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Brendan McIsaac

Teacher Evaluation Systems Not Fully Supported In Many States: Center For American Prog... - 0 views

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shared by Brendan McIsaac on 29 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Most state reform statues have established hasty timetables for the implementation of new teacher-evaluation systems — timetables all states are struggling to meet. HPAds.adSonar(1523709,2259768,300,250); adsonar_placementId=1523709;adsonar_pid=2259768;adsonar_ps=-1;adsonar_zw=300;adsonar_zh=250;adsonar_jv="ads.tw.adsonar.com";Still, arguably the biggest challenge posed by these mandated evaluation reforms is that the majority of teachers do not teach in tested subjects or grades, and as a result standardized student achievement data is not available to be used in their ratings.
  • Furthermore, states must concentrate on providing what districts cannot, and education agencies should adjust their implementation timelines to align with the needs and resources of their particular state. Lastly, states must think long term about how to provide administrators with the training, technical expertise and field experience needed to address the current human-capital challenges affiliated with teacher evaluation reform. Loading Slideshow School Supplies<strong>91 percent</strong> of teachers buy basic school supplies for their students.Food<strong>2 in 3</strong> teachers <strong>(67%)</strong> purchase food or snacks to satisfy the basic nutritional needs of their students -- even ones who are already enrolled in their schools' free or reduced-price meal program. Clothing<strong>1 in 3</strong> teachers purchase clothing for children, including jackets, hats and gloves <strong>(30%)</strong> or shoes and shoe laces <strong>(15%)</strong>.Toothbrushes<strong>18 percent</strong> of teachers purchase personal care items, such as toothbrushes and sanitary products.Hygiene ProductsNearly <strong>1 in 3</strong> teachers <strong>(29%)</strong> purchase items such as toilet paper and soap that their school cannot provide enough of due to budget cuts. Field Trips<strong>More than half</strong> of all teachers have paid the costs of field trips for students who couldn't afford to participate otherwise.Alarm Clocks<strong>Several teachers</strong> reported purchasing alarm clocks for students. Due to work schedules or family circumstances, guardians were unable to wake their children for school, which led to absences and academic underperformance. Teacher Spending On Students1 of 8 Hide ThumbnailsAlamyNext Share TweetFullscreen1 of 8Play AllSchool Supplies91 percent of teachers buy basic school supplies for their students. Like Dislike8 Points10 likes, 2 dislikesAdvertisement× #hp-slideshow-wrapper-246322 .hp-slideshow-wrapper-loading-div{ font-family:Arial
  • Brendan McIsaac on 29 Nov 12
     
    This is the struggle I was outlining the other day
Ms Vaks

Washington Post suspends columnist for Twitter hoax | The Upshot Yahoo! News - Yahoo! News - 1 views

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shared by Ms Vaks on 01 Sep 10 - Cached
  • publishing fabricated information on Twitter
  • prove a point about how reporters will run stories in today's fast-moving news environment without  independently verifying the information.
  • ther news outlets went with the apparent scoop
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  • guidelines on correctly using social media.
  • why Twitter users (including other journalists) assume respected journalists are publishing accurate information on the medium
  • nobody checking facts or sourcing
  • credibility
  • Ms Vaks on 01 Sep 10
     
    Credibility of info posted on social media. Role of reposrteers: fact checking sources.
Brendan McIsaac

Twitter as a Metacognitive Support Device by Alan Reid : Learning Solutions Magazine - 1 views

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  • Brendan McIsaac on 29 Nov 12
     
    Maybe twitter for goal setting and learning log posts
Tom McHale

AP Test-Takers' Tweets May Not Give Away Answers, But They Raise Questions : NPR - 0 views

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  • Tom McHale on 16 May 17
     
    "Through hashtags, test takers have categorized tweets about different AP exams. #APLit for the AP Literature and Composition exam. #APBio for the AP Biology exam, and so on. While these tweets are in jest - and many in the format of popular memes -there is something peculiar about them: they are oddly specific. For example, in reference to the AP Literature and Composition exam, many users tweeted about Mr. Pickle and Godfrey. These tweets about the exam even inspired a Twitter moment that highlighted the best memes about the AP exam. A Twitter search of #APLit will yield similar results. All of these memes reference a specific short story published in 1751, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by Tobias Smollett. While the tweets express the sentiment of the students taking the exam, they do another thing: reference the questions asked of them on the AP Literature exam."
Brendan McIsaac

Beyond Bieber: Twitter improves student learning | MSUToday | Michigan State University - 1 views

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  • Brendan McIsaac on 29 Nov 12
     
    Twitteracy?!
Tom McHale

Teaching to the Text Message - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • Tom McHale on 20 Mar 11
     
    I'VE been teaching college freshmen to write the five-paragraph essay and its bully of a cousin, the research paper, for years. But these forms invite font-size manipulation, plagiarism and clichés. We need to set our sights not lower, but shorter. I don't expect all my graduates to go on to Twitter-based careers, but learning how to write concisely, to express one key detail succinctly and eloquently, is an incredibly useful skill, and more in tune with most students' daily chatter, as well as the world's conversation. The photo caption has never been more vital. So a few years ago, I started slipping my classes short writing assignments alongside the required papers
Tom McHale

How Can Students Have More Say in School Decisions? | MindShift - 0 views

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  • Tom McHale on 18 Apr 15
     
    "Two years ago, Zak Malamed and a few friends held their first Twitter chat for students who were feeling frustrated about how little say they had in the school reform debates going on all around them. At the time, Malamed and two other friends were still in high school, and one friend was in college. But when they formed Student Voice, the group that rose out of that first chat, they agreed that "Revolutionizing education through the voices and actions of students," in whatever form that would take, would be their mission. "Students want to achieve in school. They want to find purpose being in school." said Malamed. "They want to discover their talents. Without students having a voice, we cannot collectively ensure that this will all happen for every student.""
Tom McHale

How 'The Great Gatsby' Explains Trump - The Atlantic - 0 views

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  • Tom McHale on 26 Sep 18
     
    "There's an eerie symmetry between Donald Trump and The Great Gatsby's Tom Buchanan, as if the villain of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel had been brought to life in a louder, gaudier guise for the 21st century. It's not just their infamous carelessness, the smashing-up of things and creatures that propels Tom's denouement and has seemed to many a Twitter user to be the animating force behind Trump's policy and personnel decisions. The two men, real and fictional, mirror each other in superficial but telling ways."
Tom McHale

The Case for Making Classrooms Phone-Free | EdSurge News - 0 views

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  • Tom McHale on 06 Jul 22
     
    "Two years ago, English Language Arts teacher Tyler Rablin promoted cell phone use in the classroom, encouraging his students to bring their phones to class. He's had a change of heart. Next year, he'll be asking students to check their phones at the door. Rablin recently took to Twitter to share his rationale in an 8-tweet thread. We asked him to share more thoughts."
Tom McHale

4 Strategies for Teaching Students How to Revise | Edutopia - 0 views

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  • Tom McHale on 10 Aug 16
     
    "At the beginning of the writing process, I have had students write silently. For it to be successful, in my experience, students need plenty of topics handy (self-generated, or a list of topics, questions, and prompts provided). Silent writing is a wonderful, focused activity for the brainstorming and drafting stage of the writing process. I also think it's important that the teacher write during this time, as well (model, model, model). However, when it comes to revising, and later, editing, I think peer interaction is necessary. Students need to, for example, "rehearse" words, phrases, introductions, and thesis statements with each other during the revision stage."
Tom McHale

Troy Hicks: A Conversation About Digital Writing | Edutopia - 3 views

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  • Tom McHale on 30 Jul 13
     
    "Why Teach Students to Craft Digital Writing?"
Jeremy Long

Our Top 13 Voices Posts for 2012! - 0 views

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teaching technology education reading collaboration resources web2.0 resources writing reform testing

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  • Jeremy Long on 03 Jan 13
     
    A "Connected Educators Month" in the United States - the rapid rise of Twitter PD - the coming of age of the Personal Learning Network. No question: It's been an historic year for connected professionals, including PLP's extended family of teacher and school leaders.
Michele B.

Badges and the Common Core | Edutopia - 0 views

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skills badges

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  • Michele B. on 06 Oct 13
     
    Nice article about how to use badges with the Common Core. I'd love to see how we could do this at Central. If there was only more time in a day....
Tom McHale

Active Listening: Seven Ways to Help Students Listen, Not Just Hear - 0 views

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  • Tom McHale on 13 Oct 17
     
    "It is our responsibility to teach students not only how to derive and articulate their own views, but also how to listen to those of others. Plus, most college courses will expect students to acquire information aurally (as lectures continue to prevail), and few of them have developed the ability to do so. Here are seven things you can do to encourage active listening:"
Tom McHale

"S-Town," the new true-crime podcast from the "Serial" creators is a Faulkner-esque Sou... - 0 views

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  • Tom McHale on 30 Mar 17
     
    "Serial proved that true-crime podcasts could be global phenomena that rival even the most prestigious of prestige scripted television. But with S-Town, the new podcast from team Serial that launched today, the creators aren't taking their cues from HBO. Instead, they're borrowing a page from William Faulkner, hoping to re-invent the medium once again-this time as a sweeping, Southern Gothic novel. Hosted by This American Life producer Brian Reed, S-Town is the latest offering from Serial Productions, which includes Serial host Sarah Koenig and executive producer Julie Snyder. The seven-part podcast, released in its entirety today, follows Reed as he meets, and ultimately befriends, a fascinating man who claims to have knowledge of an unsolved murder in his rural Alabama town (which the man nicknames "Shittown"-hence the podcast's name). But what begins as a classic murder mystery quickly turns into something much deeper-a winding, intricate narrative of small town politics, family strife, and, as the S-Town team describes it, "the mysteries of one man's life.""
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