go is truly as confusing as this webcomic from xkcd.com.
Yong Zhao - Comments on Common Core - 0 views
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Dr. Zhao commented in his presentation at WASB two years ago that he feared the direction of the Common Core as it limited our individual district's ability to be the laboratory of creativity and innovation. He comments here citing evidence to support the CC.
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