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stephanie karabaic

Vermont - Digital Learning Now - 0 views

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    2013 Vermont Highlights Vermont is a local control state, with few regulations or requirements for districts. The state offers competency-based credits to students, in both virtual and traditional courses, who demonstrate they have attained or exceeded the state standards as measured on performance-based assessments. SB 130 re-emphasized this commitment to competency-based learning and expanded course...
  • stephanie karabaic on 15 Jul 14
     
    2013 Vermont Highlights Vermont is a local control state, with few regulations or requirements for districts. The state offers competency-based credits to students, in both virtual and traditional courses, who demonstrate they have attained or exceeded the state standards as measured on performance-based assessments. SB 130 re-emphasized this commitment to competency-based learning and expanded course...
Adam Deyo

Educational Leadership:Supporting English Language Learners:From the Ballot Box to the ... - 0 views

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  • Opponents of the anti-bilingual-education measures see bilingualism as a social, economic, cultural, and academic advantage for first- and second-generation immigrants. They do not see bilingualism as an obstacle to societal integration of new immigrant populations; on the contrary, they believe that students who study and learn in two languages and become fully proficient and literate in their home language and in English can enjoy the richness and values of two linguistic systems and two cultural traditions that complement and enhance each other.
  • In fact, sociological and educational research supports the notion that immigrant students who retain their bilingual skills and their ties to their parents' culture of origin are more academically successful and socially well-adapted in the long term than their peers who become English monolinguals (Portes & Rumbaut, 2001). These researchers concluded that "forced march assimilation" policies for educating immigrant youth are counterproductive.
  • It is left up to educators to sort out myth from reality.
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  • School administrators and teachers grappling with the often confusing and contradictory premises of these popular initiatives can draw on three useful sources of information: (1) meta-analyses of research studies regarding program effectiveness and instructional practices that support and enhance achievement, (2) studies of the initiatives' effect on English language learners' English language acquisition and academic achievement, and (3) databases that compile language assessments administered to large populations of English language learners over time and across grade levels. Several myths about the instruction of English language learners do not stand up to scrutiny when examined through the lens of this research base.
  • The "One-Size-Fits-All" Myth
  • Schools throughout the United States use a variety and range of theoretically sound programs to meet the needs of their specific populations of English language learners, who vary in demographic and linguistic characteristics.
  • For instance, bilingual programs are appropriate and effective in schools that serve concentrations of students who use a common native language
  • In many schools, however, English language learners speak a number of different native languages; such schools often use English as the common language of content-area instruction. Therefore, some state agencies and language-minority educators advocate a mix of services and program types in response to each school district's demographic mix—an approach that contradicts the state laws requiring a default model of sheltered English immersion
  • The "Language of Instruction" Myth
  • But according to Education Week, cumulative and comparative studies based on National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) scores suggest that statewide mandates limiting bilingual education in California, Arizona, and Massachusetts have produced "less-than-stellar" results (Zehr, 2008, p. 10).
  • Proponents of the ballot initiatives mandating sheltered English immersion argue that bilingual education is the reason for low levels of English proficiency among immigrant students—especially Latinos, the group served by the vast majority of the bilingual programs.
  • (Parrish, Pérez, Merickel, & Linquanti, 2006). The study found that students participating in English-only education programs had no statistically significant advantage in terms of academic achievement over those in bilingual education programs that parents chose through the waiver process under the law.
  • Thus, ballot initiatives have not realized their goal of improving English language learners' academic achievement.
  • In denying the injunction against the implementation of Proposition 227, the U.S. District Court in Valeria G. v. Wilson (1998) ruled that structured English immersion was based on delivery of English language and content instruction that was "sequential" rather than "simultaneous."
  • This focus is based on the belief that the "problem" facing these students is essentially a "language problem.
  • K-12 Program Continuity and Coherence Programs for English language learners must be proven models with a demonstrated track record. Programs must have long-term goals and continuity in the curriculum as students move up through the grade levels. As students' listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in English grow, the focus of instruction should shift, and instruction should be differentiated according to students' language levels (Mora, 2006). Differentiating the curriculum in this way requires monitoring students' progress toward performance benchmarks in English language proficiency, literacy, and content-area learning (Gottlieb & Nguyen, 2007)
  • Targeted Professional Development Educators must view the education of language-minority students as a shared responsibility. Teachers must have ample professional preparation in how to use appropriate curricular materials and teaching strategies to promote English language learners' achievement. Both new and experienced teachers need intensive professional development above and beyond the teacher education coursework required by the state credential and certificate programs. For example, teachers should be knowledgeable about second-language acquisition and cross-linguistic transfer so that students learning in their second language can capitalize on the commonalities in literacy with their native language, regardless of whether their instruction is in dual languages.
  • Local school districts must have the freedom and support to establish sheltered English immersion programs and/or bilingual education programs depending on community values, parental choice, and available resources. Policies must allow flexibility in use of students' native languages—especially for development of literacy skills. In states with anti-bilingual mandates, local jurisdictions should apply liberal and open interpretation of petition and waiver requirements to support parent empowerment and involvement in program selection.
  • Research-Based Policies to Replace Politically Based Policies
bsteven1

Seven Common Leadership Styles - 6 views

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Style Organizational Culture Norms Leadership

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  • bsteven1 on 27 Jan 18
     
    Disciplines > Leadership > Styles There are a number of different approaches, or 'styles' to leadership and management that are based on different assumptions and theories. The style that individuals use will be based on a combination of their beliefs, values and preferences, as well as the organizational culture and norms which will encourage some styles and discourage others.
  • bsteven1 on 27 Jan 18
     
    Hello Everyone, I found this website to be very comprehensive in it's exploration of seven common leadership styles.
elleneoneil

Education World: Using Technology | Electronic Portfolios in the K-12 Classroom - 0 views

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EDCI325 Change-project e-portfolios portfolio classroom

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  • Be realistic about your design and expectations. • Make use of relevant models. • Instill a sense of ownership in the students creating the portfolios. • Communicate implementation strategies and timelines clearly. • Be selective in design and strategy. • Allow for continuous improvement and growth. • Incorporate assessment stakeholders in all phases and components of your efforts; that is, make sure portfolio content meets the needs of those assessing the work.
    • elleneoneil
      elleneoneil on 11 Feb 17
       
      Some good things to think about. Maybe narrow some of these down to be good guidelines for teachers to keep in mind
  • purposeful collection
    • elleneoneil
      elleneoneil on 11 Feb 17
       
      purposeful
  • . Over time, a student selects items from the working portfolio and uses them to create a display portfolio. Finally, the student develops an assessment portfolio, containing examples of his or her best work, as well as an explanation of why each work is significant.
    • elleneoneil
      elleneoneil on 11 Feb 17
       
      Progression of how an e-portfolio evolves
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  • Selection: the development of criteria for choosing items to include in the portfolio based on established learning objectives. Collection: the gathering of items based on the portfolio's purpose, audience, and future use. Reflection: statements about the significance of each item and of the collection as a whole. Direction: a review of the reflections that looks ahead and sets future goals. Connection: the creation of hypertext links and publication, providing the opportunity for feedback.
    • elleneoneil
      elleneoneil on 11 Feb 17
       
      Great example steps!
  • Electronic portfolios are more popular in higher education than in K-12, Barrett added, because they require access to technology in classrooms.
    • elleneoneil
      elleneoneil on 11 Feb 17
       
      we have 1:1 in 4-6
  • based on what is important to them, their unique knowledge, and their unique skills.
Nathan Gingras

How to Reinvent Project Based Learning to Be More Meaningful | MindShift - 1 views

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Projectbasedlearning Change-Project EDCI325 Common core pbl 21st century learning inquiry process

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  • If PBL is to become a powerful, accepted model of instruction in the future, a vocabulary change may be in order — preferably to the term project based inquiry.
  • 1. Put PBL on a continuum of inquiry.
  • 2. Blend surface knowledge and deeper learning.
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  • 3. Start with a sophisticated student-centered culture.
  • 4. Make collaboration as powerful in school as it is in life.
  • 5. Understand that PBL cannot be done alone.
stephanie karabaic

What does the research say about one to one? - 0 views

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research 1:1 change project

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  • stephanie karabaic on 15 Jul 14
     
    This is a research based article 2 years old about one to one implementation
  • stephanie karabaic on 15 Jul 14
     
    This is a research based article 2 years old about one to one implementation
stephanie karabaic

New Hampshire - Digital Learning Now - 0 views

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    2013 New Hampshire Highlights New Hampshire is a local control state, with few regulations or requirements for districts. The state utilizes ICT Literary standards as a rubric to ensure that digital opportunities are integrated into all content areas for K-12 students. The state emphasizes competency-based learning and the passage SB 58 continued that growth. The...
  • stephanie karabaic on 15 Jul 14
     
    2013 New Hampshire Highlights New Hampshire is a local control state, with few regulations or requirements for districts. The state utilizes ICT Literary standards as a rubric to ensure that digital opportunities are integrated into all content areas for K-12 students. The state emphasizes competency-based learning and the passage SB 58 continued that growth. The...
Leah Starr

6 Great Platforms Where Students Share Book Reviews and Reading Recommendations ~ Educa... - 0 views

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Book recommendation technology tool change-project EDCI325 daily5 readersworkshop

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  • Once you are registered you can then connect to people who read what you post and also interact with what they publish.
  • Once you are registered you can then connect to people who read what you post and also interact with what they publish.
  • also provides books with different reading levels and has a great and intuitive reading logs.
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  • Once you are registered you can then connect to people who read what you post and also interact with what they publish.
    • Leah Starr
      Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
       
      Audience = engagement!
  • It lets you create a virtual bookshelf, discover new books, connect with friends and learn more about your favourite books for free.
  • It lets you create a virtual bookshelf, discover new books, connect with friends and learn more about your favourite books for free.
  • ne of the best ways to get your students motivated about reading is to provide them with online platforms where they can meet other student readers and share their recommendations, reads, and book reviews.
  • you decide upon titles and genres you like and Good Reads gives you insightful recommendations and right into your inbox.
    • Leah Starr
      Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
       
      This platform for recommendations keeps reading logs and provides books by reading level!
  • This is a platform where kids connect to their teachers, friends  and parents to share and recommend their favourite books and good reads. It
  • also provides books with different reading levels and has a great and intuitive reading logs. 5- Figment Figment is a community where you can share your writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors. 6- Scholastic Scholastic has a section in which teachers and students can share what they are reading and discover new books based on their friends recommendations. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); You might also like: 4 Important New Gmail Updates You Should not Miss Excellent Classroom Poster Featuring 10 iPad Usage Rules New Handy Chart on The Difference Between Projects and ...
  • Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
     
    Book Recommendation Platforms.
Nathan Gingras

Educational Leadership:Giving Students Meaningful Work:Seven Essentials for Project-Bas... - 1 views

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pbl Projectbasedlearning EDCI325 Change-Project

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  • A project is meaningful if it fulfills two criteria. First, students must perceive the work as personally meaningful, as a task that matters and that they want to do well. Second, a meaningful project fulfills an educational purpose. Well-designed and well-implemented project-based learning is meaningful in both ways.
  • Teachers can powerfully activate students' need to know content by launching a project with an "entry event" that engages interest and initiates questioning. An entry event can be almost anything: a video, a lively discussion, a guest speaker, a field trip, or a piece of mock correspondence that sets up a scenario.
  • A good driving question captures the heart of the project in clear, compelling language, which gives students a sense of purpose and challenge.
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  • In terms of making a project feel meaningful to students, the more voice and choice, the better.
  • A project should give students opportunities to build such 21st century skills as collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and the use of technology, which will serve them well in the workplace and life. This exposure to authentic skills meets the second criterion for meaningful work—an important purpose. A teacher in a project-based learning environment explicitly teaches and assesses these skills and provides frequent opportunities for students to assess themselves.
  • Formalizing a process for feedback and revision during a project makes learning meaningful because it emphasizes that creating high-quality products and performances is an important purpose of the endeavor. Students need to learn that most people's first attempts don't result in high quality and that revision is a frequent feature of real-world work.
  • In addition to providing direct feedback, the teacher should coach students in using rubrics or other sets of criteria to critique one another's work. Teachers can arrange for experts or adult mentors to provide feedback, which is especially meaningful to students because of the source.
  • When students present their work to a real audience, they care more about its quality. Once again, it's "the more, the better" when it comes to authenticity. Students might replicate the kinds of tasks done by professionals—but even better, they might create real products that people outside school use.
sfauver

A Review of Leadership Theories, Principles and Styles and Their Relevance to Education... - 3 views

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#leadership #styles #traits #edleadership #theory

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  • This study was motivated by the premise that no nation grows further than the quality of its educational leaders.
  • The
  • purpose of this theoretical debate is to examine the wider context of leadership and its effectiveness towards improving school management.
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  • To many, leaders are not born, but made. It is increasingly accepted, however, that in order to be a good leader, one must have the experience, knowledge, commitment, patience, and most importantly the skill to negotiate and work with others to achieve goals.
  • Good leaders are thus made, not born
  • Great man theories assume that the capacity for leadership is inherent, that great leaders are born, not made
  • the trait theory assumes that people inherit certain qualities or traits make them better suited to leadership.
  • Contingency theories of leadership focus on particular variables related to the environment that might determine which style of leadership is best suited for a particular work situation.
  • Situational theory proposes that leaders choose the best course of action based upon situational conditions or circumstances.
  • Behavioural theories of leadership are based on the belief that great leaders are made, not born.
  • articipative leadership theories suggest that the ideal leadership style is one that takes the input of others into account.
  • P
  • Transactional theories, also known as management theories, focus on the role of supervision, organization and group performance and the exchanges that take place between leaders and followers. These theories base leadership on a system of rewards and punishments (Charry, 2012).
  • Relationship theories, also known as transformational theories, focus on the connections formed between leaders and followers. In these theories, leadership is the process by which a person engages with others and is able to “create a connection” that results in increased motivationand morality in both followers and leaders. 
  • This theory states that learned knowledge and acquired skills/abilities are significant factors in the practice of effective leadership. Skills theory by no means refuses to acknowledge the connection between inherited traits and the capacity to lead effectively, but argues that learned skills, a developed style, and acquired knowledge, are the real keys to leadership performance.
  • Autocratic leadership is an extreme form of transactional leadership, where leaders have complete power over staff. Staff and team members have little opportunity to make suggestions, even if these are in the best interest of the team or organization
  • Bureaucratic leaders follow rules rigorously, and ensure that their staff also follow procedures precisely.
  • Charismatic leadership theory describes what to expect from both leaders and followers. Charismatic leadership i
  • a leadership style that is identifiable bu
  • may be perceived with less tangibility than other leadership styles
  • Democratic leaders make the final decisions, but include team members in the decision-making process. They encourage creativity, and team members are often highly engaged in projects and decisions.
  • Laissez-faire leadership may be the best or the worst of leadership styles (Goodnight, 2011). Laissez-faire, this French phrase for “let it be,” when applied to leadership describes leaders who allow people to work on their own. Laissez-faire leaders abdicate responsibilities and avoid making decisions, they may give teams complete freedom to do their work and set their own deadlines.
  • This leadership style starts with the idea that team members agree to obey their leader when they accept a job.
  • sfauver on 27 Jan 18
     
    This really lays it all out. Leadership traits versus styles and how they all relate.
lstormvt

Common-Core Testing Drives 'Tech Prep' Priorities - Education Week - 0 views

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  • some feel "tech prep" is a waste of time, but far more view it as a crucial set of skills that does double duty.
  • SETDA advocates blending computer skills seamlessly into instruction, rather than teaching them in isolation.
    • lstormvt
      lstormvt on 12 Feb 17
       
      Yes, but some skill lesson has to happen or poor habits will develop and their skills will bottom out way to soon.
  • asked her students to practice typing by using a free online program at home for 20 minutes, twice a week,
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  • Of course, some computer skills are valuable, like keyboarding, creating multimedia projects, manipulating programs they'd use in life and school,
  • "They can run an iPhone like a champ, or the iPads we have here at school. But they're not that exposed to keyboarding skills or using the mouse to move something up and down on a screen."
  • said her students have been honing their keyboarding skills while using an online curriculum for computer coding.
    • lstormvt
      lstormvt on 12 Feb 17
       
      Love this!
  • Using an online math program, they learn to move and click a mouse, and cut and paste text. As they move through the grades, they add more skills, integrated into their core-content study, Ms. Warr said.
  • "If we were trying to teach the tech skills in isolation, there would be a huge pushback [from teachers], but we integrate them into other subjects," Ms. Warr said.
    • lstormvt
      lstormvt on 12 Feb 17
       
      But this has to start young so it builds. Teachers need help in how to make this happen seamlessly.
  • But because the Smarter Balanced assessment expects more "writing in one shot" online, he's encouraging teachers to shift their "quick writes" to the computer, he said.
    • lstormvt
      lstormvt on 12 Feb 17
       
      A balance between the writing process (paper, revision) as we know it and quick writes on the computer
  • 1st graders are starting with a free online game called Dance Mat, where they pick out letters one at a time, and work up to typing their names, Mr. Decker said. In 2nd grade, students begin using an online program called Type To Learn three times a week. Third and 4th graders continue it twice a week, and by 5th grade, it's down to weekly.
  • lstormvt on 12 Feb 17
     
    In this article, teachers and administrators share their desire to differentiate between computer skills that are test-based only and those that are actually life skills, too, and then figure out how to work those into the school day in a constructive way.
Eric Telfer

Google Apps for Education Is Leading the Way to a Cloud-Based Campus [#Infographic] | E... - 0 views

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    The benefits of adopting Google Apps by the numbers.
Eric Telfer

App Spotlight: Pearson "Write To Learn" (@Write_To_Learn) | TeacherCast Broadcasting Ne... - 0 views

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edci325 PD-project

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    Podcast on the merits of this web-based tool to help students with reading and writing comprehension and teachers' ability to correct student writing efficiently and effectively.
Leah Starr

Salman Khan on Liberating the Classroom for Creativity (Big Thinkers Series) | Edutopia - 0 views

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flipped classroom pbl EDCI325 edutopia

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  • Leah Starr on 28 Jul 14
     
    How to use the flipped classroom model to allow for a more hands-on, inquiry based learning environment.
Leah Starr

Five Best Practices for the Flipped Classroom | Edutopia - 0 views

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flipped classroom pbl EDCI325

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  • t fosters the "guide on the side" mentality and role, rather than that of the "sage of the stage."
  • It also creates the opportunity for differentiated roles to meet the needs of students through a variety of instructional activities
  • If the flipped classroom is truly to become innovative, then it must be paired with transparent and/or embedded reason to know the content.
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  • Whether project-based learning (PBL), game-based learning (GBL), Understanding by Design (UbD), or authentic literacy, find an effective model to institute in your classroom
  • Will you demand that all students watch the video, or is it a way to differentiate and allow choice? Will you allow or rely on mobile learning for students to watch it?
  • you must build in reflective activities to have students think about what they learned, how it will help them, its relevance, and more
  • Do you have structures to support this? When and where will the learning occur? I believe it unfair to demand that students watch the video outside of the class time for various reasons.
Becky Seymour

Tear Down That Wall: Joining the Global Classroom Community to Instill Global Citizensh... - 1 views

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edci325 leadership technology integration global classroom

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  • Becky Seymour on 24 Jul 14
     
    Adam Carter shares three web-based platforms for connecting classrooms around the world
Nathan Gingras

Research-Based Best Practices That Leverage Immediate Feedback - ExitTicket Student Res... - 0 views

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school technology best practices edci325

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  • Finding #1)  “When feedback is corrective in nature – that is, it explains where and why students have made errors – significant increases in student learning occur.”
  • Finding #3)  “Asking students to continue working on a task until it is complete and accurate (until the standard is met) enhances student achievement.”
  • Nathan Gingras on 07 Jul 14
     
    This article further emphasizes the importance of immediate feedback with assessments and the impact it has on student learning.
Michael Oquendo

Google Drive and Docs: All About Google Drive and Docs - 0 views

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Google Drive EDCI325 Change-Project googledocs

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  • Google Docs is a free, web-based application that lets you create, share, and manage documents,
  • Documents: For composing letters, flyers, essays, and other text-based files (similar to Microsoft Word documents) Spreadsheets: For storing and organizing information (similar to Microsoft Excel worksheets) Presentations: For creating and presenting slides (similar to Microsoft PowerPoint slideshows) Forms: For collecting and organizing data Drawings: For creating simple vector graphics or diagrams
  • You can access it anywhere, and it's easy to share and collaborate on docs.
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  • Keep a doc private Share it with a few people Make it public on the Web
  • Michael Oquendo on 08 Jul 14
     
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