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Graham Veth

Method to Grade Teachers Provokes Battles - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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washington dc progress grading teachers

shared by Graham Veth on 01 Sep 10 - Cached
  • The system calculates the value teachers add to their students’ achievement, based on changes in test scores from year to year and how the students perform compared with others in their grade.
  • Michelle A. Rhee, the schools chancellor in Washington, fired about 25 teachers this summer after they rated poorly in evaluations based in part on a value-added analysis of scores
  • heir use spread after the 2002 No Child Left Behind law required states to test in third to eighth grades every year, giving school districts mountains of test data that are the raw material for value-added analysis
  • Graham Veth on 01 Sep 10
     
    DC is keeping/firing teachers based on "grading" teachers in their successes with their students on standardized tests.
Malik Hussain

Into the wild: Checking learning environments against learning science - Bror's Blog - 0 views

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LearningScience

shared by Malik Hussain on 13 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Malik Hussain on 13 Oct 12
     
    Definitely worthwhile to keep a pulse on Dr. Bror Saxberg's work, esp. if you are interested in learning science. He is the Chief Learning Office at Kaplan and has a unique academic background (a Rhodes Scholar with MD from Harvard, PhD from MIT, Masters from Oxford, etc.) Professor Dede had also mentioned him in one of our previous lectures. Your's truly had the honor of having breakfast, one-on-one, with Dr. Bror Saxberg at his office in DC. :-) This posting talks about a beta course at Kaplan to train "learning architects" on how to build learning environments.
Chris Dede

D.C. students test 'Teach to One' learning system - The Washington Post - 0 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...2-be82-c3411b7680a9_story.html

Teach to one DC

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  • Chris Dede on 15 Oct 12
     
    One approach to personalization. I am on their advisory board...
Cole Shaw

Technology innovation and entrepreneurship conference - 0 views

nciia.org/2013

NCIIA conference

shared by Cole Shaw on 11 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Cole Shaw on 11 Dec 12
     
    For those interested in innovation in higher ed, NCIIA is hosting their annual conference in March in DC. Generally the theme is how to teach technology entrepreneurship, but some of the topics this year are a bit more general. Examples: -- Team-based Learning Pedagogy: Transforming classroom dialogue and learning --Learning space design for creativity and innovation --Simplifying / packaging creative engineering education
Cole Shaw

Hamilton Project (i.e. Brookings Institute?) to Publish Paper on Technology in K-12 - 0 views

www.hamiltonproject.org/..._achievement_in_k-12_education

educational_technology Brookings Institute K-12

shared by Cole Shaw on 21 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Cole Shaw on 21 Sep 12
     
    A set of workshops in DC about transformations in education. Papers about the topics will be released next week (Sept 27), for those of us who can't be in DC. One paper will be about "Harnessing Technology to Improve K-12 Education," so it will be interesting to see what the authors say. Though both authors are business school professors, so I'm not sure how they got chosen to write on this topic? Must be a good business to be in Ed Tech right now...
Simon Rodberg

Blended Learning in DC Public Schools - 0 views

www.aei.org/...-is-reinventing-its-classrooms

educational_technology schools

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  • Simon Rodberg on 06 Feb 14
     
    Captures the complexities of actually implementing new technologies in school at scale.
Benjamin Berte

The Tech Curve: GTA DC Gadgets - 0 views

thetechcurve.blogspot.com/...gta-dc-gadgets.html

gta google googlespreadsheets googledocs technology education learning educational technology flash cards wordfind

shared by Benjamin Berte on 14 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Benjamin Berte on 14 Dec 09
     
    A few hidden features in Google Spreadsheets. Useful tools for a teacher who is interested in adding technology without it being disruptive.
Katherine Tarulli

City schools get grant for iPads in Autism Classrooms (And Have Plans for Proper Teache... - 4 views

www.stltoday.com/...e3-527c-aea5-dc162bac43c4.html

technology education learning Emerging Technology autism iPad

shared by Katherine Tarulli on 03 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Katherine Tarulli on 03 Dec 11
     
    The public school district in St. Louis, Missouri was awarded an Innovative Technology Education Fund grant to buy iPads for all students with autism in six autism-specific classrooms. This seems to be an example of utilizing an emerging technology in an excellent way with proper teacher training, rather than using technology for technology's sake. The schools will be advised on how to implement the iPads by an autism science and advocacy organization and have two full days of professional development planned.
  • Billie Fitzpatrick on 04 Dec 11
     
    This is great news on the autism-rights front! I know a severely autistic 21-year-old who is highly communicative because of the technology he has used since he was young.
Drew Nelson

Cyberlearning Research Summit - 2 views

cyberlearning.sri.com/...Cyberlearning_Research_Summit

t561 learning emerging technology NSF cyberlearning

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  • Maung Nyeu on 11 Nov 11
     
    The Cyberlearning Research Summit will take place in Washington DC, with speakers from industry and academia, who will share visions for the future of learning with emerging technologies. Topics include role of emerging technology in learning, individualized learning, augmented reality, and many others topics covered in T561. HGSE Faculty Dr. Todd Rose will also be a speaker.
  • Drew Nelson on 17 Oct 12
     
    Todd Rose presented here last year and it seems highly relevant to our course. In class right now. More on this later.
Simon Rodberg

Argument for EdTech's greatest impact being on teacher professional development - 2 views

blogs.edweek.org/...er_its_not_what_you_think.html

professional development schools educational_technology

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  • Simon Rodberg on 07 Nov 13
     
    The author, who ran a DC charter school and then started LearnZillion, an online lesson platform, argues that technology can break down the typical teacher silos and improve practice.
Doug Pietrzak

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

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  • Doug Pietrzak on 18 Sep 10
     
    Larry Cuban on Wonder Woman / Man superintendents
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