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David Wetzel

Teaching Math to Learning Disabled Students: Math Learning Strategies Designed to Help ... - 17 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 17 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • David Wetzel on 17 Aug 11
     
    Math activities proven successful with learning disabled students are presented, along with a description of factors that influence struggling special needs students.
anonymous

PBL - the best teaching method in the 21st century instruction - 20 views

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web2 professionaldevelopment

shared by anonymous on 29 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • anonymous on 29 Aug 11
     
    Let me start this article with what Obama says in a speech at the Center for American Progress : “ Let’s be clear — we are failing too many of our children. We’re sending them out into a 21st century economy by sending them through the doors of 20th century schools.” This is a true statement issued from the lips of a political person rather than an educator.
Suzie Nestico

Digital Citizenship in Schools | Scoop.it - 27 views

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shared by Suzie Nestico on 15 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Suzie Nestico on 15 Aug 11
     
    Judy O'Connell's curated tweets, blogs, etc. on digital citizenship. Excellent, constantly updated resources.
David Hilton

Kickboard: a data driven instructional application for teachers by teachers. - 13 views

www.kickboardforteachers.com

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shared by David Hilton on 30 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • David Hilton on 30 Sep 11
     
    Kickboard keeps classrooms afloat. Integrated student academic and behavior records highlight trends. Automated classroom management systems save teachers time. Customizable settings mean Kickboard fits your school's existing systems from the start. (Their blurb)
Steve Ransom

Technology in Schools Faces Questions on Value - NYTimes.com - 11 views

www.nytimes.com/...-faces-questions-on-value.html

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shared by Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • When it comes to showing results, he said, “We better put up or shut up.”
  • Critics counter that, absent clear proof, schools are being motivated by a blind faith in technology and an overemphasis on digital skills — like using PowerPoint and multimedia tools — at the expense of math, reading and writing fundamentals. They say the technology advocates have it backward when they press to upgrade first and ask questions later.
  • how the district was innovating.
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  • district was innovating
  • there is no good way to quantify those achievements — putting them in a tough spot with voters deciding whether to bankroll this approach again
  • “We’ve jumped on bandwagons for different eras without knowing fully what we’re doing. This might just be the new bandwagon,” he said. “I hope not.”
  • $46.3 million for laptops, classroom projectors, networking gear and other technology for teachers and administrators.
  • If we know something works
  • it is hard to separate the effect of the laptops from the effect of the teacher training
  • “Test scores are the same, but look at all the other things students are doing: learning to use the Internet to research, learning to organize their work, learning to use professional writing tools, learning to collaborate with others.”
  • Good teachers, he said, can make good use of computers, while bad teachers won’t, and they and their students could wind up becoming distracted by the technology.
  • “It’s not the stuff that counts — it’s what you do with it that matters.”
  • creating an impetus to rethink education entirely
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Like teaching powerpoint is "rethinking education". Right.
  • “There is a connection between the physical hand on the paper and the words on the page,” she said. “It’s intimate.”
  • “They’re inundated with 24/7 media, so they expect it,”
  • The 30 students in the classroom held wireless clickers into which they punched their answers. Seconds later, a pie chart appeared on the screen: 23 percent answered “True,” 70 percent “False,” and 6 percent didn’t know.
  • rofessor Cuban at Stanford argues that keeping children engaged requires an environment of constant novelty, which cannot be sustained.
  • engagement is a “fluffy
  • term” that can slide past critical analysis.
  • that computers can distract and not instruct.
  • guide on the side.
  • Professor Cuban at Stanford
  • But she loves the fact that her two children, a fourth-grader and first-grader, are learning technology, including PowerPoint
  • The high-level analyses that sum up these various studies, not surprisingly, give researchers pause about whether big investments in technology make sense.
  • Mr. Share bases his buying decisions on two main factors: what his teachers tell him they need, and his experience. For instance, he said he resisted getting the interactive whiteboards sold as Smart Boards until, one day in 2008, he saw a teacher trying to mimic the product with a jury-rigged projector setup. “It was an ‘Aha!’ moment,” he said, leading him to buy Smart Boards, made by a company called Smart Technologies.
  • This is big business.
  • “Do we really need technology to learn?” she said. “It’s a very valid time to ask the question, right before this goes on the ballot.”
Karen McMillan

Curriculum Mapping - 0 views

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shared by Karen McMillan on 18 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Karen McMillan on 18 Jul 09
     
    Lots of good templates available for download! Love the "unit curriculum map"!
Ben W

Instructional Use of Learning Objects- David Wiley - 0 views

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shared by Ben W on 12 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Ben W on 12 Aug 09
     
    The online edition of David Wiley's 2002 book. Pretty long. Looks good, but will need some free time before I can sort through it all.
Ed Webb

The Wired Campus - Do Students Cheat More in Online Classes? Maybe not. - The Chronicle... - 0 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 16 Sep 09 - Cached
  • You can’t make any sweeping generalizations based on the results
  • older students tend to cheat less frequently than younger students
  • If you are interested in this topic, look for the interesting edited book called Student Plagiarism in an Online World: http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=7031&v=tableOfContentsI wrote a chapter called, "Expect Originality! Using Taxonomies to Structure Assignments that Support Original Work." In it I discuss the complexities of plagiarism in the context of a digital culture of sharing and suggest that it is rarely black and white. I propose a continuum with intentional academic dishonesty on one end and original work on the other, with gradations in between. Based on my own research and teaching experience, I believe the instructional design and style of teaching can either make it easy-- or very difficult-- to cheat.
tee1962 Reagan

A Different Leader: Leadership Day 09 Post | Metanoia - 0 views

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shared by tee1962 Reagan on 17 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Education needs transformational learning architects that efficiently manage NOT quality managers that hope to maintain the elusive status quo - it simply is no longer acceptable or responsible to seek managers for instructional leadership roles. After all, organizations are either progressing or regressing.
Maggie Verster

eSN Special Report: 21st-Century Teacher Education - 0 views

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shared by Maggie Verster on 28 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Maggie Verster on 28 Jul 09
     
    Responding to a key need, schools of education are ramping up efforts to prepare future teachers to integrate technology into their instruction
Dean Mantz

Mathtrain.TV   Probability with Ben and Jerry - 0 views

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shared by Dean Mantz on 08 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Dean Mantz on 08 Jul 09
     
    Free education videos created by students for students on a variety of mathematical concepts.
tee1962 Reagan

Education Week: Top-Scoring Nations Share Strategies on Teachers - 0 views

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shared by tee1962 Reagan on 06 Jul 09 - Cached
  • In Finland, Mr. Lankinen said, “people dream to be teachers.”
  • one common feature of the Singaporean and Finnish education systems—like those of some other high-achieving nations—is the respect that their societies have for educators, and the general view of teaching as a top-tier profession.
  • Finns regard having “well-trained, educated teachers” as more essential to raising student achievement, he added.
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  • Singapore also has a thorough system for grading and evaluating teacher performance, she told the audience, and it awards bonuses for effective instruction that can equal between one and three months’ pay.
  • elite: The government recruits from the top third of graduating classes,
  • tee1962 Reagan on 06 Jul 09
     
    In Finland, Mr. Lankinen said, "people dream to be teachers."
Roland O'Daniel

copyrightconfusion - Reasoning - 9 views

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shared by Roland O'Daniel on 06 Oct 09 - Cached
  • How do I know if my use is a fair use? This tool has been developed to help teachers and students reason through the fair use process. You can see an example of how this tool is being used HERE
  • Use the form online The data from this form feeds into a google spreadsheet so you can compare how individuals or groups reason the fair use of copyrighted material in a work. If you would like to use this form in your work you can click here. If you have a google account, you can sign in and copy into your google account.
  • Dennis OConnor on 06 Oct 09
     
    Here's a breakthrough tool to help all teachers better understand copyright and fair use.
  • Roland O'Daniel on 07 Oct 09
     
    How do I know if my use is a fair use? This tool has been developed to help teachers and students reason through the fair use process. You can see an example of how this tool is being used HERE Use the form online. The data from this form feeds into a google spreadsheet so you can compare how individuals or groups reason the fair use of copyrighted material in a work. If you would like to use this form in your work you can click here. If you have a google account, you can sign in and copy into your google account.
Dave Truss

» Would You Please Block? Bud the Teacher - 11 views

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shared by Dave Truss on 07 Oct 09 - Cached
  • What we’ve decided is that we will no longer use the web filter as a classroom management tool.  Blocking one distraction doesn’t solve the problem of students off task – it just encourages them to find another site to distract them.  Students off task is not a technology problem – it’s a behavior problem. 
    • Dave Truss
      Dave Truss on 07 Oct 09
       
      A brilliantly worded statement that needs to be said!
  • This opens up possibilities for students and staff using websites for instructional purposes that in the past were blocked due to broad category blocks.  It requires that staff and students manage their technology use rather than relying on a third party solution that can never do the job of replacing teachers monitoring students.
  • Dave Truss on 07 Oct 09
     
    What we've decided is that we will no longer use the web filter as a classroom management tool.
Lisa M Lane

How Is New Media Reshaping the Work of Historians? - 7 views

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history research

shared by Lisa M Lane on 30 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • There is some ambiguity about what they actually published online, however. The question asked them not to include digital versions of their print books or journal articles in their count, but most said their work was published on a journal’s site (Figure 5)
    • Lisa M Lane
      Lisa M Lane on 30 Apr 11
       
      And we expect students to read the instructions! If they did, I suspect a lack of understanding about the sites involved.
  • Use of new media to do something new or different with the scholarship was a very minor consideration, however. Less than 40 percent of the respondents who had considered publishing online listed linking to other materials, publishing additional sources, or telling their stories in a new way as part of their thinking.
  • there was a significant difference between the power users and the rest of the published historians on these issues, as they were two to three times more likely to emphasize doing something new or different with the medium as the value of publishing online.
  • Lisa M Lane on 30 Apr 11
     
    Historians using digital technologies for reading and publishing.
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