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elleneoneil

Harvey Mudd College offers unique curriculum in computer science - Business Insider - 0 views

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    How Harvey Mudd College is changing their teaching to prepare students for the world outside of school. This relates to the Newsweek article because their example is of how Harvey Mudd College went about encouraging woman participants in Computer Science degrees. Clearly, harvey Mudd College is doing something right since their students earn a lot of money.
seantheoret

Center for Financial Literacy - 0 views

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    The Center for Financial Literacy at Champlain College is designed to promote and develop financial literacy skills in K-12 students, college students, teachers (K-12 and college) and adults.
brookewillett

Equity, not equality, should be the goal of college admissions (opinion) - 1 views

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    Understanding the impact of test optional applications and overall equity versus equality discussions related to college admissions from the viewpoint of a college counselor.
mjheald

College Students Don't Know How To Research, Study Shows - 0 views

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    According to a new report released by Project Information Literacy, college students do not know how to research correctly. The study, which surveyed 8,353 students from 25 colleges, reports that 84 percent of respondents found "getting started" to be the hardest part of research projects.
leahammond

True Grit: The Best Measure of Success and How to Teach It | Edutopia - 0 views

  • predict academic success
  • “Grit Scale”
  • grit is a better indicator of GPA and graduation rates. (IQ, however, is very predictive of standardized test scores.)
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  • Some would argue that grit is inherent in Albert Bandura’s research on self-efficacy, and that resilience is also part of i
  • tackling grit in my classroom and school.
  • Read Books About Grit
  • Talk About Grit
  • Share Examples
  • elp Students Develop a Growth Mindset
  • rol Dweck from Stanford University teaches us that students who have a growth mindset are more successful than those who think that intelligence is fixed. 5. Reframe Problems Using stories and examples from Malcom Gladwell's book David and Goliath, we talk about "desirable difficulties." Students need perspective about problems to prevent them from giving up, quitting or losing hope. 6. Find a Framework I use Angela Maiers' Classroom Habitudes as my framework. The KIPP framework specifically includes grit as one of its seven traits. Find one that works for your school and includes clear performance values. 7. Live Grittily You teach with your life. Perhaps that is why Randy Pausch's Last Lecture and David Menasche's Priority List resonate. These teachers used their own battle with death itself as a way to teach. But you don't have to die to be an effective teacher. Our own work ethic yells so loudly that kids know exactly what we think about grit. 8. Foster Safe Circumstances That Encourage Grit Never mistake engaging, fun or even interesting for easy. We don't jump up and down when we tear off a piece of tape because "I did it." No one celebrates easy, but everyone celebrates championships and winners because those take grit (and more). We need more circumstances to help kids to develop grit before they can "have it." Tough academic requirements, sports and outdoor opportunities are all ways to provide opportunities for developing grit. Verena Roberts, Chief Innovation Officer of CANeLearn says: One of the best ways to learn about grit is to focus on outdoor education and go out into the wild. Grit is about not freaking out, taking a deep breath, and moving on. 9. Help Students Develop Intentional Habits Read about best practices for creating habits, because habits and self-control require grit. 10. Acknowledge the Sacrifice Grit Requires Grit takes time, and many students aren't giving it. In their 2010 paper "The Falling Time Cost of College", Babcock and Marks demonstrate that, in 1961, U.S. undergraduates studied 24 hours a week outside of class. In 1981, that fell to 20 hours, and in 2003, it was 14 hours per week. This is not to create a blame or generation gap discussion, but rather to point out the cost of being well educated. We are what we do, and if we study less and work less, then we will learn less. Educators Need Grit Now we as teachers just need the grit to do whatever it takes to turn education around, and that starts with hard work and our own modern version of true grit. Teaching it and living it is now front and center in the education conversation. Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher's Profile Sign in or register to post Sign in to vote! (3) The Educational Benefits of GritThe character traits of determination, adaptability and reflection add up to a critical 21st century skill.<< Previous Next >> Learn More About Education Trends Latest Reconnecting Adults With Playful Learning A New Must-Read for All Educators Google for Educators: The Best Features for Busy Teachers What Is Personalization, Really? 20 Top Pinterest Tips Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher Computer Fundamentals, Computer Science and IT Integrator from Camilla, GA follow: http://www.facebook.com/coolcatteacherhttp://www.twitter.com/coolcatteacherhttps://plus.google.com/+VickiDavishttp://www.youtube.com/coolcatteacher/http://www.linkedin.com/in/coolcatteacher/http://www.pinterest.com/coolcatteacher Related Tags: Education TrendsCollege ReadinessResilience and GritCharacter EducationAll Grades In This Series T
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    How and why to teach students grit
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    Grit! Who knew?!
pwarmack

Information Literacy and Librarian-Faculty Collaboration in Academic Library for Sustai... - 0 views

  • The ultimate goal is to make information literacy an integral part of the academic curriculum, thus helping students to succeed not only during their years in college but also for their lifelong career choices.
  • discussion about librarian-faculty collaboration for developing information literacy skills among the students are considered briefly.
  • ACRL further describes information literacy as abilities to: a. Determine the extent of information needed b. Access the needed information effectively and efficiently c. Evaluate information and its sources critically d. Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base e. Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose f. Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally.
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  • That solution has two fundamental underpinnings: the first is that information literacy is an issue for every college and university; and the second is that librarians should occupy a position in attempts to define and achieve campus-wide information literacy.
  • While it is legitimate to use some of the information available on the web, students need to learn how to evaluate that information.
  • A study conducted by two researchers at the Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom found that 75% of the students surveyed used Google as their first port of call when locating information, with the university library catalogue used by only 10%.
  • In general, faculty members involved in the process were willing to collaborate with librarians who served as consultants, as instructors, and as team players in designing, teaching and implementing course assignmen
  • One particular model which has proven to be effective is course integrated instruction. With this model, librarians and teaching faculty co-design a course, and make sure that information literacy is incorporated in the course.
  • They not only sought to build short-term programmatic partnerships but more importantly, formal long-term working relationships with campus units, groups, departments and administrators.
  • “Integrating Literacy into the Liberal Arts College Curriculum.
  • launched a campaign to recruit faculty as partners in the process
  • took advantage of the liaison system already in place
  • Symposiums were organized for faculty and librarians to focus on assessment and science disciplines.
  • offered a workshop
  • More and more course-related or integrated instruction sessions have come to play a bigger role in making students more information literate.
  • Changing fee structures, student experience and access to digitized information on the internet, librarians have had to rethink their approach to teaching IL skills
  • McGuinness (2007) argues that librarians tend to act in a reactive manner to the needs of academics, rather than proactively to promote IL skills.
  • eads to ad hoc, short-term solutions designed only to address one or two issues.
  • dds that librarians should align their own goals of incorporating IL skills into the curriculum with the goals of academics and institutions to influence the power structures within institutions and help shape educational content.
  • highlights both the ambiguity around how IL should be taught, and the important role faculty awareness of IL and integration of library staff plays in integrating IL
  • unpack the “culture clash” between librarians and academics
  • cGuinness (2006) found that academics expected students to “learn by doing” through collaborative projects with peers and dissertation reports with occasional support from staff, without a clear sense of how students would develop critical and analytical IL skills
  • aculty also tended to believe that a student’s ability to gain IL skills were driven by the student’s own motivation, interests and innate abilities, rather than the quality and format of the available instructional opportunities
  • Multiple literacies, including digital, visual, textual, and technological, have now joined information literacy as crucial skills for this century”
  • These collaborative efforts have enabled librarians to encourage and support faculty in establishing learning priorities which will ensure that students be equipped with the competencies to become effective lifelong learners.
  • Only by establishing a successful partnership between librarians and faculty, can the goal of mastery of information literacy by students be accomplished.
  • The goal of librarian-faculty collaboration in integrating information literacy into the curriculum is to enable students to learn the skills and competencies needed for success during their life time
  • To make sure that everyone is able to become an educated, skilled, and information-literate person, librarians and faculty at institutions of higher education throughout the world will need to work together as partners to provide the education
miriammuk1

Ensuring equitable access to AR/VR in higher education - 1 views

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    Augmented reality and virtual reality are opening new doors for learners to learn and teachers to instruct. Colleges that cater mostly underserved populations like Historically Black Colleges (HBC) or Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU) etc are also turning to this technology in their higher education instruction.
Torey Olson

Interview | Time for Schoology | edtechdigest.com - 0 views

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    The initial idea for Schoology came about during college when three friends, Jeremy Friedman, Ryan Hwang and Tim Trinidad tried to develop an effective platform for sharing lecture notes with every...
pwarmack

ProfHacker - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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    The Chronicle of Higher Education's ProfHacker blog - a cohort of higher education faculty members and ed tech professionals submit tips and commentary on education, technology, education & college/university. Recent topics include making web content printer friendly, digital annotation, & time management apps.
miriammuk1

College in the metaverse is here. Is higher ed ready? - 1 views

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    Metavesity is the new online learning that could replace zoom and may substitute physical campus in decades to come. Metaversity supporters say virtual reality boosts student achievement and engagement.
elleneoneil

Statistics | National Girls Collaborative Project - 1 views

  • In 2012, 11.2% of bachelor’s degrees in science and engineering, 8.2% of master’s degrees in science and engineering, and 4.1% of doctorate degrees in science and engineering were awarded to minority women
  • Women make up half of the total U.S. college-educated workforce, but only 29% of the science and engineering workforce
  • Minority women comprise fewer than 1 in 10 employed scientists and engineer
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    Statistics on diverse learners in STEM fields (including minorities and women)
Eric Telfer

High school tries going paperless in pilot program : Sj - 0 views

  • "We spend approximately $330 per pupil per year on textbooks," he said. "Over four years, that's over $1,500. With the Android tablet, we'll issue it to a student when he's in the ninth grade. He will have that four years. So, that's under $150 compared to $1,500."
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      This point should help to "make the pitch" as district leaders love the prospect of saving money. Going paperless saves not only on textbooks, though. Reams of paper won't need to be consumed, saving on toner cartridges, service repairs to copiers, less frequent need to replace copiers. One investment for the ninth grade student lasts four years. insurance policy costs? 
  • "The kids will have Internet access wherever they are in the building,"
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      Okay, but will there be an equity issue for some students when they are at home? You can't flip a classroom if some kids have sketchy dial-up access from home, or no internet access.
  • the Androids are set up to contain graphing and science calculators, both of which can cost $75 to $100 if purchased as separate items in stores
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      Buying in bulk saves the district cash.
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  • "If they lose it, they bought it, just like a textbook,"
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      Get a contract out to parents over the summer. Fine kids too if they misplace their device (school bus, gym, at another school, athletic complex). 
  • "We're getting our students ready for college and the world of work
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      Crux of this whole pitch/proposal.
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    Part of the pitch to go paperless, to some degree within the district, or just BFA. Good budgetary motivation for the Elephant. 
Eric Telfer

Radical Curriculum Sharing at the Open High School of Utah | Edutopia - 0 views

  • integrating Web 2.0 technologies, like those that follow, would help her students succeed in the 21st centur
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      I think we have to do this and PLPs will reinforce the necessity for teachers to be equipped with the skills and dispositions to teach them to all students.
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      Color-coded lesson plans are "the best"- peer reviewed?
    • Eric Telfer
       
      Virtual Library of Instruction- access to curricular plans that align with CCSS and you can quickly create a scope and sequence with the essential questions and broad, overarching themes for the academic year- paperless.
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  • The age of comprehensive drag-and-drop curriculum planning is here
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      More than one department from one school? Curriculum sharing between different schools in different districts? This is the true target of authentic collaboration and PLNs.
  • The Virtual Library of Instruction (11) hosts many excellent unit plans designed at the University of Georgia's by Dr. Peter Smagorinsky's secondary English majors. Scroll down to see units listed by grade. Titles listed in pink are the best.
  • At Teaching That Makes Sense (TTMS.org) (12), Steve Peha has created a ridiculous amount of materials useful for writing instructors
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      Personal interest in improving strategies surrounding writing instruction (CLAs, expository writing, SBAC constructed responses).
  • Some of the sites I discovered were created by college professors and might be too difficult for students who are not academically gifted. Nonetheless, there are treasures here
  • Technology still hasn't solved the biggest time crunch: reading, responding, and grading essays. "And let me tell you," she laughs, "My grading inbox is frightening." Nor does technology alleviate the need for her presence "They want me there, commenting. But I can't always be there as much as I want to be."
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      WriteToLearn and similar grading software (Intelligent Essay Assessor, Criterion) will become an option for teachers to grade elements of an essay that can be "counted".
Eric Telfer

http://www.ucdenver.edu/faculty_staff/faculty/center-for-faculty-development/Documents/... - 0 views

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    For those of us getting students ready for post-secondary studies. The Common Core mandates teachers to have students "college ready", even if they don't attend. I know Chelsea and I teach seniors... anyone else?
Chelsea Turley

3 Keys for a Successful E-Portfolio Implementation -- THE Journal - 0 views

  • research has shown that schools that incorporate portfolios as a teaching and learning initiative typically have more success than those that view them primarily as a technology project.
  • Students must understand the standards.
  • Students must understand what it means to reflect
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  • Students should think about additional audiences for their work
  • Reflection is when they really start to take ownership,
  • Many colleges are now asking for more materials beyond the usual transcripts and written essays.
  • Educators can assess not just current student work, but also student development over time.
  • Schools that incorporate digital portfolios  often discover that it becomes less about technology and more about students talking about and sharing their goals
leahammond

Teacher: We Are Pawns in Someone Else's Game | Diane Ravitch's blog - 0 views

  • Teacher: We Are Pawns in Someone Else’s Game
  • Schools market a product. It’s called education. It’s called reading and writing and math and social studies and science. It is called college and career readiness. But most importantly, it’s called hope and dreams. It is the future we market.
  • Or at least we used to. Nowadays, we’re forced to market high test scores and low suspension rates.
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  • At the end of the day, public schools can be the saviors of a nation. As the only institution in America that routinely sees 50 million young people a day, we have a chance to redefine our future. But instead of leading the way, we have lost our way and our mission, once clear as a bright sunny day, has become muddied and incoherent. Business and politics have so polluted our ranks that it has become increasingly difficult to distinguish among educational, political and business leaders
  • We give lip service to what is best for kids, but operationally, we don’t follow through. We are not allowed to. If we did what was best for kids, we would enforce behavioral codes uniformly, restructure our secondary schools to create a relationship rich culture, reform funding structures to ensure equality in opportunity, build strong home school partnerships and reestablish the teaching profession as the expert in all matters educational.
  • Until we regain our leadership role, public education will continue to be bullied and dragged into the mud. Teachers’ unions at all levels must reinvent themselves as leaders in best practices, and until that occurs, they will continue to loose footing with both the public and legal infrastructures of our country. Education leaders have embraced the conversation about single data point testing, instead of fighting against the flawed logic driving it. In backroom conversations, we all talk about the absurdity of it, but in public view, we refuse to take the lead, instead ignoring common sense and the legions of evidence that undermine its credibility.
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    The product of today's public education system. Who is setting the standard and why?
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    I don't agree with everything in this article, but it is an interesting read.
stephanie karabaic

How Can we Embed Digital Literacy in the Classroom? - Purposeful Technology-Constructin... - 0 views

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      Turning passive learners into active learners using technology tools and changing the paradigm is essential! With that comes the teaching not only of the tools, but proper use of the digital tools, which is like an open door to the world, once posting, its' out there-huge responsibility to teach the proper use and dangers that lurk!
  • CCCS Reference to Technology by Grade Levels
  • College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading (6-12):
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  • Production and Distribution of Writing (6-12):
Torey Olson

Leadership & Technology: 10 Thoughts - 1 views

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    The rising use of technology among college students can challenge leaders to accomplish their goals. The following "ten thoughts", which address some of these challenges, were originally presented to a group of undergraduate student leaders. They generated some interesting discussion. Leaders provide order in chaos, but...
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    Pros and Cons when considering technology in education
leahammond

Student Rights and Responsibilities in the Digital Age: A Guide for Public School Stude... - 0 views

  • You have the right to express yourself online, whether you are writing e-mails, posting to a blog, updating a homepage, or talking in a chat-room. Yet you also are responsible for your actions as they affect others
  • The U.S. Constitution and the Washington Constitution guarantee freedom of expression for everyone, including students. Students do not give up their constitutional rights when they walk onto school grounds. Whether you want to comment on a new school rule, gay rights, teen pregnancy, or the latest national news, you have the right to express your ideas, including those that are controversial. But there are limits
  • such as giving a sexually suggestive speech at a school assembly, or promoting illegal drug use at a school functio
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  • But in most situations, school administrators and teachers cannot prevent you from saying something just because it is controversial.
  • true threat A defamatory statement Obscene
  • True Threats Whether you are in school or not, online or in-person, the right to free speech does not protect speech that a reasonable person would interpret as a serious expression of your desire and ability to harm him/her.
  • Defamatory Statements The right to free speech also does not protect false personal attacks against another person that are untrue, that harm someone's reputation, and that you knew, or should have known, were untrue when you said or wrote it.
  • Obscene Speech The right to free speech does not protect speech that deals with sex in a manner appealing to purely lustful interests in a patently offensive manner, and without serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
  • For speech to be considered a "true threat," it must be something that a reasonable person would interpret as a serious expression of an intention to harm him/her.
  • If the school provides students with an e-mail address, it can impose rules on its use. For example, it can require that the address be used only for school-related purposes and can prohibit using the account in a way that interferes with another student's learning, such as sending flames or bullying messag
  • It may also monitor what you view, send, or receive on school-provided computers or e-mail account
  • Your school may prohibit all access to the Internet on any computer. Or your school may prohibit using school computers to access the Internet, including sites such as Facebook or YouTube, or using Hotmail or Gmail accounts, if school officials believe access is disruptive to the schoo
  • When you are using the school's computer and Internet access, school officials can see what you are sending and receiving onlin
  • Check your personal e-mail or non-school-related websites outside of school, on your own time, with a computer that does not belong to the school.
  • But merely because you are off campus, you are not free to say just anything. Remember, state and federal laws make it illegal to post threats of violence against a person or to advocate certain illegal action
  • Posting information on the Internet can be like publishing it in the newspaper. If the website is public, anyone can look at i
  • Keep in mind that school officials, college admissions officers, and potential employers are free to look at it.
  • Other people could take your posting and copy it to another website where you can't delete it
  • What's more, what you put on a public website may stay on the Internet foreve
M Bresler

Faculty Development - Teaching Academy | College of Medicine | University of Vermont - 0 views

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    These are the current modules available for faculty. There's nothing for the first part of the curriculum, when faculty are tasked with delivering instruction to large groups.
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