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Feature: How One School Turned Minecraft into STEAM - 38 views

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shared by C CC on 09 Jul 14 - No Cached
  • C CC on 09 Jul 14
     
    A primary school in England used Minecraft for a whole school, cross-curriculum project. Inspiring stuff.
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Edu-Traitor! Confessions of a Prof Who Believes Higher Ed Isn't the Only Goal | HASTAC - 52 views

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  • many brilliant, talented young people are dropping out of high school because they see high school as implicilty "college prep" and they cannot imagine anything more dreary than spending four more years bored in a classroom when they could be out actually experiencing and perfecting their skills in the trades, the skills, and the careers that inspire them.
  • The abolishing of art, music, physical education, tech training, and shop from grade schools and high schools means that the requirement for excellence has shrunk more and more right at the time when creativity, imagination, dexterity, adaptability to change, technical know-how, and all the rest require more not less diversity. 
    • Peg Mahon
      Peg Mahon on 10 Aug 11
       
      AMEN!
  • we make education hell for so many kids, we undermine their skills and their knowledge, we underscore their resentment, we emphasize class division and hierarchy, and we shortchange their future and ours,
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  • There are so many viable and important and skilled professions that cannot be outsourced to either an exploitative Third World sweat shop or to a computer, that require face-to-face presence, and a bucketload of skills--but that  do not require a college education:  the full range of IT workers, web designers, body workers (ie deep tissue massage), yoga and pilates instructors, fitness educators, DJ's, hair dressers, retail workers, food industry professionals, entertainers,  entertainment industry professionals, construction workers, dancers, artists, musicians, entrepreneurs, landscapers, nanny's, elder-care professionals, nurses's aids, dog trainers, cosmetologists, athletes, sales people, fashion designers, novelists, poets, furniture makers, book keepers, sound engineers, inn keepers, wedding planners, stylists, photographers, auto mechanics, and on and on.  
  • maureen greenbaum on 09 Aug 11
     
    Cathy Davidson
  • Carol Ansel on 09 Aug 11
     
    In general, I agree. However, novelists and poets don't need college?? And perhaps less so to artists and musicians? Perhaps... but what better way to learn the history and analysis of their Art, in order to place their own work in context?
  • Peg Mahon on 10 Aug 11
     
    I could not agree more with you Maureen. As a long time middle school teacher in Oakland and Mpls I am thoroughly convinced that our nation and our states are nuts to have cut all of the tech and arts classes out of elementary, middle and high schools. EVERY student should learn a trade/skill set in high school. The hs drop out rate is horrifying and no surprise that the crime rate follows. We have a nation of under achieving teens because the adults have not kept up with funding the myriad of opportunities that would capture and harness their interests and creativity. I look forward to reading your book Maureen and to following you on here.
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Code Club World - 41 views

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  • Randy Rodgers on 26 Aug 13
     
    Great collection of resources for anyone interested in starting an after-school programming club for kids in upper elementary. Lesson plans, student tasks, much more!
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PortaPortal Elementary and Middles - 73 views

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  • kathy adkisson on 08 May 10
     
    Links to websites for elementary and middle school teachers, organized by subject
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Learning Games For Kids - 139 views

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  • Jennifer Felke on 27 Feb 11
     
    Educational games are a great tool for building foundation math and language skills that today's elementary school curriculum requires. These online learning games and songs for kids are fun, teach important skills for preschool and elementary school kids and they're free. Want educational games that help build skills in math, language, science, social studies, and more? You've come to the right place!
  • Beth Panitz on 27 Feb 11
     
    All subjects areas. Fun learning games, songs, videos
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88 Teacher Interview Questions | Teacher Catapult - 91 views

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 22 Aug 13
     
    "Below are some sample teacher interview questions. These questions are quite common for high school, middle school, and elementary teacher interviews.  The difficulty level of these questions vary from easy to more difficult, but all of which are typical of a standard interview.  When given an interview as a teacher, it is important to realize that you can prepare for it just as you would for an important test. "
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Positive Attitude Toward Maths Predicts Maths Achievement in Children - 10 views

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  • Martin Burrett on 02 Feb 18
     
    "For the first time, scientists have identified the brain pathway that links a positive attitude toward maths to achievement in the subject. In a study of elementary school students, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine found that having a positive attitude about maths was connected to the better function of the hippocampus, an important memory centre in the brain, during the performance of arithmetic problems. The findings will be published online Jan. 24 in Psychological Science."
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Elementary Math Websites To Practice Mixed Operations/Story Problems - A Listly List - 4 views

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  • A list of websites to help students practice using their problem solving skills to practice mixed operation equations. The list was compiled by Cindy Lawrence, 3rd grade teacher, at Barton Creek Elementary School. The list accompanies unit 8 of the 3rd Grade Everyday Math Curriculum.
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Norwood High School | PowerIT | Tech Tools - 137 views

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  • Lisa Francine on 02 Dec 12
     
    A great list of tech resources!
  • Michelle Kassorla on 04 Dec 12
     
    Some of these are a little out of date, but it is a fabulous resource! WOW! Someone spent a good deal of time putting this together!
  • Tanya Hudson on 04 Dec 12
     
    A collection of links to online educational resources. This is a high school site, but many of the tools linked here would be appropriate for elementary/middle, too!
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Arizona Elementary School Will Whiten The Faces Of Its Own Students On A Mural Because ... - 111 views

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  • Chai Reddy on 05 Jun 10
     
    This is unbelieveable...unbelieveably bad. In addition to worrying about access and availability amongst other issues in education, this is one that I didn't think we would ever have to worry about.
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Homework overload gets an 'F' from experts - Back to School - TODAY.com - 41 views

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  • Homework only boosts student scores in the final three years of high school, says Walker, and only these older high school students should be doing a couple of hours of homework a night. Younger students only benefit from small assignments, if they’re getting help at home.
  • findings consistently show that homework has very limited value in the elementary grades
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 27 Sep 12
     
    "Unfortunately, new research shows the amount of time kids clock in out of school may not pay off. Kids who do more homework actually perform worse on standardized tests, according to research"
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The fantasies driving school reform: A primer for education graduates - The Answer Shee... - 5 views

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shared by Steve Ransom on 14 May 12 - No Cached
  • Richard Rothstein
  • In truth, this conventional view relies upon imaginary facts.
  • Let me repeat: black elementary school students today have better math skills than white students did only twenty years ago.
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  • As a result, we’ve wasted 15 years avoiding incremental improvement, and instead trying to upend a reasonably successful school system.
  • But the reason it hasn’t narrowed is that your profession has done too good a job — you’ve improved white children’s performance as well, so the score gap persists, but at a higher level for all.
  • Policymakers, pundits, and politicians ignore these gains; they conclude that you, educators, have been incompetent because the test score gap hasn’t much narrowed.
  • If you believe public education deserves greater support, as I do, you will have to boast about your accomplishments, because voters are more likely to aid a successful institution than a collapsing one.
  • In short, underemployment of parents is not only an economic crisis — it is an educational crisis. You cannot ignore it and be good educators.
  • equally important educational goals — citizenship, character, appreciation of the arts and music, physical fitness and health, and knowledge of history, the sciences, and literature.
  • If you have high expectations, your students can succeed regardless of parents’ economic circumstances. That is nonsense.
  • health insurance; children are less likely to get routine and preventive care that middle class children take for granted
  • If they can’t see because they don’t get glasses to correct vision difficulties, high expectations can’t teach them to read.
  • Because education has become so politicized, with policy made by those with preconceptions of failure and little understanding of the educational process, you are entering a field that has become obsessed with evaluating only results that are easy to measure, rather than those that are most important. But as Albert Einstein once said, not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted, counts.
  • To be good educators, you must step up your activity not only in the classroom, but as citizens. You must speak up in the public arena, challenging those policymakers who will accuse you only of making excuses when you speak the truth that children who are hungry, mobile, and stressed, cannot learn as easily as those who are comfortable.
  • Steve Ransom on 14 May 12
     
    An important read for anyone who truly wants to understand what's really important in education and the false reform strategies of our current (and past) administration.
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7 Actions that Teachers Can Take Right Now: Text Complexity » TextProject - 102 views

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  • Tanya Hudson on 06 Dec 12
     
    Seven specific action steps for approaching complex texts in elementary school. Includes suggested texts.
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Common Core State Standards Initiative - 12 views

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  • Kathy Favazza on 24 Feb 13
     
    Post about how fraction understanding progresses through the elementary school years
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Free Chemistry Lesson Plans & Resources | Share My Lesson - 20 views

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  • Randy Yerrick on 31 Oct 16
     
    Lessons shared by other teacher from elementary grades all the way to high school.
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Robinson Center for Young Scholars » Univ of Washington's Early University En... - 11 views

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  • Randolph Hollingsworth on 18 Mar 11
     
    If you are in 7th or 8th grade read more about the Early Entrance Program at the University of Washington, the premier early entrance program in the nation. If you are in 10th grade read more about the UW Academy for Young Scholars, the Robinson Center's early university entrance program for students offered in collaboration with the UW Honors Program. Summer Programs Do you want a fun and inspiring summer experience? If you are in 5th or 6th grade, learn more about Summer Challenge, the Robinson Center's summer program for students in elementary school. These hands-on classes provide multi-disciplinary learning experiences for three weeks during the summer on the UW-Seattle campus. If you are in 7th-10th grade learn more about Summer Stretch, the Robinson Center's summer program designed for students who want to learn a variety of subjects at an accelerated pace. Courses include math, humanities, science and writing, and are located on the UW-Seattle campus.
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Five Ideas for Using Pop Culture to Inspire Elementary Students | Edutopia - 2 views

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shared by Sydney Lacey on 05 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Sydney Lacey on 05 Apr 12
     
    Excerpt: "I'm not sure if we can successfully connect with our students without dabbling in their after school activities. I'm not saying you have to sing along with Justin Bieber (I like to rile up my girls by calling him "Justin Beaver") or even enjoy SpongeBob's silly antics. But you absolutely have to acknowledge the fact that your students value this, love it even. It gets them up in the morning, pulls them through the day. It's their life. And if you don't care about it, they know. And it definitely influences the culture of the classroom."
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