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Ted Sakshaug

Maptrot - Map Your Community - 0 views

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  • Ted Sakshaug on 27 May 09
     
    Make and annotate maps
Ted Sakshaug

Welcome to StudyBlue | StudyBlue - 0 views

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shared by Ted Sakshaug on 20 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Ted Sakshaug on 20 Jul 09
     
    Share notes and knowledge on the world's biggest academic network. A few million heads are better than one.
Kelly Faulkner

CoboCards » Home - Study collaboratively flashcards and vocabulary online - 2 views

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shared by Kelly Faulkner on 04 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Kelly Faulkner on 17 Jul 10
     
    this one looks better than most (for secondary students) as they can add comments, photos, etc to the cards
Fabian Aguilar

What Do School Tests Measure? - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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shared by Fabian Aguilar on 12 Aug 09 - Cached
  • According to a New York Times analysis, New York City students have steadily improved their performance on statewide tests since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took control of the public schools seven years ago.
  • Critics say the results are proof only that it is possible to “teach to the test.” What do the results mean? Are tests a good way to prepare students for future success?
  • Tests covering what students were expected to learn (guided by an agreed-upon curriculum) serve a useful purpose — to provide evidence of student effort, of student learning, of what teachers taught, and of what teachers may have failed to teach.
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  • More serious questions arise about “teaching to the test.” If the test requires students to do something academically valuable — to demonstrate comprehension of high quality reading passages at an appropriate level of complexity and difficulty for the students’ grade, for example — then, of course, “teaching to the test” is appropriate.
  • Reading is the crucial subject in the curriculum, affecting all the others, as we know.
  • An almost exclusive focus on raising test scores usually leads to teaching to the test, denies rich academic content and fails to promote the pleasure in learning, and to motivate students to take responsibility for their own learning, behavior, discipline and perseverance to succeed in school and in life.
  • Test driven, or force-fed, learning can not enrich and promote the traits necessary for life success. Indeed, it is dangerous to focus on raising test scores without reducing school drop out, crime and dependency rates, or improving the quality of the workforce and community life.
  • Students, families and groups that have been marginalized in the past are hurt most when the true purposes of education are not addressed.
  • lein. Mayor Bloomberg claims that more than two-thirds of the city’s students are now proficient readers. But, according to federal education officials, only 25 percent cleared the proficient-achievement hurdle after taking the National Assessment of Education Progress, a more reliable and secure test in 2007.
  • The major lesson is that officials in all states — from New York to Mississippi — have succumbed to heavy political pressure to somehow show progress. They lower the proficiency bar, dumb down tests and distribute curricular guides to teachers filled with study questions that mirror state exams.
  • This is why the Obama administration has nudged 47 states to come around the table to define what a proficient student truly knows.
  • Test score gains among New York City students are important because research finds that how well one performs on cognitive tests matters more to one’s life chances than ever before. Mastery of reading and math, in particular, are significant because they provide the gateway to higher learning and critical thinking.
  • First, just because students are trained to do well on a particular test doesn’t mean they’ve mastered certain skills.
  • Second, whatever the test score results, children in high poverty schools like the Promise Academy are still cut off from networks of students, and students’ parents, who can ease access to employment.
  • Reliable and valid standardized tests can be one way to measure what some students have learned. Although they may be indicators of future academic success, they don’t “prepare” students for future success.
  • Since standardized testing can accurately assess the “whole” student, low test scores can be a real indicator of student knowledge and deficiencies.
  • Many teachers at high-performing, high-poverty schools have said they use student test scores as diagnostic tools to address student weaknesses and raise achievement.
  • The bigger problem with standardized tests is their emphasis on the achievement of only minimal proficiency.
  • While it is imperative that even the least accomplished students have sufficient reading and calculating skills to become self-supporting, these are nonetheless the students with, overall, the fewest opportunities in the working world.
  • Regardless of how high or low we choose to set the proficiency bar, standardized test scores are the most objective and best way of measuring it.
  • The gap between proficiency and true comprehension would be especially wide in the case of the brightest students. These would be the ones least well-served by high-stakes testing.
Jerrid Kruse

The Wired Campus - Duke Professor Uses 'Crowdsourcing' to Grade - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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shared by Jerrid Kruse on 04 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Learning is more than earning an A says Cathy N. Davidson, the professor, who recently returned to teach English and interdisciplinary studies after eight years in administration. But students don't always see it that way. Vying for an A by trying to figure out what a professor wants or through the least amount of work has made the traditional grading scale superficial, she says.
  • "Do all the work, you get an A. Don't need an A? Don't have time to do all the work? No problem. You can aim for and earn a B. There will be a chart.  You do the assignment satisfactorily, you get the points.  Add up the points, there's your grade. Clearcut. No guesswork. No second-guessing 'what the prof wants.' No gaming the system," Ms. Davidson wrote Sunday in a blog post detailing her strategy on hastac.org (pronounced "haystack"), the acronym for  "humanities, arts, science, and technology-advanced collaboration.," which she co-founded.
  • It's important to teach students how to be responsible contributors to evaluations and assessment. Students are contributing and assessing each other on the Internet anyway, so why not make that a part of learning?"
Ginger Lewman

World Studies Teaching and Learning Resources - 0 views

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  • Ginger Lewman on 23 Aug 09
     
    World History, Geography, Foreign Language, other stuff too!
TCY Online

FREE Online Tests for IIT JEE/AIEEE 2010 Entrance Preparation - 0 views

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  • TCY Online on 27 Jul 09
     
    * Numerous online tests on Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics * Flexibility to generate sectional tests through Test generator. * Challenge Zone to compete real time on a test with your friends & Toppers * Anytime anywhere access to online testing resources
Ruth Howard

Damon Rich Maps Misery at Queens Museum - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Ruth Howard on 08 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Ruth Howard on 08 Jul 09
     
    A physical representation of where the foreclosures are most apparent and therefore revealing the deliberate path of the subprime lenders.
Tony Searl

down the avenue: Redefining Digital Inclusion - 0 views

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shared by Tony Searl on 30 Aug 09 - Cached
  • We have to figure out a way to embrace and value informal learning, such as self-study.
    • Tony Searl
      Tony Searl on 30 Aug 09
       
      future PD must also address this
  • Robert Scoble asserts that the change will come from the kids, not from top down.
    • Tony Searl
      Tony Searl on 30 Aug 09
       
      no brainer RS, it is already. control is the real fear of these changes
Ted Sakshaug

Lesson Plans History American Government High School - USHistorySite.com - 0 views

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shared by Ted Sakshaug on 29 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Ted Sakshaug on 29 Apr 09
     
    The US History Site offers US History Lesson Plans, primary source documents, games, timeline, quotes and teacher resources for students and teachers.
anonymous

Study: More children of illegal immigrants being born in US; they face high odds of poverty - Los Angeles Times - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 16 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Overall, illegal immigrants' children account for one of every 15 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
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      anonymous on 16 Apr 09
       
      Wow! Doesn't this give you pause? There are SO many angles to this statistic, aren't there? A powerful article.
Mireille Jansma

The Master List of Free Online College Courses | Universities and Colleges - 1 views

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shared by Mireille Jansma on 04 May 09 - Cached
  • Healthcare, Medical, and Nursing Education and Teaching Business and MBA Science and Engineering Criminal Justice and Legal Studies Computers and Information Technology (I.T.) Arts and Humanities Vocational and Career Training
Jim Farmer

The Thomas Jefferson Papers - 0 views

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shared by Jim Farmer on 15 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Jim Farmer on 15 Apr 09
     
    20,000 plus images of Jefferson's documents.
Vicki Davis

Educational Videos and Games for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies and English - 1 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 03 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Ted Sakshaug on 03 Jun 09
     
    Educational videos for k-12. Most subject areas
  • Vicki Davis on 08 Mar 12
     
    Great new website NeoK12 with tons of videos, quizzes and puzzles. There is a lot here, especially for science teachers.
Ted Sakshaug

Homepage - Vizerra.com - 0 views

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shared by Ted Sakshaug on 08 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Ted Sakshaug on 08 Jul 09
     
    Vizerra is a very interesting project that has great potential for use in World History and World Geography courses. Vizerra provides downloadable 3D models of famous places. All of the models offer users a tour of their selected site. Currently, there are five models and tours available on Vizerra. Vizerra aims to have a total of thirty 3D models and tours available for download by the end of 2009.
Adrienne Michetti

Global Learning Across Borders - 10 views

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shared by Adrienne Michetti on 12 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Adrienne Michetti on 12 Oct 09
     
    Global Learning Across Borders exists to educate and inspire new generations of people to become responsible and committed global citizens in their local communities and beyond. We do this through international cultural immersion and community service programs for young adults; global studies professional development programs for educators; and by partnering with schools and universities to help design and implement experiential global curricula and service programs. We believe that international experience is a fundamental component of global education and citizenship in the 21st Century and should be available to all, regardless of financial need.
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