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Patrick Higgins

Class Struggle - When teachers reject the Internet - 2 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 21 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Patrick Higgins on 21 Dec 09
     
    What do you think of this? For the best part of the article, be sure to read the comments.
  • Danielle Kopp on 22 Dec 09
     
    Interesting article and comments but it all just makes me mad. I work to hard everyday and spend to much time away from my baby to hear constant criticisms about teaching, especially when I go above and beyond to put everything online yet no one ever looks at it. Great now I"m annoyed Thanks Pat :) LOL not your fault.
  • Patrick Higgins on 22 Dec 09
     
    Danielle, Sorry about that; the intent was not to upset you, but rather to let everyone see that there is a balancing act that is going on all over the country. One of the commentors stated that "this is here to stay, so everyone get used to it," and while I didn't appreciate his or her closed tone, he or she has a point: it's here. Finding a balance between what is communicated, how it is communicated, and how to best maximize the time we spend doing the communicating in addition to the lives that we lead outside of school is now a huge issue. It is now a major discussion point in many of the meetings I attend, and I think the answer will come out after we muddle through it for a little while. There are so many new changes this year regarding openness and transparency, I think we will find that balance after a bit of trial and error with it.
Erica Hartman

Official Google Blog: Our Googley advice to students: Major in learning - 0 views

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shared by Erica Hartman on 16 Jul 08 - Cached
  • ... communication skills. Marshalling and understanding the available evidence isn't useful unless you can effectively communicate your conclusions.
  • .. analytical reasoning. Google is a data-driven, analytic company. When an issue arises or a decision needs to be made, we start with data. That means we can talk about what we know, instead of what we think we know.
  • . a willingness to experiment. Non-routine problems call for non-routine solutions and there is no formula for success. A well-designed experiment calls for a range of treatments, explicit control groups, and careful post-treatment analysis. Sometimes an experiment kills off a pet theory, so you need a willingness to accept the evidence even if you don't like it.
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  • ... team players. Virtually every project at Google is run by a small team. People need to work well together and perform up to the team's expectations.
  • ... passion and leadership. This could be professional or in other life experiences: learning languages or saving forests, for example. The main thing, to paraphrase Mr. Drucker, is to be motivated by a sense of importance about what you do.
  • Patrick Higgins on 25 Jul 08
     
    Great article from the Google Blog about who they want and how to promote thinking skills in the classroom.
  • Patrick Higgins on 25 Jul 08
     
    Read this. It's worth it.
Patrick Higgins

USA Service - 0 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 07 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Patrick Higgins on 07 Jan 09
     
    Obama announces the launch of usaservice.org and commits to renewed community involvement on the part of citizens.
Patrick Higgins

What to learn: 'core knowledge' or '21st-century skills'? - USATODAY.com - 0 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 24 Mar 09
     
    Do kids learn to think by reading great literature, doing difficult math and learning history, philosophy and science? Or can they tackle those subjects on their own if schools simply teach them to problem-solve, communicate, use technology and think creatively?
Patrick Higgins

The Impact of Electronic Communication on Writing - 0 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 30 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Whether one views these changes as positive or negative depends on how closely one believes writing should adhere to the conventions of formal writing we have hitherto accepted, and how much one supports the goal of establishing the student's authority as a writer. Some writing instructors philosophize that since e-writing tools and e-language will continue to change, they must teach what will not change: the connection between thinking and writing and the ability to articulate what one knows (Leibowitz, 1999). This standpoint will certainly encourage teachers to continue seeking more effective ways of using the e-tools in writing instruction.
Patrick Higgins

Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 21 Aug 09 - Cached
  • People are correct when they say online education will take things out the classroom. But they are wrong, I think, when they assume it will make learning an independent, personal activity. Learning has to occur in a community.”
    • Patrick Higgins
      Patrick Higgins on 21 Aug 09
       
      This is a key point in making those who feel that there are huge flaws in online learning. While there is definite potential for the "correspondence course" model they mention above to still be present, there are myriad ways in which online learning can be extremely communal. What I love about it is that it automatically eliminates pacing concerns in that students can move through material at a rate that is more to their style.
  • Patrick Higgins on 21 Aug 09
     
    Very interesting one.
Patrick Higgins

Executive Summary | Pew Internet & American Life Project - 2 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 09 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Patrick Higgins on 09 Nov 09
     
    Interesting research about the new findings regarding the effects of new communication.
Patrick Higgins

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Welcome - Valkommen - 0 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 11 Jul 08 - Cached
  • Patrick Higgins on 11 Jul 08
     
    Done by students in conjunction with a local museum. Not a bad idea.
  • Patrick Higgins on 11 Jul 08
     
    This is a project that students in Maine did in partnership with the local historical society and museum. Vicki Davis pointed to this and asked why we don't see more of this. I agree.
Patrick Higgins

THE CHALLENGE to All Educators | Clif's Notes - 0 views

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  • Patrick Higgins on 17 Nov 08
     
    Clif Mims' call to action.
  • Patrick Higgins on 17 Nov 08
     
    will you take the challenge?
Patrick Higgins

Using Writing In Mathematic - 0 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 24 Jun 08 - Cached
  • Patrick Higgins on 24 Jun 08
     
    This site shows some great ways to get started writing in math classes.
Patrick Higgins

How To: Build Instruction Around Your Region's History | Edutopia - 0 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 05 Jun 08 - Cached
  • Patrick Higgins on 05 Jun 08
     
    Great service learning and community involvement projects and ideas.
Patrick Higgins

Eyejot - the easiest way to send video - 0 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 12 Sep 08 - Cached
  • Patrick Higgins on 12 Sep 08
     
    This is great for personal video emails.
Patrick Higgins

The New Writing Pedagogy - 0 views

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shared by Patrick Higgins on 01 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Moving to a new pedagogy is not easy for many district administrators, however, as the Web as a writing space is still primarily an unknown, scary place to put students. But as research is showing, students are flocking to online networks in droves, and they are doing a great deal of writing there already, some of it creative and thoughtful and inspiring, but much of it outside the traditional expectations of “good writing” that classrooms require
  • That change is spelled out clearly by the National Council of Teachers of English, which last year published “new literacies” for readers and writers in the 21st century. Among those literacies are the ability to “build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally,” to “design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes,” and to “create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts.” Very little of that kind of work is possible to achieve without expanding the way we think about writing instruction in the context of online social tools.
  • “Using online writing tools will allow students to write whenever and wherever they feel inspired, and to be able to speak to an audience that is larger and more important to them than the traditional classroom,” Childers says. “There is a reason why we should constantly be looking for ways to incorporate more innovative writing opportunities into our curriculum.”
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