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Poof! 'Template writing' on FCAT shows up in 12 districts- - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 20 Jul 09 - Cached

Writing exams from 49 schools were found to have "template writing" -- instances in which students from the same school used identical or similar phrases on FCAT essays, such as "Poof! Now I'm in dragon land." The patterns were discovered when the exams were scored. Some educators blame the problem on FCAT, the state's high-stakes test, and the pressure to score well. The phrases found repeatedly seem an attempt to showcase colorful, creative writing, and they might be viewed that way if they were used by individual children. But when many youngsters in a school write the same way, the department suspects that rote memorization, rather than good writing, is at play.
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anonymous on 20 Jul 09

What have we done to education? Look what some schools are doing just to get past the state tests!

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2¢ Worth » A Day in Texas - 0 views

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projectbasedlearning work based learning David Warlick youth all_teachers bestpractices curriculum

shared by Ruth Howard on 17 Apr 09 - Cached

Students find problems in their local communities, and then use these tools to solve them.
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Ruth Howard on 17 Apr 09

David Warlick links to the East Project which emphasises a practical Project-Based learning model. Real life learning where student learning contributes to the greater pool of learning.

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21st Century Standards: Code for "Touchy-Feely Mush" - 19 views

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shared by David Hilton on 04 Oct 09 - Cached

The problem is that education standards and curriculums keep getting written by professional educators whose primary goal is job security.
- David Hilton on 04 Oct 09
  
  Couldn't agree more. The honest questions aren't asked by education officials - indeed, it's impossible to ask them as they're not in the jargon that one must speak to be accepted into the closed ranks of the educrats. The result is a generation of Australian students who are leaving school functionally illiterate and incomprehensive of who they are and how the world works.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Couldn't agree more. The honest questions aren't asked by education officials - indeed, it's impossible to ask them as they're not in the jargon that one must speak to be accepted into the closed ranks of the educrats. The result is a generation of Australian students who are leaving school functionally illiterate and incomprehensive of who they are and how the world works.</div>
  
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danieltenner.com - What problems does Google Wave solve? - 29 views

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Lure of the Labyrinth - 11 views

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Ted Sakshaug on 22 Oct 09

Lure of the Labyrinth is a digital game for middle-school pre-algebra students. It includes a wealth of intriguing math-based puzzles wrapped into an exciting narrative game in which students work to find their lost pet - and save the world from monsters! Linked to both national and state mathematics standards, the game gives students a chance to actually think like mathematicians.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Lure of the Labyrinth is a digital game for middle-school pre-algebra students. It includes a wealth of intriguing math-based puzzles wrapped into an exciting narrative game in which students work to find their lost pet - and save the world from monsters! Linked to both national and state mathematics standards, the game gives students a chance to actually think like mathematicians.</div>

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100 Incredible Open Courses for the Ultimate Tech Geek - Online Courses - 20 views

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real world experience and free learning resources on the web can do a pretty good job of showing you the ropes as well. Here are 100 free resources to help you hone your techie skills and learn more about the ever-changing world of technology.
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These courses offer you a chance to learn about everything from electrical engineering to the basics of computer science.
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Great Ideas in Theoretical Computer Science: This course offers a great introduction to the theories of computer science, from the beginnings of computer systems
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Topics in Theoretical Computer Science: Internet Research Problems: With so much being based around the web these days
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yc c on 30 Oct 09

These courses offer you a chance to learn about everything from electrical engineering to the basics of computer science.

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Iris Deters on 30 Oct 09

Good find! Thanks for sharing

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UK Team is focusing on online comment defamation - 1 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 17 Nov 09 - Cached

a new team to track down people who make anonymous comments about companies online.
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a new team to track down people who make anonymous comments about companies online.
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a new team to track down people who make anonymous comments about companies online.
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a rising problem with people making anonymous statements that defamed companies, and people sharing confidential information online.
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the new team would ensure there was “nowhere to hide in cyberspace”.
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a story from six years earlier about United Airlines going bankrupt was voted up on a newspaper website. This was later picked up by Google News and eventually the Bloomberg news wire, which published it automatically as if it were a news story.
- Vicki Davis on 17 Nov 09
  
  Could this be considered the new "insider trading" - hmmm. Surely there are issues if it is done maliciously but isn't there a line here?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Could this be considered the new "insider trading" - hmmm. Surely there are issues if it is done maliciously but isn't there a line here?</div>
  
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rogue employees
- Vicki Davis on 17 Nov 09
  
  Uhm, how about rogue companies?
  
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trying to get Internet Service Providers to give out details of customers who had made comments online
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shares in American firm United Airlines fell by 99 per cent in just 15 minutes after an outdated story that the firm had filed for bankruptcy was forced back onto the headlines.
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the numbers of disgruntled employees looking to get their own back on employers or former employers was also on the rise.
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could stifle free speech, and the ability of people to act as whistle-blowers to expose actions by their employers.
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an outlet for anonymous reporting.
- Vicki Davis on 17 Nov 09
  
  Is it possible to have accountability AND anonymity? Must these be mutually exclusive?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Is it possible to have accountability AND anonymity? Must these be mutually exclusive?</div>
  
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This is known as the ‘Streisand effect’ online, after a case where singer Barbara Streisand tried to suppress photos of her California beachside home from a publicly-available archive of photos taken to document coastal erosion.
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Nightjack. This was the guy who was blogging on the front line about police work and he was forced to stop this story because he was unmasked by The Times
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If you allow a lot of anonymous debate by people who are not regulated, you can get it descending to the common denominator. If you allow people to register with an identity, even if it’s not their real one, you bring the level of debate up.”
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There was one case a couple of years ago that we just keep referring back to where a defamatory comment was made and it wasn’t taken down for a period of time. Because of that the host of the website was held to be liable.”
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the ‘Wild West’ era of the internet was in some ways coming to an end, with firms starting to crack down
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I think companies are still grappling with whether it’s better to take it on the chin and hope people don’t see the comments, or on the other hand cracking down on everything that’s particularly damaging that’s said online. Maybe this is set to change.”
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Vicki Davis on 17 Nov 09

While this article starts out about a lawfirm in Birmingham UK that is going to "track down people who make anonymous comments about companies online" it becomes an amazingly poignant article on the very nature of the Internet today and the push pull between anonymous commenting and accountability of the commenter. Push pull between free speech and online identity and brand protection. One person in this article claims that this sort of thing is the sign that the "wild west" of the INternet is coming to an end. Oh dear, I hope someone invents a new one if somehow anonymous commenters are now going to risk such! Also love the article's discussion of the Streisand effect wherein Barbara protested the sharing of some photos of her eroding beachfront which caused a stir and more people looking at the photos than if she had left it alone. This article is going to be a must read for Flat Classroom students and would be great for college-level discussions as well.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">While this article starts out about a lawfirm in Birmingham UK that is going to "track down people who make anonymous comments about companies online" it becomes an amazingly poignant article on the very nature of the Internet today and the push pull between anonymous commenting and accountability of the commenter. Push pull between free speech and online identity and brand protection. One person in this article claims that this sort of thing is the sign that the "wild west" of the INternet is coming to an end. Oh dear, I hope someone invents a new one if somehow anonymous commenters are now going to risk such! Also love the article's discussion of the Streisand effect wherein Barbara protested the sharing of some photos of her eroding beachfront which caused a stir and more people looking at the photos than if she had left it alone. This article is going to be a must read for Flat Classroom students and would be great for college-level discussions as well.</div>

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Higher-Order Thinking | Problem Solving and Learning - 1 views

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shared by Maggie Verster on 29 Mar 11 - Cached

Free Internet Libraries - 20 views

Free Internet Library has free books, videos, notes, problems, career info and other learning materials for students, teachers, and professionals. http://www.businessbookmall.com/Free%20Internet%20...

started by Walter Antoniotti on 13 Apr 11 no follow-up yet

Education Week's Digital Directions: 'Hybrid' Charter Schools on the Rise - 5 views

www.edweek.org/...03hybrid.h04.html

shared by Ben Rimes on 04 Jul 11 - No Cached

That problem becomes a business dilemma for companies like K12 that are looking to expand, Horn says
- Ben Rimes on 04 Jul 11
  
  Something no proper school should be worried about. The goal is not expansion, the goal is facilitating curiosity.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Something no proper school should be worried about. The goal is not expansion, the goal is facilitating curiosity.</div>
  
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Homework: An unnecessary evil? … Surprising findings from new research - The ... - 18 views

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shared by Brendan Murphy on 03 Oct 14 - No Cached

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six hours a day of academics are enough, and kids should have the chance after school to explore other interests and develop in other ways — or be able simply to relax in the same way that most adults like to relax after work;
- Brendan Murphy on 03 Oct 14
  
  My only problem with this is that too many adults see relaxing after school as watching TV and drinking beer.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">My only problem with this is that too many adults see relaxing after school as watching TV and drinking beer.</div>
  
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translated as “A relentless regimen of after-school drill-and-skill can raise scores a wee bit on tests of rote learning.”)
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Even if homework were a complete waste of time, how could it not be positively related to course grades?
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Walter Antoniotti on 02 Nov 14

FDR's private school president listed these four missions for his students ranked by importance. 1) Religion 2) Character 3) Athletics 4) Academics His president at Harvard felt and required a few basic courses and then students should take what they want. The social science and math teachers created well rounded to keep their jobs, I could care if my layer or doctor is well rounded, me, I want success!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">FDR's private school president listed these four missions for his students ranked by importance. 1) Religion 2) Character 3) Athletics 4) Academics His president at Harvard felt and required a few basic courses and then students should take what they want. The social science and math teachers created well rounded to keep their jobs, I could care if my layer or doctor is well rounded, me, I want success!</div>

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Some children can 'recover' from autism, but problems often remain - 1 views

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shared by Martin Burrett on 21 Mar 19 - No Cached

Martin Burrett on 21 Mar 19

"Research in the past several years has shown that children can outgrow a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), once considered a lifelong condition. In a new study, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health Systemhave found that the vast majority of such children still have difficulties that require therapeutic and educational support. The study was published online today in the Journal of Child Neurology."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Research in the past several years has shown that children can outgrow a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), once considered a lifelong condition. In a new study, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health Systemhave found that the vast majority of such children still have difficulties that require therapeutic and educational support. The study was published online today in the Journal of Child Neurology."</div>

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One-Page Class Handouts - 1 views

http://www.textbooksfree.org/One-Page%20Class%20Handouts.htm Mathematics Financial Accounting US Political Economy Economic Issues Violence Problems Middle East History Statistics Educat...

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started by Walter Antoniotti on 13 Nov 16 no follow-up yet

Math Video Help, Math Worksheets, Math Word Problems - 5 views

tulyn.com

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shared by Vicki Davis on 13 Apr 08 - Cached

Vicki Davis on 13 Apr 08

A great place for math videos. This looks very interesting.

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Vicki Davis on 13 Apr 08

Tons of math videos and clips here. Some great resources for math teachers. From kindergarten to upper level math!

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