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Organizational Climate Index Tool - 6 views

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    Survey tool and formula to analyze school climate amongst faculty
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Unlocking Learning Mastery | Edutopia - 8 views

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    Gamification is one response. By embedding diverse achievements into activities and assessments, learning progress can be refracted infinitely. These systems would be able to more flexibly respond to unique learner pathways and abilities, and would further serve as encouragement mechanics -- instead of one carrot stick, there are hundreds. And not just carrots, but every fruit and vegetable imaginable.
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Performance.Learning.Productivity: 70:20:10 - It's not about the numbers, it's all abou... - 5 views

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    t's not about the numbers, it's about change top-down thinking and bottom-up action are both essential a new understanding of 'learning' is needed by everyone learning professionals have to step up and let go manager engagement and capability are both critical
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Using Diigo for intentional learning and sharing | Instructional Design Fusions - 4 views

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    Covers interactive reading, collaboration and problem-based learning with Diigo to help students become better international learners
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40 Ways to Use Google Apps in the Classroom - Google Drive - 34 views

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    A slick presentation about Google apps for education. Becky Evans created and shared this and says you can use it as a presentation to introduce current features to teachers at your school. Take a look as you prepare to give teachers an overview of Google Apps for Education.
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SmartBlog on Education - Q-and-A: Back to school with Arne Duncan - SmartBrief, Inc. Sm... - 3 views

  • To make this transition, states, districts, and schools should do as much as possible to provide teachers with support for professional learning tied to the new standards. It’s also critical for teachers to connect with and learn from each other.
  • But many educators aren’t “connected” yet because they haven’t taken advantage of opportunities for professional learning online or they aren’t realizing the full benefits. Many districts and states also haven’t done enough to recognize this essential learning as legitimate professional development.
  • The nonprofit Academy for Urban School Leadership in Chicago provides a great “alternative” route to the classroom, in which participants complete a yearlong residency working with effective mentor teachers.
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  • But, among 4-year-olds in the U.S., fewer than three in 10 attend a high-quality preschool program. This opportunity gap confronts far too many American children — particularly those living in low-income communities. We need to work hard to reach many more students.
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Professional Development: More Than Just a Checkbox on a Form | Edutopia - 11 views

  • Many teachers are finding their PD through connectedness.
  • Many teachers are finding their PD through connectedness
  • Many teachers are finding their PD through connectedness
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  • Many teachers are finding their PD through connectedness
  • Maybe it would be more beneficial if teachers, after their DIY PD, could point to evidence of successful PD in their lessons.
  • It also turns PD from theoretical to authentic learning.
  • Teachers could point to a combination of online and face-to-face meetings that enabled them to accomplish a certain task with their class, and verify it by having an administrator observe the results
  • modeling their newfound methods to their colleagues,
  • What if the DIY PD does not yield an effective improvement?
  • administrator to not just point out the flaws, but to counsel the teacher on improvements
  • observation from a judgmental assessment into a learning experience
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How to Engage Underperforming Students | Edutopia - 11 views

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    By focusing tightly on instructional strategies and PD, educators at Cochrane Collegiate Academy saved their school from closure. In just three years, they have doubled student performance, and they continue to reach higher. Read the article. [Interactive Video Player: Look for downloadable PDF worksheets and other resource links to appear under the player as you watch the video.]
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Technology Integration Professional Development Guide | Edutopia - 19 views

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    Technology Integration Professional Development Guide | Edutopia - Great free guide to use and read that addresses the NETS standards from ISTE.
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Special Education Programs Online and On Campus | Studying Teaching and Learning | Scoo... - 6 views

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     Special education programs online - how they prepare teachers of students who are learning disabled, developmentally challenged, or gifted and talented. This page provides more detail about the programs and where you can take them.
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Dimdim Free Signup page - 14 views

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    Free web conferecing for up to 20 people, more at greater cost
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National Evaluation Series - 5 views

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    Apparently, Pearson is involved in developing a group that will work on a national evaluation for teachers. Pay for the development week is $350 a day and includes travel/lodging in some cases.
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This is Not a Paper - 8 views

  • November 1995
  • survey of journal editors in education, little enthusiasm for the idea of creating electronic versions
  • changing ideas about what constitutes a publication
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  • Questions immediately arise: When was this project published? When was it finished? Who deserves credit as author? Who were the reviewers and who were the audience?
  • In our view, it is not that electronic publication is a panacea or an obviously superior form of scholarly communication across the board; it is that these technologies are already upon us, they are for better or worse in increasing use, and they confront us with issues and choices we need to reflect upon.
  • On the other hand, when certain publications are only available digitally, lacking technological resources or skills will exclude certain audiences
  • Electronic publishing has provided an opportunity
  • Is it useful to have access to tens of thousands of documents, with no reliable way of culling the few dozen that one could actually have time to read?
  • As a result, current conventional notions of copyright would need to be profoundly rethought.
  • This fourth model undoes the very idea of a journal as a unidirectional avenue for dissemination of textual information
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Professionalism in Early Childhood Education - 4 views

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    A good read for those in preschool / early childhood education.
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