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Tero Toivanen

Join a Community | Powerful Learning Practice - 6 views

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shared by Tero Toivanen on 18 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Tero Toivanen on 18 Feb 11
     
    "In this scenario, students will become researchers and problem solvers in order to design a plan to save the Earth from a hypothetical asteroid strike."
Deb Henkes

Art Project, powered by Google - 15 views

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google museum Arts

shared by Deb Henkes on 18 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Dave Truss on 18 Mar 11
     
    Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces
  • Deb Henkes on 04 Apr 11
     
    "Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces."
Suzie Nestico

Father: Why I didn't let my son take standardized tests - The Answer Sheet - The Washin... - 0 views

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shared by Suzie Nestico on 27 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • My wife and I had Luke “opt out” of No Child Left Behind standardized testing (here in Pennsylvania known as the Pennsylvania System of School Achievement, or PSSAs).
  • Last week I did just that. I looked at the test and determined that it violated my religion. How, you might ask? That’s an entirely different blog, but I can quickly say that my religion does not allow for or tolerate the act of torture and I determined that making Luke sit for over 10 hours filling in bubble sheets would have been a form of mental and physical torture, given that we could give him no good reason as to why he needs to take this test.
  • ch a reason for opting out of the PSSA testing will negatively affect the school’s participation rate and could POTENTIALLY have a negative impact on the school’s Adequate Yearly Progress under the rules of No Child Left Behind.
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  • I asked Luke what he thought about it all. He just smiled. I also asked him what some of his friends were saying. According to Luke, they did not believe that NCLB and PSSAs were going to be used to evaluate the school. They didn’t know about AYP and the sanctions that came with it. Luke’s friends just thought the tests, “were used to make sure our teachers are teaching us the right stuff.” My guess is that is what most parents believe. Why wouldn’t they believe it? They’ve been told for nine years that we are raising standards, holding teachers accountable, and leaving no children behind. Who wouldn’t support that?
  • This time, instead of having Luke sit through another meeting, he researched the Japanese earthquake and tsunami as a current events project.
  • The point was to give Luke some experience in how to conduct planned civil disobedience in a lawful manner.
  • That, of course, is the real problem. NCLB and the standards movement is a political bait and switch. Sold as one thing (positive) to the public and then in practice, something radically different (punitive). This is probably one of the biggest reasons I decided to do the boycott—to make my community aware and to try and enlighten them of the real issues.
  • My answer is that the government is not listening. Teachers, principals, teacher educators, child development specialists, and educational researchers have been trying to get this message out for years. No one will listen.
  • Civil disobedience is the only option left. It’s my scream in a dark cave for light. I want teachers to teach again. I want principals to lead again. I want my school to be a place of deep learning and a deeper love of teaching. I want children exposed to history, science, art, music, physical education, and current events—the same experience President Obama is providing his own children.
  • Maybe civil disobedience will be contagious. Maybe parents will join us in reclaiming our schools and demand that teachers and administrators hands be untied and allow them to do their jobs—engage students in a rich curriculum designed to promote deep learning and critical thinking.
  • Suzie Nestico on 27 Mar 11
     
    Another PA parent opts his child out of PSSA standardized testing as a measure of civil disobedience.  Word of caution:  This can very much hurt a school's Adequate Yearly Progress and ultimately the school may suffer.  But, what if this movement spread amongst parents?  What then?  Would the government take over the school?  
Fred Delventhal

DESIGN SQUAD NATION . Home | PBS KIDS GO! - 8 views

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shared by Fred Delventhal on 14 Jun 11 - Cached
  • Fred Delventhal on 14 Jun 11
     
    via @einram36
Vicki Davis

Parental Involvement and Student Achievement: A Meta-Analysis / Browse Our Publications... - 10 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 27 Aug 11 - Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 27 Aug 11
     
    Parent involvement is highly correlated with student success. Here is an overview of some meta analysis done through Harvard's school of education.
Ed Webb

What teachers really want to tell parents - CNN.com - 12 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 07 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • if I get an offer to lead a school system of orphans, I will be all over it, but I just can't deal with parents anymore; they are killing us
  • if you really want to help your children be successful, stop making excuses for them
  • it's OK for your child to get in trouble sometimes. It builds character and teaches life lessons. As teachers, we are vexed by those parents who stand in the way of those lessons; we call them helicopter parents because they want to swoop in and save their child every time something goes wrong. If we give a child a 79 on a project, then that is what the child deserves. Don't set up a time to meet with me to negotiate extra credit for an 80. It's a 79, regardless of whether you think it should be a B+
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  • Before you challenge those low grades you feel the teacher has "given" your child, you might need to realize your child "earned" those grades and that the teacher you are complaining about is actually the one that is providing the best education
  • more and more lawyers are accompanying parents for school meetings dealing with their children
  • never talk negatively about a teacher in front of your child. If he knows you don't respect her, he won't either
Ruth Howard

Service Web 3.0 - The Future Internet: Service Web 3.0 Video - 0 views

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shared by Ruth Howard on 14 Apr 09 - Cached
  • With over a billion users, today's Internet is arguably the most successful human artifact ever created. The Future Internet, an initiative driven by the European Union, has become a prime research focus of STI International and the Service Web 3.0 project. In order to explain, promote, and attract new contributotrs, we created a video to be viewed by stakeholders, who may be non-experts, in a new generation Internet. The video outlines the basic themes of the European Union's Future Internet initiative. These include: an Internet of Services, where services are ubiquitous; an Internet of Things where in principle every physical object becomes an online addressable resource; a Mobile Internet where 24/7 seamless connectivity over multiple devices is the norm; and the need for semantics in order to meet the challenges presented by the dramatic increase in the scale of content and users.The video has proved to be popular and has already appeared on the main pages of the EU Future Internet Portal and the Software and Services Unit website. Please distribute this link in order to futher promote the ambitious goals behind the vision of the Future Internet, supported by STI International and Service Web 3.0.
Ruth Howard

METAVERSEDLTD.COM - 0 views

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shared by Ruth Howard on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Ruth Howard on 24 Apr 09
     
    Peggy Sheehy beaut lesson ideas here, Peggy has given her students a voice in the web 2.0 site blocking debate.Her inspirational sources are linked here. Her students just won a Net Generation Education project competition with their digital story: No Future Left Behind.
Jeff Johnson

Clocking IT - 1 views

www.clockingit.com

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shared by Jeff Johnson on 09 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Jeff Johnson on 09 Apr 09
     
    Clocking IT - Keeping track of things so you can work
anonymous

Zengobi - Curio - Mind Mapping, Brainstorming, and Project Management Software for Mac ... - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 07 Jul 09 - Cached
  • anonymous on 07 Jul 09
     
    Excellent whiteboard software - not free but pretty amazing
tee1962 Reagan

Project Tomorrow - 0 views

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shared by tee1962 Reagan on 03 Jul 09 - Cached
Ruth Howard

Technology Integration Matrix - 0 views

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shared by Ruth Howard on 21 Apr 09 - Cached
  • What is the history behind the tool? The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) was developed to help guide the complex task of evaluating technology integration in the classroom. Basic technology skills and integration of technology into the curriculum go hand-in-hand to form teacher technology literacy. Encouraging the seamless use of technology in all curriculum areas and promoting technology literacy are both key NCLB:Title II-D/EETT program purposes. The Inventory for Teacher Technology Skills (ITTS) companion tool is designed to help districts evaluate teachers’ current levels of proficiency with technology and is also used as a professional development planning and needs assessment resource. The TIM is envisioned as an EETT program resource which can help support the full integration of technology in Florida schools. What is in each cell? Each cell in the matrix will have a video (or several videos) which illustrate the integration of technology in classrooms where only a few computers are available and/or classrooms where every student has access to a laptop computer.
  • Transformation  The teacher creates a rich learning environment in which students regularly engage in activities that would have been impossible to achieve without technology.
  • Active
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  • Indicator: Given ongoing access to online resources, students actively select and pursue topics beyond the limitations of even the best school library.
  • Collaborative
  • Indicator: Technology enables students to collaborate with peers and experts irrespective of time zone or physical distances.
  • Goal Directed
  • Indicator: Students use technology to construct, share, and publish knowledge to a worldwide audience.
  • Authentic
  • Indicator: By means of technology tools, students participate in outside-of-school projects and problem-solving activities that have meaning for the students and the community.
  • Constructive
  • Indicator: Students engage in ongoing metacognative activities at a level that would be unattainable without the support of technology tools.
  • You can download the Technology Integration Matrix for printing as a PDF.
yc c

The KDE Education Project - Marble - 0 views

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maps 3d interactive opensource cross-platform mac software wiget

shared by yc c on 03 Apr 09 - Cached
  • yc c on 03 Apr 09
     
    Marble is a Virtual Globe and World Atlas that you can use to learn more about Earth: You can pan and zoom around and you can look up places and roads. A mouse click on a place label will provide the respective Wikipedia article.
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