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Michael Walker

Get Your Geek On, Help Scientists With iDoScien - Flash Player Installation - 2 views

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idoscience social networks science learning research projects ideas

shared by Michael Walker on 28 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Michael Walker on 28 Jan 10
     
    From the site: 1. Teachers now have an unprecedented resource of meaningful science projects to engage their students. 2. Students can work with professional scientists anywhere in the world on real research projects that benefit us all. 3. Students can create their own projects and find collaborators all over the planet. 4. Citizen scientists can find like-minded people to share ideas. 5. Home-schoolers now have a network of science lovers to use as a resource for their children. 6. Professional scientists now have a turn-key solution to promote their research projects, archive their data, find collaborators and reach out to thousands of people they could not reach before.
  • Michael Walker on 28 Jan 10
     
    From the site: 1. Teachers now have an unprecedented resource of meaningful science projects to engage their students. 2. Students can work with professional scientists anywhere in the world on real research projects that benefit us all. 3. Students can create their own projects and find collaborators all over the planet. 4. Citizen scientists can find like-minded people to share ideas. 5. Home-schoolers now have a network of science lovers to use as a resource for their children. 6. Professional scientists now have a turn-key solution to promote their research projects, archive their data, find collaborators and reach out to thousands of people they could not reach before.
Tess Bademan

Edina Technology Integration: One to One Learning Leadership Institute: Session 1 - 0 views

edinatech.blogspot.com/...dership-institute-session.html

shared by Tess Bademan on 06 Nov 08 - Cached
  • How different are today's classrooms from how they were 40 years ago?
    • Beth VonEschen
      Beth VonEschen on 06 Nov 08
       
      Society has changed at a much faster pace than most schools.
  • (Twitter blocked on the filter, but Facebook not!)
    • Heidi Degener
      Heidi Degener on 06 Nov 08
       
      What are the reasons that schools would not block Facebook if it is such a management issue?
    • Mary Elliott
      Mary Elliott on 06 Nov 08
       
      They want to be on the cutting edge, and maybe they have lots of tech support or not many students.
    • irmgard farah
      irmgard farah on 06 Nov 08
       
      It should depend on the different grade levels if facebook is blocked in school or not.
    • Michael Walker
      Michael Walker on 06 Nov 08
       
      Doug Johnson is a big believer that blocking Web content is a lot like banning books. He would rather teach kids proper use as opposed to say "You can't use it here."
  • As we look at education in the 21st century, we need to take these things into account.
    • Kris B.
      Kris B. on 06 Nov 08
       
      I agree, yet the method for accountability needs to change as well. Schools will respond to where the carrot or the stick is....right now that focus is on testing....the pendulum will need to swing more towards performance based assessment. What did MN learn from grad. standards of the 1990s? The grassroots of that movement came from the business community and addressed these exact issues...yet, education became bogged down with the accountability of it all.
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  • Our learning environment must be innovative, where we create, distribute, access and collaborate with information.
    • margaret smith
      margaret smith on 06 Nov 08
       
      Our classrooms have changed so much in the last 15 years. It is hard to imagine what an innovative classroom will look like in the next 5 years.
    • Mel Padden
      Mel Padden on 06 Nov 08
       
      I agree, I think it is impossible to compehend!
  • Einstein-" Never memorize what you can look up in books"
    • Alison Anderson
      Alison Anderson on 06 Nov 08
       
      Hmmm...Interesting quote. With our technologies, can't we look up everything? Is there anything worth memorizing? This will radically change how we teach. Memorization is a time-saver in the long run. We'll need to consider what information we teach is "worthy of memorization".
    • Mel Padden
      Mel Padden on 06 Nov 08
       
      I think this would be a great conversation! I see a huge difference between memorizing your math facts and memorizing the capitals of states. Where do we draw the line?
    • Michael Walker
      Michael Walker on 06 Nov 08
       
      If NCLB/MCAII's require students to memorize facts for standardized tests, can we instruct at a higher level than Knowledge on Bloom's? Scott McLeod has an interesting video on that here: http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/08/whats-the-best.html Though you will need to view it at home because our filter blocks Vimeo, the site he uploaded the movie to.
    • Tess Bademan
      Tess Bademan on 07 Nov 08
       
      Hmm. . . . I don't buy it! Isn't a knowledge base necessary for the higher levels of Bloom's taxonomy? Am I old-fashioned to think that there are certain things that educated people should KNOW?
  • (Twitter blocked on the filter, but Facebook not!)
    • Kris B.
      Kris B. on 06 Nov 08
       
      What was the rationale for the difference in how they treat these sites? How does the administration in Edina feel?
  • margaret smith on 06 Nov 08
     
    An innovative and collaborative environment is an exciting thought. Technology has changed so much in the last 15 years. It is hard to imagine how our classrooms will change in the next five years.
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