Group items tagged Matt - Educational Technology and Change Journal

Save Our Schools Conference and Clippings - 0 views

A few clippings. The Save Our Schools March http://www.washingtonpost.com/local By Valerie Strauss "I don't know where I would be today if my teachers' job security was based on how I performed o...

Paul Gorski Save Schools Rally Diane Ravitz Alfie Kohn teachers Tired Teacher Blog Answersheet White House Invitation to our Leaders

started by Bonnie Sutton on 01 Aug 11 no follow-up yet

Save Our Schools Rally - 3 views

http://www.americanindependent.com/196416/thousands-come-out-to-teacher-rally-in-washington-protest-obama-and-decade-of-bad-policies/matt-damon-sos

Thousands Washington Protest bad policies Matt Damon

started by Bonnie Sutton on 01 Aug 11 no follow-up yet

The Power of Educational Technology: New York Times edtech article fails the test! - 1 views

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new york times edtech article Kyrene Richtel technology scores

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Claude Almansi on 25 Sep 11

Liz B. Davis 5:22 "Titled, In Classroom of the Future, Stagnant Scores , the article describes a school in Arizona where, despite a huge investment in technology, there hasn't been an increase in test scores. The article is based on one school in one town in Arizona, hardly a statistically significant sample. Larry Cuban, an outspoken critic of technology in schools since the early 1990s, is quoted multiple times. Not one of the many experts in the field of educational technology, whom we know and love, was interviewed (or at least quoted) in the article. The only reason given for the failure of technology is a lack of increase in test scores in a district that already had high test scores. Finally, there was no test comparing the technology skills of students in this school to any other school in the state. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Liz B. Davis 5:22 "Titled, In Classroom of the Future, Stagnant Scores , the article describes a school in Arizona where, despite a huge investment in technology, there hasn't been an increase in test scores. The article is based on one school in one town in Arizona, hardly a statistically significant sample. Larry Cuban, an outspoken critic of technology in schools since the early 1990s, is quoted multiple times. Not one of the many experts in the field of educational technology, whom we know and love, was interviewed (or at least quoted) in the article. The only reason given for the failure of technology is a lack of increase in test scores in a district that already had high test scores. Finally, there was no test comparing the technology skills of students in this school to any other school in the state. "</div>

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Claude Almansi on 25 Sep 11

This post is about the same http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/technology/technology-in-schools-faces-questions-on-value.html article by Matt Richtel, of which Jim Shimabukuro reviewed a shorter version http://www.bendbulletin.com/article/20110905/NEWS0107/109050315/ in http://etcjournal.com/2011/09/05/a-lesson-from-the-kyrene-school-district-technology-alone-is-not-the-answer/

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This post is about the same <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/technology/technology-in-schools-faces-questions-on-value.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/technology/technology-in-schools-faces-questions-on-value.html</a> article by Matt Richtel, of which Jim Shimabukuro reviewed a shorter version <a href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/article/20110905/NEWS0107/109050315/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.bendbulletin.com/article/20110905/NEWS0107/109050315/</a> in <a href="http://etcjournal.com/2011/09/05/a-lesson-from-the-kyrene-school-district-technology-alone-is-not-the-answer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://etcjournal.com/2011/09/05/a-lesson-from-the-kyrene-school-district-technology-alone-is-not-the-answer/</a></div>

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Claude Almansi on 25 Sep 11

About the same NYT article by Matt Richtel, a shorter and later version of which Jim Shimabukuro reviewed in http://etcjournal.com/2011/09/05/a-lesson-from-the-kyrene-school-district-technology-alone-is-not-the-answer/

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">About the same NYT article by Matt Richtel, a shorter and later version of which Jim Shimabukuro reviewed in <a href="http://etcjournal.com/2011/09/05/a-lesson-from-the-kyrene-school-district-technology-alone-is-not-the-answer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://etcjournal.com/2011/09/05/a-lesson-from-the-kyrene-school-district-technology-alone-is-not-the-answer/</a></div>

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Now You See It // The Blog of Author Cathy N. Davidson » Stagnant Future, Sta... - 1 views

www.cathydavidson.com/...mes-grading-the-digital-school

NYT Ritchel technology education assessment tests davidson

shared by Claude Almansi on 06 Sep 11 - No Cached

Claude Almansi on 06 Sep 11

Sept. 6, 2011 "Matt Richtel's panoramic essay, "In Classroom of the Future, Stagnant Scores." weighs in this morning on the topic of "Grading the Digital School." I found myself cheering and jeering alternately throughout this piece. Why? Because it so quickly confuses "standards" with "standardized test scores" and technology put into classrooms with "preparing kids for a digital future (actually, the digital present: it's here, it's now, like it or not). These confusions are so pervasive in our culture and so urgent that I want to take a moment to focus on them. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Sept. 6, 2011 "Matt Richtel's panoramic essay, "In Classroom of the Future, Stagnant Scores." weighs in this morning on the topic of "Grading the Digital School." I found myself cheering and jeering alternately throughout this piece. Why? Because it so quickly confuses "standards" with "standardized test scores" and technology put into classrooms with "preparing kids for a digital future (actually, the digital present: it's here, it's now, like it or not). These confusions are so pervasive in our culture and so urgent that I want to take a moment to focus on them. "</div>

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Teachers Resist High-Tech Push in Idaho Schools - 0 views

By MATT RICHTEL POST FALLS, Idaho - Ann Rosenbaum, a former military police officer in the Marines, does not shrink from a fight, having even survived a close encounter with a car bomb in Iraq. He...

High tech push online Idaho tablets Laptops vanguard. teacher back

started by Bonnie Sutton on 04 Jan 12 no follow-up yet

Duncan's equity commission and the 'rising tide' of avarice, hostility, testing - 3 views

I agree ~ and the lessons and sharp reminders in the article are not just for K-12

equity duncan commission John Merrow testing education and excellence

started by Bonnie Sutton on 25 Feb 12 2 follow-ups, last by Vanessa Vaile on 26 Feb 12

EU_Educators on Matt Ritchel's article about the Kyrene school - 0 views

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