This is really neat! Get the kids on board to teach the teachers and others. Fun to see Andy Crozier in the video- I have known him for many years-since he was in elementary school
This is an excellent intro article about how to help the US education keep up. The idea of fusing the 3 R's with the 4C's(critical-thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity and innovation.
This article describes US culture seen through the eyes of an immaginary visitor to the country, as portrayed in US pop television programming. I am planning to discuss this with my students, and I thought I might piece together a youtube as "pre-reading" with some of the programming quoted in the article, if available.
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Harley School Receives Educational Leadership Grant from the Recognized as national leader in teaching empathy and emotional literacy (Rochester, NY-May 27, 2011)-The Harley School, a preK-12 independent school located in Brighton, NY, has been awarded a 2011 Edward E. Ford Foundation Education Leadership Grant to further its work in teaching empathy and emotional literacy.
ou want an opportunity for your kids to communicate with other kids about what they are learning,” says Becky Fisher, the director of educational technology and professional development for the 13,000-student Albemarle County school district in central Virginia
I did not know this. I wonder if my district will be doing this. The high school kids will be getting laptops this year. I sub. I am glad I am taking this class so I will be a wee bit familiar with Google Apps.