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My challenge is to lead our teachers to move away from the “lecturer” (cnansen) to an online space, where students can grow with their peers and “own” their learning. Move away from being the recipient of content to creators and collaborators of content and in the process reflect, communicate, and make connections to and within their world.
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YouthLearn.com’s article “Creating a Classroom Community: How to Inspire Collaboration and Sharing and Get Kids to Feel Like They Are Part of a Community” highlights among others the following techniques: Keep the idea of collaboration in the forefront of your mind at all times. Build elements into every activity so that kids learn that sharing ideas and knowledge is part of the normal routine. Applications include everything from bringing in samples for a project you are about to start to doing group shares when you are finished. Have kids work in teams (especially in pairs) whenever possible Always use a pair-share model as your standard operating procedure whenever introducing new concepts or demonstrating new skills. Engage the kids interactively at all times. For example, don’t just tell them things—ask questions, especially leading questions, during demonstrations.
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Having someone there to listen to you Feeling valued and appreciated when you share something Being taken serious Someone to clarify questions Being pushed into new perspectives when “stuck” Being part of a discussion Being able to contribute to someone else’s learning
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Leading Scholar's U-Turn on School Reform Shakes Up Debate - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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“Accountability, as written into federal law, was not raising standards but dumbing down the schools,” she writes.
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“Standards, in many places, have proven nebulous and low,” he writes in a coming essay. “ ‘Accountability’ has turned to test-cramming and bean-counting, often limited to basic reading and math skills.”
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“Nations like Finland and Japan seek out the best college graduates for teaching positions, prepare them well, pay them well and treat them with respect,” she said. “They make sure that all their students study the arts, history, literature, geography, civics, foreign languages, the sciences and other subjects. They do this because this is the way to ensure good education. We’re on the wrong track.”
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