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Duane Sharrock

Bringing the world to innovation - MIT News Office - 0 views

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  • mentions: a popular TED talk Smith gave in 2006 and Time magazine’s
  • D-Lab, the project aimed to develop creative solutions to problems facing people in the world’s least-affluent countries — and then hoped those residents would embrace the solutions.
  • thanks to a major new U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) grant to D-Lab and MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning, D-Lab’s instructors and researchers will implement this strategy even more broadly — providing greater continuity to projects around the world, says D-Lab founder Amy Smith, a senior lecturer in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering.
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  • Awareness of D-Lab has grown in recent years, thanks in part to some prominent mentions: a popular TED talk Smith gave in 2006 and Time magazine’s selection of her in 2010 as one of the world’s 100 most influential people.
  • The program now employs about 20 people and encompasses 16 courses that reach about 400 students each year. Even though D-Lab does little to publicize its activities, staffers are increasingly hearing that this program was a major reason why participating students chose to attend MIT.
  • with the new USAID support, “we can harness the alumni of IDDS as a kind of an extremely diverse and dispersed design consultancy,”
  • While some students have already managed to turn class projects into ongoing organizations — building better water filters in Africa, bicycle-powered washing machines in Latin America, and wheelchairs in India, for instance — the new funding should enable more such activities, Smith says, by “incubating ventures and training entrepreneurs.”
  • The emphasis has shifted,” Grau Serrat says, “more from designing for poor people to designing with poor people, or even design by poor people.”
  • Duane Sharrock on 09 Nov 12
     
    Another reason some students are applying to MIT. Undergrads are making a difference globally. "the innovative MIT classes and field trips known collectively as D-Lab, the project aimed to develop creative solutions to problems facing people in the world's least-affluent countries - and then hoped those residents would embrace the solutions." "The program now employs about 20 people and encompasses 16 courses that reach about 400 students each year. Even though D-Lab does little to publicize its activities, staffers are increasingly hearing that this program was a major reason why participating students chose to attend MIT." "All of D-Lab's classes assess the needs of people in less-privileged communities around the world, examining innovations in technology, education or communications that might address those needs. The classes then seek ways to spread word of these solutions - and in some cases, to spur the creation of organizations to help disseminate them. Specific projects have focused on improved wheelchairs and prosthetics; water and sanitation systems; and recycling waste to produce useful products, including charcoal fuel made from agricultural waste."
  • Duane Sharrock on 09 Nov 12
     
    "All of D-Lab's classes assess the needs of people in less-privileged communities around the world, examining innovations in technology, education or communications that might address those needs. The classes then seek ways to spread word of these solutions - and in some cases, to spur the creation of organizations to help disseminate them. Specific projects have focused on improved wheelchairs and prosthetics; water and sanitation systems; and recycling waste to produce useful products, including charcoal fuel made from agricultural waste."
Duane Sharrock

Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » Numbers Can Lie: What ... - 0 views

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  • Perhaps whatever in an education system or culture that boosts math scores leads to less positive attitude and lower confidence at the same time.
  • According to historical data, American education has always been bad and actually improving over the years.
  • the First International Science Study (FISS)[4] was conducted, U.S. students ranked bottom in virtually all categories:
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  • In the 1980s, when the Second International Mathematics Study (SIMS) and Second International Science Study (SISS)[5] were conducted, U.S. students inched up a little bit, but not much
  • In the 1990s, in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)[6], American test performance was not the best but again improved:
  • In 2003, in TIMSS[7] (now changed into Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study), U.S. students were not great, but again improved:
  • Over the half century, American students performance in international math and science tests has improved from the bottom to above international average. The following figure shows the upward trend of American students’ performance in math
  • There are other studies and statistics, but this long list should be sufficient to prove that American students have been awful test takers for over half a century. Some has taken this mean American education has been awful in comparison to others.
  • The Numbers Don’t Lie, but What Truth Do They Tell
  • Duane Sharrock on 14 Dec 12
     
    "Over the half century, American students performance in international math and science tests has improved from the bottom to above international average. The following figure shows the upward trend of American students' performance in math."
  • Duane Sharrock on 14 Dec 12
     
    "Over the half century, American students performance in international math and science tests has improved from the bottom to above international average. The following figure shows the upward trend of American students' performance in math."
David Ellena

Leading in a World Gone Social - 3 Tips for Success | - 0 views

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  • Trust trumps all – Trust is the bedrock of any successful relationship, and when it comes to leading in a social world, it’s doubly important.
  • Freely share your expertise – Social leaders share their expertise freely without expecting anything in return. You get what you give in the social world. If you’re generous and gracious, people will be generous and gracious in return.
  • Leverage the expertise of your network – Social media has allowed us to connect one-on-one with experts in virtually any field anywhere in the world. Leaders no longer hold all the information and answers in today’s workplace. Your employees can acquire the information they need nearly instantaneously through their social media networks.
  • David Ellena on 07 Nov 14
     
    Tips for leading in a social world
Courtney Jablonski

eLearning Update: Blended Learning Key for Growth - 0 views

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  • Blended learning is any time a student learns at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home and at least in part through online delivery with some element of student control over time, path, and/or pace.
  • The definition implies simple remote correspondence—like online videoconferencing or web chatting in a real-time environment only—does not qualify as blended learning, and perhaps points to a theoretical division between the labels of "online" and "distance" learning.
  • The report then labels six types of blended learning approaches:• face-to-face driver programs where teachers deliver most instruction in a live classroom and use online activities to supplement or remediate what goes on in the brick-and-mortar school;• rotation models where students follow a schedule that alternates between face-to-face class sessions and in-person instruction;• flex formats where most of the curriculum originates online, but an on-site instructor provides instruction as needed in individual and small group sessions;• online lab sessions where students do work online, but in a computer lab at a brick-and-mortar school with aides who offer supervision but little subject guidance;• self-blend schools where students may take online courses a la carte to supplement their brick-and-mortar school's curriculum; and• online driver constructs where students receive most of the course online and independently, but participate in required or optional face-to-face meetings.
  • Courtney Jablonski on 03 Feb 11
     
    Our district is very focused on integrating 21st Century Learning Skills with our current Common Core Standards. What else can we be doing to prepare our students for this type of learning environment? At what age is it appropriate to begin this type of learning? What cost will this have on the emotional/personal relations between students and teachers?
Stephen Mark

Digital Classes in CBSE Affiliated School, 3D Classes in School, Digital Class in CBSE ... - 0 views

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  • Stephen Mark on 11 Apr 12
     
    Latest news about digital classes in CBSE affliated schools, 3D animation picture and sound for teaching, digital classroom lectures in schools to complete CBSE syllabus
Jennie Bales

Leading a Coaching Culture For Learning: Key Concepts and Strategies for Principals - QSPA - 0 views

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  • Jennie Bales on 05 Aug 18
     
    Coaching in education has grown rapidly in education contexts in the last 5 years (van Nieuwerburgh, 2012). It has moved beyond the provision of coaching as a professional learning activity for school leaders to include: coaching training as a leadership development skill; various coaching initiatives designed to enhance teaching practice as well as coaching involving students either by staff or even by fellow students. Educators have embraced coaching in all of these school conversational contexts.
Stephen Mark

Score 90 to Get Direct Admission in Oxford University| CBSE News - 0 views

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  • Stephen Mark on 03 Apr 12
     
    Toppers of CBSE exam and ICSE exam will get direct admission in Oxford University. More CBSE news about school admission, board exam, results and many more. Collect sample papers, exam question papers of previous years and score 90 percent in exam.
David Ellena

Positive Leadership: Success Without Collateral Damage | INSEAD Knowledge - 0 views

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  • "You don’t lead by hitting people over the head—that’s assault, not leadership.” – Dwight Eisenhower
  • But to get that success, you are beating up your team. You make them feel like they are never good enough.
  • Talking with my boss and my team members about the situation was the first step in a long journey to turn my negative, overly-critical style into a leadership approach that would continue to pursue the highest standards of performance – without beating up my team. 
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  • I quickly realised that I couldn’t change what I didn’t notice, and my critical, negative approach was something that was so ingrained in me that I didn’t even know it was there. The humbling experience of asking others for help, to let me know when I was engaging in destructive behaviour, was the second step
  • I began to express appreciation in ways that I had never done before. Rather than pointing out the one thing that wasn’t perfect, I found the many things that my team members were doing well and let them know how much I appreciated their hard work and their levels of excellence.
  • Fourth, I stopped talking in terms of “me” and started talking in terms of “we” when it came to success
  • Unleash the strengths and the positive energy of others around you by emphasising and building on employees’ strengths Use deliberate communications to help connect day to day work with a higher purpose that has meaning for your employees Praise your employees for specific positive things that they have done Take time to encourage your employees and support them when times are stressful Offer to help out to ease the load when someone is struggling Keep a gratitude log of all of the positive things you are grateful for Call or send personalised notes of gratitude on Thanksgiving, New Year’s and employees’ birthdays Be compassionate Practice forgiveness with yourself and others And, most importantly, take care of yourself, manage your own stress and energy, so that you can be a positive force each and every day no matter what happens around you
  • David Ellena on 05 Feb 14
     
    A positive team is crucial to great leadership
David Ellena

LeadLearner: Leadership Lessons from a Super Bowl Sideshow - 0 views

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  • In Times of Success  Cocky leaders use the word, me, to describe the reason for the team's success.
  • Confident leaders see no use in the word, me, to describe reasons for success.
  • You will hear constant praise for the team as they describe how everyone worked together to make it happen. You will hear no overtones of 'Me' because the leader will be constantly praising the strengths and contributions of every member that played an integral part of the team's success. 
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  • In Times of Failure
  • The cocky leader will be extremely disappointed and moderately immature. His anger, aggravation, and frustration will reveal itself in the way that he describes the team's failure.
  • The confident leader will acknowledge the fact that 'we' did not win the game; however, the leader will not put the blame on 'we' but on 'me'.
  • Finally, cocky leaders never consider using their words to bring people together as their first priority. Their insecurity won't allow that. However, confident leaders constantly find ways to put their team in the best position to win the game. When they win, the leader gives the team credit for doing so. And when the team loses, the leader takes full blame for not putting the team in the best position to win.
  • David Ellena on 28 Jan 14
     
    Leadership lessons from the Super Bowl
David Ellena

The Best Way for New Leaders to Build Trust - Jim Dougherty - Harvard Business Review - 0 views

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  • I spent more than four hours  listening in to client support calls at the call center.  I shared headsets with many of the team, moving from desk to desk to speak to the reps. To say they were surprised is an understatement: Many CEOs never visit the call center, and virtually none do it their first afternoon on the job.
  • I made this my priority partly because I wanted to know what customers were saying—but also to make an internal statement.
  • Without trust, it is very unlikely you will learn the truth on what is really going on in that organization and in the market place. 
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  • Without trust, employees won’t level with you—at best, you’ll learn either non-truths or part truths.
  • The best way to start building trust to take the time and meet as many individual contributors as you can as soon as you can.
  • Many leaders see their role as directing and giving information, rather than gathering.  There is pressure to “come up with the answer” quickly or risk looking weak.  Too many new leaders believe they’re expected to know the answer without input or guidance. Nothing could be further from the truth.
  • Doing this correctly takes time—but less than you might think.
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      David Ellena on 30 Dec 13
       
      I could be trusted with the truth..how powerful
  • Later on my first day at Intralinks, I began arranging meetings with individual contributors. That’s where my learning really began. Over the next few weeks I met with over 60 individual contributors. Not only did I learn a lot, but I convinced them that I cared what they thought and could be trusted with the truth.
  • Instead of just laying this out in an all-hands meeting, I began laying out the plan in one-on-one meetings in which I talked about how each individual’s feedback had helped guide my thinking.
  • None of this could have happened without building the trust of the team. New leaders must remember that many of the best insights on how to fix a company lie with employees further down the org chart. Creating a trusting, honest dialogue with these key personnel should be every new leader’s top priority.
  • David Ellena on 30 Dec 13
     
    Some great advice for new leaders about earning trust
Walco Solutions

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  • Walco Solutions on 15 Jun 15
     
    A joint venture of Walrus Marine Engineering Co.Pvt.Ltd.(An ISO 9001-2008 Certified Company) and Solutions Institute of Engineering and Technology (a 10+ year old training centre in the field of engineering). The Walco Solutions Automation training division was conceived with the vision to train professionals to meet the challenges in the field of automation with the aid of apt training modules specifically programmed to deliver a broad perspective of the Engineering disciplines and tap the opportunities in the field. http://walcosolutions.com / +91 8129981111
Don Lourcey

Rodrigo Baggio's Persuasive Leadership - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review - 4 views

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  • Don Lourcey on 25 Mar 10
     
    Rodrigo Baggio's Persuasive Leadership. Notice these featured points: Bring people together who aren't connected, Design new business models by combining players and resources in new ways, Persevere with an idea until you see success, Don't rely on credentials, but on the power of your ideas, Persuade others to see the possibility of your ideas and join you in the pursuit, Empower others to also make change. Think on these questions: (1) Why are should these features define the essence of leadership in your schooling organization,and (2) how will you not only lead change, but how will you specifically make these critical features relevant to the work you are doing to lead?
Courtney Jablonski

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  • have their ID badges scanned to record their attendance.
  • individual study carrels in a big open space
  • students work independently at their computers, learning core subjects or electives through online curricula
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  • an area with cushy couches and tables called the Fishbowl, where students gather to chat between classes or to work on group projects.
  • put on headphones or twist iPod ear buds into their ears, because the online programs are interactive and multimodal—comprised of audio, video vignettes, Flash animation, quizzes, and games. Paraprofessionals called “assistant coaches” walk through the center to make sure kids are doing their work, fix computer glitches, help with academic questions
  • The online curriculum for each course is adaptive, meaning it can gauge from the students’ answers when they have mastered something and are ready to move ahead and when they may need extra practice before moving on. A bar on the upper right corner of the screen tracks students’ progress in every course and becomes part of a report automatically e-mailed to parents at the end of every week.
  • Using this “daily achievement data” from the students’ online work, teachers at Carpe Diem meet with students individually or in small groups, called workshops, either to give extra remedial help or to facilitate enrichment projects. Grouped roughly by age, students rotate in and out of the Learning Center, workshops, gym, or science labs every 55 minutes until the end of the day.
  • combine the best of traditional, face-to-face instruction with the best of the cutting-edge online curriculum available to virtual schools. The result is something education experts are calling a hybrid school.
  • Courtney Jablonski on 03 Mar 11
     
    Although we may not be emulating this type of school in all ways, what types of learning opportunities are you providing students with that can reflect the ideas found in this hybrid school?
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  • makemoney07 on 29 Aug 17
     
    Freelance writing is one of the most popular ways to earn money online. However, it's not always an easy road to travel. If you're not interested in writing, I don't think this is a good job for you as it involves a lot of writing practice to improve your skills until you're good enough to get jobs from any client in the world! However, if you're interested in writing then here are a few websites you can check out to start you off. Read more http://www.make-lots-of-money.com/make-money-freelance-writer/
Helen Otway

How Finnish schools shine | Teacher Network Blog | guardian.co.uk - 3 views

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  • Jason Finley on 13 Apr 12
     
    We have been awash in literature about Finland lately. Mostly because something about what they do works! Of the many articles that I have read, this one in particular does a great job of sharing in a clear an succinct manner a good many of the pieces of the puzzle.
  • Jason Finley on 13 Apr 12
     
    Also, for those in the Vermont area September 27th, Tony Wagner will be the keynote speaker at a conference on high school transformation. He will also present and discuss his documentary "The Finland Phenomenon" in a special workshop after his keynote. http://therowlandfoundation.org/annual_conference.shtml
David Ellena

5 Habits of Innovative Educators | Courtney O'Connell - 0 views

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  • Habits are unconscious patterns of behavior that are acquired with frequent repetition
  • 1. They are idea blenders.
  • they steal ideas and concepts from outside of their domain and find ways to infuse those ideas into their work.
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  • 2. They ask their biggest critics for feedback.
  • Change agents in education are surrounded by a supportive group of people that can and will give them honest feedback. No one feels scared or defensive in the exchange of feedback, because the educator has been intentional in creating a trusting environment where constructive criticism is welcome.
  • 3. They fail fast and fail forward.
  • They know that failure is an imperative part of the creative process. Innovative educators are brave enough to try new ideas in and outside of the classroom.
  • 4. They are passionately curious.
  • They are constantly learning. This is also why they are idea blenders, because their curiosity leads them into a new web-design class or a subscription to an entrepreneurship online magazine.
  • 5. They believe in their students.
  • David Ellena on 13 Feb 14
     
    Some ideas on being an innovative leader
Don Lourcey

Tapscott: Digital natives need tech-rich education | 21st Century Education | eSchoolNe... - 1 views

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  • Educators should change the way they view technology's role in everyday life in order to understand students' educational needs,
    • Don Lourcey
      Don Lourcey on 28 Apr 10
       
      What changes need to be in place in order to increase this new understanding of technology's role in life and learning?
David Ellena

The Future of Learning-Digital, Mobile, Real-Time - Getting Smart by Guest Author - #bl... - 0 views

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  • the future of learning and education is becoming easier to predict every day: it’s digital.
  • The combination of ubiquitous mobile devices and dramatic improvements in personalized and engaging digital learning experiences has resulted in drastically reduced time-to-market for high-quality, technology-enhanced educational content.
  • Alvin Toffler. For a while now, he has talked about the need for speed in learning—and relearning—and the essential skills required for success. He’s said, “the illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”
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  • A major element of the Framework for 21st Century Learning is the “ability to learn through digital means, such as social networking, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) literacy, technological awareness, and simulation.”
  • Our digital and connected world calls for changes in how our children learn and how our teachers teach. We’re evolving from the “sage on the stage” model to one of coach and facilitator, and that’s a good thing.
  • I believe that the most effective educator is one who deeply understands the learner—where he or she is in the moment of their learning journey.
  • David Ellena on 04 Jan 14
     
    Some very interesting thoughts on the future of learning
abouttowntuition

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  • abouttowntuition on 27 Mar 18
     
    Primary School is the foundation of a child's educational life. How is he/she going to perform and what kind of attitude he/she exposes towards receiving education depends completely upon the care and assistance one receives in their primary school level. So, it is the responsibility of every conscious parent to provide their kid with the best care and support during the most formative period of their life. To support them successfully and completely, enrolling them in a primary school is not the only thing you have to do. They need extensive care and only an efficient primary school tutor can create the environment which will enable them to learn, making it an extremely enjoyable act.
Child Therapy

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