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Math Mistakes: « more or less CCSS aligned. - 0 views

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math misconceptions mathematics blog

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  • Steve Ransom on 06 Mar 13
     
    A great blog for a HS math teacher to follow...
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Principal: 'I was naïve about Common Core' - 0 views

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commoncore testing standardizedtesting highstakestesting accountability critique

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  • The Common Core places an extraordinary emphasis on vocabulary development
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      Steve Ransom on 06 Mar 13
       
      Instead of concept development...
  • Teachers are engaged in practices like these because they are pressured and afraid, not because they think the assessments are educationally sound. Their principals are pressured and nervous about their own scores and the school’s scores. Guaranteed, every child in the class feels that pressure and trepidation as well.
  • I am troubled that a company that has a multi-million dollar contract to create tests for the state should also be able to profit from producing test prep materials. I am even more deeply troubled that this wonderful little girl, whom I have known since she was born, is being subject to this distortion of what her primary education should be.
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  • Real learning occurs in the mind of the learner when she makes connections with prior learning, makes meaning, and retains that knowledge in order to create additional meaning from new information.  In short, with tests we see traces of learning, not learning itself.
  • Parents can expect that the other three will be neglected as teachers frantically try to prepare students for the difficult and high-stakes tests.
  • They see data, not children. 
  • The promise of the Common Core is dying and teaching and learning are being distorted.  The well that should sustain the Core has been poisoned.
  • Whether or not learning the word ‘commission’ is appropriate for second graders could be debated—I personally think it is a bit over the top.  What is of deeper concern, however, is that during a time when 7 year olds should be listening to and making music, they are instead taking a vocabulary quiz.
  • Data should be used as a strategy for improvement, not for accountability
  • A fool with a tool is still a fool.  A fool with a powerful tool is a dangerous fool.
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      Steve Ransom on 06 Mar 13
       
      Best quotation of the day!
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Math Movies - home - 0 views

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  • Steve Ransom on 28 Feb 13
     
    So many great multipmedia projects here done by elementary teachers and students. Relevance. Audience. Learning.
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If Education Technology Was A Baseball Team - Edudemic - 0 views

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  • Steve Ransom on 26 Feb 13
     
    A great, practical collection of tools and services that can be easily integrated into your teacher toolbelt and used with both students and parents.
Steve Ransom

Mitch Resnick: Let's teach kids to code | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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TED scratch mitchresnick mit programming code

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  • Steve Ransom on 02 Feb 13
     
    Let's teach kids to code
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Google Forms a teacher/student connection - YouTube - 0 views

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googleforms video inspiration

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  • Steve Ransom on 03 Jan 13
     
    Such an authentic and inspirational use of Google Forms. A perfect example of how what matters most is what we DO with our tools, not the tools themselves
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Teacher Checklist for Blogging Projects - 0 views

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blogging teacher checklist guidelines

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    PDF
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We Need Teachers, Not Facilitators! : Stager-to-Go - 0 views

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  • Teachers expert in inspiring long-term, personally meaningful and interdisciplinary projects or thematic instruction regularly exceed the standards, but that realization is lost on facilitators.
  • New teachers have little or no experience with classroom centers, independent work, student projects and the sorts of agency that allow children to enjoy the “flow” experiences that build upon their obsessions and lead to understanding. Even when teachers are not lecturing from bell-to-bell, the classroom agenda is top-down and leaves little chance for serendipity or student initiative.
  • Great teachers know their students in deeper ways than any data can provide. They ask kids about their weekends. They chat about what kids are reading and console them when their hamster dies
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  • They learn continuously for themselves and their students. Teachers share their love of reading and are patrons of the arts. They are active citizens and engage students in current events. Outstanding teachers are not afraid to appear silly or create a whimsical classroom environment. They play in the snow with kindergarteners like Maria Knee.
  • great teachers need to be passionate, competent and interesting humans beyond the scope and sequence of the curriculum.
  • oday, new teachers truly are facilitators. They are “trained” to manage classrooms and deliver the curriculum handed to them.
  • Steve Ransom on 01 Jan 13
     
    An important post about teaching to reflect on.
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The Taxonomy of Social Media | edSocialMedia - 0 views

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socialmedia taxonomy stages

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  • Steve Ransom on 17 Dec 12
     
    You might identify at this point where you currently lie and where you want to go with this taxonomy.
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Bad Behavior Online on Devour.com - 0 views

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  • Steve Ransom on 17 Dec 12
     
    "Grief Tourism" was a new one for me
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And the 2012 Edublog Award winners are…. | The Edublog Awards - 0 views

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Blogs list collection award

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  • Steve Ransom on 14 Dec 12
     
    A great list to check out for new blogs to add to your RSS reader
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Assistive Technology - 0 views

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assistivetechnology blog

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  • Steve Ransom on 06 Dec 12
     
    A good blog for anyone needing such a resource and contact.
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Android 4 Schools - 0 views

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android apps education mobile

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  • Steve Ransom on 05 Dec 12
     
    For anyone interested in android apps in education
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Column: Futile fight on student tweets - 0 views

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  • Free speech is not free of consequences. It's a lesson better learned early than late.
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Mathscasts - YouTube - 0 views

www.youtube.com/Mathscasts

math tutorials youtube screencasts

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  • Steve Ransom on 04 Dec 12
     
    Good math resource in this YouTube teacher channel. Shows what maybe YOU can do, too.
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Are You Behind? - 0 views

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  • Steve Ransom on 02 Dec 12
     
    An important post from a friend and colleague, David Jakes, technology director for a major Chicago school district. This may help you see just how much some schools ARE moving forward while others are sitting on the sidelines due to lack of vision, understanding, and participation.
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