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Tom March

t r u t h o u t | Lessons From Most Successful Schools Abroad - 0 views

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Pedagogy Educational Goals Readings

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  • Tom March on 29 Apr 09
     
    Education trends from other nations are gaining cachet as political and educational leaders strive to bring American schools in line with the demands of the 21st-century global economy.
Tom March

Foundational Skills - 0 views

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  • Create distribution lists for class groups
    • Christen Jacobs
      Christen Jacobs on 22 Apr 09
       
      Share distribution lists to minimise use of "School Staff" list
  • “Bcc” (Blind carbon copy)
    • Jason Coleman
      Jason Coleman on 22 Apr 09
       
      Do people still use this function?
    • hal jordan
      hal jordan on 22 Apr 09
       
      Only when mistakenly sending emails about they didn't actually want people to see...
    • Merrick Brewer
      Merrick Brewer on 22 Apr 09
       
      What is this anyway? I thought it meant you published your emails to BBC TV
    • hal jordan
      hal jordan on 22 Apr 09
       
      It's a means of sending an email to various other people at once. For example, you might send an email addressed to a parent concerning a manner but you'd CC the same email to your year level co-ordinator so they know exactly what you're communicating to said parent.
  • c     Set up your own collection of RSS feeds
    • Paul Smith
      Paul Smith on 22 Apr 09
       
      Once RSS is demonstrated to staff through sites such as Pageflakes staff may see how the benefit of the web working for the user rather than trawling through google.
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  •     Contribute resources you find to local and online colleagues
    • Paul Smith
      Paul Smith on 22 Apr 09
       
      Using resources such as Delicious to pool resources and share ideas with other teachers saves so much time!
    • Christen Jacobs
      Christen Jacobs on 22 Apr 09
       
      Being too prescriptive about what tools to use will date this document - better to leave it to individuals to work out what's best for them
    • celia sutterby
      celia sutterby on 22 Apr 09
       
      How do you create a floating sticky note?
  •   Maintain a list of core course documents throughout the year
    • Merrick Brewer
      Merrick Brewer on 22 Apr 09
       
      Maybe this could be expanded a bit. list some of the "core course documents could be teased out.
  • core course documents
    • celia sutterby
      celia sutterby on 22 Apr 09
       
      Microsoft OneNote is a really useful resource for keeping track of these materials and remembering what you did in previous/similar lessons.
  • (Powerpoint)
    • hal jordan
      hal jordan on 22 Apr 09
       
      Why just Powerpoint? Why not a HTML based presentation? Or one done in Flash? All are possible.
    • Tom March
      Tom March on 22 Apr 09
       
      Yes, what about great online presentation tools? How much (if at all?) do we still have to play by the "Everyone needs to know MS suite so schools need to do this as 'Job Prep?'" Do you feel this as a need in your schools?
  • ito
  • Juxtapose other stimulus prompts ito challenge thinking
    • Merrick Brewer
      Merrick Brewer on 22 Apr 09
       
      Is that 'into', Itunes, to, it, it is a challenge really.
    • Tom March
      Tom March on 22 Apr 09
       
      Oops, typo. Thanks ;-)
  • ito
  • Add a document for students to download
  • ito challenge
  • Edit a word processed document by: using find and replace, checking word counts, inserting page breaks, accessing the spellcheck and thesaurus functions
    • Jason Coleman
      Jason Coleman on 22 Apr 09
       
      Is this more of a "basic" skill that we assume that all educators already know? If this section is regarding posting documents, we are talking about a different set of skills.
    • Christen Jacobs
      Christen Jacobs on 22 Apr 09
       
      Assume nothing
    • Mahendra Kapoor
      Mahendra Kapoor on 22 Apr 09
       
      I assume this is a somewhat mandatory skill that users of Word Processing applications should have. How unprofessional to read a doc that has spelling errors etc!!
  • Analyse class maps as tools for discussion
    • Tom March
      Tom March on 22 Apr 09
       
      Many of the ICT standards view Tech as a tool for thinking.
    • Paul Smith
      Paul Smith on 22 Apr 09
       
      Enabling students to access work and files from locations other than school will be more and more vital in the future.
  • Join a professional learning community and follow posts for several weeks
    • hal jordan
      hal jordan on 22 Apr 09
       
      Would this, however, be counted as hours in regard to the VITs PD requirements? If so, how would it be monitored/recorded?
  • Partner with a colleague to offer a new technology to extend or enrich learning for a group of your students
    • Christen Jacobs
      Christen Jacobs on 22 Apr 09
       
      Blog the use of this technology and share with other classes via a social network such as Classroom 2.0
    • Tom March
      Tom March on 22 Apr 09
       
      Good point. Collaboration doesn't need to be in-person & synchronous - or does it?
  • Use tables and styles to enhance the formatting of a document
    • Jason Coleman
      Jason Coleman on 22 Apr 09
       
      Does this enhance an educators "ability" to create and post?
    • Paul Smith
      Paul Smith on 22 Apr 09
       
      Our school does this through online content management called "Study Wiz"
    • Tom March
      Tom March on 22 Apr 09
       
      Yes, any means - Moodle, Wordpress, Sharepoint, etc. - the idea is that we have a professional responsibility to make core documents available. Do you agree?
  • Consider taking an active role in an online community.
    • hal jordan
      hal jordan on 22 Apr 09
       
      For what goal? Personal business just to keep technical skills up or must it be related to profession related topics? More clarification needed.
    • Tom March
      Tom March on 22 Apr 09
       
      Good point, Hal. What do you think? By "Level 4" I would expect this to be a professional community. Is this fair?
  •   Embed a video
    • Paul Smith
      Paul Smith on 22 Apr 09
       
      Visual Media engages students!
  •    Create opportunities for students to post sincere comments
    • Paul Smith
      Paul Smith on 22 Apr 09
       
      Finding online resources (Wikis, Blogs) that dont require email addresses and passwords can be an issue with younger students.
    • hal jordan
      hal jordan on 22 Apr 09
       
      That's why setting up an in-house system where you can create a large number of individual student accounts at the start of the year (such as VBulletin) comes in very handy.
    • celia sutterby
      celia sutterby on 22 Apr 09
       
      On the flipside, we use a vocabulary training website in LOTE which students can't access if they declare their DOB to make them younger than 13!
  • Upload presentations, videos or animations for student use
    • Larry Mckeown
      Larry Mckeown on 22 Apr 09
       
      Any ideas about the best way to do this? Should it be a WEB 2.0 application, such as Dropbox? Or is bandwith use a concern, so a LAN setup should be used?
    • hal jordan
      hal jordan on 22 Apr 09
       
      Just to save on costs, you'd probably have to do it over a LAN. It would also create a more reliable system, since an intranet/local network is less likely to fail than the connection to outside resources.
  • (QuickTime Pro)
    • Jason Coleman
      Jason Coleman on 22 Apr 09
       
      Obviously not the only resource for this. Open source solutions to cut costs?
    • hal jordan
      hal jordan on 22 Apr 09
       
      Definitely, open source is a very good way to go.
  • Create opportunities for students to synthesise their learning through projects that call for a creative, problem-solving or innovative response. 
  • Join a professional learning community and follow posts for several weeks
  • c     Join a professional learning community and follow posts for several weeks c     Join an online chat, webinar or presentation as an observer c     Choose one aspect of the learning framework to research
    • jennyann north
      jennyann north on 22 Apr 09
       
      Twitter is excellent for following like minded people and sharing thoughts, opinions and ideas about education and web 2.0 technologies.
  • Choose at least one work that you are willing to publish to the Web and do so.  This may be in any format: visual, written, video, audio, presentation, etc. The forum may be a wiki, professional journal, educators’ social network, iTunes, etc.
    • Larry Mckeown
      Larry Mckeown on 22 Apr 09
       
      How do you ensure appropriate content, privacy of other students, etc, in an environment where students can publish content for the world to see? Can you effectively?
    • hal jordan
      hal jordan on 22 Apr 09
       
      There are certain systems (such as VBulletin) where you can very closely control viewing/reading/writing permissions very easily.
  • Attach files appropriately to email messages
    • Christen Jacobs
      Christen Jacobs on 22 Apr 09
       
      Organise inbox into folders and use calendars
  • variety of bookmarking
  • Foundational Skills
    • Christen Jacobs
      Christen Jacobs on 22 Apr 09
       
      This is GREAT. Now we just need an online database so we can take a good long hard look at our own skills and those of other staff. I don't think this should be threatening to anyone, but guide them through some essential skills.
  •      Explore a new Web application and use it yourself for a lesson
    • jennyann north
      jennyann north on 22 Apr 09
       
      Introducing Dipity to year 6 next week to create a timeline for Anzac. Will let you know how it goes.
  • c     Review a new personal device & suggest how it could aid student learning
    • celia sutterby
      celia sutterby on 22 Apr 09
       
      I'm still undecided about delicious versus diigo -any suggestions?
  • Christen Jacobs on 22 Apr 09
     
    A checklist of ICT skills for teachers
Tom March

What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success - Anu Partanen - National -... - 1 views

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finland Education reform The Atlantic

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  • The answers Finland provides seem to run counter to just about everything America's school reformers are trying to do.
  • "There's no word for accountability in Finnish,"
  • "Accountability is something that is left when responsibility has been subtracted."
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  • Decades ago, when the Finnish school system was badly in need of reform, the goal of the program that Finland instituted, resulting in so much success today, was never excellence. It was equity.
  • The problem facing education in America isn't the ethnic diversity of the population but the economic inequality of society, and this is precisely the problem that Finnish education reform addressed. More equity at home might just be what America needs to be more competitive abroad.
Tom March

Lyndhurst to equip district students, faculty with iPads : page all - NorthJersey.com - 4 views

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ipads deployment

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  • "This will take Lyndhurst education to the next level,"
    • Tom March
      Tom March on 26 Mar 12
       
      Of gaming and distraction? What have they done to prepare the curriculum for learning pace, not seat time?
  • apply it to the classroom
  • we replaced one ink cartridge in the whole district this year."
    • Tom March
      Tom March on 26 Mar 12
       
      cool!
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  • "We are going to put together what we think meets our needs based on the common core standards, the curriculum standards and our district goals,"
    • Tom March
      Tom March on 26 Mar 12
       
      Ouch, ouch and ouch. Intrinsic motivation? Personal excellence?
  • iAuthor, a tool that will enable teachers to create their own books by pulling information from existing textbooks and other online materials.
    • Tom March
      Tom March on 26 Mar 12
       
      Copyright will be an interesting element here.
jennyann north

Edna - Web 2.0 - Site Blocking in Schools - 1 views

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Web 2.0 Educational Goals Contemporary ICT Skills

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  • jennyann north on 27 Apr 09
     
    This report focuses on identifying and overcoming the barriers associated with current site blocking practices in schools with regards to Web 2.0 services such as social networking, video sharing, blogs and wikis and popular sites such as YouTube, Facebook and Wikipedia.
Tom March

RSA Lectures - Stephen Heppell - Learning 2016 | Teachers TV - 0 views

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Educational Goals Pedagogy

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  • Tom March on 18 Apr 09
     
    In this programme Professor Stephen Heppell discusses what he thinks learning might look like in the year 2016. Stephen takes the prestigious stage at the Edward Boyle Memorial Lecture in the Royal Society of Arts, to offer his views on future learning and the important role we play in its fruition.
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