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How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century -- Printout -- TIME - 0 views

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- Danielle Samperi on 17 Aug 09
  
  It seems to me, from articles that I have read recently, that these ideas have been circulating within educational domains for a number of years. And yet, not a lot seems to have changed. Are there larger forces at work here, keeping our teaching and learning practices static rather dynamic?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">It seems to me, from articles that I have read recently, that these ideas have been circulating within educational domains for a number of years. And yet, not a lot seems to have changed. Are there larger forces at work here, keeping our teaching and learning practices static rather dynamic?</div>
  
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This is a story about the big public conversation the nation is not having about education, the one that will ultimately determine not merely whether some fraction of our children get "left behind" but also whether an entire generation of kids will fail to make the grade in the global economy because they can't think their way through abstract problems, work in teams, distinguish good information from bad or speak a language other than English.
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we need to bring what we teach and how we teach into the 21st century.
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Knowing more about the world
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Thinking outside the box
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Becoming smarter about new sources of information
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Developing good people skills
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Global Student
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All students take some classes in either Japanese or Spanish. Other subjects are taught in English, but the content has an international flavor
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Exposure to world cultures
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Depth over breadth and the ability to leap across disciplines
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video-conferencing with sister schools in Japan, Africa and Mexico
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international mindedness
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Real Knowledge in the Google Era
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Any number of old-school assignments--memorizing the battles of the Civil War or the periodic table of the elements--now seem faintly absurd. That kind of information, which is poorly retained unless you routinely use it, is available at a keystroke .
- Danielle Samperi on 17 Aug 09
  
  Needed: real, deep knowledge that is able to question and challenge; critical thinking and the ability to make "connections between ideas" (Wallis 2006).
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Needed: real, deep knowledge that is able to question and challenge; critical thinking and the ability to make "connections between ideas" (Wallis 2006).</div>
  
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Any number of old-school assignments--memorizing the battles of the Civil War or the periodic table of the elements--now seem faintly absurd. That kind of information, which is poorly retained unless you routinely use it, is available at a keystroke
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"portable skills"--critical thinking, making connections between ideas and knowing how to keep on learning
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key concepts that are taught in depth and in careful sequence, as opposed to a succession of forgettable details
- Danielle Samperi on 17 Aug 09
  
  Involves careful planning, but definitely worth it.
  
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key concepts that are taught in depth and in careful sequence, as opposed to a succession of forgettable details
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which skills and disciplines. "No. 1 was technology,"
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A New Kind of Literacy
- Danielle Samperi on 17 Aug 09
  
  Consider multi-literacies.
  
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documentary
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the elusive nature of truth
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what we know and how we know it
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"If truth is difficult to prove in history, does it follow that all versions are equally acceptable?"
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information literacy
- Danielle Samperi on 17 Aug 09
  
  Consider multi-literacies.
  
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research and deeper thinking
- Danielle Samperi on 17 Aug 09
  
  We must explicitly teach these skills.
  
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gap between how kids learn at school and how they do everything else
- Danielle Samperi on 17 Aug 09
  
  See Prensky (2005) article.
  
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assessments that are livelier and more current and multimedia-based than printed textbooks
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bring their methods--along with the curriculum--into line with the way the modern world works
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. That means putting a greater emphasis on teaching kids to collaborate and solve problems in small groups and apply what they've learned in the real world.
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That means putting a greater emphasis on teaching kids to collaborate and solve problems in small groups and apply what they've learned in the real world.
- Danielle Samperi on 17 Aug 09
  
  Key point. How? Makes me think of 'SMS poems' idea...
  
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At suburban Farmington High in Michigan, the engineering-technology department functions like an engineering firm, with teachers as project managers, a Ford Motor Co. engineer as a consultant and students working in teams.
- Danielle Samperi on 17 Aug 09
  
  Interesting! Could this work for a high school English department?
  
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At suburban Farmington High in Michigan, the engineering-technology department functions like an engineering firm, with teachers as project managers, a Ford Motor Co. engineer as a consultant and students working in teams.
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the kids learn to apply academic principles to the real world, think strategically and solve problems.
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Educational Technology Welcome - 2 views

This discussion board is for us to discuss issues relating to educational technology

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Australia's future using education technology - 0 views

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Options for the Govt on positioning Australian Education with emerging technologies

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Web helps nastiness rise to new levels - smh.com.au - 0 views

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shared by Danielle Samperi on 18 Aug 09 - Cached

But new technology enables girls to be even meaner, Australia's foremost expert on cyber bullying says.
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Victim paranoia was heightened when, as happens online, the bully was anonymous.
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Yet if the damage to the cyber victim is potentially greater, so too is the potential damage to perpetrators when exposed.
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Talk to children about cyber bullying.
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Prensky Article: Engage Me or Enrage Me.pdf - 0 views

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Article about using technology in the classroom to engage contemporary learners.

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http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/documents/opening_education/Social_Software_repor... - 0 views

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Value-adding English : enhancing English and literature through online learning. (AEIPT) - 0 views

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Danielle Samperi on 19 Aug 09

Article from 'Idiom' in 2000 - using ICT in English classrooms.

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Interactive whiteboards engaging students. (AEIPT) - 0 views

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Article about using Interactive Whiteboards in the classroom to engage students.

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DET copyright podcasting policy - 0 views

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Technology podcasting copyright

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