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Jason Finley

How Online Learning is Saving and Improving Rural High Schools - Getting Smart by Tom V... - 3 views

gettingsmart.com/...d-improving-rural-high-schools

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  • Jason Finley on 28 Jan 13
     
    Great ideas here and very relevant to #VTed Schools. Not just article about online learning,but 1:1, blended instruction, and "flex" model schools.   
  • Bryan Alexander on 05 Feb 13
     
    Yes indeed. IF we build out infrastructure. IF teachers train themselves to teach accordingly.
Jason Finley

Flipped Classrooms and Blended Instruction - 12 views

Adam...how about providing the lessons on DVDs for those that might not have computers in their homes. Or, thumbdrives for those with poor internet access.Or, QR codes for those students with more ...

started by Jason Finley on 30 Nov 11 3 follow-ups, last by Jason Finley on 06 Dec 11
Jason Finley

Personalization vs Differentiation vs Individualization - 11 views

www.slideshare.net/...personalizedlearninchart

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  • Jason Finley on 22 Feb 12
     
    "There is a difference between personalization and differentiation and individualization. One is learner-centered; the others are teacher-centered."
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  • Jason Finley on 22 Feb 12
     
    Great chart to make you think about how we do what we do.
  • Anne Bergeron on 24 Feb 12
     
    Jason, Excellent chart - I have long appreciated the learning styles awareness inherent in differentiated instruction, but providing instruction in this way is highly teacher centered - and group focused. Feeding, encouraging, and developing students' individual interests spark the desire to learn and engage. I printed this chart immediately. Really appreciating your posts...personalization could be a "brand" for a school increasingly willing to transform in this direction. Anne
  • Jason Finley on 01 Mar 12
     
    Thanks Anne, The "brand" thing sounds very Corporate America to some, but I think that is is extremely important for schools...and not just because of the looming school choice issue. There is also a connection to community piece to this. To some it might come across as selling the school, where in actuality it is just the school identifying and clarifying what it sees as its mission and role in educating its students. I think that this starts with the perceptions and expectations of the community. What are those? Do they match the schools mission and action plan? ...They certainly should. Ideally when a school has an established brand it gives a sense of identity and pride in the school system by all stakeholders, provides a foundation and rationale for professional development, informs the community about what the school does well, gives students an idea of "Why?" to their education, and much more. Identifying and building a brand really is about moving away from the ambiguous and esoteric way we often speak of education and makes what happens in our schools clear, approachable, and embraceable to our communities.
  • Adam Rosenberg on 05 Mar 12
     
    Having participated in several differentiated instruction trainings, and seen strategies executed successfully by trained teachers, I've found that sound DI includes much of the content listed under 'personalization.'
  • Jason Finley on 05 Mar 12
     
    Completely agree Adam! The chart is a little perplexing at times in its definitions/examples. How the first is Competency-based and the others must be Carnegie Unit based comparison…I just don't get. What I do like about the chart is that it makes me reflect on how I do what I do. And also on, "Do I do what I say that I do?" Sometimes I feel like I might begin implementing a strategy one semester only to have my application of that strategy drift as time goes by. Every now and then I think that it is necessary to take a step back and question each piece of my own professional practice. This approach comes from my belief that we need to question and challenge everything...especially those things we most believe in.
  • Adam Rosenberg on 05 Mar 12
     
    Excellent point! Beliefs are like clothes. If we don't regularly take them off to wash them, we often mistake our own stench for what we perceive as someone else's.
Jason Finley

ePortfolios with GoogleApps - 2 views

sites.google.com/...Home

eportfolios Helen_Barrett

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  • Jason Finley on 26 Apr 12
     
    This Google Site has been set up by Dr. Helen Barrett to focus on the use of Google Apps to create ePortfolios. On this site, there are instructions on how to use the different elements of Google Apps to maintain e-portfolios.
Jason Finley

The Ghost of Ed Reform Past -- and the Hope of Ed Reform Future - 4 views

www.edutopia.org/...tion-reform-future-anne-obrien

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  • Jason Finley on 21 Dec 11
     
    Interesting and short bit of writing that hits on my personal beliefs about where the majority of transformational focus should be...simply supporting good teaching.
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  • Jason Finley on 21 Dec 11
     
    "...higher-performing/higher-improving districts all had stable leadership and staff focused on improving teaching and learning; a common, high-quality curriculum that created a coherent instructional program; and quality professional development that helped staff meet instructional priorities..."
  • Jason Finley on 21 Dec 11
     
    "For too long, teachers and classrooms have been ignored in ... changes to the educational system."
  • Jason Finley on 21 Dec 11
     
    "Education reform needs a face lift -- one that includes higher standards for entry into the profession and mentor teachers assisting those needing to improve."
  • Herb Schulte on 22 Dec 11
     
    Agree about the necessity to pursue improved educational outcomes, yet as with other professions (i.e. doctors & lawyers) 50% finish in the lower half of their class. As with all things educational funding is the sacred cow and asking for higher standards of entry, while a worthy goal, would ultimately fall on the sword of budgets.
Adam Rosenberg

Rigor/Relevance Framework - 2 views

www.leadered.com/rrr.html

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  • Adam Rosenberg on 15 Sep 11
     
    The Rigor/Relevance Framework is a tool to examine curriculum, instruction, and assessment. The Rigor/Relevance Framework is based on two dimensions of higher standards and student achievement.
  • Jason Finley on 15 Sep 11
     
    This is great! Thanks Adam. I feel like so often schools have aspirations of quadrant D, but spend so much time focusing on quadrant A that they never reach those aspirations. This reminds me a lot of Stephen Covey's time management matrix...schools spend so much time in quadrant 1 being reactive (Putting out fires aka chasing standardized test scores.) that they never get to focus on being proactive (quadrant 2) and really think about what we want our students to learn in school.
Jill Prado

The Practical University - 1 views

p.nytimes.com/...re

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  • Jill Prado on 24 May 13
     
    The best part of the rise of online education is that it forces us to ask: What is a university for? Are universities mostly sorting devices to separate smart and hard-working high school students from their less-able fellows so that employers can more easily identify them?
Alison Bromage

YES in BHS is like the Folk High School model - 9 views

Colin and all, Foxfire looks so cool! I wasn't familiar with this place or project or the publications, but it seems really interesting. (Seems also similar to the Folk Live Center Community Proj...

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Mike McRaith

Project Based Learning Quick Video Explanation - 3 views

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMCZvGesRz8 This is handy little video for a simple explanation of project based learning.

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Jason Finley

Finland: Slow and Steady Reform for Consistently High Results - 5 views

www.oecd.org/...46581035.pdf

Finland PDF

shared by Jason Finley on 22 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Jason Finley on 22 Mar 12
     
    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report on Finland. Covers: * Commitment to education and to children * Cultural support for universal high achievement * Teacher and principal quality * Accountability * How money is spent * Instructional practice * School organization * Sequencing of reforms to economic development * Cultivating behaviors for the knowledge economy
Caitlin Steele

Education Week Teacher: Why Twitter and Facebook Are Not Good Instructional Tools - 2 views

www.edweek.org/...fp_barnwell.html

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  • Caitlin Steele on 31 May 12
     
    Written by a classmate of mine at Bread Loaf. On how to use (and how not to use) technology in the classroom. Short and thoughtful.
Jason Finley

Flipping the classroom - 1 views

www.economist.com/21529062

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  • Jason Finley on 30 Nov 11
     
    "...suggests that good teaching must 'de-emphasise lecture and emphasise active problem-solving'..."
Jason Finley

What is JiTT? - 1 views

webphysics.iupui.edu/...what.html

blended instruction flipped classroom

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  • Jason Finley on 30 Nov 11
     
    Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT for short) is a teaching and learning strategy based on the interaction between web-based study assignments and an active learner classroom. WarmUps and Puzzles are the heart of the JiTT web component. These are short, web-based assignments, prompting the student to think about the upcoming lesson and answer a few simple questions prior to class.
Jason Finley

Professor tries improving lectures by removing them from class | Inside Higher Ed - 1 views

www.insidehighered.com/...g-lectures-removing-them-class

blended instruction flipped classroom

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  • Jason Finley on 30 Nov 11
     
    "...technology that allows him to easily record his lectures at home, slice them into easily digestible morsels, and make them available for students to watch online prior to class meetings..."
Jason Finley

Children and Social Media | MindShift - 1 views

mindshift.kqed.org/...children-and-social-media

blended instruction flipped classroom

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  • Jason Finley on 30 Nov 11
     
    The subject of kids and media - how much they consume, what's "good" for them, what parents' role should be - is a broad and complicated topic. This is a collection of articles wide range of advice and information.
Jason Finley

Blended Learning: A Disruptive Innovation [INFOGRAPHIC] #edtech #edutech - 2 views

www.knewton.com/blended-learning

blended instruction flipped classroom

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  • Jason Finley on 30 Nov 11
     
    In-depth infographic all about Blended Learning. What it is, why it's spreading, and how it works in real and virtual classrooms.
Jason Finley

Friday Institute for Educational Innovation - FIZZ - 3 views

www.fi.ncsu.edu/...lecture

blended instruction flipped classroom

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  • Jason Finley on 30 Nov 11
     
    No lecture in the classroom The FIZZ Lecture professional development program trains teachers to create and publish a series of video lectures in order to make the content of their course completely transparent. "Why I flipped my classroom" - Math Teacher, Katie Gimbar
  • Jason Finley on 30 Nov 11
     
    Why: 1. Flipping the Classroom for Accountability 2. Is this Recreating the Wheel? 3. Better Than A Front Row Seat 4. "Why it has to be me!" - Model Teacher, Katie Gimbar 5. Using Classroom Time to Differentiate 6. Self-paced, Differentiated and Collaborative 7. The Research Behind Flipping the Classroom with FIZZ How: 1. Buying the Lecture Boards 2. Writing on and Cleaning the Boards 3. Camera and Tripod 4. Condensing the Content to 6 Boards DOWNLOAD > FIZZ Lecture Planning.doc 5. Sliding the Boards 6. Setting up the Camera and Tripod 7. FIZZ Lecture: The Fine Print 8. Uploading and Posting Screencast tutorials on using Google Docs: Why use Google Docs? Part 1. Uploading Videos to Google Docs Part 2. Creating a Simple Web Page (click here for the template) Part 3. Sharing the URL with Your Students
Jason Finley

Flipped Classroom Infographic - 0 views

www.knewton.com/flipped-classroom

blended instruction flipped classroom

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  • Jason Finley on 30 Nov 11
     
    Many educators are experimenting with the idea of a flipped classroom model. So what is it and why is everyone talking about it?
Jason Finley

The School-Community and College-Readiness Connection | District Administration Magazine - 3 views

www.districtadministration.com/...d-college-readiness-connection

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  • Jason Finley on 06 Jan 12
     
    "Those who hold leadership roles within our schools must come to terms with the fact that standards, curriculum, instruction, assessments and accountability will only get you so far in improving student achievement. If you do not address the underlying issue of the student experience, these efforts might not have a discernible impact." "...if students felt as if they belonged to the school community, the more likely they would be confident of succeeding in college." "...students who feel a sense of psychological connection to their school community are more likely to be engaged in their learning and are more likely to behave in ways that promote self-development and socialization."
  • Jason Finley on 06 Jan 12
     
    Simple article with profound implications for students and for working with faculty.
Jason Finley

Six Steps to Master Teaching: Becoming a Reflective Practitioner - 2 views

www.edutopia.org/...master-teaching-margaret-regan

professional development

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  • Jason Finley on 11 Jan 12
     
    Articles like this are interesting. But, they are powerful when we take a critical look at own practices and really evaluate if our classroom actions match the work we promote and speak so highly of in the teachers' lounge.
  • Jason Finley on 11 Jan 12
     
    Becoming a master teacher takes continuous effort.1) Understand Your Reasons for Teaching2) Cultivate Ethical Behavior in Your Students and Yourself3) Pool Both Patience and Perseverance4) Design Curriculum That Works5) Perfect Instructional Practices and Assessment Skills6) Connect Positively to the Whole-School Culture
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