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Gates' latest mission: fixing America's schools - Business - Bloomberg Businessweek - m... - 65 views

www.msnbc.msn.com/...usiness-bloomberg_businessweek education leadership billgates edreform testing incentives
shared by Bill Genereux on 18 Jul 10 - Cached
  • small schools are overrepresented among the country's highest achievers
  • were not as prescriptive about how they wanted their money spent.
  • want public education run more like a business
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  • what we do know about is management and governance
  • We don't know anything about how to teach
  • Because the smaller a school, the more likely its overall performance can be skewed by a few good or bad students
  • Was Mozart a better musician than Babe Ruth was a hitter?
  • Giving several tests a year can sort out each teacher's contribution
  • if you do raise these issues, it's seen as making excuses or pulling back from commitments
  • The only way to tell a good teacher is to go into their classroom spontaneously
  • tying pay to performance is not at all important in retaining good teachers
  • significant portion of teachers do believe in merit pay
  • states' rights advocates have blocked federal efforts for a national curriculum
  • videotaping math, English, and biology lessons
  • Music instructors questioned the district's decision to evaluate them on their students' grasp of music theory instead of instrumental proficiency
  • Gates is paying $1,500 apiece to more than 600 Hillsborough teachers whose lessons are being videotaped.
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Building an Internet Culture - 0 views

polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/...internet-culture.html
shared by Andy Whiteway on 24 Mar 09 - Cached
  • ten conclusions that might guide a country's development of a culturally appropriate Internet policy
  • Do not spend vast sums of money to buy machinery that you are going to set down on top of existing dysfunctional institutions. The Internet, for example, will not fix your schools. Perhaps the Internet can be part of a much larger and more complicated plan for fixing your schools, but simply installing an Internet connection will almost surely be a waste of money.
  • Learning how to use the Internet is primarily a matter of institutional arrangements, not technical skills
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  • Build Internet civil society. Find those people in every sector of society that want to use the Internet for positive social purposes, introduce them to one another, and connect them to their counterparts in other countries around the world. Numerous organizations in other countries can help with this.
  • Machinery does not reform society, repair institutions, build social networks, or produce a democratic culture. People must do those things, and the Internet is simply one tool among many. Find talented people and give them the tools they need. When they do great things, contribute to your society's Internet culture by publicizing their ideas.
  • For children, practical experience in organizing complicated social events, for example theater productions, is more important than computer skills. The Internet can be a powerful tool for education if it is integrated into a coherent pedagogy. But someone who has experience with the social skills of organizing will immediately comprehend the purpose of the Internet, and will readily acquire the technical skills when the time comes
  • Conduct extensive, structured analysis of the technical and cultural environment. Include the people whose work will actually be affected. A shared analytical process will help envision how the technology will fit into the whole way of life around it, and the technology will have a greater chance of actually being used.
  • Don't distribute the technology randomly. Electronic mail is useless unless the people you want to communicate with are also online, and people will not read their e-mail unless they want to. Therefore, you should focus your effort on particular communities, starting with the communities that have a strong sense of identity, a good record of sharing information, and a collective motivation to get online.
    • Andy Whiteway
      Andy Whiteway on 24 Mar 09
       
      This community could so easily be the students - but how often do schools seem to be obsessed with givgin staff lots of access to technology and email but block/restrict students' use of it?
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Educational Leadership:How Teachers Learn:Learning with Blogs and Wikis - 2 views

www.ascd.org/...ning_with_Blogs_and_Wikis.aspx blogging education professionaldevelopment
shared by cwozniak Wozniak on 05 Apr 09 - Cached
  • What makes professional development even more frustrating to practitioners is that most of the programs we are exposed to are drawn directly from the latest craze sweeping the business world. In the past 10 years, countless schools have read Who Moved My Cheese?, studied The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, learned to have "Crucial Conversations," and tried to move "from Good to Great."
  • With the investment of a bit of time and effort, I've found a group of writers to follow who expose me to more interesting ideas in one day than I've been exposed to in the past 10 years of costly professional development. Professional growth for me starts with 20 minutes of blog browsing each morning, sifting through the thoughts of practitioners whom I might never have been able to learn from otherwise and considering how their work translates into what I do with students.
  • This learning has been uniquely authentic, driven by personal interests and connected to classroom realities. Blogs have introduced a measure of differentiation and challenge to my professional learning plan that had long been missing. I wrestle over the characteristics of effective professional development with Patrick Higgins (http://chalkdust101.wordpress.com) and the elements of high-quality instruction for middle grades students with Dina Strasser (http://theline.edublogs.org). Scott McLeod (www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org) forces me to think about driving school change from the system level; and Nancy Flanagan (http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/teacher_in_a_strange_land) helps me understand the connections between education policy and classroom practice. John Holland (http://circle-time.blogspot.com) and Larry Ferlazzo, Brian Crosby, and Alice Mercer (http://inpractice.edublogs.org) open my eyes to the challenges of working in high-needs communities.
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  • That's when I introduce them to RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed readers.
  • If you're not sure where to begin, explore the blogs that I've organized in my professional Pageflake at www.pageflakes.com/wferriter/16618841. I read these blogs all the time. Some leave me challenged. Some leave me angry. Some leave me jazzed. All leave me energized and ready to learn more. School leaders may be interested in the collection of blogs at www.pageflakes.com/wferriter/23697456.
  • A power shift is underway and a tough new business rule is emerging: Harness the new collaboration or perish. Those who fail to grasp this will find themselves ever more isolated—cut off from the networks that are sharing, adapting, and updating knowledge to create value. (Kindle location 268–271)
  • The few moments
  • Technology has made it easy for educators to embrace continual professional development.
  • knowledge is readily available for free
  • cwozniak Wozniak on 05 Apr 09
     
    Learning with blogs and wikis.
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Ralph Tyler's Little Book - 43 views

www.coedu.usf.edu/...tyler.htm
shared by D Murray on 08 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • The belief at the time was that schools should require strong discipline and that "children should not talk to one another; all communication should be between the teacher and the class (Tyler, 1975)."
  • War I, as it soon would be called, would have a dramatic effect on education
  • Following the introduction of the Army's intelligence test, a "Testing Movement" in education, became established and spread throughout the United States
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  • He saw testing and "the holes in testing for memorization"
  • as a problem to study for life
  • The most important and comprehensive curriculum experiment ever carried on in the United States..."
  • This methodology engages the student in a number of projects. The projects he defined as "a purposeful activity carried to completion in a natural setting
  • most famous work was his "little" book Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction
  • What educational purposes should the school seek to attain? How can learning experiences be selected which are likely to be useful in attaining these objectives? How can learning experiences be organized for effective instruction? How can the effectiveness of learning experiences be evaluated?
  • The fifth and final section describes "How a school or College staff may work on curriculum building."
  • do not have clearly defined purposes
  • 1. Establish broad goals or objectives.2. Classify the goals or objectives.3. Define objectives in behavioral terms.4. Find situations in which achievement if objectives can be shown.5. Develop or select measurement techniques.6. Collect performance data.7. Compare performance data with behaviorally stated objectives.
  • education as "an active process
  • It involves the active efforts of the learner himself."
  • The first of these was through direct instruction
  • Tyler's greatest gift to the field of education was the development of an objectives-based evaluation model.
  • "the father of behavioral objectives.
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Turn snow days into e-learning days with these 6 simple steps | eSchool News | eSchool ... - 40 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...snow-learning-days-486 onlinelearning online learning online digitallearningday Digital eSchoolNews
shared by Sharin Tebo on 29 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • It’s time for e-learning to become common place in public schools, starting with snow days.
    • Sharin Tebo
      Sharin Tebo on 29 Jan 15
       
      Just because students are not at school doesn't mean the learning stops. What instead of mandating kids have internet access at home, there are pre-made activities that don't foresee the dependency on the Internet and instead, can be approved by a parent/guardian signature that such learning activities took place during the day off school for whatever reason.
  • Online learning also helps teachers reduce their stress load. It provides a predictable avenue for educators to budget their curriculum goals with available teaching days. Finally, e-learning days provide students with academic consistency and predictability, eliminating any snow day confusion.
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Dropbox - Simplify your life - 95 views

www.dropbox.com storage backup sharing links collaboration sync
shared by Martin Burrett on 28 Aug 10 - Cached
    • Kalin Wilburn
      Kalin Wilburn on 19 May 11
       
      Use dropbox to keep track of files you need at home, work, and anywhere else you might be. It provides you the ability to access your files from any location, allow others to "drop" files into your dropbox, and to share any files you have placed in there. You can use it for student work or just as a personal productivity tool.
    • Kalin Wilburn
      Kalin Wilburn on 19 May 11
       
      It has to be downloaded on your computer so if you want to use this at school you will need your tech coordinator's permission.
    • S. Cosmo
      S. Cosmo on 06 Sep 11
       
      But you can use it at school with the access to the web page...
    • smithirowa24
      smithirowa24 on 07 Jan 12
       
      Dropbox synchs with your smart phone like an iphone, and it also synchs with tablets like the ipad.  This way I can carry my files no matter where I am.
    • Bill Shelly
      Bill Shelly on 19 Jun 12
       
      Try this in combination with dropitto.me. Awesome!
    • benjaminv
      benjaminv on 19 Sep 12
       
      I am not sure, but the idea of bringing referals to increase storage are awesome.
    • 玉昆 吴
      玉昆 吴 on 03 Feb 20
       
      Great application
  • Glenn Hervieux on 28 Aug 10
     
    This is an amazing solution for storing, sharing, and back up your data. The ability to access files from any computer & mobile devices makes this a great solution. Up to 2GB storage free! Learn more about the public folder to share files with others, while keeping your other files private. I have it on both my Apple computers and on two PCs. This rocks!
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  • Cathy Edwards on 29 Aug 10
     
    I love my Dropbox!! It makes life so much easier!
  • Jonathan Wylie on 29 Aug 10
     
    I have it too, and have used it for a couple of years now to go between my mac at school and PC at home. I recently blogged about it here: http://www.educationtechnologyblog.com/1/post/2010/08/dropbox-for-educators.html
  • Glenn Hervieux on 29 Aug 10
     
    @Jonathon, thanks for sharing the blog post. I'll pass that along to others. @Cathy, thanks for confirming it's been a useful tool.
  • Martin Burrett on 08 Jul 11
     
    One of the leading and best online file storage option. It works across many different devices and is great for teachers who like to travel light. Download required. Basic package is free with 'paid for' option with more storage. Easily share files with others. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools
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To Sell Is Human - Book Trailer | Daniel Pink - 42 views

www.danpink.com/tsih-trailer
shared by tom campbell on 14 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • tom campbell on 14 Nov 12
     
    Why we all need sales schools. This is so important for public educators: we need to tell a better story to all our stakeholders.
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Ideation…back to public-speaking… - 12 views

donalomahony.edublogs.org/...ideation public-speaking ideation
shared by Donal O' Mahony on 21 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • Donal O' Mahony on 21 Apr 13
     
    Some reactions, as a Secondary (High) school teacher, to students communicative ability after attending an Intel Ideation Camp in Dublin. I might have called this post "from behind the screen, to in-front of the screen".
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Prophetic 1995 Student Internet PSA - YouTube - 69 views

www.youtube.com/watch youtube students studentvoice video Internet future trend
shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 11 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 11 Oct 12
     
    "This Public Service Announcement (PSA) was produced in 1995 by the 5th grade students at Ray Bjork school in Helena Montana. All the Internet possibilities mentioned in the script are today a reality. The production won a local ADDY Award in 1996 for Best PSA."
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Welcome to Connections - 2 views

dartconnections.org.au videoconferencing
shared by Mark Gleeson on 07 Nov 12 - Cached
  • Mark Gleeson on 07 Nov 12
     
    Connections is the Department of Education and Training's unit that provides and co-ordinates video conferencing excursions for NSW public schools. Connections video conferencing excursions bring students and teachers face to face with experts across the globe. Our excursions are designed to enrich and supplement curriculum across all stages and key learning areas.
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Time Is the Enemy, Complete College America, September 2011 - 0 views

www.completecollege.org/...Time_Is_the_Enemy.pdf college graduation rates academic success
shared by Randolph Hollingsworth on 23 May 12 - No Cached
  • Randolph Hollingsworth on 23 May 12
     
    Unless we move with urgency, today's young people will be the first generation in American history to be less educated than their predecessors. Consider this a sobering wake-up call - and an urgent appeal for action now. ...4 of every 10 public college students are able to attend only part-time. Which means leaders have been making policy decisions about higher education absent critical information about 40 percent of the students, as if their success or failure was less important than that of "traditional" full-time students... Seventy-five percent of today's students are juggling some combination of families, jobs, and school while commuting to class; according to the U.S. Department of Education, only a quarter go full-time, attend residential colleges, and have most of their bills paid by their parents.... Part-time students rarely graduate.... Poor students and students of color struggle the most to graduate.... Students are taking too many credits and too much time to complete.... Remediation is broken, producing few students who ultimately graduate. ...The Big Idea: Time is the enemy of college completion.
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Patriots Pen Essay Writing Contest | VFW - 17 views

www.vfw.org/...Patriot-s-Pen Grants Language_Arts
shared by Marc Patton on 28 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Marc Patton on 28 Jun 12
     
    The Patriot's Pen program is open to students in grades 6-8, who are enrolled in a public, private or parochial high school or home study program in the United States and its territories.
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Community Grants | CVS Caremark - 1 views

info.cvscaremark.com/...community-grants Grants Social_Studies
shared by Marc Patton on 28 Jun 12 - Cached
  • Marc Patton on 28 Jun 12
     
    To ensure that we make a positive impact, the Community Grants Program will focus on inclusive programs and programs for children with disabilities under age 21; academic and enrichment programs at public schools; and programs that provide access to quality health care services and health education for at risk and underserved populations of all ages.
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Math for America - Fellowships, Teach in New York City, Berkeley, Boston, Los Angeles, ... - 1 views

www.mathforamerica.org/home Teacher_Resources Mathematics
shared by Marc Patton on 28 Jun 12 - Cached
  • Marc Patton on 28 Jun 12
     
    We are a nonprofit organization with a mission to improve mathematics education in US public secondary schools by recruiting, training and retaining outstanding mathematics teachers.
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A Principal's Reflections: Social Media is Not Just For Students - 54 views

esheninger.blogspot.com/...-is-not-just-for-students.html web2.0 education social-networking blog
shared by Peter Beens on 22 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Peter Beens on 22 Dec 11
     
    When principals hear the words Twitter and Facebook they cringe. Immediately, visions of excessive socialization, time wasted, and meaningless conversations in the form of updates come to mind. This is true, in many cases, when these tools are used for personal use. I am here to share ways in which principals can harness the power of these free resources to improve communications, public relations, professional growth, instruction, and create a brand presence for your school. Quite simply, social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook have improved my effectiveness and efficiency as an educational leader.
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TechPlan: TechPlan: National Tech Plan - 70 views

online.mcps.k12.mt.us/...view.php
shared by michele nokleby on 04 Feb 12 - No Cached
    • michele nokleby
      michele nokleby on 04 Feb 12
       
      I would like closer look at this study for tech at the preschool age.  How does this reconcile with the AMA's position on early childhood media use?
  • Sigurd Andersen on 05 Feb 12
     
    When I try your link, I get to a login page for Missoula County Public Schools. Is there any way to make the material you reference visible to those without an account?
  • Irene Sclafani on 05 Feb 12
     
    I also got a login page for Missoula County Public Schools. Article sounds interesting. Would like to read it.
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Diipo - 157 views

diipo.net social networking web2.0 education collaboration photos videos files file sharing
shared by Martin Burrett on 31 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 31 Jan 12
     
    A beautifully made Twitter-like social network for schools that supports photos, videos, files and embed html. The site also has a blog feature, calendar and many other fab features. You can set your class to private or public. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
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The Compendium Blog of The A.T.TIPSCAST | Christopher R. Bugaj - 21 views

attipscast.com Assistive_Technology
shared by Marc Patton on 19 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Marc Patton on 19 Jun 12
     
    The A.T.TIPScast: Assistive Technology Tools In Public Schools is a podcast about using technology to help students meet their educational goals. Each episode features at least one "A.T.TIP" that can be used to differentiate and individualize the learning process.
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Education Week: School Administrators Seen to Embrace New Digital Devices - 1 views

www.edweek.org/...33mobile.h31.html education technology tech edtech
shared by Philip Pulley on 09 Jun 12 - No Cached
    • Philip Pulley
      Philip Pulley on 09 Jun 12
       
      Ours use them, often school provided/paid for. We will be in the top 15% next year by providing laptops?
    • Philip Pulley
      Philip Pulley on 09 Jun 12
       
      Or do we the administrators get the best "toys" first. Shouldn't these be in the hands of the teachers to make changes in how they teach so that the learning experiences can be improved FOR THE STUDENTS?
  • Philip Pulley on 09 Jun 12
     
    High tech use by administrators, more than general public.
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