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Guest Post: PD For the Teachers By the Teachers - 0 views

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Differentiation professional development teachers

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  • jenleighc on 15 Aug 12
     
    Differentiation called for in teacher PD.
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FuturistSpeaker.com - A Study of Future Trends and Predictions by Futurist Th... - 0 views

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  • how much training should be required prior to taking a job, and whether the investment of time and money spent on training should be optimized around the company or the employee, knowing there will always be some in-house training required.
  • When we look at the bigger picture of retraining for this and many other professions, knowing that people will be rebooting their careers far more often in the future, with time being such a precious commodity, how do we create the leanest possible educational model for jobs in the future?
  • Micro-Colleges are any form of concentrated post-secondary education oriented around the minimum entry point into a particular profession. With literally millions of people needing to shift careers every year, and the long drawn out cycles of traditional colleges being a poor solution for time-crunched rank-and-file displaced workers, we are seeing a massive new opportunity arising for short-term, pre-apprenticeship training.  Many Micro-Colleges will fall into the category we often refer to as vocational training, a term poorly suited for the professional craftsmen, artisans, and technicians they will be producing. Since status and credentialing are critical elements of every career choice, any training producing specialized experts will need to come with industry-recognized certifications and titles.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 31 Aug 14
       
      We will always need some kind of industry-recognised certifications and titles. I think so as it would be ridiculous if someone could label themself as an engineer without showing that they have completed some kind of certificate outlining their skills. An individual could claim anything but would need social validation that they do indeed have the skills.
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  • On the other side of the equation are people who go through all the work of getting bachelor and master degrees and still not having the skills necessary to gain employment. Traditional colleges, for the most part, do a great job, but they are all oriented around seat time. They also come with the overarching philosophy that nothing of value can be learned in less than four years, a timeframe woefully out of sync with someone needing to change career paths. So at what point is education “too lean,” and conversely, when is it “too fat?”
  • The Micro-College approach to training brewmasters would be an intense 2-4 month training program with a designated apprenticeship period learning on the job.
  • Since my coursework happened in the pre-computer era, most of the skills I needed after computers were introduced were primarily self-taught.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 31 Aug 14
       
      This is an example of situational learning. He is learning in other contexts, not just formally.
  • Perhaps the most valuable courses with long-term relevance were classes in writing, English, speech, art, design, and the special research projects that forced me to find my own answers and write a final report. The art helped me understand that engineering was a form of creative expression.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 31 Aug 14
       
      Creative expression is essential for understanding.
  • If the school were tied to an industry-specific apprenticeship program with a near-perfect handoff between academia and real-world work happening inside the industry, what would a super-lean engineering program like this look like?
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 31 Aug 14
       
      I remember in my first year of teaching saying to myself "this is what I have spent four years training for." I though something is seriously wrong when I was trained to be more of an academic than someone to manage a classroom.
  • It’s easy to imagine that as traditional colleges see their student base decline, many will begin to partner, merge, and purchase fledgling Micro-Colleges and begin incorporating these new areas of study into their own catalog of course offerings. 
  • Since existing colleges bring with them credit-granting accreditation, along with status, credibility, and the ability to offer student loans, in-house Micro-Colleges will likely become a rapidly growing part of campus life. Many colleges will find the Micro-College niche they take on to be the key differentiator between them and other schools.  Using the school-within-a-school approach, core Micro-College programs will become feeder mechanisms for additional types of credentialing.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 31 Aug 14
       
      Very interesting idea. Judging by what I have heard from students this would be preferable. 
  • anonymous on 31 Aug 14
     
    The concept of "micro colleges" - colleges that offer qualifications at a fraction of the time and cost. What do others think about this? I'm certainly interested as I think the teaching degree of four years is way to long.
Brendon Willocks

4 Ways Technology is Changing How People Learn - 1 views

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  • Brendon Willocks on 15 Aug 14
     
    I really like the Infographic on this page. 4 ways tech is changing how we learn: 1. We're moving from individual learning towards more collaborative learning 2. We're moving from more passive learning to active learning 3. Differentiated instruction and personalized learning are becoming more popular 4. We're becoming multitaskers more than ever before
  • mari marincowitz on 16 Aug 14
     
    Thanks for sharing Brendon! (finally, I've managed to comment in Diigo... silly as it may seem, it took me a bit of time to figure this out!) Anyway, I also like the graphics on this poster. I've experienced first hand how tech is changing the way we learn and teach. At my school, we are being challenged all the time to redefine our teaching instead of just using technology as a substitution for traditional tools. I'm sure you're familiar with Dr. Ruben Puentedura''s SAMR model (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification and Redefinition). I did a video on how that model applies to my own teaching and learning. http://youtu.be/nMZ2kuQQ7Qc Cheers, Mari
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