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Kevin Kaeser

State Of The Internet 2011 - 4 views

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infographic statistics visualization

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  • Kevin Kaeser on 04 Aug 11
     
    Great Info-graphic on this state of the internet
Martin Burrett

Changing States - An Animated Mystery Tour - 77 views

www.succeedingwithscience.com/...swf.php

science chemistry matter states of matter games

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    A superb science game where player must use their knowledge of the states of matter to play. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/science
Martin Burrett

Our house, is a very, very, very fine house…by @MaximJKelly - 7 views

ukedchat.com/...fine-house

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  • Martin Burrett on 19 Nov 18
     
    "Say what you like about Hogwarts but it's difficult to deny its 'old school' charm struck a chord with millions of avid readers both young and old. Amongst the many effects of Harry Potter in our education system was the revival, or re-emergence, in the state sector at least, of that gloriously stereotypical mainstay of public education: houses. Having been fortunate enough to spend a career working across a rich variety of settings, centres and schools - both private and state-led - I have seen many examples of the house system; and many examples of both the best - and the most pointless - systems and what they do or don't achieve."
Martin Burrett

Study highlights value of acknowledging adolescents' perspectives - 12 views

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research

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  • Martin Burrett on 30 Oct 17
     
    "Across very different cultures - Ghana and the United States - when parents acknowledge the perspectives of their adolescent children and encourage them to express themselves, the youths have a stronger sense of self-worth, intrinsic motivation, and engagement, and also have less depression. Yet having the latitude to make decisions appears to function differently in the two cultures, with positive outcomes for youths in the United States but not in Ghana."
Martin Burrett

Climate education for kids increases climate concerns for parents, research finds - 5 views

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research climate

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  • Martin Burrett on 10 May 19
     
    "A new study from North Carolina State University finds that educating children about climate change increases their parents' concerns about climate change. "There's a robust body of work showing that kids can influence their parents' behavior and positions on environmental and social issues, but this is the first experimental study demonstrating that climate education for children promotes parental concern about climate change," says Danielle Lawson, lead author of a paper on the work and a Ph.D. student at NC State."
carmelladoty

The absurd and unfounded myth of the digital native - Enrique Dans - Medium - 59 views

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digital natives

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  • carmelladoty on 04 Aug 15
     
    This article is a MUST read for educators. The author states that digital natives do not know the power of the Internet beyond social media. The article contains studies and other information to back up the statement. The author states "Simply being born into the internet age does not endow one with special powers. Learning how to use technology properly requires learning and training."
Kay Bradley

Social contract - Wikipedia - 20 views

en.wikipedia.org/...Social_contract

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    • Carolyn Eccleston
      Carolyn Eccleston on 25 Oct 16
       
      What does this mean?
  • Locke believed
  • Rousseau believed
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  • Grotius posited that individual human beings had natural rights; Hobbes asserted that humans consent to abdicate their rights in favor of the absolute authority of government
    • Carolyn Eccleston
      Carolyn Eccleston on 25 Oct 16
       
      What is the difference between the two beliefs?
  • The Lockean concept of the social contract was invoked in the United States Declaration of Independence.
    • Carolyn Eccleston
      Carolyn Eccleston on 25 Oct 16
       
      What Lockean concepts appear in the US Declaration of Independence?
    • Kay Bradley
      Kay Bradley on 24 Feb 20
       
      The idea that citizens give up some individual freedoms in order to realize greater benefits from living in society.
  • Social contract arguments typically posit that individuals have consented, either explicitly or tacitly, to surrender some of their freedoms and submit to the authority of the ruler or magistrate
    • Carolyn Eccleston
      Carolyn Eccleston on 25 Oct 16
       
      What does it mean to submit tacitly? Does the US Declaration of Independence require tacit submission?
    • Carolyn Eccleston
      Carolyn Eccleston on 25 Oct 16
       
      I don't know. What do you think?
    • Kay Bradley
      Kay Bradley on 24 Feb 20
       
      Not the Declaration of Independence because that did not establish a social contract, but yes the Constitution and the system of law, The submission is tacit because each generation does not revise the social contract that is spelled out in the Constitution and the corpus of laws. Therefore, each generation that wants to live in the US must accept the existing social contract.
    • Robert Vigliotti
      Robert Vigliotti on 10 Mar 22
       
      According to Hobbes, whenever we benefit from the conditions of security and the goods that are only possible through the social contract, we have consented to the social contract, which includes obedience to the sovereign, even though we did not give explicit consent.
  • legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual
Mark Bucceri

Keeping Pace with K-12 Online & Blended Learning - 1 views

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report online blended state virtual

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    Keeping Pace report on virtual state school, online initiatives, and blended learning
anonymous

Crash Test | Texas Monthly - 24 views

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standardized testing accountability

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      anonymous on 24 Apr 13
       
      This same accountability "fear factor" has been applied nationwide, too.
  • STAAR replaced the four tests previously required for graduation with fifteen—more than any other state. Lawmakers also mandated that the new tests, known as end-of-course exams, would count for 15 percent of a student’s grade in each subject area
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      anonymous on 24 Apr 13
       
      Sounds like the middle school testing requirements here in TN.
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  • “cult of educational testing” and argued that the accountability system was doing more harm than good
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      anonymous on 24 Apr 13
       
      What wonderful wording!
  • Longtime observers of education policy are openly speculating that we are seeing the beginning of the end of the accountability movement, right here in the state where it was born.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 24 Apr 13
       
      Isn't that amazing?!  How long will this concept take to catch on and make it nationwide?
  • Of course, the stakes are high not just for kids but for adults too. Teachers whose students fail to improve—or don’t improve sufficiently—can find themselves out of a job. Students at poor-performing schools can transfer to better schools in their district—and take their state funding with them.
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      anonymous on 24 Apr 13
       
      This is happening locally - I have witnessed such!
  • Shortly before he resigned as education commissioner, Robert Scott warned that assessment and accountability had grown into something akin to a “military-industrial complex,” a kind of public policy juggernaut with its own internal momentum.
Richard Bradshaw

DigitalBookIndex: THE 1930s: Federal Writers' Project (20TH c U.S. HISTORY) (e-Book, eT... - 13 views

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wpa history states guide

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    WPA Writer's Project: Guides to the States
Albert B Fernandez

College students on Gender difference - 15 views

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education gender difference

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    Students questioned about gender difference. Family Policy Institute of Washington State At Seattle University 9 May 2016 You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4S0gHlKiho Transcript in Gender folder
  • Albert B Fernandez on 19 May 16
     
    Students questioned about gender difference. Family Policy Institute of Washington State At Seattle University 9 May 2016 You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4S0gHlKiho Transcript in Gender folder
Sigrid Murphy

Five U.S. innovations that helped Finland's schools improve but that American reformers... - 64 views

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Finland

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      anonymous on 27 Aug 14
       
      Interesting Top Five
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      anonymous on 27 Aug 14
       
      Answer explanation is almost as important as mathematic problem solving.  If we really want to know if a student understands ANY concept, we need to ask him/her to write their explanation.  Sometimes the understanding comes from the thinking required to do the writing - writing to make it make sense!
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      anonymous on 27 Aug 14
       
      Why don't we consider relating almost every lesson to everyday life?  Seems like an obvious thing to do to me!
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      anonymous on 27 Aug 14
       
      Wow!  I think the concept of doing less of something in order to make time for experimentation is a fabulous idea!  Do you mean there are different aspects of student assessment and testing beyond a bubble sheet?  :)
  • Most of them have studied psychology, teaching methods, curriculum theories, assessment models, and classroom management researched and designed in the United States
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 14
       
      Finland's successful practices are something they learned here in the U.S.  So, why aren't our teachers here in the U.S. employing those same practices successfully?
  • Professional development and school improvement courses and programs often include visitors from the U.S. universities to teach and work with Finnish teachers and leaders.
  • in an ideal classroom, pupils speak more than the teacher
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 14
       
      Hooray!
  • the entire Finnish school system looks like John Dewey’s laboratory school in the U.S.
  • cooperative learning has become a pedagogical approach that is widely practiced throughout Finnish education system
  • Finnish teachers believe that over 90 percent of students can learn successfully in their own classrooms if given the opportunity to evolve in a holistic manner.
  • After abolishing all streaming and tracking of students in the mid-1980s, both education policies and school practices adopted the principle that all children have different kinds of intelligences and that schools must find ways how to cultivate these different individual aspects in balanced ways.
  • it is ironic that many of these methods were developed at U.S. universities and are yet far more popular in Finland than in the United States. These include portfolio assessment, performance assessment, self-assessment and self-reflection, and assessment for learning methods.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 14
       
      Alternative assessments!  Performance, portfolio, self-assessment, self-reflection, and assessment of learning methods...
  • Peer coaching—that is, a confidential process through which teachers work together to reflect on current practices, expand, improve, and learn new skills, exchange ideas, conduct classroom research and solve problems together in school
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 14
       
      Working together and reflecting on current practices - Reflection helps to expand, improve, and provides an opportunity to learn and exchange ideas to solve problems
  • the work of the school in the United States is so much steered by bureaucracies, test-based accountability and competition that schools are simply doing what they must do
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 14
       
      Sadness Abounds!  We are teaching folks what works best.  Then, they enter the classroom and get wrapped up in bureaucracies and test-based accountability to the point that teachers are just going through the motions instead of facilitating quality learning
  • Sigrid Murphy on 28 Aug 14
     
    Pasi Sahlberg Blog Finnish education reform Originally published in Washington Post, 24 July 2014 An intriguing question whether innovation in education can be measured has an answer now. The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development in its recent report "Measuring Innovation in Education: A New Perspective, Educational Research and Innovation" measures Innovation in Education in 22 countries and 6 jurisdictions, among them the U.S.
lovestoread

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - 0 views

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Respect Life Essay

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    website for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
  • lovestoread on 08 Apr 17
     
    This site is the official site of the United States Bishops. It contains a plethora of information on every current issue being discussed in the Catholic church. It also provides liturgical information to inform the reader of special days or events in the Church year. This site is recommended for middle and high school students looking for reliable, accurate, and current information from a theological perspective. The information is provided to teach and inform according to the Catholic faith.
Randolph Hollingsworth

TIP Meeting - February 28, 2012 | PARCC - 0 views

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college and career readiness college readiness Common Core State Standards rural schools

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    Addressing Rural Challenges to Implementing the Common Core State Standards - meeting handouts inc PwrPts
Marc Patton

Grants for Music Education Programs across the United States - 1 views

www.fendermusicfoundation.org/...index.cfm

Grants Music

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  • Marc Patton on 27 Jun 12
     
    The Fender Music Foundation awards grants to 501c3 and governmental organizations. Qualifying applicants are established, ongoing and sustainable music programs in the United States, which provide music instruction for people of any age who would not otherwise have the opportunity to make music.
Maureen Greenbaum

The crucial need to hold students to a higher standard - The Week - 6 views

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  • Even some high school valedictorians are taking remedial courses in college. Too many students are completely unprepared for the future.
  • Last year, the unemployment rate for Americans without a high school diploma was 14.1 percent. For those with a Bachelor's degree, it was 4.9 percent.
  • Common Core State Standards, orient instruction around critical thinking and problem solving, requiring students to demonstrate a deep understanding of concepts and then apply them to new situations.
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  • they are internationally-benchmarked and based on evidence and research about what it takes to be prepared for first-year college courses and entry level jobs leading to careers.
  • A student, for example, would no longer be required to simply memorize the formula for volume. Instead, they would need to use their conceptual understanding of volume to build different containers with the same volume. This approach differs from current standards and teaching practices, which too often place an emphasis on rote memorization over deeper understanding. 
  • Second, the standards are clear, focused, and rigorous
  • standards allow for economies of scale and the ability to share and compare across state lines.
  • Teachers in states that have adopted the Common Core can share effective practices and materials and collaborate more easily
Marc Patton

The State of Tech - 55 views

www.thestateoftech.org

Teacher_Resources Online_Learning_Environments Technology Teaching_Ideas

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  • Marc Patton on 02 Jul 12
     
    The State of Tech is a bi-weekly podcast covering educational technology. The show is designed for anyone in education (from teachers to principals to technology directors) wanting to explore how technology can be used to improve teaching and learning.
Martha Hickson

5 Things Every Teacher Should be Doing to Meet the Common Core State Standards - 40 views

www.eyeoneducation.com/...5ThingsCCSS_Davis.pdf

common_core

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  • Martha Hickson on 08 Jul 12
     
    The Common Core State Standards highlight five shifts that should be happening in every classroom. Teachers should: * Lead High-Level, Text-Based Discussions * Focus on Process, Not Just Content * Create Assignments for Real Audiences and with Real Purpose * Teach Argument, Not Persuasion * Increase Text Complexity
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