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Kaylee Schulte

Iowa Core - Iowa Department of Education - 4 views

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education curriculum iowa

shared by Kaylee Schulte on 27 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Kaylee Schulte on 27 Jan 12
     
    Iowa's students deserve an education that helps them succeed in today's technology rich, global economy. The Iowa Core (formerly known as the Iowa Core Curriculum and the Model Core Curriculum) provides academic expectations for all Iowa's K-12 students.
Robin Galloway

Cursive handwriting no longer stressed at Eastern Iowa schools | TheGazette - 2 views

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language arts english writing cursive handwriting commoncore iowa standards curriculum

shared by Robin Galloway on 28 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • “It doesn’t seem like there’s the emphasis on cursive handwriting today that there was when I was in school,” said Lisa Donohoe, Shelby’s mom.
  • “We do have a curriculum for cursive handwriting as part of our SLEs (Student Learning Expectations),” said Mary Ellen Maske, executive administrator for elementary education for the Cedar Rapids school district.The district uses the Zaner-Bloser Handwriting curriculum, which introduces cursive handwriting in third grade, and practice in fourth and fifth grades.The goal is 10 to 15 minutes of cursive handwriting instruction each day
  • Iowa is among 42 states and the District of Columbia, to have adopted the Common Core State Standards for English, which omits cursive handwriting from the required curriculum.
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  • A 2009 study by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute in Washington, D.C., cites cursive as important for cognitive development because it “requires fluid movement, eye-hand coordination and fine motor skill development.
    • Robin Galloway
      Robin Galloway on 28 Apr 11
       
      Aren't there better ways to develop eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills? Note taking? Seriously? 
  • “We tell our students ‘We’re teaching you this style, but as you get older, you’ll develop your own style,’” said Thea Thies, a fourth-grade teacher at East Elementary School in Waukon. “That’s the fun part.”
  • Thies said she cites historical documents and handwriting analysis as examples of cursive handwriting in effort to increase her students’ enthusiasm of the subject.
    • Robin Galloway
      Robin Galloway on 28 Apr 11
       
      Yep, that should inspire them!
  • Robin Galloway on 28 Apr 11
     
    Why should cursive be taught at all in this century?
Angela Davison

Shannon Miller: Integrating Technology into Curriculum through Banding Together - The D... - 0 views

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integrating technology curriculum

shared by Angela Davison on 20 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Angela Davison on 20 Oct 14
     
    Shannon Miller, a 2014 Library Journal Mover & Shaker and former K−12 librarian of the Van Meter (IA) Community School District, turned a Rainbow Loom craze amongst her students into a learning opportunity called Banding Together.
Ms. Bueltel

The Library Voice - 0 views

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Technology Integration

shared by Ms. Bueltel on 20 Oct 14 - Cached
  • Ms. Cannon on 20 Oct 14
     
    This is from our guest speaker. Gives some insight on the library and technology
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  • Morgan Malskeit on 20 Oct 14
     
    The Library Voice is a blog made by Shannon Miller talking about technology and connecting it to education.
  • Ms. Bueltel on 23 Oct 14
     
    The Library Voice- Shannon Millers website. Shannon Miller is trying to change the education world by integrating technology throughout our curriculum. Check out her blog to see what creative, new ideas she is presenting.
  • Ms. Bueltel on 23 Oct 14
     
    The Library Voice- Shannon Millers website. Shannon Miller is trying to change the education world by integrating technology throughout our curriculum. Check out her blog to see what creative, new ideas she is presenting.
Angela Davison

Using Technology in Education - 0 views

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technology education Q_A

shared by Angela Davison on 03 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Angela Davison on 20 Oct 14
     
    Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our 175,000 members in 119 countries are professional educators from all levels and subject areas--superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and school board members.
  • Angela Davison on 20 Oct 14
     
    Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our 175,000 members in 119 countries are professional educators from all levels and subject areas--superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and school board members.
Magda Galloway

Instructional Technology | UNI - College of Education - 5 views

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uni technology education

shared by Magda Galloway on 11 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Magda Galloway on 13 Sep 13
     
    "Undergraduate students preparing to be teachers will be users and leaders of technology in classrooms and schools. The Educational Technology Minor gives them one more way to demonstrate their teaching skills. The Instructional Technology graduate degree program creates opportunities in classrooms and in the business community."
Kim McCoy-Parker

Sir Ken Robinson: Why We Need to Reform Education Now - 0 views

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shared by Kim McCoy-Parker on 04 May 13 - No Cached
  • In 1970, the U.S. had the highest rates of high school graduation in the world, now it has one of the lowest.
  • now around 75 percent, which puts America 23rd out of 28 countries surveyed.
  • They are mentors, coaches, motivators, and lifelong sources of inspiration to their students.
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  • high schools every day, close to 1.5 million a year.
  • According to one estimate, if the numbers of young people leaving school early could be cut by 50 percent, the net gain to the U.S. economy from savings in social programs and gains in additional tax revenues could be around $90 billion a year - that's almost $1 trillion in just over ten years.
  • One of the themes of TEDTalks Education is that current policies are based on a tragic misdiagnosis of the problem. They treat education as an industrial process rather than as a human one. They are driven by a culture of testing and standardization that has narrowed the curriculum and sees students as data points and teachers as functionaries rather than as living breathing people.
  • To improve our schools, we have to humanize them and make education personal to every student and teacher in the system.
  • The key to personalizing education is to invest properly in the professional development of educators. As Bill Gates argues, teachers need mentors too.
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  • Teaching is an art form. Great teachers know they have to cultivate curiosity, passion and creativity in their students.
  • achievement soars when teachers fire the imaginations of their students with a true spirit of inquiry.
  • All students have their own stories, motivations and circumstances and teachers have to connect with them personally.
  • "Everyone has a story," she says. "Everyone has a struggle and everyone needs help along the way."
  • We have millions of young people walking away from education, he says. But "right now, we could save them all," if we're prepared to innovate fundamentally and not just do more of the same.
  • "Every child," she says, "deserves a champion who will never give up on them... and insists they become the best they can possibly be."
  • give them the creative freedom to innovate and do their jobs within a proper framework of public accountability.
  • There are those who say that we can't afford to personalize education to every student. The fact is that we can't afford not to.
Jennifer Roche

Teaching Strategies, LLC - Dynamic curriculum, assessment, and training for early child... - 1 views

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shared by Jennifer Roche on 06 Jun 12 - Cached
    • Jennifer Roche
      Jennifer Roche on 06 Jun 12
       
      Check out this website it gives great teaching strategies for Early Childhood education teachers.
Christine Fahlgren

Empathy in the classroom - 0 views

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shared by Christine Fahlgren on 31 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Christine Fahlgren on 31 Jan 14
     
    A recent report entitled "Making Education Work" urges the British government to introduce radical changes into the English education system. The fun thing is this article mentions University of Northern Iowa!
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