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Janet Hale

Curriculum Definition - The Glossary of Education Reform - 0 views

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  • Janet Hale on 04 Mar 16
     
    "The term curriculum refers to the lessons and academic content taught in a school or in a specific course or program. In dictionaries, curriculum is often defined as the courses offered by a school, but it is rarely used in such a general sense in schools. Depending on how broadly educators define or employ the term, curriculum typically refers to the knowledge and skills students are expected to learn, which includes the learning standards or learning objectives they are expected to meet; the units and lessons that teachers teach; the assignments and projects given to students; the books, materials, videos, presentations, and readings used in a course; and the tests, assessments, and other methods used to evaluate student learning. An individual teacher's curriculum, for example, would be the specific learning standards, , lessons, assignments, and materials used to organize and teach a particular course."
Janet Hale

The Knowledge Funnel: A New Model for Learning by Elliot Washor and Charles Mojkowski (... - 0 views

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  • Janet Hale on 07 Apr 11
     
    "At Big Picture Learning, we are always trying to see learning with "new eyes" in order to enrich our school design and to sharpen our practice."
Janet Hale

If Robots Will Run the World, What Should Students Learn? | MindShift - 0 views

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  • Janet Hale on 01 Apr 14
     
    "Education has to focus on learning how to learn - metacognition. School will still be important, but not to impart what happened during the Revolutionary War or to teach the quadratic formula. School, he said, should focus on teaching young people the intangibles, the things that make humans unique: relationships, flexibility, humanity, how to make discriminating decisions, resilience, innovation, adaptability, wisdom, ethics, curiosity, how to ask good questions, synthesizing and integrating information, and of course, creating. "
Janet Hale

Implementing Expanded Learning Time: Six Factors for Success | Edutopia - 0 views

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  • Janet Hale on 22 May 13
     
    "In the fall of 2006, Clarence R. Edwards Middle School ("the Edwards" as it is known locally within Boston Public Schools) became one of the first schools in the state of Massachusetts to implement the Expanded Learning Time (ELT) Initiative. The reasons why were simple: we were not making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and we wanted to make significant academic gains with our students. As it turned out, making our school day longer was one of the best things we could have done to help reform our school model and improve student outcomes. Our statewide exam scores, student enrollment, daily student attendance rate, community and family engagement, and time for team teaching/collaboration all improved as a result of ELT. "
Janet Hale

Insight and Outsight: 8 Strategies to Catalyze District-Wide Learning | Edutopia - 0 views

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  • Janet Hale on 29 Jul 15
     
    "As I begin my tenth year as superintendent, I take stock of the significant changes that have occurred in my school district. As Pascal Finette says, social media have turned the world into a participation culture linked by a global communication network. And mobile devices, with 500 times the computing power that put astronauts on the moon, rest in the hands, pockets, and backpacks of children, not just top executives. Smart technologies have moved onto some college campuses, and students now receive texts telling them when washers are open for laundry. No longer science fiction, driverless vehicles represent real stories in our daily newsfeeds."
Janet Hale

Hattie Ranking: Teaching Effects - VISIBLE LEARNING - 0 views

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  • Janet Hale on 04 Feb 16
     
    Hattie Meta-Analysis - Influences and effect sizes related to student achievement - MOST EFFECTIVE - PROVIDING FORMATIVE EVALUATION
Janet Hale

Hattie Ranking: Curricula Effects - VISIBLE LEARNING - 0 views

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  • Janet Hale on 04 Feb 16
     
    Hattie Meta-Analysis - Influences and effect sizes related to student achievement - MOST EFFECTIVE - VOCABULARY PROGRAMS
Janet Hale

A venture capitalist searches for the purpose of school. Here's what he found. - The Wa... - 0 views

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  • Janet Hale on 19 Nov 15
     
    "Ted Dintersmith is a highly successful venture capitalist and father of two who is devoting most of his time, energy and part of of his personal fortune to education-related initiatives that call for a radical remaking of what and how students learn. He organized, funded and produced the documentary "Most Likely To Succeed," which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2015. He, along with co-author Tony Wagner, recently released a book titled "Most Likely To Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era." And he is conducting a 50-state tour to encourage communities all over the country to re-think the purpose of school. By Ted Dintersmith"
Janet Hale

Michael Fullan Affirms the Power of Collective Efficacy - Learning Forward's PD Watch -... - 0 views

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  • Janet Hale on 11 Apr 16
     
    "At a learning session I attended recently, Michael Fullan announced that, after reviewing John Hattie's research on practices with the most significant impact in schools, collective efficacy is the new winner. Once again, we have evidence that harnessing the power of the group rather than relying solely on the individual is key to unlocking the full potential of educators and students in schools. Collective efficacy -- educators' belief that in working together, they have the capability to improve significant challenges in schools -- doesn't just happen when systems or schools offer educators the opportunity to collaborate. According to Fullan, four conditions are essential to create collective efficacy."
Janet Hale

What Artificial Intelligence Could Mean For Education : NPR Ed : NPR - 0 views

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  • Janet Hale on 17 Mar 16
     
    "The Pearson report predicts software that will bring helpful feedback in an instant about students' progress, their knowledge state and even their state of mind - eliminating the need to stop and give a standardized test. On a more futuristic, somewhat creepier note, Forcier and her co-authors also suggest the development of something called a "lifelong learning companion."
Janet Hale

Education Week: Summit to Make a Case for Teaching Handwriting - 0 views

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  • Janet Hale on 24 Jan 12
     
    "Handwriting still has a place in the digital age, its proponents say, and they hoped that what they billed as a "summit" on the subject this week would spotlight their case for the enduring value of handwriting in the learning process."
Janet Hale

Is differentiated instruction a hollow promise? - 0 views

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  • Janet Hale on 17 May 14
     
    "It looks to me as if one of the most acclaimed reforms of today's education profession-not just in the U.S. but also all over the planet-is one of the least examined in terms of actual implementation and effectiveness. How often and how well do instructors, whose administrators and gurus revere the concept of differentiated instruction, actually carry it out? How well does it work and for which kids under what circumstances? So far as I can tell, nobody really knows. I've been roaming the globe in search of effective strategies for educating high-ability youngsters, particularly kids from disadvantaged circumstances who rarely have parents with the knowledge and means to steer them through the education maze and obtain the kind of schooling (and/or supplementation or acceleration) that will make the most of their above-average capacity to learn. As expected, I've found a wide array of programs and policies intended for "gifted education," "talent development," and so forth, each with pluses and minuses."
Janet Hale

On transfer as the goal in literacy (7th in a series) | Granted, and... - 0 views

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  • Janet Hale on 20 Apr 15
     
    "n the previous literacy post I identified a few take-away questions and related issues from my recent research on comprehension, and looked at some tips related to the 1st question: Do students understand the real point of academic reading? Do students understand that the aim of instruction is transfer of learning? Am I using the right texts for making clear the value of strategies? Do students understand the difference between self-monitoring understanding and knowing what they might do when understanding does not occur? Am I attending to the fewest, most powerful comprehension strategies for academic literacy? Am I helping them build a flexible repertoire instead of teaching strategies in isolation? Do students have sufficient general understanding of the strategies (which is key to transfer)? Am I doing enough ongoing formal assessment of student comprehension, strategy use, and tolerance of ambiguity?"
Janet Hale

Tech Transformation: The SAMR Model - From theory to practice - 1 views

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  • Janet Hale on 21 Aug 11
     
    "Last month, while at the Apple Education Leadership Conference, I went to a presentation about the SAMR model. This weekend the IT department went on a retreat to our school's chalet in the Alps and one of the issues we were considering was how to raise the level of technology from enhancing the curriculum to transforming the curriculum. Often we attend planning meetings where teachers suggest using technology in a way that is merely enhancing what they are doing (the S and A in the model) - we have decided that if they want to do that they should book the lab themselves and do these activities, the ones shown in blue on the above diagram - and that this will free us up as IT teachers to go into the classrooms to concentrate more on the M and R to transform the learning experience (shown in pink on the diagram)."
Janet Hale

The APPMazing Race: A Great Way to Increase Collaboration and Learning at an Event | Ho... - 0 views

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  • Janet Hale on 13 Feb 15
     
    "This year at iPadpalooza we were looking to do something a little different with all that "transition" time in between sessions. Often times, when you attend a conference, you find yourself in complete session-mode. You rush from session to session, never taking time to reflect, interact or collaborate with others at the event."
Janet Hale

Unpacking a Twitter Conference Feed | Langwitches Blog - 0 views

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  • Janet Hale on 29 Mar 15
     
    "Twitter can be overwhelming, even for a seasoned Twitterer. We use tools, such as Tweetdeck, to help us organize the tweets coming in --we use #hashtags to filter and connect our conversations --we @mention, we RT, we DM, we #FF --we participate in #edchats --we give credit where credit is due --we take notes --we disseminate interesting information to our network --we amplify our voices to engage in conversation with people from around the world Yes, it can be overwhelming to follow a conference Twitter hashtag such as #AASSA15 (Association of American Schools in South America Annual Educators Conference . (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3). You will find a few sample sreenshots of Tweets from the AASSA conference in Curaçao. Unpacked and annotexted to make the value of Twitter as a Professional Development tool, a learning tool visible to the untrained eye."
Janet Hale

How Family Background Influences Student Achievement - Education Next : Education Next - 0 views

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  • Janet Hale on 19 Feb 16
     
    "In opening our eyes to the role of family background in the creation of inequality, Coleman wasn't suggesting that we shrug our shoulders and learn to live with it. But in attacking the achievement gap, as his research would imply, we need to mobilize not only our schools but also other institutions. Promise Neighborhoods offer cradle-to-career supports to help children successfully navigate the challenges of growing up. Early childhood programs provide intervention at a critical time, when children's brains take huge leaps in development. Finally, small schools of choice can help to build a strong sense of community, which could particularly benefit inner-city neighborhoods where traditional institutions have been disintegrating."
Janet Hale

Collaboration: A Necessity, Not an Option | ASCD Inservice - 0 views

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  • Janet Hale on 07 Dec 15
     
    "It took me more than a decade to understand the importance and true worth of collaboration. During my early years in teaching, I strived hard, but I always worked in isolation. My aim was always to excel; thus, I built my library and invested a good amount of money to fill my shelves with physics books. I was mistaken. I focused too much on content and not enough on delivery-until I learned how to collaborate."
Janet Hale

FAIR USE Five-Minute Film Festival: Copyright and Fair Use for Educators | Edutopia - 0 views

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  • Janet Hale on 09 Dec 15
     
    "I absolutely love it when teachers and students create, remix, and mash up media; it's a fantastic way to encourage deeper learning and media literacy. But one issue that complicates digital freedom of expression is copyright law. While many would argue that copyright law is outdated and badly in need of an overhaul, it's still critical that adults and kids alike have a basic understanding of what's legal and ethical while playing with other people's intellectual property. Here's a list of videos I collected to help you navigate the murky waters of copyright law in educational settings."
Janet Hale

Will ESSA Offer New Leadership Opportunities for Educators? - Teacher-Leader Voices - E... - 0 views

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  • 3) Teacher leadership is actually supported in ESSA. For the first time, there are numerous references made to teacher leadership in ESEA, offering an opportunity for school systems to channel federal funds into teacher leadership and to think about staffing schools differently: P. 319, lines 17-21: "providing training and support for teacher leaders and principals or other school leaders who are recruited as part of instructional leadership teams." P. 333, lines 11-17: "A description of the local educational agency's systems of professional growth and improvement, such as induction for teachers, principals, or other school leaders and opportunities for building the capacity of teachers and opportunities to develop meaningful teacher leadership." P. 350, lines 15-18: "successful fulfillment of additional responsibilities or job functions, such as teacher leadership roles" P. 356-357, lines 21-25 and 1-3: "authority to make staffing decisions that meet the needs of the school, such as building an instructional leadership team that includes teacher leaders or offering opportunities for teams or pairs of effective teachers or candidates to teach or to start teaching in high-need schools together."
  • Janet Hale on 08 Jan 16
     
    "So how will the Every Student Succeeds Act be different? "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme!" is a caution for us; we need to learn where we went wrong with NCLB and waivers. One key error was the development of well-intentioned policies without the benefit of practicing educators at the decision making table. National polling shows that only 2% of teachers feel their voices are heard at the national level. My colleague Justin Minkel calls it the "implementation gap" - the gulf between a policy's intended impact and its actual impact once it rolls out with real kids in real classrooms. When you don't have practicing educators assisting with the decision making, that gap is inevitable. ESSA provides new access points to teachers in three ways..."
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