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Eric Kattwinkel

Robert J. Samuelson commentary: Student motivation is at root of educational woe | The ... - 2 views

www.dispatch.com/...t-root-of-educational-woe.html

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  • "Reforms" have disappointed for two reasons. First, no one has yet discovered transformative changes in curriculum or pedagogy, especially for inner-city schools, that are "scalable"
  • The larger cause of failure is almost unmentionable: shrunken student motivation.
  • Eric Kattwinkel on 15 Sep 10
     
    "Motivation is weak because more students don't like school, don't work hard and don't do well." Also see Tom Friedman in the NYTimes referring to this article and concluding that "right now the Hindus and Confucians have more Protestant ethics than we do, and as long as that is the case we'll be No. 11!"
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
Maura Wolk

A Bookfuturist Manifesto - Science and Tech - The Atlantic - 1 views

www.theatlantic.com/...61231

T561 reform books technology

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  • Maura Wolk on 09 Sep 10
     
    Do you consider yourself a bookfuturist, a bookservative, a technofuturist, all or none of the above? Interesting to decide where you fall, and to think about where educators past, present, and future fall.
Maura Wolk

School on the mend - The Boston Globe - 1 views

www.boston.com/...school_on_the_mend

School reform education

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  • Maura Wolk on 09 Sep 10
     
    While this article does not address technology directly, I think this is the type of school community that could so benefit from emerging educational technologies. The traditional school model has been failing them, and they are prime for redesign. I'd be interested to see even how something like ecoMUVE could begin to change the classroom atmosphere.
Mydhili Bayyapunedi

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

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  • 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.
  • Mydhili Bayyapunedi on 15 Nov 10
     
    Very similar to the idea of teaching computer programming via storytelling/animation (Scratch)
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  • Margaret O'Connell on 15 Nov 10
     
    Hey, he stole my idea (about teaching math through teaching computer programming) ! ;-) Thanks for this post.
  • 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 ...
  • 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.
Chris Dede

Digital Learning Council Releases 'Road Map' to Ed. Overhaul - Digital Education - Educ... - 3 views

blogs.edweek.org/...al_learning_council_relea.html

online learning digital Council

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  • amy hoffmaster on 01 Dec 10
     
    Education reform using online learning motivated by budget cuts.
  • Chris Dede on 01 Dec 10
     
    One group's take on online learning
Melinda Schindler

Robo-Truant Tech and Other Apps to Fix Education: Jonathan Alter - Businessweek - 1 views

www.businessweek.com/...-education-jonathan-alter.html

Emerging Technology educational_technology education

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  • Melinda Schindler on 30 Sep 11
     
    Using technology for school reform
Katherine Tarulli

Ken Robinson: Changing education paradigms | Video on TED.com - 1 views

www.ted.com/...nging_education_paradigms.html

education ADHD drop out rates school reform Ken Robinson learning

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  • Katherine Tarulli on 05 Sep 11
     
    This is an engaging animation/talk from Sir Ken Robinson about the links between some difficult problems facing schools and how a paradigm shift is necessary to fix them.
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

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*

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  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 15 Sep 11
     
    An interesting discussion on how collaboration among teachers leads to an improved student performance
Maung Nyeu

Reforming education: The great schools revolution | The Economist - 2 views

www.economist.com/21529014

technology education learning

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  • Uma natarajan on 18 Sep 11
     
    Great Schools Revolution
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  • Maung Nyeu on 19 Sep 11
     
    Technology made difference in educating children.
  • Maung Nyeu on 19 Sep 11
     
    A timely article. Technology and internet made real difference in educating children.
  • Maung Nyeu on 19 Sep 11
     
    A timely article in the Economist. It states that technology and internet made a difference in educating children.
Chris McEnroe

Technology in Schools Faces Questions on Value - NYTimes.com - 3 views

www.nytimes.com/...-faces-questions-on-value.html

Teaching with technology public discourse education funding reform.

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      Chris McEnroe on 17 Sep 11
       
      Some of the thinking articulated in this article captures the gridlock of public conversation around the issue of technology in the classroom. I'm reminded of a conversation I had with a colleague in which he was telling me about the many interesting ways he uses powerpoint for instruction. I asked him he ever had his students use powerpoint and he scoffed, "Powerpoint for student presenations is a Middle School right of passage. Please. They're terrible." I told him that if he didn't think powerpoint was a useful means of communication than he wouldn't use it. The fact is we don't teach kids how to use powerpoint well and so they don't use it well. The argument about tech in Ed is much the same. Sometimes when I hear or read about these discussions I think of someone who has an F-14 in his front yard complaing that it is terrible for hanging laundry on. The promise of teaching well in a 21st century classroom focuses on cultivating different skills and more dynamic learning than standardized tests seek to quantify.
Vafa AK

Social networking sites affect social behavior | Campus Reform - 1 views

www.campusreform.org/...g-sites-affect-social-behavior

social networks education sharing behavior

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  • Vafa AK on 25 Nov 09
     
    About the power of social networks, and how they influence our behavior. No doubt social networks can be a powerful tool for education and learning as well!
Yan Feng

10 Things That Will Be Obsolete in Education by 2020 - 6 views

www.itslearning.net/-obsolete-in-education-by-2020

education T561

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  • Yan Feng on 20 Oct 11
     
    Interesting.
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  • Bridget Binstock on 20 Oct 11
     
    I thought the word "satchel" was already obsolete? HA! And does anyone else agree that they use the term "obsolete" very loosely in some of their explanations - for example HOMEWORK - doesn't "some work at school and some work at home" still constitute homework? And about Standardized TEACHING - until Standardized TESTING goes away, HG and supporters can advocate for this type of teaching reform, but try as we might (and many of us do offer alternative lessons and assignments to take advantage of the multiple intelligences within our classroom), end of the day, we still have to get our kids to pass those tests. It is how we as students, teachers, schools, districts, states and a nation are continually evaluated as being successful.
  • anonymous on 24 Oct 11
     
    I think this article is a little odd too. I think that a lot of times, writers of articles want to make these large shocking claims in their headlines. When you read the actual body of the text though, it becomes evident that the term "obsolete" isn't what they're after - but rather, it's about renaming or altering the way we think about current systems. Also, I was interested in what they meant by changing the actual architecture of schools. When I looked into the gallery though, it was a group of photos of a bunch of weird structures that didn't really show anything about schools (maybe the outsides?).
  • Ayelet R on 27 Oct 11
     
    Also, I can't imagine that education will make the fear of failure extinct. It may make failing a bit more tolerable with individualized instruction, but I can't image that the pressure on students to succeed will decrease; it seems more likely that it will increase.
  • Erin Sisk on 31 Oct 11
     
    I appreciated that they mentioned learning HTML. I wish I learned that in school -- I think basic web design should be a 21st century skill.
Bridget Binstock

Creating Educational Success at Home - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...08tucker_ep.h31.html

educational reform

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  • Bridget Binstock on 17 Oct 11
     
    Interesting article about why other education systems work and how/why the US's might consider changing.
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