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John Trampush

States having problems with common core standards | Featured School Reform | eSchoolNew... - 1 views

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standards Common Core State Standards assessment

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  • John Trampush on 06 Jan 11
     
    As states move forward in their adoption of the Common Core State Standards, a new survey reveals that thorough implementation of these standards is still years away, and many states are forgetting a key piece of the common standards movement: linking to postsecondary education.
Bev Thornburg

Green cities - 0 views

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Green cites Sustainable energy Science problem-solving

shared by Bev Thornburg on 06 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Bev Thornburg on 06 Nov 09
     
    These are examples of "green" cities that have or are building sustainable energy plans. For science, note that most of them are arctic or sub-arctic cities. They offer diverse combinations of approaches to clean sustainability, using resources at hand. Ref.: ISTE student standards 1, 4, and 5. It is great that the new standards recognize the live-or-die mission of today's students. E.g.: Within their global digital networking environment------- they must enact citizenship that will make a planetary environment that is friendly to human survival (and the survival of many other species, too). This web site shows cities all over the northern hemisphere. Students can actually blog, facebook, or wiki or whatever with other kids in those same cities. Think of the science, economic, and social studies possibilities! Plus you could use Google Earth, a photo sharing site, and whatever (Picassa?) program that San Antonio lesson used to make a virtual tour of these star green cities. And of course you would apply all of that to mega projects here in Anchorage. A student network of kids in all those cities could grow into a network of future engineers, designers, and policy makers whose influence could go viral. Voila--civilization saved!
Martina Henke

The NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies - 0 views

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  • Martina Henke on 07 Dec 09
     
    I highlighted and made notes on many pages of the first three chapters of our class text. Although many ideas and facts hit me hard, I think one idea that really resonates with me right now is this: "The National Council of Teachers of English released a new definition of 21st-century literacies in February 2008..." (p. 15) This revised definition must be used to guide our curriculum decisions and our district's own revision of our literacy standards.
Mary Wegner

Going to the virtual office in Second Life - CNN.com - 2 views

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shared by Mary Wegner on 09 Nov 09 - Cached
  • The company's Enterprise tool will let employees' avatars -- animated alter egos -- meet in virtual worlds from the privacy of a company's own network, rather than the public networks used in standard Second Life. That extra security could encourage more companies to take up the technology.
  • Texas Gail Raymond on 10 Nov 09
     
    Did you notice the cost of this, though? Seemed outrageous, to me.
Lisa Johnson

Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) - 2 views

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  • Lisa Johnson on 20 Nov 09
     
    I'm interested in the reusability and sharing of digital learning materials! It's interesting that "SCORM" has quasi standards that many industries have contributed to developing!
Amy Larsen

http://www.mff.org/edtech/article.taf?_function=detail&Content_uid1=109 - 0 views

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net generation grown up digital education

shared by Amy Larsen on 19 Nov 09 - Cached
  • In the fall of 1996, thirty-three students in a social studies course at California State University in Northridge were randomly divided into two groups; one taught in a traditional classroom and the other taught virtually on the Web. The teaching model wasn't changed fundamentally -- texts, lectures and exams were standardized across the two groups. Despite this, the Web-based class scored, on average, 20 percent higher. The Web class had more contact with one another and was more interested in the class work. Web class members also felt that they understood the material better and that they had greater flexibility in how they learned.ii The ultimate interactive learning environment will be the Web and the Net as a whole. It increasingly includes the vast repository of human knowledge, tools to manage this knowledge, access to people, and a growing galaxy of services, ranging from sandbox environments for preschoolers to virtual laboratories for medical students studying neural psychiatry. Today's baby will learn tomorrow about Michaelangelo by walking through the Sistine Chapel, watching him paint, and perhaps stopping for a conversation. Elementary school students will stroll on the moon. Medical students will navigate through your cardiovascular system.
  • Amy Larsen on 19 Nov 09
     
    kids are different and the web will provide the necessary tools to interest and educate today's students.
  • Amy Larsen on 19 Nov 09
     
    Don Tapscott cites research that supports the idea that traditional classroom strategies are proving ineffective with today's students and points to the web and a source for an interactive learning environment. This supports the discussion of web 2.0 tools cited in Leading the 21st Century Schools
Sarah Petersen

educational-origami - Understanding Digital Children - Ian Jukes - 0 views

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  • Native learners prefer receiving info quickly from multiple multimedia sources while many teachers prefer slow and controlled release of info from limited sources.
  • Native learners prefer processing pictures, sounds and video before text while many teachers prefer to provide text before pictures, sounds and video.
  • Native learners prefer learning that is relevant, instantly useful and fun while many teachers prefer to teach to the curriculum guide and standardized tests.”
  • Sarah Petersen on 06 Nov 09
     
    This is a wiki post summarizing some key points from "Understanding Digital Children" by Ian Jukes and Prensky's "Digital native and Digital immigrants". To me, this article supports Levin & Schrum (2009) when they claim, "Today's students are bored when they come to schools where they have to sit all day, usually listening to one person talking for extended periods of time, reading outdated textbooks, and being asked to study things they feel they have already learned by watching the Discovery or History channels or learned about from playing some of the incredible historical or science simulation games on their Xboxes or Play Stations" (p.30) The full articles are linked on this wiki post; they worth taking the time to read.
Penny Williams

EBSCOhost: "Guide on the side": An instructional approach to meet mathematics standard... - 0 views

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math technology guide-on-the-side

shared by Penny Williams on 17 Nov 09 - No Cached
  • Penny Williams on 17 Nov 09
     
    As this is a PDF I cannot add stidky notes or highlighting. This is well worth the read as math may be the most difficult area for teachers to relinquish the stage. "The ultimate goal of high school mathematics teachers is to create a meaningful learning environment that is conducive to teaching students the necessary concepts for academic achievement. Unfortunately, evidence suggests that many secondary educators still teach in rote lecture style that focuses on the teacher providing information to passive, uninvolved students. Current mathematics reform movements endorse inquiry-based, "guide on the side" instruction grounded in constructivist pedagogy. The authors' research examines the effects of constructivist teaching and learning in pre-service secondary mathematics courses. The applicability of constructivism to teach secondary mathematical concepts, using practical instructional ideas, will conclude the article. "
  • Penny Williams on 17 Nov 09
     
    As this is a PDF I cannot add stidky notes or highlighting. This is well worth the read as math may be the most difficult area for teachers to relinquish the stage.
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