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Rebecca Delivuk

SMART Exchange - USA - Standards correlated lessons - 0 views

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smartboard iwb standards usa education

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  • Rebecca Delivuk on 14 Oct 11
     
    I love the way you can search for standards and then lesson plans/activities that meet the standard. Some of the activities on this page are too low-level for high-school students, but many of them would help my students get up out of their seats and participate in class by drawing on the board together. I would certainly use this site when teaching grammar, so students can group-edit and see the result. 
Loren Kurpiewski

Why Are Finland's Schools Successful? | People & Places | Smithsonian Magazine - 2 views

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  • The people in the government agencies running them, from national officials to local authorities, are educators, not business people, military leaders or career politicians.
    • Kristen Koburger
      Kristen Koburger on 19 Sep 11
       
      Why dont we do this???? Having politicians and businessmen run the education system in this country is like having a ballerina play football. It doesnt make sense!
    • Rachael Webster
      Rachael Webster on 20 Sep 11
       
      I wish there was a "like" button here. So this is my LIKE.
    • Nathan Bell
      Nathan Bell on 23 Sep 11
       
      Double like.
    • Loren Kurpiewski
      Loren Kurpiewski on 27 Sep 11
       
      LIKE!
  • “We are not much interested in PISA. It’s not what we are about.”
    • Rachael Webster
      Rachael Webster on 20 Sep 11
       
      I wonder if they would be saying the same thing if they were at the bottom, though. It's easy to say you don't care about test scores when your test scores are through the roof. If you're at the bottom of the pack and saying you don't care about test scores, then people say "Well, obviously. That's why they are doing so poorly."
    • Nathan Bell
      Nathan Bell on 23 Sep 11
       
      Yes, but isn't he saying that their focus is not preparing the students for some standardized test, but more in training them in how to be knowledgeable about the important things they need to know to be functional, productive adults? With that dreamy philosophy actually put to practice, it would seem to me that they would achieve success on the tests, and continue to not care much about them...
    • Chuck DiNardo
      Chuck DiNardo on 26 Sep 11
       
      I agree that the sentiment is that value in placed on learning rather than testing. It would be interesting to see from a budgetary standpoint how much money the U.S. invests in standardized testing and consider what they could accomplish if they put that money into more effectively helping students learn.
    • Rachael Webster
      Rachael Webster on 27 Sep 11
       
      I understand and agree with the fact that they put the focus on learning as opposed to testing. However, they still take the tests. If they were truly not concerned about the tests, they could just opt not to take them, right? If the US said that we were focused on the holistic learning process and not on tests, would anyone put any value in that statement considering our test performance?
  • Teachers in Finland spend fewer hours at school each day and spend less time in classrooms than American teachers.
    • Rachael Webster
      Rachael Webster on 20 Sep 11
       
      Interesting. In our curriculum class last night, China was being praised for how much more time is spent in the classroom (praised in a video clip).
    • Rebecca Delivuk
      Rebecca Delivuk on 24 Sep 11
       
      I'm wondering if teachers might be a little more sane if they spent more time prepping and less time in-class... what do you think? And maybe it just varies by the teacher.
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  • Finland provides three years of maternity leave and subsidized day care to parents, and preschool for all 5-year-olds, where the emphasis is on play and socializing. In addition, the state subsidizes parents, paying them around 150 euros per month for every child until he or she turns 17.
    • Rachael Webster
      Rachael Webster on 20 Sep 11
       
      Sorry, I know I'm going a little crazy here with the commenting, but man. I sure wish the US had social policies like this.
    • Rebecca Delivuk
      Rebecca Delivuk on 24 Sep 11
       
      I'm not sure I agree. Although I too am deeply concerned about the number of homeless, hungry, neglected, and poorly-parented (purposefully or not) kids in our American system, I am also concerned about the economic burden of subsidizing children to this extent. Is there a happy medium, a creative solution, so that family-related problems are not automatically relegated to the state?
    • Rachael Webster
      Rachael Webster on 27 Sep 11
       
      Well, I was more focused on the maternity leave. Not that I'd turn down $150/month for my kid, but the real issue is how far behind the rest of the world the US is when it comes to maternity leave and valuing the family.
  • Teachers use the extra time to build curriculums and assess their students
    • Ron Lombard
      Ron Lombard on 22 Sep 11
       
      Much like the setup in Japan / preparation time is used in an effective manner along with professional development
  • here are no mandated standardized tests in Finland,
    • Zachary Beebe
      Zachary Beebe on 22 Sep 11
       
      nor should there be
    • Rebecca Delivuk
      Rebecca Delivuk on 24 Sep 11
       
      and thus no teaching to the test!
    • Loren Kurpiewski
      Loren Kurpiewski on 27 Sep 11
       
      I agree with this completely.
  • Ninety-seven percent of 6-year-olds attend public preschool, where children begin some academics. Schools provide food, medical care, counseling and taxi service if needed. Stu­dent health care is free.
    • Nathan Bell
      Nathan Bell on 23 Sep 11
       
      Any mention of differences in taxes? I think all of the things described here sound awesome, but if they're taxing the people of Finland at 60%, there's a snowball's chance in Hell it would ever happen here in the States.
  • Equality
    • Rebecca Delivuk
      Rebecca Delivuk on 24 Sep 11
       
      I'm not sure straight-up "equality" is what we need in education, since every individual is different. Perhaps charter schools are good insofar as they can cater to a students strength. HOWEVER, the immense discrepency between city schools and suburban schools--check Philadelphia vs. satellite Radnor township, for instance--is insane and unjust. Equal opportunity should be a given in this "land of the free."
  • We prepare children to learn how to learn, not how to take a test
    • Loren Kurpiewski
      Loren Kurpiewski on 27 Sep 11
       
      This is what we should be focusing on doing - creating life-long learners. Students should be excited over the process of learning, not just the end result.
Loren Kurpiewski

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  • professionals selected from the top 10 percent of the nation’s graduates to earn a required master’s degree in education
    • Kristen Koburger
      Kristen Koburger on 19 Sep 11
       
      Although we are obviously all pursuing our masters in education, it is not required in America that teachers receive a masters in order to teacher. In fact, in some schools and in some parts of the country just getting a teaching certificate is enough to qualify adults to become teachers. I wonder if the standard to become an employable teacher in Amercia was raised, if there would be better quality teachers. I think that if becomig a teacher required more then a certificate or a bachelors degree, only those who are truely passionate about teaching would try to become teachers.
    • Rachael Webster
      Rachael Webster on 20 Sep 11
       
      Having such requirements might also increase the prestige associated with teaching. It seems like Finland subscribes to the idea that only the best may teach, while the US still believes that those who can't do teach. Why would you want someone who can't do something teaching it? It's such a nonsensical colloquialism, but one that permeates attitudes toward teachers.
    • Ron Lombard
      Ron Lombard on 22 Sep 11
       
      there is push to do this in the US - problem is QPA's and test score don't prove you can teach
    • Rebecca Delivuk
      Rebecca Delivuk on 24 Sep 11
       
      If we increase the level of education required to teach, then we will probably have to increase teacher's compensation so they can pay off school loans. But honestly, I think increasing education is not the biggest need--changing teacher's unions so that low-quality teachers can be fired, and high-performing teachers can be rewarded, might be a more effective method.
    • Loren Kurpiewski
      Loren Kurpiewski on 27 Sep 11
       
      I agree with Dr. Lombard in that QPAs and test scores don't prove anything about your teaching ability, but I think that spending the extra time, effort and money to earn your Masters is an indicator of your determination and eagerness to not only be a teacher, but be a *great* teacher.
  • “Children from wealthy families with lots of education can be taught by stupid teachers,” Louhivuori said, smiling. “We try to catch the weak students. It’s deep in our thinking.”
    • Rachael Webster
      Rachael Webster on 20 Sep 11
       
      While I don't relish the idea of anyone having a stupid teacher, I certainly do applaud the acknowledgement that the weakest students need the strongest teachers. We need teachers who view working with the least priviledged students as the primo jobs and jobs working with kids who already have everything as something that you'd take if you had to. If you want to be rewarded for your job, isn't seeing a kid go from the bottom up a lot more rewarding than seeing a kid who has everything inch up a little higher in his already awesome educational career? I sound like I don't think wealthier students deserve good teachers, and that's not what I mean. I'm just saying that the toughest jobs are the ones we should be the proudest and most excited to do.
    • Ron Lombard
      Ron Lombard on 22 Sep 11
       
      Now this approach makes sense in particular in the lower grades
    • Rebecca Delivuk
      Rebecca Delivuk on 24 Sep 11
       
      BALLIN!
    • Brittney Story
      Brittney Story on 25 Sep 11
       
      I love this quote! These weaker students are the ones falling through the cracks in America or being wrongly pushed ahead.
  • If you only measure the statistics, you miss the human aspect.”
    • Rachael Webster
      Rachael Webster on 20 Sep 11
       
      YES
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  • His Race to the Top
    • Ron Lombard
      Ron Lombard on 22 Sep 11
       
      A review of literature will show this caused as much trouble as any good
  • small enough
    • Rebecca Delivuk
      Rebecca Delivuk on 24 Sep 11
       
      like private schools in the USA
Loren Kurpiewski

Writing with Writers |Scholastic.com - 0 views

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writing literacy English Education classroom plans

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  • Loren Kurpiewski on 13 Oct 11
     
    I think this is a fantastic resource for English teachers because it connects students with actual authors through author-planned workshops, which serves as a motivational tool and keeps the class interesting. Also, it provides teaching plans that comply with national standards and student activities based around each type of writing. These workshops would be perfect for display on an IWB because of the IWB's interactivity.
Max Applegate

Choosing an Interactive Whiteboard | Scholastic.com - 1 views

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  • Ease of use. Can you use the interactive whiteboard with less than five minutes of instruction? Be sure the basic functions can be used easily.
    • Max Applegate
      Max Applegate on 12 Oct 11
       
      This resource for all grade levels lists the major points for using an IWB. Choosing the right Interactive Whiteboard is crucial to whether or not the tool will be helpful in a classroom, or just a nuisance. Scholastic has 8 points to ponder, like how easy it is to use your IWN functionally, size of screen, ability to save images, and other technological issues. For my classroom, these pros and cons of IWB use are beyond pertinent! I do not want to be stuck with a faulty or finicky whiteboard, so having these major questions in my head will help me in choosing the right one. Even if I do not get a say in the type of IWB, knowing that these factors make a difference puts me more in the know.
    • Susannah Azzaro
      Susannah Azzaro on 12 Oct 11
       
      Good points! Glad to know about this resource, too!
  • Capture capability. Can you save images in standard formats such as GIF, JPG, and PDF? Can you save sequences of images and play them back ? Can you record speech and include it with images? Can you transmit content in real time?
    • Max Applegate
      Max Applegate on 12 Oct 11
       
      These points are on cue for future use. If my IWB is not capable of saving the norm of image types, then how can I expect to use it to its fullest potential? The latest and greatest technology should be automatic.
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