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Blair Peterson

A 21st Century Imperative: A Guide for Becoming a School of the Future - 1 views

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  • As Christopher Dede notes from his perspective at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, "You can't just sprinkle 21st century skills on the 20th century doughnut. It requires a fundamental reconception of what we're doing."
  • Blair Peterson on 25 Feb 11
     
    The National Association of Independent Schools has a guide on 21st century schools.
Shabbi Luthra

University of the People - The world's first tuition-free online university - 0 views

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    using all open courses. People get together in groups to study, then pay only for the exam. Payment is on a sliding scale based on your country. For example, if you live in Bangladesh, you might pay very little compared to someone from a more developed country.
Shabbi Luthra

WGU Online University | Degree Programs, Accredited Bachelor's and Master's - 0 views

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  • Shabbi Luthra on 23 Feb 11
     
    Here is the university that does not offer courses, but rather assessments to test student knowledge.
Blair Peterson

Reshaping Learning from the Ground Up | Edutopia - 0 views

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  • Then comes another car. And it's going 10 miles per hour. That's the public education system. Schools are supposed to be preparing kids for the business world of tomorrow, to take jobs, to make our economy functional. The schools are changing, if anything, at 10 miles per hour. So, how do you match an economy that requires 100 miles per hour with an institution like public education? A system that changes, if at all, at 10 miles per hour?
  • I meet teachers who are good and well intentioned and smart, but they can't try new things, because there are too many rules.
  • You need to find out what each student loves.
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  • Much of what we're transmitting is doomed to obsolescence at a far more rapid rate than ever before.
  • The textbooks are the same for every child; every child gets the same textbook. Why should that be? Why shouldn't some kids get a textbook -- and you can do this online a lot more easily than you can in print
  • Maybe it's important for teachers to quit for three or four years and go do something else and come back. They'll come back with better ideas. They'll come back with ideas about how the outside world works, in ways that would not have been available to them if they were in the classroom the whole time.
  • Blair Peterson on 23 Feb 11
     
    Interview with futurist Alvin Toffler. He promotes starting from scratch to redesign our schools.
Blair Peterson

Finding the Positive in Cellphones for Children - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    This article was sent to me by Samuel Lee, our student body president who is lobbying for cell phone use in class. 
Blair Peterson

The 21st Century Principal: Must Read for School Administrations Who Want to Be Technol... - 2 views

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    Information on the Horizon 2010 report, including a short video.
Blair Peterson

Twitter can SAVE You Time - The Tempered Radical - 2 views

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    Just one example of the benefits of Twitter.
Blair Peterson

International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) Portal - 0 views

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    We at the IMSLP believe that music should be something that is easily accessible for everyone. For this purpose we have created a music library to provide music scores free of charge to anyone with internet access, with several other projects in planning. IMSLP is also entirely collaborative, and all contributions are greatly welcome.
Blair Peterson

International Music Score Library Project Raises Copyright Concerns - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Free Trove of Music Scores on Web Hits Sensitive Copyright Note By DANIEL J. WAKIN Published: February 22, 2011 It was only a matter of time. What are the implications of this for musicians and music educators?
Blair Peterson

Stepping out of the bubble | Not So Distant Future - 1 views

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    Tips for leaders to look outside the day to day for ideas for the future.
Blair Peterson

Demonstrations of Learning for 21st-Century Schools - 0 views

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  • moderated significantly with much more emphasis on demonstrations of learning, tangible “output” that can be collected and in each student’s lifelong digital portfolio. It makes one wonder what assessments for the 21st century might look like in general.
  • character (self-discipline, empathy, integrity, resilience, and courage);creativity and entrepreneurial spirit;real-world problem-solving (filtering, analysis, and synthesis);public speaking/communications;teaming; andleadership.
  • I hope never to read a vision statement that promises to maintain rather than improve,
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  • argues that we need a system that “focuses on what students learn, rather than on what they are taught,
  • what is your list of 10 Demonstrations of Learning that should be the exit ticket indicating the school’s work is done, validating the student readiness for the next stage of schooling or life?
  • Shabbi Luthra on 13 Feb 11
     
    Interesting reflection by Pat Bassett on 21st century assessments.
Blair Peterson

The Digital Lives of Babies - Cultural Studies - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Column on digital footprints starting at birth. What does this mean for our society?
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David Truss :: Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts » 3 Edtech Realizations - 0 views

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    A blog post on teaching being different today than in the past.
Blair Peterson

Bring a "Knowledge Broker" to School Today! | Psychology Today - 2 views

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  • First, he or she is up to date with technology, not only in the educational arena, but across the board.
  • Second, your knowledge broker must be able to have the interest in finding resources for any class content.
  • Third, and perhaps most important, the knowledge broker must be able to transfer his/her knowledge to a teacher - who is most likely not all that excited about technology or at best a bit skeptical - in a calm, jargon-free style.
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  • ome teachers get whiteboards and dazzle themselves, while the students, for the most part, crave the media-rich environments in which they live when they are not in class. It is a conundrum to say the least.
  • Allowing teachers to fumble along implementing technology experiences haphazardly is no longer productive or effective.
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      Blair Peterson on 19 Feb 11
       
      We have to keep this in mind when we think about professional development. Can't do it haphazardly.
  • "harbinger of innovation" meaning someone who keeps up with new educational technologies by attending conferences and staying connected with other knowledge brokers.
  • Second, he/she must have time to develop classroom (or outside of classroom) technology-related activities.
  • Third, these select individuals must be excellent teachers and know how to explain complicated technology to digital immigrants.
  • Fourth, knowledge brokers have to be available to help the teacher learn the technology, help introduce it to the students (or stand by while the teacher does the introduction to help with the expected problems), and be willing to return calls - shouts - for help immediately.
  • Finally, knowledge brokers need to be catalysts for change in the school environment which means that they have to be able to assume all four roles PLUS coordinating all the present and future technology integration. In other words, they have to love it and embrace it and get the teachers to feel the same way.
Blair Peterson

Executive Summary | Pew Internet & American Life Project - 2 views

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  • we find that ownership of a mobile phone and participation in a variety of internet activities are associated with larger and more diverse core discussion networks. (Discussion networks are a key measure of people’s most important social ties.)
  • having discussion networks that are more likely to contain people from different backgrounds.
  • For instance, frequent internet users, and those who maintain a blog are much more likely to confide in someone who is of another race.
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  • such as Facebook in particular are associated with having a more diverse social network.
  • Cell phone users, those who use the internet frequently at work, and bloggers are more likely to belong to a local voluntary association, such as a youth group or a charitable organization.
  • However, we find some evidence that use of social networking services (e.g., Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn) substitutes for some neighborhood involvement.
  • Rather, it is associated with engagement in places such as parks, cafes, and restaurants, the kinds of locales where research shows that people are likely to encounter a wider array of people and diverse points of view. I
  • Challenging the assumption that internet use encourages social contact across vast distances, we find that many internet technologies are used as much for local contact as they are for distant communication.
  • Blair Peterson on 19 Feb 11
     
    The executive summary or a report on new technology use in the US.
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