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susan carter morgan

Sometimes "bookmark" does not work - 21 views

Hi Demetri, I agree, but I couldn't figure out a quick way to remove the file without removing the post. I usually check for copyright issues, but I was so interested in the possible discussion, I ...

diigo problem

started by Demetri Orlando on 22 Jun 08 3 follow-ups, last by susan carter morgan on 23 Jun 08
Marti Weston

Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips - 2 views

www.makeuseof.com

resources howto blog how-to tools software technology make-use-of tutorials teaching

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  • Marti Weston on 15 Aug 12
     
    Make Use of Blog -- All about making effective use of digital resources.
Sarah Hanawald

Diablo Valley School, a Concord California Sudbury School - Serving Elementary Middle a... - 0 views

www.dvschool.org/psngatto.htm

education independent teaching

shared by Sarah Hanawald on 03 May 08 - Cached
  • I heard a vice-president of IBM tell an audience of people assembled to redesign the process of teacher certification that in his opinion this country became computer-literate by self-teaching, not through any action of schools. He said 45 million people were comfortable with computers who had learned through dozens of non-systematic strategies, none of them very formal; if schools had pre-empted the right to teach computer use we would be in a horrible mess right now instead of leading the world in this literacy.
  • In modern society, said Dewey, people would be defined by their associations--not by their own individual accomplishments. It such a world people who read too well or too early are dangerous because they become privately empowered, they know too much, and know how to find out what they don't know by themselves, without consulting experts
  • Dewey said the great mistake of traditional pedagogy was to make reading and writing constitute the bulk of early schoolwork.
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  • New York State, for instance, employs more school administrators than all of the European Economic Community nations combined.
  • rederich Froebel, the inventor of kindergarten in 19th century Germany, fashioned his idea he did not have a "garden for children" in mind, but a metaphor of teachers as gardeners and children as the vegetables.
  • Kindergarten was created to be a way to break the influence of mothers on their children.
  • Violence, narcotic addictions, divorce, alcoholism, loneliness...all these are but tangible measures of a poverty in education.
  • Sarah Hanawald on 03 May 08
     
    Interesting. John Taylor Gotto on education and the value of less rather than more school. He mentions that the best programmers are self-taught.
Demetri Orlando

CWRA sample report (PDF) including sample problem - 0 views

www.cae.org/...eport_Your%20High%20School.pdf

cwra testing

shared by Demetri Orlando on 23 Apr 10 - No Cached
  • Demetri Orlando on 23 Apr 10
     
    Sample Problem: You advise Pat Williams, the president of DynaTech, a company that makes precision electronic instruments and navigational equipment. Sally Evans, a member of DynaTech's sales force, recommended that DynaTech buy a small private plane (a SwiftAir 235) that she and other members of the sales force could use to visit customers. Pat was about to approve the purchase when there was an accident involving a SwiftAir 235. Your document library contains the following materials: 1 . Newspaper article about the accident 2. Federal Accident Report on in-flight breakups in single-engine planes 3. Internal Correspondence (Pat's e-mail to you & Sally's e-mail to Pat) 4. Charts relating to SwiftAir's performance characteristics 5. Excerpt from magazine article comparing SwiftAir 235 to similar planes 6. Pictures and descriptions of SwiftAir Models 180 and 235 Sample Questions: Do the available data tend to support or refute the claim that the type of wing on the SwiftAir 235 leads to more in-flight breakups? What is the basis for your conclusion? What other factors might have contributed to the accident and should be taken into account? What is your preliminary recommendation about whether or not DynaTech should buy the plane and what is the basis for this recommendation?
Demetri Orlando

UVA Med School Embraces Innovative Teaching - 5 views

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pbl innovation

shared by Demetri Orlando on 04 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • they are expected to graduate with the habits of mind—curiosity, skepticism, compassion, wonder—that will prepare them to be better physicians
  • About half of all medical knowledge becomes obsolete every five years. Every 15 years, the world’s body of scientific literature doubles.
  • better integration of formal knowledge and clinical experience and a learning process that is individualized, not one-size-fits-all
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  • One of the goals of this whole model—of having students do a lot of the learning themselves rather than passively listening—is that they need to be lifelong learners
  • Gone is the traditional 50-minute lecture. (Also gone is paper, for the most part.) The students have completed the assigned reading beforehand and, because they’ve absorbed the facts on their own, class time serves another purpose. Self-assessment tests at the start of class measure how well they understand the material. Then it’s time to do a test case, to reinforce their critical thinking and push their knowledge and skills to another level.
  • The room’s interactive technology allows her to link to students’ laptops; it also enables their work to be broadcast onto the big screens. Instead of a blackboard, she can use a document camera, which is like an overhead projector, allowing her to write or draw a diagram that will project on the screens. Absentees can view a podcast of the session.
  • We’re trying to create a situation in which they are thinking as a physician working with a patient, not as a professional test taker,
  • Immediately following the exercise, students move to a separate room where, still highly energized, they watch the video and reflect on their decision making as physicians in that particular situation.
  • studies in modern learning theory indicate that hour-long lectures are not the best way to teach students because the average attention span for listening to one is about 12 minutes.
  • The circular learning studio, Pollart notes, is designed for learning, not teaching.
  • There was some initial resistance. Some faculty felt a little offended
  • Demetri Orlando on 04 Mar 11
     
    a lot of these ideas are applicable to k-12
susan carter morgan

WebTools4u2use » Webtools4U2Use - 0 views

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library technology web2.0

shared by susan carter morgan on 28 Apr 08 - No Cached
  • The purpose of this website is to provide a place for K-12 school library media specialists to learn a little more about web tools that can be used to improve and enhance school library media programs and services, to see examples of how they can be used, and to share success stories and creative ideas about how to use and integrate them. Hundreds of free and inexpensive web tools are available for school library media specialists to use that can make us more productive, valued, and, perhaps, more competitive.
Demetri Orlando

Is Google Making Us Stupid? - 0 views

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attention distractions reading

shared by Demetri Orlando on 11 Jun 08 - Cached
  • They found that people using the sites exhibited “a form of skimming activity,” hopping from one source to another and rarely returning to any source they’d already visited.
  • The more they use the Web, the more they have to fight to stay focused on long pieces of writing.
  • Demetri Orlando on 17 Jun 08
     
    Interesting discussion of the impact of the net on reading.
Sarah Hanawald

Apostrophes and Philosophy: Postcards from the Ivory Tower | The Line - 0 views

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education research

shared by Sarah Hanawald on 25 Apr 08 - Cached
  • Let’s make it an institutional priority to talk on an ongoing basis to any university researcher who can help us teach better.”
  • Sarah Hanawald on 25 Apr 08
     
    Discusses the research at the university and school connection that is so often missing. Short of making sure a certain % of teachers are in grad school in any given year, what can we do?
Jason Ramsden

Making Wikis Work for Scholars - 0 views

www.insidehighered.com/...wiki

k12 ncais scholars sharing wikis

shared by Jason Ramsden on 02 May 08 - Cached
  • Jason Ramsden on 02 May 08
     
    Interesting take on wikis and scholarly research, coursework, etc.
  • Jason Ramsden on 02 May 08
     
    Article on scholarly collaboration through the use of wikis noting both the pros and cons. Some excellent examples provided.
Demetri Orlando

Use of projector and powerpoint - 0 views

blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=849

jhuidm powerpoint projector video

shared by Demetri Orlando on 29 Jun 08 - Cached
  • Demetri Orlando on 29 Jun 08
     
    Interesting commentary on how to make PowerPoint powerful from a math teacher with a projector. Describes how powerful slides and good questioning lessen the distance between "oh, man that's awesome" and "kids, look at this"
Demetri Orlando

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favorites links sites

shared by Demetri Orlando on 28 Mar 08 - Cached
  • This network is a forum for discussing education and is a laboratory for experimenting with social-educational networking, blogging, wikis, social bookmarking, and multimedia. Educators and students are encouraged to participate and contribute to this virtual community.
    • Demetri Orlando
      Demetri Orlando on 28 Apr 08
       
      These floating sticky notes are interesting when you're sharing them with a group. Does anyone else have trouble seeing embedded content on this page at school? I think it is my school firewall that is blocking some of the embedded items. At home, I see it all fine. I added the "weekly feature" item on 4-27-08, because I was so struck by that stack of slides from David Truss.
    • Christi Teasley
      Christi Teasley on 07 May 09
       
      I have just noticed this little note! Yes, I do not see this while at school. Makes me wonder what else I am missing!
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 17 Jul 09
       
      I see it fine as I use Diigo toolbar tool. That is the basic requirement to participate in the Diigo world.
Demetri Orlando

Coming Together to Give Schools a Boost - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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change

shared by Demetri Orlando on 08 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Above all, they say, partners must come together and agree not just on common goals, but shared ways to measure success towards those goals. They must communicate on a regular basis. And there must be a “backbone” organization that is focused full-time on managing the partnership.
  • war rooms” in each school. Teachers have meetings every two weeks, where they closely monitor students’ progress
  • the network can engage in continuous learning based on evidence.
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  • In education, data has traditionally been used for punitive purposes, not for improvement
  • “The key to making a partnership work is setting a common vision and finding a common language. You can’t let people get focused on ideological or political issues,” says Edmondson. “You need a common language to bring people together and that language is the data.”
  • Demetri Orlando on 08 Mar 11
     
    a lot of these ideas apply to any change management endeavor
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