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Dave Truss

The class I'd like to teach - (37signals) - 18 views

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    It would be a writing course. Every assignment would be delivered in five versions: A three page version, a one page version, a three paragraph version, a one paragraph version, and a one sentence version. [Could reverse the order too]
Angela Maiers

Quiz Your Friends - Make a Quiz, Send it to Your Friends, Post it in your Profile! - 0 views

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    Great site-collaborative assessment
Kelly Faulkner

postica . stick it! - 0 views

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    A post it for Twitter, files you share
Dave Truss

What Makes a Great Teacher? - Magazine - The Atlantic - 27 views

  • Great teachers, he concluded, constantly reevaluate what they are doing. Superstar teachers had four other tendencies in common: they avidly recruited students and their families into the process; they maintained focus, ensuring that everything they did contributed to student learning; they planned exhaustively and purposefully—for the next day or the year ahead—by working backward from the desired outcome; and they worked relentlessly, refusing to surrender to the combined menaces of poverty, bureaucracy, and budgetary shortfalls.
  • one way that great teachers ensure that kids are learning is to frequently check for understanding: Are the kids—all of the kids—following what you are saying? Asking “Does anyone have any questions?” does not work, and it’s a classic rookie mistake. Students are not always the best judges of their own learning. They might understand a line read aloud from a Shakespeare play, but have no idea what happened in the last act.
  • Mr. Taylor follows a very basic lesson plan often referred to by educators as “I do, we do, you do.” He does a problem on the board. Then the whole class does another one the same way. Then all the kids do a problem on their own.
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  • “We see routines so strong that they run virtually without any involvement from the teacher. In fact, for many highly effective teachers, the measure of a well-executed routine is that it continues in the teacher’s absence.”
  • On the front wall, Mr. Taylor has posted different hand signals—if you need to go to the bathroom, you raise a closed hand. To ask or answer a question, you raise an open hand. “This way, I have the information before I even call on you,”
  • Before they leave, all the kids fill out an “exit slip,” which is usually in the form of a problem—one more chance for Mr. Taylor to see how they, and he, are doing.
  • I make it my business to call the parents—and not just for bad things.”
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    Great teachers, he concluded, constantly reevaluate what they are doing. Superstar teachers had four other tendencies in common: they avidly recruited students and their families into the process; they maintained focus, ensuring that everything they did contributed to student learning; they planned exhaustively and purposefully-for the next day or the year ahead-by working backward from the desired outcome; and they worked relentlessly, refusing to surrender to the combined menaces of poverty, bureaucracy, and budgetary shortfalls.
Mrs. Duarte

Can a Facebook page replace the need for a website? - 23 views

  • One thing is for certain: Custom Facebook page landing tabs have a huge impact on encouraging users to convert into followers.
    • Vicki Davis
       
      If schools and nonprofits wish to make money they should also have initiatives on Facebooks.
    • Reba Gordon Matthews
       
      Our family has a non-profit organization and it is wonderful to learn about this Facebook initiative.
  • Guy Kawasaki’s post on how he chose a Facebook page
    • shawnsieg
       
      Guy is a great resource!!
    • Vicki Davis
       
      Yes he is and the alltop education is very useful to give people that don't want to use an RSS reader.
    • Vicki Davis
       
      Demonstrating to educators the power of annotated web.
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  • Vitaminwater
    • shawnsieg
       
      following Vitaminwater on FaceBook :) -shawnsieg
  • A targeted subsection of another site: If you need to brand and market a subset of your organization and the gap between the markets or messages is too diverse, a Facebook page might offer you a home on the web without the need to develop another site. That said, WordPress can be an easy way to get a strong site up and running – we’d recommend giving it a good look before ruling out another site.
    • Mrs. Duarte
       
      Testing a sticky note...
Dave Truss

Things You Really Need to Learn ~ Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes - 1 views

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    Here, then, is my list. This is, in my view, what you need to learn in order to be successful. Moreover, it is something you can start to learn this year, no matter what grade you're in, no matter how old you are. I could obviously write much more on each of these topics. But take this as a starting point, follow the suggestions, and learn the rest for yourself. And to educators, I ask, if you are not teaching these things in your classes, why are you not?
Suzie Nestico

YouTube - TEDxPhilly - Chris Lehmann - Education is broken - 1 views

  • Encourage learning by allowing students to do things they are good at instead of restricting them. While that may sound elementary, Lehmann's speech carves out an innovative way to teach students success so they will strive for success in the post-graduate world.
    • Suzie Nestico
       
      Principal of Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia.  On PSSA standardized testing ~2:20 "What we are doing today today is worse than what you think.  We give them pretests and find out what they are worst in.  And then we give them more of that [and try to fix it]... iIt's only making sure you don't suck so much at the things you're bad at."
Vicki Davis

A venture capitalist searches for the purpose of school. Here's what he found. - The Wa... - 7 views

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    "The most innovative country on the planet is blowing it. As we move full swing into an era of innovation, the United States should be educating to our creative strengths, but instead we're eroding the very characteristics that will enable our kids to thrive. We're setting kids up for a life without passion, purpose, or meaningful employment. Absent profound change, our country is a decade away from having 50 million chronically-unemployed young adults, adrift in life and awash in debt."
Martin Burrett

Patronage For Teachers - 2 views

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    "Schools achieve amazing things everyday, especially when educators and students have the right resources and experience. However, with funding at chronically low levels in many education systems around the world, schools are looking for innovative ways to invest more funds into the classroom, beyond simply asking parents to make up the shortfall.  The idea of patronage for scholars and artisans by philanthropists is nothing new and has its roots in the ancient past."
Ed Webb

The crisis of student mental health is much vaster than we realize - The Washington Post - 1 views

  • the CDC found nearly 45 percent of high school students were so persistently sad or hopeless in 2021 they were unable to engage in regular activities. Almost 1 in 5 seriously considered suicide, and 9 percent of the teenagers surveyed by the CDC tried to take their lives during the previous 12 months. A substantially larger percentage of gay, lesbian, bisexual, other and questioning students reported a suicide attempt
  • More than 230,000 U.S. students under 18 are believed to be mourning the ultimate loss: the death of a parent or primary caregiver in a pandemic-related loss, according to research by the CDC, Imperial College London, Harvard University, Oxford University and the University of Cape Town. In the United States, children of color were hit the hardest, another study found. It estimated that the loss for Black and Hispanic children was nearly twice the rate of White children.
  • Professional organizations recommend one school psychologist per 500 students, but the national average is one per 1,160 students, with some states approaching one per 5,000. Similarly, the recommended ratio of one school counselor per 250 students is not widespread. The national average: one per 415 students.
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  • Seattle teachers who went on strike in September included a call for more mental health supports for students as one of their bargaining points. The strike settlement included part-time social workers at most schools
  • “We’ve seen increases in anxiety, disordered eating, suicidal ideation, OCD and many other mental health challenges,”
  • Last school year, nearly 40 percent of schools nationally reported increases in physical attacks or fights, and roughly 60 percent reported more disruptions in class because of student misconduct, according to federal data.
  • “School-based health centers fill a void, particularly in low-income communities,” said Robert Boyd, chief executive at the nonprofit School-Based Health Alliance. “In rural communities, sometimes it’s the only provider around.”
  • school systems are expanding social-emotional learning intended to help students understand and regulate their emotions, develop positive relationships and face challenges. These lessons may be embedded in classes (say, a discussion of empathy related to characters in a novel) or they may come directly through an activity about, for instance, decision-making. In some parts of the country, social-emotional teachings are tangled up in the culture wars, particularly when material deals with gender and racial equity.
  • Critics see the excused days off as counterproductive for students who have already missed too much school, but supporters say the laws recognize the stressful reality of many students’ lives and elevate the stature of mental health so that it is comparable to physical health.
anonymous

Increase your competitive advantage with online degree - 4 views

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    If you are not willing to hamper your present life, online degree is a best option for you. Online degree in telecommunication will provide you the advance knowledge related to communication networks and telecommunications technologies.
Fred Delventhal

Edistorm - Edistorm - Online Brainstorming and Planning. Add a sticky note and post it ... - 15 views

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    Add, discuss and organize ideas from multiple locations before, during and after (or instead of) your meetings.
Jeff Richardson

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Facebook Photos: Your Delete Doesn't Mean "Delete" - 13 views

    • Jeff Richardson
       
      And that's exactly why we need to be telling our kids the importance of being good digital citizens!  The issue isn't with sites like Facebook keeping inappropriate content, it's PEOPLE posting it in the first place.  
  • Are you talking to students about the un-deletability of files?
anonymous

20 Helpful iLife '09 Tips and Tricks | Mac|Life - 0 views

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    iLife is heading out to folks as we speak. This is a nice post showing some cool things to do with it right away.
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    We dived right into the new suite and came up with 20 tips and tricks that we hope will help you enjoy all the features the new iLife '09 has to offer.
Dave Truss

Career Corner: Your Online Profile - Does It Matter? - 0 views

  • “There are photos of me doing things when I was a college student that I do not want my employer to see. But my photos are stashed in a box in my basement and not posted online for the world to see.” You’re smart enough to be a teacher; be smart about your online profile, too.
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    Social networking sites are not inherently bad. In fact, they can be quite useful for you to stay in touch with friends and to make new ones. Used wisely, social networking sites do exactly what the name implies - allow you to network with colleagues both personally and professionally. Too many college students and young professionals, however, allow their online profiles to get out of control.
Eloise Pasteur

Free Digital Texts Begin to Challenge Costly College Textbooks in California ~ Stephen'... - 0 views

  • Free Digital Texts Begin to Challenge Costly College Textbooks in California Expect to see more of this. Not only the writing and releasing of free textbooks. But also the attempts by publishers to lure their authors back into the commercial fold. They'll have to change their price points, though. As Tom Hoffman says, "he point is that there are lots of actors other than publishers who can pay a professor to write a text and release it under a free license, and $100,000 is not a lot of money to a state, country, large university or foundation."
Dave Truss

It's Not About the Technology :: I was thinking… - Learning to be me. - 0 views

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    computers can support learners, open doors to a world of possibilities and learning opportunities and global thinking. They can provide a chance for every child to learn their own way and construct their own knowledge. They can facilitate conversations with other people and other children around the world. They can knock down the isolation of a classroom's four walls and invite in the voices, experience and passion of the entire planet.
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    Great post!
Keith Hamon

education2020 » Unconference 2009 - 0 views

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    Vicki Davis's tag to a post about how to give an unconference reminded me that I'm attending one now and have forgotten to refer it to you. Join in with some fine people in Scotland.
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    unconference
anonymous

Study: Teens See Disconnect Between Personal and School Writing : April 2008 : THE Journal - 0 views

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  • While the vast majority of 12- to 17-year-olds (85 percent) engage in some form of electronic writing--IM, e-mail, blog posts, text messages, etc.--most (60 percent) don't consider this actual writing.
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      Why is this a surprise when most adults (educators and otherwise) don't really consider it "real writing" either?
Keith Hamon

Seven Habits of Highly Connected People by Stephen Downes, Guest Contributor ... - 0 views

  • Posting, after all, isn’t about airing your own views. It’s about connecting, and the best way to connect is to clearly draw the link between their content, and yours.
  • When connecting online, it is more important to find the places you can add value rather than to pursue a particular goal or objective.
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    People will connect & stay connected to you only if you provide some value (entertainment, knowledge, skill, resources, personality) for them.
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