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Bailey Berry

Will Technology Save Public Education? - 1 views

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  • Will Technology Save Public Education?
  • Hundreds of millions of dollars (and much more on the way) are being spent on getting iPads and other tablets into the hands of teachers and students all over the country in classes as early as kindergarten.
  • is there really a public education crisis in America? The answer to this question seems to be an emphatic "YES!" given the popular interpretation of the results of two international achievement tests (PISA and TIMSS). American students, after being at the top for years, have been in a tailspin and now finish in the middle of the pack in tests of math and science when compared to students in other countries.
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    • David Rutledge
      David Rutledge on 27 Sep 13
       
      This is not actually the "news" article I originally thought it was but instead a very liberal ideological point of view that if a student is of a minority and poor, they can't make it. To me this is an example of 'soft-bigotry of low expectations'. 
  • The U.S. also has far more diversity than other countries, with fully 25 percent of public school students as English as Second Language speakers. Additionally, many other countries engage in cherry-picking, where the best students are selected early and channeled into competitive educational programs who take the international tests while those who don't perform well are placed in trade schools.
  • David Rutledge on 27 Sep 13
     
    Blogger's blog about "will technology save public education".
  • Bailey Berry on 03 Oct 13
     
    I chose this article mainly because it gave some of the cons of educational technology. Although I do believe the article was a little dramatic, I did like some of the points that the author was making and i think its important to always see the pros and cons of things.
Sarah Criswell

Should We Connect School Life to Real Life? - 9 views

blogs.kqed.org/...hoolwork-impact-the-real-world

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  • Jerimiah Schluep on 09 Oct 12
     
    I really like this article because it addresses the need for learning to be relevant to the students. It is important for students to use what they have learned and technology provides a great outlet for that use.
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  • Sarah Criswell on 23 Oct 12
     
    Should We Connect School Life to Real Life? Excerpted from Will Richardson's new TED Book Why School: How Education Must Change When Learning and Information Are Everywhere. Richardson offers provocative alternatives to the existing education system, questioning everything from standardized assessments to the role of the teacher.
  • stormyg on 11 Jun 13
     
    I really enjoyed reading this article. I thought it was interesting because it brings students into different ways of learning!
  • Cheryl Mauger on 11 Jun 13
     
    I really enjoyed this article. I thought it would be a method of learning to implement in your own classroom.
  • April Oates on 11 Jun 13
     
    I think that it is really important to be able to connect school with real life, but also be aware of the perspective that a person may have. The differences are hard to see sometimes. Great article.
  • amber alexander on 20 Jun 13
     
    I think we should connect school to real life. Students do not like school because they feel like they will never need it in real life. Instead of making school boring teachers should be as creative as they possibly can while fitting in the core standards. It will make our 8 to 9 hours days more exciting and our jobs easier because most students will WANT to be involved instead of being forced because their guardians put them on the bus that morning.
  • Carley Morrison on 26 Sep 13
     
    I think this article was important because it gave examples of how technology helps relate students to the real word. Most students struggle with learning because they do not see why they need to know this. But by connecting curriculum to real life situations through technology, students will be more willing to learn.
  • Kelsey Short on 02 Oct 13
     
    This article really reflects my standards of education. I enjoy the constructivist layout of these classrooms. I feel as if children do miss out on education when all they learn is test and textbook information. I like the idea of creating something unique and originally because this seems more real world applicable.
  • Rachel Longnecker on 03 Oct 13
     
    This article was interesting and it had some good examples of doing an assignment in a more active way. These ideas and use of material could make things interesting and spark a lot of creativity. I like doing making videos and other things, even though it is really stressful. It just makes school fun along with getting your required standard material.
  • Bailey Berry on 03 Oct 13
     
    I liked how this article talked about students doing and creating things with meaning. Now just a bunch of activities to put in the "Friday Folder", but actual experiences that they can relate to real life and really learn something.
  • Sadie Moser on 03 Oct 13
     
    I know when I was in high school, my class always wanted to know how we were going to use our learning in the real world. More often than not, the teacher told us that we would not use the learned skill outside of the classroom. This kept many of the students from caring about their work or learning. I think to keep students excited about learning, it should relate to the real world.
  • Eddie Johnson on 04 Oct 13
     
    I like how this article talks about relating school work to the real world. I think this would help students bring knowledge of the world into their school academics.
  • Debbie Voight on 25 Oct 13
     
    Reading this article made me get excited about the possibilities of teaching with creativity and application. I agree with the author when she wrote, "I'd rather know that my kids were creating something of meaning, value, and I hope, beauty for people other than just their teachers, and that those creations had the opportunity to live in the world. That they were thinking hard about audience. That they were learning how to network and collaborate with others. That they were developing "proficiency with the tools of technology," learning to "design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes," and becoming literate in the process. Real work for real audiences is, of course, hard to find in the current standardized testing regime." I could not have said it better myself! It seems that employers are looking for people who possess the quality of "working well with others". This new integrated classroom setup would allow for so many different learners to excel! Incredible article!
  • Megan Fout on 21 Nov 13
     
    I enjoyed this article but also disagreed with it due to the fact that it is not possible for most students to complete some of these because they may not have access to a computer. They are great ideas but you have to look at your students before making it an assignment.
Dominic Corbin

More Blacks and Latinos Admitted to Elite New York High Schools - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...ite-new-york-high-schools.html

seems it's a little unfair to base an admission on one test. I hope there are other things that go into consideration. But it is nice minorities have opportunity.

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  • Dominic Corbin on 01 Mar 12
     
    The number of black and Latino students who were accepted at one of eight highly selective high schools in New York City increased from last year, according to admissions statistics released on Wednesday by the city's . The uptick for the two groups reverses a years-long decline in admissions to the schools, where admittance is based on a single test.
Kristy Rogers

Active Worlds and Education - 0 views

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  • Kristy Rogers on 11 Jun 10
     
    This is sort of like a "learning" Second Life. Here's a little blurb about the "River City Project": As visitors to River City, students travel back in time, bringing their 21st century skills and technology to address 19th century problems. Based on authentic historical, sociological, and geographical conditions, River City is a town besieged with health problems. Students work together in small research teams to help the town understand why residents are becoming ill. Students use technology to keep track of clues that hint at causes of illnesses, form and test hypotheses, develop controlled experiments to test their hypotheses, and make recommendations based on the data they collect, all in an online environment. Isn't this a great tool for higher order thinking?
Cody Seesholtz

Finneytown students enjoy being test subjects. - 0 views

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  • Cody Seesholtz on 11 Feb 10
     
    From the introduction, "A Finneytown High science teacher and her students have become a research experiment into how the use of Net books and Internet-oriented assignments can impact learning for students of various capabilities." I strongly believe in using Netbooks in place of textbooks for students.
Jeri Hamrick

Video Games Prepare Texas District for State Test - 0 views

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technology

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  • Cody Seesholtz on 05 Feb 10
     
    Hmm, interesting article. This article talks about using video games for 30 minutes a day to help failing students pass the TAK. The teachers said that the results were remarkable and the students were becoming successful in the game and understanding of math. They even wanted to learn math again. When the students were asked about the game, 86% said that it helped them understand concepts of math better.
Amy Lambert

Put to the Test: Study Island - 2 views

www.techlearning.com/...28516

Study Island

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  • Amy Lambert on 21 Apr 10
     
    This evaluation fof Study Island promotes it as a great way to make sure kids learn the state standards and become proficient.
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  • John Racki on 23 Apr 10
     
    My son who is in the 7th grade disagrees with the evaluation of Study Island. He finds it to be boring with crude graphics. The one benefit to Study Island however, is a student can practice from home if he or she choses to.
  • Shandra Smith on 25 Apr 10
     
    I have spent many hours with students as they work on Study Island, and I believe that they aren't as enthusiastic about the program as adults are. What I have noticed from the teachers is that Study Island is a good babysitter and a way to kill time. I'm not so sure I would give the program credit for boosting test scores.
  • curtis McFarland on 25 Apr 10
     
    I have had nothing but bad experiences with study island. Much like many things, the idea is better than the reality. Even though the system "times out" when the computer senses the student is guessing, the students just take a ten second break then get right back to guessing.
Laura Chapman

The Role of Technology in Early Childhood Programs - 0 views

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  • To evaluate whether computers are developmentally appropriate for children over age three, we need to determine the developmental needs of these children. Children this age are developmentally within Piaget’s preoperational stage. This means they are concrete learners who are very interested in using newly learned symbolic representation - speaking, writing, drawing (including maps and geometric figures) and using numbers. Further, children this age are extremely active and mobile. They often have difficulty sitting still; they need frequent changes in learning modalities; and they want a variety of physical experiences involving dance, physical play, climbing and sports. Preoperational children are also are continuing their mastery of language, and exploring various facets of social behavior.
    • kristel coulter
      kristel coulter on 27 Sep 13
       
      We should evaluate children to see if they are ready for certain programs. This theory states since some children have problems sitting still the children need more changes and opportunities to move.
    • Kelsey Short
      Kelsey Short on 29 Sep 13
       
      I do not think evaluating children will help us decide whether or not they will be ready for technology. The new generations are picking it up on their own earlier and earlier. I think the generations we will be teaching will expect this as a daily part of life by the time they reach even the preschool age.
    • Lindsay Pasco
      Lindsay Pasco on 29 Sep 13
       
      I think that it is important to know the developmental needs of children. I agree that there should be a variety of physical environment in physical experience and exploring. I think that within the next few years children will already be dependent of the technology and use it in the everyday life, which is important to know because then we must incorporate it in the classroom.
  • Clearly many of these developmental needs match up well with appropriate use of technology in the classroom, especially exploration, manipulation of symbolic representation, matching alternative learning styles, and quickly changing learning modalities that individual students can control and pace to meet their individual needs. It is also a very powerful tool for students with specific learning disabilities.
    • kristel coulter
      kristel coulter on 27 Sep 13
       
      Every child is different and has different developmental needs and we need to meet the needs of every child.
  • The use of computers in a fully integrated classroom is endless. Software can be used to create books, with dictated tests and illustrations; photos of children and the community can be taken with digital cameras and then combined with text and pictures to create journals, biographies, wall newspapers, school/home communications, and neighborhood documents. Older children can use scanners, font selection, and various graphics application, to develop power-point presentations to show the rest of the class and parent gatherings. And, of course, Internet sites can be accessed to do research on almost all topics. There are also wonderful opportunities for correspondence activities with children throughout the world.
  • curtis McFarland on 10 May 10
     
    This article talks about the use of technology in early childhood classes.
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  • Jessica Cordle on 22 May 12
     
    This talks about how technology can be integrated and how technology will become a big part of the classroom in the future.
  • Jordan Griggs on 01 Oct 13
     
    I agree that children need evaluations but with the way society is growing, I believe that it will be normal for this age of students to be using computers and technology of this sort. I believe it needs to be introduced into the classroom early, so that they get a feel for it early on. More and more classrooms use technology as a basis for learning and if students don't have a feel for how certain applications and tools work, they will be lost and far behind their generation. Taking into account diversity and that some students may not have technology resources at their home, it is good to use them in the classroom so that they can gain knowledge of these tools.
  • Sadie Butts on 01 Oct 13
     
    I'm not an early childhood education major, but I believe that it's important for students to become familiar with technology at a young age. One point that the article made was that there needs to be more resources available. This is vital within the classroom because when I was growing up, a classroom usually didn't have more than two or three computers for students to use. Because of the shortage in supplies, I always felt like using the computer wasn't that important for me to learn because we didn't experiment with them.
  • Rachel Longnecker on 01 Oct 13
     
    I like the article but one thing stuck out to me and that is "Preschool and kindergarten children should first be introduced to computers one at a time, or in small groups." I think this quote is controversial, to me that is. I think technology needs to be introduced to students at a later age like maybe 4th grade. Just definitely not preschoolers and kindergarteners. Lets say you show a kindergarten child a picture of an apple and you only show them pictures of things and you do not integrate actual apples or trips they will only perceive the item as what they saw. My main point is if you show a picture of a red apple and say this is what an apple looks like they will memorize an apple as being that red apple on the screen. Then when they go take a test on fruits and the question says: What color is an apple? A) red B) green or C) red or green. The child will pick A when the correct answer would be C. They will pick A because they only saw a red apple during that lesson.
  • Laura Chapman on 03 Oct 13
     
    I really like how this article addresses the DAP of computers in an early childhood classroom.
John Racki

Education Week: Colo. Teachers to Rally Against Tenure Changes - 3 views

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  • John Racki on 30 Apr 10
     
    The state of Colo. is deciding whether or not to change teacher tenure.
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  • Shandra Smith on 02 May 10
     
    I would hate to see tenure changes made that would punish teachers for poor test performance by students. There are too many factors that play in to how children perform on tests that are completely unrelated to the classroom.
  • John Racki on 03 May 10
     
    I agree Shandra. Teachers do not get to decide the quality of the students they will teach.
  • Desiree Haislett on 05 May 10
     
    This is going to sound stupid but what is teacher tenure? Is teacher tenure like when a teacher has been teaching at the same school for like 20 years and has a lower chance of getting laid off verses someone that has only been teaching like a year?
  • John Racki on 08 May 10
     
    Teacher tenure is basically job protection.
Carley Figgins

THE Journal - 1 views

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  • Challenge 1: professional development. Key among all challenges is the lack of adequate, ongoing professional development for teachers who are required to integrate new technologies into their classrooms yet who are unprepared or unable to understand new technologies.
    • Cindi Bausum
      Cindi Bausum on 04 Oct 13
       
      Educators need to be trained or the students will not get the full benefits of technologies available in the classroom.
  • Challenge 2: resistance to change.
  • Challenge 4: delivering informal learning. Related to challenge 3, rigid lecture-and-test models of learning are failing to challenge students to experiment and engage in informal learning. But, according to the report, opportunities for such informal learning can be found in non-traditional classroom models, such as flipped classrooms, which allow for a blending of formal and informal learning.
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  • Challenge 3: MOOCs and other new models for schooling.
  • Challenge 5: failures of personalized learning. According to the report, there's a gap between the vision of delivering personalized, differentiated instruction and the technologies available to make this possible. So while K-12 teachers seem to see the need for personalized learning, they aren't being given the tools they need to accomplish it, or adequate tools simply don't exist.
  • Challenge 6: failure to use technology to deliver effective formative assessments.
  • However, there is still an assessment gap in how changes in curricula and new skill demands are implemented in education; schools do not always make necessary adjustments in assessment practices as a consequence of these changes.
    • Ashley Perry
      Ashley Perry on 03 Oct 13
       
      Challenge #1 is definitely important for teachers who have been working in the education field for some time. I think it would be very hard to incorporate technology into learning if you haven't used any technology in the classroom for 15 years!
  • Challenge 1: professional development. K
  • Resistance to technology comes in many forms, but one of the key resistance challenges identified in the report is "comfort with the status quo.
    • Ashley Perry
      Ashley Perry on 03 Oct 13
       
      "Comfort with the atatus quo" imterested me a lot. As a teacher I plan on jumping on new and exciting ways to teach my students instead of settling with the norm.
  • significant challenges are preventing widespread effective implementation
  • challenges are systemic and some related to the technologies themselves,
  • Among those issues are challenges that represent significant constraints on the adoption of technology in education.
    • Cindi Bausum
      Cindi Bausum on 04 Oct 13
       
      Technology in education to the degree it is being used is a fairly new concept and will come with some hesitation.
  • Teresa Keith on 05 Aug 13
     
    This article discusses the challenges of professional development, resistance to change, MOOCs and other new models for schooling, delivering informal learning, failures of personalized learning, and failure to use technology to deliver effective formative assessments. It also talks about emerging trends, opportunities, and technologies.
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  • Sarah Clark on 03 Oct 13
     
    I liked this article because it clearly defines the challenges of technology use while teaching. It's concise and simple to understand.
  • cassandra clum on 03 Oct 13
     
    This article examines a few of the same challenges I face personally with the use of technology in MY future classroom. As a fairly tech functional person, I fail to see the relevance of "high tech" in a math class. I am minimally accepting a few items, however, I personally this semester am struggling with a college math course because my own learning style cannot compute the excessive use of technology for a lower level math course. I love math and enjoy the challenges, but I fail to see how selecting one problem for a set and uploading a picture to BB for other students to correct is in any way useful.
  • Carley Figgins on 22 Oct 13
     
    From this article, I learned of the many challenges faced within educational technology. It lays out the challenges and makes it easier for an understanding of the challenges faced. Each challenge makes it easier for these challenges to become over turned.
  • Megan Fout on 21 Nov 13
     
    This article definitely asks some good questions but I'm not sure that they answered all of the completely. There is a lot that needs to go into an online classroom like the teachers need to have a completely different type of training if they are going to teach online and not in the classroom. how do you keep a child engaged when they are not right there with you? Also the student needs to have the ambition to do the work. I know for myself that having online classes is not an option because I become distracted and for a teen or younger the number of distraction in the world is countless.
Lindsay Pasco

6 Technology Challenges Facing Education -- THE Journal - 0 views

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  • Challenge 1: professional development. Key among all challenges is the lack of adequate, ongoing professional development for teachers who are required to integrate new technologies into their classrooms yet who are unprepared or unable to understand new technologies.
    • Lindsay Pasco
      Lindsay Pasco on 26 Sep 13
       
      I think that it is important to know and understand the challenges with technology in the education field. I think that this is important because it can help to keep those challenges minimal in the classroom. I think it is important that the students do not become too dependent on technology.
  • Challenge 2: resistance to change. Resistance to technology comes in many forms, but one of the key resistance challenges identified in the report is "comfort with the status quo."
  • According to the researchers, teachers and school leaders often see technological experimentation as outside the scope of their job descriptions.
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  • Challenge 3: MOOCs and other new models for schooling.
  • Challenge 4: delivering informal learning. Related to challenge 3, rigid lecture-and-test models of learning are failing to challenge students to experiment and engage in informal learning. But, according to the report, opportunities for such informal learning can be found in non-traditional classroom models, such as flipped classrooms, which allow for a blending of formal and informal learning.
  • Challenge 5: failures of personalized learning. According to the report, there's a gap between the vision of delivering personalized, differentiated instruction and the technologies available to make this possible.
  • Challenge 6: failure to use technology to deliver effective formative assessments.
  • However, there is still an assessment gap in how changes in curricula and new skill demands are implemented in education; schools do not always make necessary adjustments in assessment practices as a consequence of these changes. Simple applications of digital media tools, like webcams that allow non-disruptive peer observation, offer considerable promise in giving teachers timely feedback they can use."
Cody Seesholtz

Globalizing Education One Podcast at a Time - 0 views

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  • Adam Evans on 18 Jan 10
     
    I like the idea of podcasting mainly because it has been tested and it is helping the students to learn and retain information better than they did before they had podcasting.
  • Cody Seesholtz on 19 Jan 10
     
    One of the most interesting articles I've read. This article basically talks about applying podcasts in science classrooms. Podcasts can be compared to Youtube, students are able to hold onto the podcasts of teachers' lectures and they can refer to that in the future for aid. Teachers noticed a significant gain in students' grades using podcasts. Also, when podcasts are used, it can be exchanged among schools and universities so there is a rich seam of information in podcasts.
Drew Finley

Intercultural Education and Virtual Reality - 0 views

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  • Drew Finley on 09 Mar 10
     
    This article talks about a tool that has been designed and tested in a classroom setting thats uses a virtual reality theme.
Kellie Demmler

Education Week: NYC Innovation Zone Tests Customized Digital Learning - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...25innovationzone.h30.html

Education technology digital learning differentiation

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  • Kellie Demmler on 18 Mar 11
     
    Interesting experiment on customized learning.  
karen johnson

Evaluating the iPad for Education -- Campus Technology - 0 views

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  • karen johnson on 09 Oct 11
     
    A private liberal arts college in Oregon took Apple's iPad through its paces to test its value as a a tool for learning inside the classroom and out. The evaluation followed a pilot of Amazon's first-generation Kindle, which the college eventually decided against. Reed College is trying to find a way to go completely paperless in it's classrooms. It is interesting to note that this professor feels that students would be less likely to check email or log onto social networking sites on an ipad because they are smaller and more difficult to hide behind than a laptop.
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