Learning to Change

shared by a teacher commenting on Nedra's blog posting; very good effort to pull together the appropriate research for an effective technology rich school environment; the philosophy is that it starts with effective leadership; no bean counters here!

Pearson Education gets it in this virtual world for children 6+.

Designs for Assessing Foundational Data Literacy is written for the geosciences, BUT it is has applicability for all disciplines

My friend and colleague Marc (who really needs a blog) alerted me to this story regarding a recent legal ruling in the matter of the University of Ottawa and the Association of Professors of the University of Ottawa (UPUO). The case arose when the U of O charged that Professor Denis Rancourt "had misrepresented his course in a detailed web posting, in such a way as to have described a dramatically different course not compatible with the official course description." The 65-page ruling the case supported Dr. Rancourt's actions as within the purview of academic freedom.

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Ning community for visitors to www.ictineducation.org and the newsletter, Computers in Classrooms

The term professional learning community has become quite commonplace in education circles. The term describes a collegial group who are united in their commitment to an outcome. In the case of education, the commitment would be to student learning. The community engages in a variety of activities including sharing a vision, working and learning collaboratively, visiting and observing other classrooms, and participating in shared decision making. The benefits of professional learning community to educators and students include reduced isolation of teachers, better informed and committed teachers, and academic gains for students. Shirley Hord of the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory says, that as an organizational arrangement, the professional learning community is seen as a powerful staff-development approach and a potent strategy for school change and improvement.

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