Skip to main content

Home/ UNIETD/ Group items tagged east

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
Robin Galloway

Field of Dreams: One principal's takeaways from visiting Iowa 1:1 schools - 0 views

esheninger.blogspot.com/...field-of-dreams.html

unietd education technology 1:1 innovation laptops schools iowa

shared by Robin Galloway on 04 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Robin Galloway on 04 Feb 11
     
    This principal from the East coast visited three 1:1 schools in Iowa and posted his reactions to his blog on the way home.
Dillon Lucas

Libya fighters issue deadline to civilians in Gadhafi stronghold - CNN.com - 1 views

edition.cnn.com/...index.html

middle east conflicts

shared by Dillon Lucas on 14 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Libya's interim leadership gave residents in the pro-Gadhafi stronghold of Bani Walid a 48-hour notice to leave the city as it sent reinforcements there and to the former regime's other remaining strongholds at Sirte and Sabha. As the National Transitional Council sought to assert control over all its territory, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, arrived in Tripoli Wednesday to meet with Libya's new leaders.
Robin Galloway

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

thegazette.com/...ressed-at-eastern-iowa-schools

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.
  • ...5 more annotations...
  • 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?
1 - 3 of 3
Showing 20▼ items per page