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Michael Wacker

Dangerously Irrelevant: Top 20 TED Talks podcasts for busy school administrators - 0 views

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    Top 20 TED Talks podcasts for busy school administrators Here are my top 20 TED Talks podcasts for busy principals and superintendents (in no particular order). These are the TED presentations that I think are most likely to interest, educate, and entert
Michael Wacker

Big Dog, Little Dog: Metalearning and Learning Styles - 0 views

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    "to the use of perceptional channels (DeSimone, Werner, Harris, 20"
Michael Wacker

Big Study Links Good Teachers to Lasting Gain - NYTimes.com - 1 views

  • Elementary- and middle-school teachers who help raise their students’ standardized-test scores seem to have a wide-ranging, lasting positive effect on those students’ lives beyond academics, including lower teenage-pregnancy rates and greater college matriculation and adult earnings, according to a new study that tracked 2.5 million students over 20 years.
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    I like that this article address the obvious gaps of research and lack of control of multiple variables that could eschew results. Nevertheless there are some great data points on why keeping and retaining the best in our profession needs to be a continued focus and conversation. Is it enough to use test scores, of course not. But a balanced system that helps us speed up the process for removing ineffective folks in our profession can't hurt.
Michael Wacker

20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web - 1 views

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    "What's a cookie? How do I protect myself on the web? And most importantly: What happens if a truck runs over my laptop? For things you've always wanted to know about the web but were afraid to ask, read on"
Michael Wacker

Alice and Lord of Flies Have Little in Common « Alice's Trifles - 0 views

  • On December 15, 2009 at 20:39 joycevalenza Said: Erin, Interesting comparison! How do you think these stories compare as explorations of coming of age and loss of innocence?
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