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Randy Rodgers

How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses | Wired Busine... - 15 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 30 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • Decentralized systems have proven to be more productive and agile than rigid, top-down ones
  • Teachers provide prompts, not answers, and then they step aside
  • We don’t openly profess those values nowadays, but our educational system—which routinely tests kids on their ability to recall information and demonstrate mastery of a narrow set of skills—doubles down on the view that students are material to be processed, programmed, and quality-tested. School administrators prepare curriculum standards and “pacing guides” that tell teachers what to teach each day. Legions of managers supervise everything that happens in the classroom; in 2010 only 50 percent of public school staff members in the US were teachers.
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  • In 1970 the top three skills required by the Fortune 500 were the three Rs: reading, writing, and arithmetic. In 1999 the top three skills in demand were teamwork, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills
  • And yet the dominant model of public education is still fundamentally rooted in the industrial revolution that spawned it, when workplaces valued punctuality, regularity, attention, and silence above all else.
  • “schools in the cloud,”
  • There will be no teachers, curriculum, or separation into age groups—just six or so computers and a woman to look after the kids’ safety. His defining principle: “The children are completely in charge.”
  • as the kids blasted through the questions, they couldn’t help noticing that it felt easy, as if they were being asked to do something very basic.
  • Randy Rodgers on 30 Oct 13
     
    Must. Read. Such a valuable lesson and another example of how we are doing it wrong.
Fred Delventhal

Virtual Worlds for Educators - Education Articles - 0 views

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shared by Fred Delventhal on 04 Oct 08 - Cached
  • Fred Delventhal on 04 Oct 08
     
    Article in District Administrator magazine by Steve Dembo
  • Fred Delventhal on 04 Oct 08
     
    The Discovery Education headquarters in Second Life is a towering spire that looks like something Alexandre Gustave Eiffel would have created had he not been bound by the laws of physics. Inside, the decorations adorning the walls serve a dual purpose. Discovery Education posters open up browser windows, providing visitors with more information about services
Dean Mantz

NETS*A Self Assessment Survey - 13 views

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shared by Dean Mantz on 20 Apr 10 - No Cached
  • Dean Mantz on 20 Apr 10
     
    ISTE's self-assessment for administrators based on NETS-A.
Heather Sullivan

Moodle Web Conferencing Block and Activity - WiZiQ Live Class - 16 views

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shared by Heather Sullivan on 17 May 10 - Cached
  • Why the WiZiQ Virtual Classroom Module for Moodle?
  • Teachers can schedule and deliver live, online classes for courses without requiring anyone (teachers or students) to sign-up on WiZiQ.com. Moodle administrators simply need to download the module and install it on Moodle servers for teachers to use it. If you are using Moodle, it's just logical to extend the learning management system's capabilities to help teachers and students meet synchronously using the WiZiQ Virtual Classroom module.
Heather Sullivan

#Edchat: Join the Conversation | Teacher Reboot Camp - 0 views

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shared by Heather Sullivan on 26 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Over 60 educators have participated in #edchat discussions. Will you collaborate with us to create educational change?
  • Although relatively new, #edchat has become an incredible collaborative tool for educators to debate and evaluate solutions to various problems through Twitter. Over 60 educators and administrators have contributed to the #edchat discussions from various countries around the world. In what other forum would this be possible?
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Why We Celebrate School Successes When Education Seems to Be Going to Hell | Edutopia - 0 views

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shared by edutopia .org on 25 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • edutopia .org on 25 Oct 11
     
    How we define success may vary -- building 21st-century learning skills, closing the achievement gap, reinventing the learning process. But the tonic effect of success on teachers does not change. Everywhere we go, we hear it: There is no greater reward than knowing you have enhanced a child's chances of succeeding in life.
Alex Parker

Sharing the skies: civilian drones and the ATC challenge - 1 views

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shared by Alex Parker on 12 Feb 15 - No Cached
  • Alex Parker on 12 Feb 15
     
    Commercial drones on home turf represent a huge opportunity for business and a significant risk for air traffic control. While some countries forge ahead with new commercial drone regulations, the US Federal Aviation Administration has been criticised for its slow progress.
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