Group items tagged Education Reform - HGSET561

School Districts of Innovation - Public Engagement & Ed Reform - Education Week - 0 views

blogs.edweek.org/...districts_of_innovation.html

'student innovators' district

shared by Irina Uk on 14 Dec 12 - No Cached

Irina Uk on 14 Dec 12

This article is not about emerging tech directly. However, it discusses how there is an initiative to increase teaching students to be innovators consistent with 21st century learning. When I read this, I thought about all the ways that technology could facilitate this.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article is not about emerging tech directly. However, it discusses how there is an initiative to increase teaching students to be innovators consistent with 21st century learning. When I read this, I thought about all the ways that technology could facilitate this.</div>

...

Cancel

What happens to all these cool ideas? - 1 views

blogs.edweek.org/..._step_in_changing_schools.html

schools

shared by Simon Rodberg on 30 Sep 13 - No Cached

Simon Rodberg on 30 Sep 13

This blog post has relevance for what happens, and why, when education reformers (including technologists!) put out good ideas and watch them not get implemented, or not get implemented transformationally, on the ground in schools.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This blog post has relevance for what happens, and why, when education reformers (including technologists!) put out good ideas and watch them not get implemented, or not get implemented transformationally, on the ground in schools.</div>

...

Cancel

Education Week: 'School of Future' Struggles to Break From the Past - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...05future_ep.h29.html

21st century schools computers innovation reform high school

shared by Nick Siewert on 25 Sep 09 - Cached

Nick Siewert on 25 Sep 09

The Microsoft backed experimental "School of the Future" in Philadelphia is in many ways hard to distinguish from a typical high school.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Microsoft backed experimental "School of the Future" in Philadelphia is in many ways hard to distinguish from a typical high school.</div>

...

Cancel

The Answer Sheet - Rhee in D.C.: The myth of the heroic leader - 4 views

voices.washingtonpost.com/...in-dc-the-myth-of-the-her.html

education reform superintendent

shared by Doug Pietrzak on 18 Sep 10 - No Cached

Doug Pietrzak on 18 Sep 10

Larry Cuban on Wonder Woman / Man superintendents

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Larry Cuban on Wonder Woman / Man superintendents</div>

...

Cancel

Conrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real math with computers | Video on TED.com - 2 views

www.ted.com/..._real_math_with_computers.html

technology_for_Education education learning math computer_programming wolfram

shared by Mydhili Bayyapunedi on 15 Nov 10 - No Cached

From rockets to stock markets, many of humanity's most thrilling creations are powered by math. So why do kids lose interest in it? Conrad Wolfram says the part of math we teach -- calculation by hand -- isn't just tedious, it's mostly irrelevant to real mathematics and the real world. He presents his radical idea: teaching kids math through computer programming.
...

Cancel

Mydhili Bayyapunedi on 15 Nov 10

Very similar to the idea of teaching computer programming via storytelling/animation (Scratch)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Very similar to the idea of teaching computer programming via storytelling/animation (Scratch)</div>

...

Cancel
...1 more comment...
Margaret O'Connell on 15 Nov 10

Hey, he stole my idea (about teaching math through teaching computer programming) ! ;-) Thanks for this post.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Hey, he stole my idea (about teaching math through teaching computer programming) ! ;-) Thanks for this post.</div>

...

Cancel
Margaret O'Connell on 16 Nov 10

I just watched this video and it's actually billed INCORRECTLY on that Ted.com description! The guy is *not* saying to teach math through teaching computer programming at'all!! He is simply advocating to use the power of the computer to teach math - i.e. using programs such as Mathematica. His slide says "Computer-based math: critical reform" -- so, he is saying that students should use the computer for the computing (which is for sure true) and teachers should teach with the students using this computing power asap (which I agree with) ... but he is *not* actually saying to teach computer programming ... p.s. This video is sweeping through the math teacher twitter streams and blogs right now (yes, there is such a community out there!) But, in my opinion, his idea is no big leap ...

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I just watched this video and it's actually billed INCORRECTLY on that Ted.com description! The guy is *not* saying to teach math through teaching computer programming at'all!! He is simply advocating to use the power of the computer to teach math - i.e. using programs such as Mathematica. His slide says "Computer-based math: critical reform" -- so, he is saying that students should use the computer for the computing (which is for sure true) and teachers should teach with the students using this computing power asap (which I agree with) ... but he is *not* actually saying to teach computer programming ... p.s. This video is sweeping through the math teacher twitter streams and blogs right now (yes, there is such a community out there!) But, in my opinion, his idea is no big leap ...</div>

...

Cancel
Mydhili Bayyapunedi on 21 Nov 10

Absolutely agree... the idea presented here is no big leap at all, especially to us who are following these advances pretty closely. I saw the parallels with scratch in terms of engaging the learner.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Absolutely agree... the idea presented here is no big leap at all, especially to us who are following these advances pretty closely. I saw the parallels with scratch in terms of engaging the learner.</div>

...

Cancel

Teacher Collaboration: The Missing Link in School Reform? - Teaching Now - Education We... - 0 views

blogs.edweek.org/...ing_link_in_school_reform.html

collaboration 'social capital* *student performance*

shared by Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 15 Sep 11 - No Cached

Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 15 Sep 11

An interesting discussion on how collaboration among teachers leads to an improved student performance

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An interesting discussion on how collaboration among teachers leads to an improved student performance</div>

...

Cancel

Group items tagged