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Chris Dede

Time To Dump Seat-Time-Based Credit Hour, Says Research Report -- Campus Technology - 0 views

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competency based certification

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  • Chris Dede on 25 Sep 12
     
    This is discussed in the Productivity section of the NETP
  • Heather French on 28 Sep 12
     
    Arizona is taking an interesting view on seat-time http://news.yahoo.com/high-school-less-four-years-070000848.html Hundreds of schools in Arizona are being given the chance to opt into an initiative called Move On When Ready where students are allowed to graduate after their sophomore year based on proving academic achievement. Some are arguing that it is the same option as getting a G.E.D. after one turns 16 but I would argue that there is a negative connotation to having a G.E.D. versus a high school diploma and that this program provides a way for students to achieve a diploma without "putting in" four years of high school seat-time.
Cole Shaw

Program Director for Ed Tech and Instructional Design warns against "drinking the Ed Te... - 0 views

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NETP educational_technology

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  • Cole Shaw on 21 Sep 12
     
    Interesting article about not just to believe everything you read about Ed Tech transforming the classroom. I think the report (and Richard Rose, the Program Director) does a pretty good job of basically warning educators not to believe all the results they see published about Ed Tech. And that this actually aligns with the vision in the NETP (try things in small zones before scaling up).
Hannah Lesk

HEPG Publishes "The Futures of School Reform" | Harvard Graduate School of Education - 1 views

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school reform HGSE technology

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  • Hannah Lesk on 18 Sep 12
     
    It looks like this argument and vision has a lot of common ground with the NETP. I'm curious to read the book and see what the principal differences are.
Uche Amaechi

How Technology Is Empowering Teachers, Minting Millionaires, And Improving Education - ... - 3 views

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  • Cole Shaw on 30 Sep 12
     
    Wow, thanks for this link, Uche. I think that's a really interesting business they have going...kind of a way to spread best practices that in private industry might be spread via other means. It seems to address the PD / collaboration issue mentioned in NETP, too.
  • Maria Anaya on 30 Sep 12
     
    wow, great idea....I really like this model! This is can be great incentive for teachers to put their best work out there... and they finally recognized for their creativeness!
Heather French

Article on Rugged Taplets for OLPC that Lindsey Dunn posted on the discussion board - 7 views

www.technologyreview.com/...pian-children-teach-themselves

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  • Pearl Phaovisaid on 31 Oct 12
     
    This is mind-blowing, Jeff. It certainly speaks to the natural curiosity of children and the human capacity to learn, given resources and opportunities. Although I agree with the NETP about developing a strategic approach to tech implementation, I guess we should keep an open mind to the possibility that the technology can precede the strategy (and definitive research data) and still add value to a learning environment. After all, some inventions go on to serve unintended purposes that sometimes prove more useful than its original intended purpose. Who would have thought Ethiopian children could figure out how to hack tablets? Major props to them because I still have yet to figure it out. Thanks for sharing the article, Jeff.
  • Chip Linehan on 07 Nov 12
     
    Sugata Mitra would be proud!
Chris Dede

How technology can reinvigorate the education system -- Federal Computer Week - 2 views

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USDoEd NETP technology education T561

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  • Chris Dede on 08 Oct 10
     
    High ranking US Department of Education official talks about the importance of technology and the role of the National Ed Tech Plan
Chris McEnroe

Teaching: Prepare and Connect | U.S. Department of Education - 3 views

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      Chris McEnroe on 26 Sep 11
       
      Seems to me to be a real disconnect with respect to assessment. Assessment, testing in the old model, did not authentically serve the learner. It served the system (modeled on the industrial reward paradigm). If we are focused on learning, assessment only serves the learner in terms of feedback but not as "assessment" as in: you worked hard and you get an 'A'. Getting an 'A' has even less relevance in the 21st centruy paradigm.
  • Educators can view and analyze their practice and then innovate and customize new ways to refine their craft in light of new insights.
  • PBS TeacherLine
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  • PBS TeacherLine
  • The technology that enables connected teaching is available now, but not all the conditions necessary to leverage it are
  • 3.0 Teaching:
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      Chris McEnroe on 26 Sep 11
       
      I don't think this is intentional but I love the catch phrase of "3.0 Teaching" as a play off of Web 2.0.
James Glanville

Learning: Engage and Empower | U.S. Department of Education - 4 views

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  • more flexible set of "educators," including teachers, parents, experts, and mentors outside the classroom.
    • Chris McEnroe
      Chris McEnroe on 05 Sep 11
       
      This is an example of the promise of Tech in Teaching. It promotes the Psycho/Social pedogogical reality of the learner's sphere of influences into the vital center of our concept of school. To me, it transforms academic discourse into intentional design. Because school experience is so culturally endemic, this is a change in cultural self-concept.
  • The opportunity to harness this interest and access in the service of learning is huge.
    • Chris McEnroe
      Chris McEnroe on 08 Sep 11
       
      This sentence makes me think of an explorer who has discovered a vast mineral deposit and is looking for capital investment. To persuade teachers, parents, and school boards the explorer will need to show tangible evidence that ". . . our education system [can leverage] technology to create learning experiences that mirror students' daily lives and the reality of their futures." The sixth grade teacher will need to be able to demonstrate to the parent of a student the tangible benefits of a technology infused paradigm.
  • The challenge for our education system is to leverage technology to create relevant learning experiences that mirror students' daily lives and the reality of their futures.
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  • large groups, small groups, and activities tailored to individual goals, needs, and interests.
  • What's worth knowing and being able to do?
  • English language arts, mathematics, sciences, social studies, history, art, or music, 21st-century competencies and expertise such as critical thinking, complex problem solving, collaboration, and multimedia communication should be woven into all content areas.
  • expert learners
  • "digital exclusion"
    • Chris McEnroe
      Chris McEnroe on 08 Sep 11
       
      Isn't this just another iteration of the general disparity in all kinds of resource allocation? This could just as well be articulated by debilitating student/teacher rations, or text book availability, or the availability of paper, or breakfast, or heat in the he building?
  • School of One uses technology to develop a unique learning path for each student and to provide a significant portion of the instruction that is both individualized and differentiated
  • Advances in the learning sciences, including cognitive science, neuroscience, education, and social sciences, give us greater understanding of three connected types of human learning—factual knowledge, procedural knowledge, and motivational engagement.
    • James Glanville
      James Glanville on 09 Sep 11
       
      I'm interested in how our current understanding of how learning works can inform best practices for teaching, curriculum design, and supports for learning afforded by technology.
    • Erin Sisk
      Erin Sisk on 12 Sep 11
       
      I found the neuroscience discussion to be the most interesting part of the Learning section. It seems to me that the 21st century learner needs more emphasis on the "learning how" and the "learning why" and less focus on the "learning that." I think teaching information literacy (as described in the Learning section) is one of the most important kinds of procedural knowledge (learning how) students should master so they can access facts as they need them, and worry less about memorizing them.
  • James Glanville on 09 Sep 11
     
    "School of One uses technology to develop a unique learning path for each student and to provide a significant portion of the instruction that is both individualized and differentiated." I liked the definitions of individualized (pacing), differentiated (learning preferences/methods), and personalized (pacing, preferences, and content/objectives).
James Glanville

Technology in Schools Faces Questions on Value - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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NYTimes.com NETP Critics Cuban Engagement Test-Scores T561 educational_technology

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  • James Glanville on 04 Sep 11
     
    NYTimes article critical of the current push for technology in schools.  Raises questions about lack of improvement in test scores, budget tensions between $$ for teachers vs technology, and dearth of research showing  improved engagement.  Features comments by Larry Cuban.
Bridget Binstock

Wireless devices push Iowa schools to expand access and bandwidth - 2 views

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technology infrastructure bandwidth upgrade

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  • Bridget Binstock on 18 Oct 11
     
    Related to the challenge of infrastructure outlined in class and in the NETP.
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