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Jason Ramsden

IRIS - iR Independent School Information Database - 0 views

iris.inresonance.com/11

K-12 resource vendors organizations ncais ncaiscot

shared by Jason Ramsden on 24 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Jason Ramsden on 24 Feb 09
     
    A fairly complete guide for independent school folks looking for just about any vendor or organization working in the K-12 space. Brought to us by inResonance.
Jim Tiffin Jr

K12 Online Conference - 1 views

k12onlineconference.org

conference web2.0 education technology e-learning k12 edtech conferences PLN professional development PD

shared by Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Nov 11 - Cached
  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Nov 11
     
    This is a FREE, online conference open to ANYONE organized by educators for educators around the world interested in integrating emerging technologies into classroom practice. A goal of the conference (among several) is to help educators make sense of and meet the needs of a continually changing learning landscape.
Demetri Orlando

Virtual High School Global Consortium - 3 views

www.govhs.org/Welcome-Home

elearning onlinelearning

shared by Demetri Orlando on 07 Apr 11 - Cached
  • Demetri Orlando on 07 Apr 11
     
    Another organization offering online courses, used by public schools
Demetri Orlando

Meetings Are a Matter of Precious Time - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...18pre.html

meetings

shared by Demetri Orlando on 21 Jan 09 - Cached
  • the leader has not set clear objectives or an agenda, and didn’t assign pre-meeting preparation tasks.
  • Whoever calls a meeting should be explicit about its objectives.
  • it is certain that every organization has too many meetings, and far too many poorly designed ones
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  • After productive or unproductive meetings, assign credit or blame to the person in charge.
  • many meetings serve a cultural function, allowing participants to renew social connections, establish relationships, verify the social order and deepen a sense of belonging
Demetri Orlando

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

opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/...gether-to-give-schools-a-boost

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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