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Jason Finley

Applications for 2014 Global Teacher Fellowship Program Now Open: Rural School & Commun... - 4 views

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Grant_Opportunity

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  • Jason Finley on 22 Nov 13
     
    The Rural Trust's Global Teacher Fellowship program will be awarding up to 25 fellowships in 2014 to support the professional and personal development of rural teachers. The awards (up to $5,000 for individual teachers and $10,000 for a team of two or more teachers) support teachers' participation in self-designed summer learning experiences and a two-day place-based learning institute in the fall following their summer experience. This fellowship is a stand-alone grant not meant to supplement other grant funds for larger projects. Teachers are encouraged to center their learning in an international travel and study experience, out of which they develop interdisciplinary, place-based learning curricula aligned with their specific state and local content standards.
  • Jason Finley on 22 Nov 13
     
    There are a number of Rowland fellows that might be able to use this to supplement / expand their existing work.
Lauren Parren

Educational Technology Guy: Khan Academy - not good pedagogy and not #edreform - 2 views

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Khan Academy personalized Rowland Pathways teacher-centered flipped classroom

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  • Lauren Parren on 20 Mar 12
     
    Khan as teacher-centered lectures, not student-centered learning.  Still, the videos could support independent learners.
Jason Finley

Personalization vs Differentiation vs Individualization - 11 views

www.slideshare.net/...personalizedlearninchart

good teaching

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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

Transforming Teaching: Connecting Professional Responsibility with Student Learning - 2... - 4 views

www.nea.org/...Transforming_Teaching(2).pdf

good teaching NEA pdf

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  • Jason Finley on 21 Dec 11
     
    In December 2010, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel created a national, independent commission to study the teaching profession and make recommendations on maximizing teacher and teaching effectiveness. Drawing on the wisdom and experience of accomplished teachers, expert researchers, policymakers, and academicians, the Commission on Effective Teachers and Teaching (CETT) examined the policies and practices governing the teaching profession and crafted a teacher-centered vision of teaching and the teaching profession. On December 8, 2011, CETT presented the NEA with its final report, Transforming Teaching: Connecting Professional Responsibility with Student Learning, which outlines the Commission's vision and recommendations for the teaching profession.
Jason Finley

TEDxNYED - April 28, 2012 - Tony Wagner - 0 views

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Tony_Wagner innovation video

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  • Jason Finley on 20 Sep 12
     
    "Tony Wagner recently accepted a position as the first Innovation Education Fellow at the Technology & Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard. Prior to this, he was the founder and co-director of the Change Leadership Group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education for more than a decade. Tony consults widely to schools, districts, and foundations around the country and internationally. His previous work experience includes twelve years as a high school teacher, K-8 principal, university professor in teacher education, and founding executive director of Educators for Social Responsibility."
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