The Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM) (Renzulli, 1977; Renzulli &
Reis, 1985, 1997) is widely implemented as an enrichment program used
with academically gifted and talented students and a magnet
theme/enrichment approach for all schools interested in high-end
learning and developing the strengths and talents of all students. The
major goal of the SEM is the application of gifted education pedagogy
to total school improvement. The SEM provides enriched learning
experiences and higher learning standards for all children through
three goals; developing talents in all children, providing a broad
range of advanced-level enrichment experiences for all students, and
providing advanced follow-up opportunities for young people based on
their strengths and interests. The SEM focuses on enrichment for all
students through high levels of engagement and the use of enjoyable and
challenging learning experiences that are constructed around students'
interests, learning styles, and preferred modes of expression.
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The 21st century classroom must be a place to network, to create, to publish, to share.
The new classroom does not integrate technology into an outdated curriculum, but rather infuses technology into the daily performance of classroom life.
In this new classroom, the teacher is not the sole expert or the only source of information, but rather the teacher is the lead member of a network—guiding and facilitating as students search for answers to questions they have carefully generated.
It is important to note that some students may be quietly sitting in the corner engrossed in an old fashioned text.
Daily and total access to computers allows students to realize that technology is not something they “do” when they go to the lab or when the teacher has checked out the laptop cart, but rather technology is something they can use everyday in class to help themselves learn.
In this new classroom, students will begin to understand that their computer is not simply a novelty to take notes with, but it is their binder, their planner, their dictionary, their journal, their photo album, their music archive, their address book.
tudents will begin to understand that their computer is not simply a novel
Free professional development (Certificates included) on how to integrate technology for active learning via blended (BL) and blended online learning (BOL) courses and workshops
Dimdim is the world´s first free web meeting service based on the open source platform. Dimdim is a browser-based web 2.0 service that allows anybody to share their desktop, show slides, as well as talk, listen, chat, and broadcast via webcam.
Scott Floyd uses this quite a bit (@woscholar) and might have some good insight. I'd be willing to help test it out. -John
P.S. While uStream is really great, I wish we could get better quality of the screencasting. Maybe Dimdim could provide that for us.
We played with Yugma a couple OpenPD's ago. What happened to that?
a large portion of students say teachers and school IT departments are doing just that: throwing up barriers to learning with the very technology that's supposed to facilitate it. And teachers, administrators, and parents seem to be largely unaware of this, according to the results of the 2007 Speak Up survey released Tuesday by Project Tomorrow.
teachers
Technologies most used by teachers: e-mail and IM (93%), PowerPoint (59%), listening to podcasts or watching online video (35%).
NSTA Web Seminars are 90-minute, live professional development experiences that
use online learning technologies to allow participants to interact with nationally
acclaimed experts, NSTA Press authors, and scientists, engineers, and education
specialists from NSTA government partners.