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Web 2.0 scientific calculator - 3 views

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EdTech Toolbox - 1 views

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Straight from the DOE: Dispelling Myths About Blocked Sites | MindShift - 2 views

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Unshorten any URL - unshort.me - 3 views

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A Fistful of Challenges for Ed Tech -- THE Journal - 2 views

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In the fourth slot was nothing short of the "fundamental structure of the K-12 education establishment," specifically, as the authors described it, "resistance to any profound change in practice."
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The lack of congruence between what students are learning outside of school and what they're being taught in the classroom is causing a disconnect in educational practices.
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  Hasn't this ALWAYS been the case? What makes it different now?
  
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The existence of a wealth of online tools and communications tools is allowing teachers to "to revisit our roles as educators."
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  Yes, it makes it easy to revisit their roles, but DO they?
  
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"As IT support becomes more and more decentralized, the technologies we use are increasingly based not on school servers, but in the cloud,
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"The digital divide, once seen as a factor of wealth, is now seen as a factor of education
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Digital literacy will also play an increasing role in career advancement, according to the report.
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  But wait - I thought the kids were supposed to be Digital Natives and come to us digitally literate. No?
  
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The ways we design learning experiences must reflect the growing importance of innovation and creativity as professional skills."
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"It has become clear that one-size-fits-all teaching methods are neither effective nor acceptable for today’s diverse students," according to the report. "Technology can and should support individual choices about access to materials and expertise, amount and type of educational content, and methods of teaching."
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anonymous on 09 Jun 11

In the fourth slot was nothing short of the "fundamental structure of the K-12 education establishment," specifically, as the authors described it, "resistance to any profound change in practice."

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Brian Crosby: Innovation Starts With Having Autonomy - 1 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...n-starts-with-ha_b_897508.html innovation reform

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One thing the current "reformers" have right is that we should be innovating. We should be learning from innovative teachers, schools, programs and countries already showing success, as well as promoting real innovation through our policies and investments. Currently "Race to the Top" makes it very difficult to really innovate because it demands conditions that support too narrow an approach. It actually stifles true innovation.
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One thing the current "reformers" have right is that we should be innovating. We should be learning from innovative teachers, schools, programs and countries already showing success, as well as promoting real innovation through our policies and investments. Currently "Race to the Top" makes it very difficult to really innovate because it demands conditions that support too narrow an approach. It actually stifles true innovation.
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anonymous on 14 Jul 11

Interesting article about school reform. This should start some interesting conversations

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