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  • The 10 Biggest Trends In Online Education Right Now

    Focus on Adult Learning: Innovation through Inquiry
    Holly McCracken
    14 May 2012 | 12:48 pm
    By Alex Summers The rise of online education has been meteoric in recent years, spurred on by advances in Internet services, software, and public perceptions toward collaborative learning. Here are ten trends in online education that are currently materializing in the field that we can expect to continue onward into the near future. Visit: http://edudemic.com/2012/05/the-10-biggest-trends-in-online-education-right-now/

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    Kathy Schrock's Kaffeeklatsch
    Kathy Schrock
    27 Apr 2012 | 6:55 pm
    Today I created a video with the very fun app for the iPad (and iPhone and iPod Touch) called SockPuppets. I had a special reason for using it and purchased extra time to make my video longer than the 30 seconds that they allow. The output options in SockPuppets are to share to Facebook or YouTube. I needed to get the video up to YouTube, so I thought I was all set. However, I got an error message whenever I tried to send the video to YouTube. I figured I could solve it with a little research. I did some searching, and could not come up with any posts of others having troubles.  I then…

  • Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 05/15/2012

    Cool Cat Teacher Blog
    15 May 2012 | 2:30 pm
    In the News - Snow White Premiere - Resources - TES Snow white just premiered in London so there will be a lot of interest. (Charlize Theron and Kristin Stewart are in the adaptation.) If you're wanting to talk about Snow White, here are some lesson plans and information for that purpose. tags: education teaching lessonplans fairy tales literature literature_teacher Introducing: TeacherView Report Cards | ClassroomWindow - Where the best solutions win Calling all math teachers - take a few minutes to evaluate your math textbook and get a $10 gift card for Amazon and start your summer reading…

  • TED-ED Launches

    The Fischbowl
    Karl Fisch
    25 Apr 2012 | 10:48 am
    I wanted to point to a new resource that some of you might find valuable: TED-ED. (Full Disclosure: While I did not play a major role, I was part of the planning process for this.)To get a good overview, watch the three minute TED-ED Tour video linked from the main TED-ED page.In a nutshell, here's what this resource provides.There is a growing collection of lessons on a variety of topics submitted by educators and then animated by professional animators. While currently small in number, this is likely to increase quickly. You can use the videos just as they are and there are suggested lesson…

  • Introducin​g College Tourist: An Interactiv​e Site Where Students Share Their Worlds!

    eSchool News
    eSchool News
    15 May 2012 | 8:26 am
    Hi and hope this email finds you well!Hi and I hope this finds you well! For your next feature, please considerTheCollegeTourist.com, a site that allows students to share the best aspects about their college town.Selecting a university is a big decision, based not only on academics and social life, but location and type of college town.TheCollegeTourist.comallows students to share their college journey, inspire others to write about theirs and communicate invaluable information to one another. It is a community of knowledge created for college students, by college students.More about College…
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  • Report: Charter-school students outperform peers

    15 May 2012 | 10:56 am
    Students attending a group of charter schools in Los Angeles outperformed their peers at other nearby schools in several acad -More- 

  • Educators, students should see "Bully"

    15 May 2012 | 10:56 am
    Teachers and middle-school students should see the film "Bully," which graphically documents the experiences of five families -More- You've spent the whole school year educating others. Now spend some time on your own education. This summer, SDE is hosting five national professional development conferences, plus state conferences and seminars in many parts of the country. Spend a little time on yourself. Attend an SDE event. See what we're offering. Call us toll-free: 1-800-462-1478.

  • Teacher suggests alternatives to the five-paragraph essay

    15 May 2012 | 10:56 am
    Chicago teacher Ray Salazar writes in this blog that he believes the traditional five-paragraph essay format is useless outsi -More- From struggling reader to overachiever. The journey starts with Imagine Learning, the language and literacy software solution that's empowering kids everywhere to read at grade level, succeed on high-stakes tests, and prepare for a successful life outside of the classroom. Download a research brief to see how we boost reading scores.

  • Fla. considers setting lower bar to pass writing exams

    15 May 2012 | 10:56 am
    Students' scores on the Florida state writing exams declined after the state adopted more rigorous tests.  -More- 

  • Education advocacy movement is growing

    15 May 2012 | 10:56 am
    Groups advocating for education reform are emerging in many parts of the country.  -More- 
 
 
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  • ROLE Reversal: An Sneak Peek of Mark Barnes’ New Book!

    Angela Maiers
    15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    Writer Mark Barnes was kind enough to send us an excerpt from his upcoming book! Enjoy! Not too long ago, after nearly two decades as a classroom teacher, I was ready to walk away from education. A particularly tough group of students made me feel like a failure. I knew most of them learned little or nothing in an entire school year, so I wondered why I should continue. That summer everything changed. I decided to return to my classroom the following year, but things were going to be different. I threw out literally every method I’d used in my career. Rules and consequences disappeared,…

  • Tools I’m Lovin: Ifttt

    Angela Maiers
    14 May 2012 | 1:16 pm
    If you your job often has you bogged down doing the kind of small tasks that a well-designed web application could do, then I have found the perfect tool for you! The tool today is Iftt, which stands for “if this, then that.” Iftt allows you to pick a simple trigger, such as getting tagged in a Facebook post, and automates a simple outcome, be it a text message so you can take action, or direct action like a Facebook status or a Twitter post. Iftt’s system is efficient and simple. Triggers, the “this” of the statement, can be chosen from a comprehensive list of…

  • New Course: So You Wanna Be a Leader?

    Angela Maiers
    7 May 2012 | 1:02 pm
    This course began with a conversation in the back of a cab with my good friend, fellow blogger and consultant, Richard Byrne.  (Check out his award winning blog, Free Technology For Teachers We were leaving the event we had both been presenting at, and were reflecting on our experiences over the past decade of making the transition from classroom teacher to independent consultants. As we compared tales from the road, it seemed as if every story finished with a statement like these:   I wish I would have known about.. I wish someone had told me… I would have, should have, could…

  • The 12 Most Innovative, Inspiring and UnMissable TED Talks

    Angela Maiers
    3 May 2012 | 6:02 pm
    “We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. So we’re building here a clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from the world’s most inspired thinkers, and also a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other." TED "Ideas Worth Spreading" Pretty Awesome right? This is why I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE TED talks and believe them to be one of the best sources on the web for learning, leadership, and personal development. Where else do you have access to the worlds…

  • Documentaries: The Fun Side of Education

    Angela Maiers
    17 Apr 2012 | 2:05 pm
    Thanks to Tim Stokman for reminding us all how fun education and documentaries can be! Remember those good old times when the teacher used to roll the television set into the classroom, to play documentaries about biology and geology and physics? Well, “good old times” seems a little bit too nostalgic here, especially for a kid from the 80’s, because I’m pretty sure they still play them every now and then, using more modern media like DVD’s. When the teacher pressed the play button and the video started rolling, the whole class literally went mute. Before we…
 
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  • Notes from SIIA's 2012 Ed Tech Industry Summit

    Mitch Weisburgh
    15 May 2012 | 11:00 am
     “The education system in the US is a national disgrace.” So began the opening keynote address by Cengage CEO Ron Dunn at the SIIA’s Ed Tech Industry Summit on May 7. Massachusetts is currently the number one state in student achievement in the US. But, if it were a country, it would be just 17th in the world. What does that say about the other 49 states? Dunn noted that there has been a lot of noise about education reform, and there is a lot of stupid money coming into education, but these are not getting to the root of the problem. Our goals should be to help teachers teach and…

  • Slides and links from the SIIA Social Media Marketing Presentation

    Mitch Weisburgh
    8 May 2012 | 8:05 am
    Here are the slides from our presentation on May 7, 2012 at the SIIA Ed Tech Industry Summit. I was lucky to share the podium with Glen McCandless of Focus Marketing Charlene Blohm of C. Blohm & Associates Ileana Rowe of Corporate Growth, and Brandi Brown of ETA Hand2Mind Each of us had a different perspective on social media, so I know that I learned a lot from them. Social Media Marketing Full Presentation View more presentations from mweisburgh. And here are the Diigo links on social media, plus a few more, that the panelists put together:…

  • The top ten 21st century skills taught in US Schools

    Mitch Weisburgh
    1 May 2012 | 8:44 am
    Sitting still at a desk while someone in the front of the room lectures Preparing for standardized tests Changing what you are doing every 50 minutes, no matter whether you’d actually finished in 10 minutes or whether you needed more time Writing five-paragraph essays incorporating highly scored words such as “paradoxically”, “nonplussed”, and “notwithstanding” while filling nearly all the allocated space Answering even numbered questions (because those are the ones that don’t have the answers printed in the back of the book) Focusing time and effort solely on activities that…

  • Our thoughts from Sloan-C Blended Learning Conference 2012

    Mitch Weisburgh
    26 Apr 2012 | 12:55 pm
    Sloan’s Blended Learning Conference was held April 23-4, 2012 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This is primarily a postsecondary conference, although there were a few sessions on K12 blended learning implementation. K12 often follows where higher education leads, so if you are primarily interested in K12 education, this might be a glimpse into your future as well. Blended learning methodology graphic (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Blended learning is expanding, in types as well as numbers.  The face to face component might occur incidentally once or twice, or might meet as often as twice a…

  • Interview with Kentucky Community and Technical College System

    Mitch Weisburgh
    25 Apr 2012 | 8:05 pm
    The headquarters of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) in Versailles, Kentucky (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This is a summary of an interview I conducted with Dr. Jay Box and Dr. Sandy Cook of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. Dr. Box and Dr. Cook helped create and run one of the leading online higher education programs in the US.     Your statewide system is a pioneer in statewide online higher education. Could you just give us a short history behind it? In the spring of 2006, the Kentucky Community and Technical College System decided to…
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    Cool Cat Teacher Blog

  • Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 05/16/2012

    16 May 2012 | 5:31 am
    Introducing: TeacherView Report Cards | ClassroomWindow - Where the best solutions win Calling all math teachers - take a few minutes to evaluate your math textbook and get a $10 gift card for Amazon and start your summer reading early.http://bit.ly/KcfLbu (Full disclosure: I really like what this company Classroom Window is doing and how they want to aggregate teacher opinions into something that can make a difference and am in negotiations to have a (very small) stake in this company. As always I follow the blogger's code of ethics and my own and let you know if there is any other…

  • 10 Terrible Traits of Lousy Leaders

    16 May 2012 | 5:16 am
    There is a short, three letter hop from leading to misleading. Having a position of leadership is a very important calling in life. You have a lot of responsibility. It is hard to be a leader but the truth is,as flawed humans, most of us who lead in anything have a very short step to being a misleader. Here's how. You become a misleader when you mistake popularity for an inability to make mistakes. No leader is always right. Yesterday someone pointed out to a critic of mine on Twitter that I was better because I had more followers and he had 6. No! Never do this. Everyone is important as a…

  • Elearning and global competency #flatclass #globaled 05/16/2012

    15 May 2012 | 8:31 pm
    Flat Classroom® Conference - About One of the great pleasures of my life is working with the Flat Classroom project but now, we have these incredible conferences -- capped at around 250 people students and educators come together to envision the future of education and understand 21st century learning environments by experience. We flatten the conference as students pitch ideas to teachers and vice versa. Our goal is you leave the conference ready to collaborate. It is intense but it is life changing and fun. Hope you can join us - here are the dates - go to our website to find out more.

  • Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 05/15/2012

    15 May 2012 | 2:30 pm
    In the News - Snow White Premiere - Resources - TES Snow white just premiered in London so there will be a lot of interest. (Charlize Theron and Kristin Stewart are in the adaptation.) If you're wanting to talk about Snow White, here are some lesson plans and information for that purpose. tags: education teaching lessonplans fairy tales literature literature_teacher Introducing: TeacherView Report Cards | ClassroomWindow - Where the best solutions win Calling all math teachers - take a few minutes to evaluate your math textbook and get a $10 gift card for Amazon and start your summer reading…

  • Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 05/15/2012

    15 May 2012 | 5:31 am
    How To Share Files Through Facebook Groups | Edudemic You can now share files through Facebook groups. Of course, these groups will now become hubs for all kinds of interesting activity. (Limewire? Kazaa?) I have to wonder if Facebook realizes what they are about to do or if they just want the traffic. tags: education news Facebok socialmedia Why the University System, as We Know It, Won’t Last …. and What’s Coming Next ~ Stephen's Web Those at the university level - particularly at the strategic level - need to wake up as their "business model" is being upended. Hopefully they aren't…
 
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  • What would Oprah do?!

    nope
    16 May 2012 | 4:30 am
    It will soon be a year since The Oprah Winfrey Show went off of the air. Like clockwork my TiVo was set to record Oprah on a daily basis, and sometimes it would accidentally record an episode twice as though it wanted to make sure that I watched it. Oprah was my go to person for information on a topic, for advice on how to deal with a certain situation, or even the place I went to for an ugly cry. I can honestly say I’ve probably seen every episode of Oprah in my adult years and in vulnerable times have been known to sometimes ask, WWOD – “What would Oprah do?” I must also confess…

  • Tuesday Tally: Fall Planning

    nope
    15 May 2012 | 4:30 am
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  • Let’s Call it the National Professional Exchange

    nope
    9 May 2012 | 4:30 am
    “When all think alike, then no one is thinking.” – Walter Lippman. I really enjoy attending conferences.  I hear some interesting talks and chat with some impressive professionals.  At the same time I recognize how outdated their structure and format are.  Apparently other professionals have been feeling the same way (Check out Erika Thompson‘s delicious Stack with links to most of the conversation).  I might be a little late to this party but I  I wanted to throw a thought into the ring. The conversation’s I read centered around reconstructing…

  • On constitutions and other leadership stuff

    nope
    7 May 2012 | 4:30 am
    The impetus for this post is a gripe I have about student organization constitutions. Many universities require student groups to generate a constitution as a prerequisite for recognition. Yet how many of our offices have constitutions? How many of our campuses have constitutions? Does any group you belong to anywhere–besides the United States of America and maybe the Rotary Club–have a constitution? (Do an Internet search on “organizations with constitutions” and you’ll get a slew of university “how to” pages for their student groups.) My primary concern: relevance.

  • #SAchat Transcript — 5/3/12 — Welcoming New Staff Members

    nope
    4 May 2012 | 11:10 am
    Thanks to everyone who participated in our #SAchat focused on Welcoming New Staff Members. This week’s topic produced 532 tweets from 62 student affairs professionals, graduate students and undergraduates interested or working in the Student Affairs field! Full Transcript View as a Google Document What are some other topics you would like to see us cover? Please let us know your ideas and feedback to keep #sachat growing strong. Until next week, (if you haven’t already done so) please make sure to LIKE our Facebook Page. Thanks for your continued support!
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  • Great Moments in EdTech History

    Dean Shareski
    4 May 2012 | 5:22 pm
    Cross posted at Tech Learning My two favorite networks, The Golf Channel and NFL Network have been using “Top Ten” format of late to capture almost any topic within their respective sports. Obscure ones like, top ten left handed quarterbacks, Phil Mickelson’s top ten daring choices, etc. So while most of you think that’s pretty lame, I watch in fascination comparing my memories and choices with the producers. It’s a lofty title but I wanted to look back at my personal journey into educational technology and share a few instances of “aha moments” that…

  • The Importance and Seriousness of Silly

    Dean Shareski
    26 Apr 2012 | 12:07 pm
    Saturday I was fortunate to be able to present at the Social Learning Summit for Classroom 2.0 and Discovery. it was a fantastic array of content which fortunately is all free and archived here. I've done plenty of virtual presentations before but this time I actually did it in front of 30+ teachers in New Brunswick.  At any rate, this was a talk about an idea that I often allude to in my presentations but have never devoted an entire talk to it. Along with the help of some great friends, I shared some ideas about "silly". It's not the typical tool or how to session but…

  • How to Make Better Teachers Part 2

    Dean Shareski
    23 Apr 2012 | 1:32 pm
    Today I'm attending the Literacy unconference at York District. Autonomy of conversation and learning is the main principle of this type of event and one that honors the power and smartness of the room. I had lunch with some of these smart people. Heather shared something that I simply had to share.  Part 1 discussed the importance of reflection and the power of blogging. During lunch we discussed why the topic of blogging wasn't listed among the sessions.       My question was more about what we meant by the word "blogging" which led to the focus on…

  • Adventures in Assessment

    Dean Shareski
    18 Apr 2012 | 10:24 am
    Cross posted at the Huffington Post I've been tinkering with assessment for the past several years. My role at the district had me knee deep in shifting the notion of Assessment and Evaluation from primarily assessment OF learning to assessment FOR learning. Simply put, a stronger focus on formative and less on summative. That's the simplistic summary but it included moving much of the control over to the student. It certainly wasn't perfect, not always embraced, and challenging to implement. However, at its core, the idea of empowering students to assess their own work is a goal…

  • Best day

    Dean Shareski
    14 Apr 2012 | 9:52 pm
    Remember when people used to post videos they liked on their blog? Now we just tweet or post them to Facebook which is fine I suppose. This video is one I'm sure many of seen as it is destined to go viral if it already hasn't. I first saw it on twitter and since have watched it at least 7 times showing it to all members of my family who each watch with smiles and joy as they watch a little boy be a little boy who's enamored with play and science and creating an experience for others to enjoy.  I don't want you to miss it.  Caine's Arcade from Nirvan Mullick on…
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  • Motherless Children

    Alan Levine aka CogDog
    13 May 2012 | 10:52 pm
    If you are looking for a post about MOOCs or techie stuff, come back another day. Today was… well I don’t have to say much beyond Motherless children have a hard time When the mother is gone Motherless children have a hard time When the mother is gone Motherless children have a hard time There’s all that weeping and all that crying Motherless children have a hard time When the mother is gone My Mom passed away in late August of last year, in the middle of my road trip odyssey, transforming it from a plan to visit her in November to having to see her lowered into the ground…

  • Exploring Lake Macguffin

    Alan Levine aka CogDog
    11 May 2012 | 9:50 pm
    Things are shaping up nicely for the summer course of ds106 I am co-teaching with Martha Burtis, we have been super busy supervising and doing a lot of the work at Camp Magic Mcguffin. If you have every mused about trying to take ds106 as an open participant, this is perhaps the best time, during the summer, to come to camp, and let your creativity go wild. Go check out our welcome video and see the special info we provide for online open participants (yes Lisa Lane, we have a tag for you;-). We were excited to hear that canmpers are already getting into the spirit, Lee has already done and…

  • Cowbirding

    Alan Levine aka CogDog
    8 May 2012 | 8:05 am
    cc licensed ( BY ND ) flickr photo shared by hans s Based on the recommendation of Barbara Ganley (one of whom I would recommend following recommendations thereof) for the past few weeks I’ve been dabbling in Cowbird, an online storytelling platform that center heavily on photography as well as original writing. Cowbird is one of several inspiring projects by artist Jonathan Harris (if you have not spent time there before, check out We Feel Fine, The Whale Hunt, and 10×10). Tagged as “a witness to life”, Cowbird is described as Cowbird allows you to keep a beautiful…

  • Slice 15: Leaping

    Alan Levine aka CogDog
    6 May 2012 | 10:54 am
    cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo shared by Phil Romans Still back logging the Slices of Life audio reflections on my first round of teaching ds106, parsing back here to the last week of February, 2012. Slices of Life 15: The Leap We start first after class on Monday Feb 27. Today’s class was easy because I did not have to do anything- this was time set aside for work on their group audio projects, creating a radio show (see work for week 7). I am no accepting excuses for not turning in work by the Sunday deadline or missing class. One student who said he missed last class…

  • If It’s Repeated Enough…

    Alan Levine aka CogDog
    6 May 2012 | 9:46 am
    cc licensed ( BY NC SA ) flickr photo shared by Kalexanderson Someone lend me a rope, I have fallen deep into one of those internet rabbit holes. It began as a simple “I’ll look this up in a few minutes” query. I’d seen this quote in at least 2 presentations: “images are processed 60,000 times faster than text” A number like that smells like it comes from research. First cut google– Most cite 3M as the research source, e.g. This ASTD book on Visual Literacy: Research by 3M Corporation shows that people are able to process visual information 60,000…
 
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  • Math Court: The Proof Game

    15 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    Here’s a foolproof way to help your students become veritable masters at writing proofs. Math Court provides everything you need to play this game either online or on the game board you can print out..

  • Depth Spinner Online Exhibit

    14 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    This Spanish language exhibit directs you to look at a spinning spiral that appears to be advancing or receding for 30 seconds, and then look at a stationary object such as a wall. The wall will appe..

  • Quarked: Shape Sleuth

    13 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    Great way to illustrate how shape affects the movement of objects in the real world. Play this game which asks you to kick a soccer ball at a hidden shape and determine what kind of shape it is by ob..

  • Video Tutorials: Overview of APA (6th Ed.) Guidelines

    13 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    The sixth edition of the APA style manual takes into account the wider application of APA style, across varied disciplines beyond the traditional social sciences. This video covers the four major sec..

  • Arts ConnectEd: The Artist’s Toolkit

    11 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    This toolkit offers the six fundamentals of art, line, color, space, shape, balance, and rhythm. Watch an animated explanation of the fundamentals, find examples in works of art, and create your own ..
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  • Why So Many Ph.D.s Are On Food Stamps

    15 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    The number of people with graduate degrees — master's degrees and Ph.D.s — applying for food stamps or other assistance more than tripled between 2007 and 2010. One reason: Cost-cutting universities are using nontenured faculty more and paying them far less.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • Paying For College: More Tough Decisions

    15 May 2012 | 2:07 am
    From your late 40s through early 60s, you're supposed to squirrel away cash to cope with health care costs in your old age. But for millions of Americans, middle age also is the time when children are seeking help with higher-education bills, and elderly parents may be needing assistance with daily care.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • Third Grade A Pivotal Time In Students' Lives

    14 May 2012 | 12:00 pm
    In a growing number of states a single reading test determines which third-grade students advance to fourth grade. Proponents of the rule say that kids learn to read until third grade, and then read to learn. But critics argue that holding students back does more harm than good in the long run.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • Budget Woes Could Close Philly's Problem Schools

    14 May 2012 | 3:00 am
    Philadelphia's school district plans to close a quarter of its school buildings in coming years to eliminate a huge budget hole. But parents and activists don't trust the decision-makers. Many of them suspect the plan is a ruse to force charter schools and privatization on the district.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

  • In L.A. Pregnancy 'Hot Spot,' An On-Campus Clinic

    12 May 2012 | 5:19 am
    Roosevelt High School in East Los Angeles has the only Planned Parenthood-funded family planning clinic in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The program has its opponents, but the school's chief nurse says "90 percent of the time, abstinence just isn't working for them."» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us
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  • Remaking education in the image of our desires

    gsiemens
    19 Apr 2012 | 9:59 pm
    The current generation of students will witness the remaking of our education system. Change is happening on many fronts: economic, technological, paradigmatic, social, and the natural cycles of change that occur in complex social/technical systems. People have attempted to define change principles: Christensen’s disruptive innovation, Schumpeter’s creative destruction, Kuhn’s revolution structures, Paul A. David’s model of long systemic change, and (my personal favorite) Carlota Perez’ techno-economic revolutions. Each of these are a different lens for viewing…

  • Blackboard’s identity crisis, Desire2Learn’s optimism, and Instructure’s coolness

    gsiemens
    6 Apr 2012 | 1:34 pm
    Since Blackboard announced its acquisition of several Moodle partners, numerous voices have chimed in to explore what it means to education. In particular, Michael Fieldstein (as usual) has a wide ranging and thoughtful response: What the heck happened? and Phil Hill captures the tone/responses from major players. A common response to the longterm impact of these acquisitions has been to link Blackboard’s manoeuvre with the IBM’s transformation into a services company. This comparison is particularly silly because IBM was heavily invested in a hardware field that was being…

  • Distributed research lab: request for feedback

    gsiemens
    5 Apr 2012 | 8:58 am
    One of the things that I like most about blogging and social media is the ability to share partially-formed ideas and open them to critique. As I stated in a previous post, I recently had a mild disappointment in enacting a research project. And it got me thinking about why important research is often not conducted because granting agencies are actually not horribly innovative. What is established as a clear trend may receive research dollars, but early stage ideas are often only able to access small pockets of funds. It’s a shame. Research usually only happens when research dollars are…

  • This kids, is why hallucinogenics and the internet don’t mix

    gsiemens
    26 Mar 2012 | 4:58 pm
    I had to do a quick double take on this article (first, to determine if it was April 1, anywhere in the world): Evolution Unbound: Blackboard embraces open source. This is what I imagine the experience would be like if one dropped hallucinogenics and browsed the web – a feeling of incredulity and weird confusion that can only come from time and reality being featured in a will it blend video. I’m not surprised that Blackboard is interested in openness. They’ve made overtures in the past. At the EDUCAUSE conference in October, they were clear that they wanted to partner with…

  • What does a disrupted education system look like?

    gsiemens
    12 Mar 2012 | 5:50 am
    A group of us (Clark Quinn, Jay Cross, Stephen Downes, Grainne Conole, Martin Weller, and numerous others) are in New Dehli this week at the EDGEx conference. The event is being streamed live. Some great resources on Indian education can be accessed here (bottom tab on left-side menu) Slides from my presentation this morning are here: Edgex Disruption View more PowerPoint from gsiemens
 
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  • I think I’m going to be on NPR’s All Things Considered today

    dr.scott.mcleod@gmail.com (Scott McLeod)
    14 May 2012 | 4:30 am
    I think I’m going to be on NPR’s All Things Considered today as part of its All Tech Considered segment. I was interviewed last week about the New York City Schools’ new social media policy for employees. Regular readers know that I’ve written about this in the past. If I am featured on the show, I’ll add the link here afterward. If you hear me, let me know what you think! Related posts: My thoughts on a proposed social media policy for school employees (Part 2) Are educators courageous enough to be social media renegades? What are you doing to change things?

  • Reconciling convergence and divergence

    dr.scott.mcleod@gmail.com (Scott McLeod)
    10 May 2012 | 6:36 am
    How do you reconcile… principles of standards-based grading; “begin with the end in mind and work backwards;” understanding by design; and other more convergent learning ideas with… project-, problem-, challenge-, and/or inquiry-based learning; creativity; innovation; collaboration; and our need for more divergent thinkers? Yesterday was the final day of our Next Generation Leadership Institute, an initiative of the University of Kentucky College of Education’s P20 Innovation Lab. This was the big question I asked groups throughout the day. How do (or would) you…

  • My thoughts on a proposed social media policy for school employees (Part 2)

    dr.scott.mcleod@gmail.com (Scott McLeod)
    7 May 2012 | 11:09 pm
    [In Part 1 of this conversation, I asked for others' input and received numerous online comments plus some additional emails. In this post I offer my own thoughts. Warning: Long post ahead.] Dear Iowa superintendent and school board members, As founding director of the nation’s only university center focused on P-12 technology leadership issues, I am writing to offer my admittedly-unsolicited thoughts regarding your recently-proposed social media policy for employees. I have had the opportunity to work with educators in your system on multiple occasions. I once spoke to the board about…

  • Smoking, steroids, illegal drugs, and 3rd grade retention?

    dr.scott.mcleod@gmail.com (Scott McLeod)
    7 May 2012 | 10:53 am
    Imagine that someone offered you something and said, “This might give you a short-term performance boost. If it does, we’re not sure how long the effect will last but we know it will diminish over time. The boost might be just a year or two and it’s all but certain that it won’t last more than three or four years. Moreover, it’s extremely probable that after that you will suffer significant negative consequences FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. Do you want it?” You might take that gamble if you were a professional athlete (see, e.g., steroids), but most of us…

  • 5 great slides about technology, learning, and change

    dr.scott.mcleod@gmail.com (Scott McLeod)
    6 May 2012 | 6:10 am
    Here are five great slides that I found recently in the Great Quotes About Learning and Change Flickr pool. Which one’s your favorite? The Illusion of Lecture Master Learners Halcyon Days Good vs Good Enough The REAL Pedagogical Problem Related posts: Technology will free learning from the dead hand of the past Video – Learning to change Two great quotes from Richard Elmore
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    21st Century Collaborative

  • Powerful conversations: rocking the (interview) mic

    Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
    3 May 2012 | 9:55 am
    John Norton, Coordinator of Content & Capacity Building at Powerful Learning Practice, thought it would be both fun and worthwhile to curate a list of my many interviews over the past several years. These interviews are with everyone from Howard Rheingold to the US Department of Education to the Washington Post/Education Week and topics run the gamut from passion-based teaching and learning, the secrets of successful online communities of practice, or my ideas about integrating new technologies and social media into everyday teacher and student life. I hope you’ll see a bit of my…

  • Walking the Walk: Community Leadership in Action

    Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
    4 Apr 2012 | 9:03 pm
    In new interview at the USDOE-supported Connected Educators site, I share what I know about effective online learning communities. It’s a long interview, but if you want to learn more about how to support community online then I recommend reading it. After more than a decade of doing this work I’ve picked up a thing or two that works. You can gain from my mistakes and find out a little about the history of of my learning journey. Where I Started Reading the interview got me thinking about where all this started. My interest around learning in networks and other online spaces first…

  • Unselfish Self Promotion

    Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
    1 Apr 2012 | 10:27 am
    This post has been percolating for awhile. I never wrote it because I felt I couldn’t do it justice. That the idea was too important to not express it clearly. Besides, who in their right mind would defend self promotion? But this morning, I decided to throw caution to the wind. Why? What was the catalyst for my risk taking behavior? A book review. Yep, a blog post about the book Lani Ritter-Hall and I wrote recently called the Connected Educator: Learning and Leading in a Digital Age. So how did that post lead to this one? Because when I read Justin Yantho’s post I wanted to…

  • Teach.com – a resource for new and aspiring educators

    Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
    30 Jan 2012 | 8:45 am
    Teach.com is a comprehensive educational web resource dedicated to discovering, discussing and encouraging great teaching around the world. With America’s need for more great teachers, particularly science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers, Teach.com provides current and aspiring teachers an easy-to-navigate map outlining the steps to become a teacher, including information on teacher salaries, teacher preparation and certification requirements for all 50 states as well as information on teaching abroad. The site also profiles great teachers from around the country and…

  • Why is it Important to be a Connected Educator?

    Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
    15 Jan 2012 | 2:56 pm
    Tim Holt ask several folks to create a 1 minute video of why its important to be a connected educator for a project he is doing.  Here is what I shared with him.
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    Ewan McIntosh | Digital Media & Education

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    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    iOS Fonts

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    15 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    How GM Is Saving Cash Using Legos As A Data Viz Tool | Co.Design: business + innovation + design But beyond their transparency, there may be a bigger advantage to Legos: they’re also fun. By mapping real world problems to an icon of our youth, each challenge must be approached with an inherent playfulness. And because Legos are, by their very nature, expected to be rebuilt, patterns don’t appear stuck in stone--or just as bad--printed in ink. Now, if only we could get the Lego pirate ship or a lunar rover in the mix, we’d really have something. Bauhaus: Art as Life – review | Art…

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    12 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Curriculum for Excellence: Building the Curriculum 5: A Framework for Assessment

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    9 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Don’t be technophobes, says Russell - News - TES Education secretary Michael Russell has told schools and local authorities to get over their technophobia and make smartphones and the other gadgets that pupils carry in their pockets a normal part of classroom learning. Moving beyond substitution in tech strategy

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    8 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Enduring Ideas: The strategic control map - McKinsey Quarterly - Strategy - Strategy in Practice Early Learning at ISZL Better Teamwork Through Better Workplace Design - Anat Lechner - Harvard Business Review Give project teams a dedicated space. The concept of 'distributed cognition' suggests that thinking processes are embedded in the physical work environment. A team room can provide "cognitive space" to hold ideas and experiences. Returning to the same workspace each day, keeping meeting notes on the board, and leaving work samples and half-finished prototypes on tables between meetings…
 
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    College Admissions Counseling

  • Is a Business Major a Good Idea?

    Todd Johnson
    15 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    I was at a high school graduation party this past weekend and saw a friend of my daughter’s. This young woman is a business major and we were talking about job opportunities that she might have.  This got me thinking about a recent Wall Street Journal article I read entitled “Wealth or Waste? Rethinking the Value of a Business Major.”The article basically reinforces what I have told students for some years. If you want to go into business, whatever that means, you don’t necessarily need a business major. Most businesses are not concerned about whether you understand…

  • Ithaca College Goes Test Optional

    Todd Johnson
    11 May 2012 | 11:13 am
    Ithaca College in New York has announced that they are joining over 800 other colleges and going test optional for the class applying for admissions in 2013. This means that you will not need to submit an SAT or ACT if you choose not to when applying to Ithaca.If testing is not your strong point, you now have one more option for applications.For a list of all test optional colleges go to Fairtest.org.Share on FacebookRSS Feed Content © Todd Johnson and College Admissions PartnersIthaca College Goes Test Optional

  • Guide to Taking a Gap Year

    Todd Johnson
    10 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    One of my students told me recently that she has decided to take a gap year before starting at Princeton University. I realized that I hadn’t talked about gap year options in some time so thought I would answer some common questions here.What is a Gap Year?  A gap year occurs when a student takes a year off before continuing their education. This typically occur after senior year in high school when a student decides to wait a year before taking college. Taking several years off is most common after college and before graduate school.Why would I take a Gap Year?  There are many…

  • How Reliable is Your SAT Writing Score?

    Todd Johnson
    8 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    Wondering whether the SAT writing section really tells you how well you write?  Well, the answer is probably NO.The New York Times recently reported on a study of robo graders that are being used to grade writing samples, including the SAT writing section. The results of the study indicate that robo graders, i.e. computer programs that grade written essays, do a great job.  The automated reader used for the SAT grades 16,000 essays in 20 seconds. 20 seconds.So, what’s the problem? The problem is that the computer programs use very specific  standards for what is good writing. If you…

  • Colleges Still Accepting Applications 2012

    Todd Johnson
    3 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    The National Association for College Admission Counseling has just released the 2012 Space Availability Survey which lists colleges that are still accepting applications.The list of colleges includes information on whether the college has openings for freshman and transfer students starting Fall 2012 but also whether the college has any financial aid available. Information on availability of housing is also provided.If things didn’t go as planned during the regular application period, hopefully you can find some colleges on this list that will be a good fit for you.Share on FacebookRSS…
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    Steve Kinney

  • "The Danish minister of education is quoted: “I am happy that we as the first country in the world..."

    14 May 2012 | 3:22 pm
    “The Danish minister of education is quoted: “I am happy that we as the first country in the world had the vision to let students use the internet during their exams. The internet is an integrated part of students’ everyday lives and education so this development is natural. The experiment shows there is a range of positive effects.”” - Connected Test-Taking: Is It Cheating?

  • Google Drive, Dropbox, and iOS

    8 May 2012 | 10:33 am
    Bill Campbell on Google+ asked if Google will work within Apple’s App Store policy to get Google Drive in the iOS app store: With regard to the iPads and Google Drive, the following bothers me. You may already know there is currently no Google Drive app for iOS. While Google is reported to be working on it, one reason it might not become available on iOS might be Apple’s policy, which resulted in them removing apps that supported Dropbox from the App store. The ability to buy more Google Drive space directly from Google without Apple getting their 30% service fee could be…

  • In which yours truly talks about using Reflection to send your...

    7 May 2012 | 10:41 am
    In which yours truly talks about using Reflection to send your iPad’s display to a Mac you know and love. This is incredibly useful if you want to project your screen onto a SMART Board and one of the only games in town if you want to record your iPad’s screen.

  • A Liberal Decalogue: Bertrand Russell's 10 Commandments of Teaching

    6 May 2012 | 12:13 pm
    A Liberal Decalogue: Bertrand Russell's 10 Commandments of Teaching: I like the fifth one especially. Do not feel absolutely certain of anything. Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light. Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed. 4.When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory. Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary…

  • Getting Involved in Education in New York City

    4 May 2012 | 6:49 pm
    New York City is home of the largest school district in the country. On one hand, this means that it is one of the biggest bureaucracies in the United States. On another hand, it makes the city a target for opportunists and bullshit artists. On a magical third hand, it also means that, statistically1 speaking, there are a lot of smart people lurking in the shadows. Lately, it seems that the the constituency of smart people is growing to a critical mass. EdCampNYC Inspired by FooCamp and BarCamp, EdCampNYC is a loosely organized “unconference” with sessions led by practioners—or…
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    Creating Lifelong Learners

  • Understanding Technology in the Common Core Standards

    Mathew
    15 May 2012 | 12:12 pm
    I’m reviewing technology use in the Common Core Standards this morning and thought I would share a few resources I’ve found for better understanding them.  Remember that I am based in California so the information related specifically to our state might not apply to you directly. What is the difference between California standards and the Common Core? There is a lot of overlap.  However, the Common Core standards are based on college and career readiness standards.  The Common Core: Focus to a greater extent on text complexity and drawing information from sourcesAs I interpret…

  • Three iPad Apps for Serious Moviemaking

    Mathew
    7 May 2012 | 12:47 pm
    I’m about to start production again on both a classroom video project and an independent short movie outside of the classroom.  The planning stages are an exciting time, especially after taking a break from moviemaking for a couple of years.  This is the first time I’m shooting without tape.  We’re using a DSLR with interchangeable lenses.  And it’s the first time I’m shooting with the aid of both an iPhone and iPad.  The iPad wasn’t even invented the last time I made a movie.  It’s amazing to see how the iDevices are changing the filmmaking…

  • Adobe Creative Suite 6 Announced

    Mathew
    23 Apr 2012 | 11:13 am
                        This morning Adobe is announcing updates to its Creative Suite which includes Photoshop, After Effects, and Dreamweaver, among others.  You can watch the announcement live here where it will rebroadcast continuously today or view the archived version here starting tomorrow. The highlights from the announcement for teachers include the following: Creative Cloud The Creative Cloud membership allows you to download software, sync files across desktops and mobile devices, and host web sites (an alternative for now defunct…

  • Caine’s Arcade and Google’s 80/20 Innovation Model in the Classroom

    Mathew
    16 Apr 2012 | 10:54 pm
    The 80/20 Theory As I understand it, Google allows employees to work on their own pet projects for 20% of time while having them work on company chosen projects for the other 80%.  Allowing employees the chance to choose what they want to work on for some amount of their time increases motivation in the other 80% and leads to innovation that Google might not think of on its own.  Even though most of the pet projects never come to fruition, some of the ones that have have been great.  How can we bring this innovation to the classroom? A Dreamer Becomes a Hero Like many, I was inspired by…

  • iPhoneography: Unleash Creativity

    Mathew
    1 Apr 2012 | 11:16 am
    Follow me on Instagram. Username: needleworks Follow me on Instagram. Username: needleworks My latest creative interest has been iPhoneography. Last year I purchased a DSLR camera, lenses, cases, accessories, and more. I took a class and I’ve even gotten pretty good at using the manual settings. However, on a recent vacation I found myself reaching for the phone much more often than I did the DSLR. It’s small, it’s fast, and it’s immediate. I would take photos with the iPhone, have them transfer wirelessly via Photostream to my iPad back at the hotel and then edit the…
 
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    GlobalHigherEd

  • New Report: Measuring and Assessing Internationalization

    globalhighered
    14 May 2012 | 2:59 pm
    Some new reading on the complex, surprisingly little understood, and much debated topic of ‘internationalization’ was published today by NAFSA. To access a PDF of this free 26 pp. report, written by Madeleine F. Green,  click on the cover page image below. A summary of the report is also available here on the NAFSA website. Madeleine F. Green is former vice president at American Council on Education (ACE), and current senior fellow at NAFSA and at the International Association of Universities (IAU). My thanks to Madeleine Green, as well as Bob Stableski of NAFSA, for permission…

  • Heavy Lifting vs Spectral Presence in Global Higher Ed

    globalhighered
    9 May 2012 | 9:03 am
    As I shuffled through the morning paper today, supping a much needed cup of coffee, I came across a story about the innovative architect Thom Mayne (of Morphosis) being selected to design the first building of Cornell University’s Applied Sciences NYC campus. This unique development initiative, outlined in detail here (‘Unsettling the university-territory relationship via Applied Sciences NYC’), is rolling forward with considerable speed. Since Cornell (with Israel’s Technion) won the competition in December 2011, a Cornell/Technion leadership team was appointed in February…

  • Affirming Academic Values in Internationalization of Higher Education: A Call for Action

    globalhighered
    19 Apr 2012 | 8:08 pm
    I’m delighted to post the statement below, which is a contribution to a long needed debate about the underlying and often submerged values and ideologies associated with the ‘internationalization’ of higher education.  My thanks to Eva Egron-Polak, Secretary General, International Association of Universities (IAU), for sending it to GlobalHigherEd. See this page for the IAU’s general page on internationalization and this page for more information on their ‘rethinking’ initiative.  Kris Olds There are few higher education institutions that would report a…

  • The Business Side of World University Rankings

    globalhighered
    12 Apr 2012 | 2:26 pm
    Over the last two years I’ve made the point numerous times here that world university rankings have become normalized on an annual cycle, and function as data acquisition mechanisms to drill deep into universities but in a way that encourages (seduces?) universities to provide the data for free. In reality, the data is provided at a cost given that the staff time allocated to produce the data needs to be paid for, and allocating staff time this way generates opportunity costs. See below for the latest indicator of the business side of world university rankings. Interestingly…

  • Advocacy vs Analysis and the Case for Learning While Doing

    globalhighered
    8 Apr 2012 | 9:12 pm
    Spring Recess as it is called here is coming to a close, alas. My highlight was camping for three days on a bluff overlooking the confluence of the Wisconsin & Mississippi rivers — the scenery was spectacular, the company wonderful, and it was a true pleasure to be disconnected from ‘the grid’ for a while. Since coming back to Madison I discovered that Yale faculty passed a rather bizarre, in my view, resolution about politics in Singapore. Really, come on folks, if your core concern is with how Yale governs the implementation of its internationalization strategy, how Yale is…
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    The Jose Vilson

  • Privilege and My First and Only Meeting with Bobby Seale

    Jose
    14 May 2012 | 9:14 pm
    Not a year goes by without me hearing “These kids have no idea what a privilege it is to …” Usually because I’ve been the one saying it until the last year or so. The problem with having a privilege when you’re so unaccustomed to it is that you outwardly act like it doesn’t matter because you’re inwardly incapable of understanding how to show gratitude without looking subservient. Let me expound. College might have been the first time that I had access to people who I normally wouldn’t even get a chance to whiff their air wouldn’t have…

  • On Leaked E-Mails and The Eventual Uproar [Where I Call Joel Klein a Pirate]

    Jose
    13 May 2012 | 9:50 pm
    First, let me tell you how excited I was that the United Federation of Teachers FOILed Joel Klein’s e-mails from DOE. I’m much happier knowing that I wasn’t misjudging anything about him or his co-conspirators on any level. They really do come off like jerks, they really do spend ALL day on their Blackberries for no apparent reason, and they really do want to push the idea of charter schools to the detriment of actual public schools. I don’t mind a few charters here and there, but the corporatists crossed the line by making it the solution to the education’s ills…

  • Four Months of Awesome [On Alejandro]

    Jose
    9 May 2012 | 3:07 pm
    Alejandro Alejandro was staring at the door at 9 pm. I just got back from a long day and a vibrant discussion and dinner at SoHo with some colleagues who I hadn’t seen in months. When I got to my floor in my apartment building, I tiptoed from the elevator to my door, turning the key slowly so as not to wake the baby. As the door creaked open, I noticed his eyes honed in on me. Luz had been trying to put him to sleep for the better part of the afternoon, but with little success. Her magic usually works on the little cherub, but tonight felt different. He stopped, turned around to meet my…

  • Now That You’re Done, You’re Still Wrong [#IKnowATeacher Series, part 1]

    Jose
    7 May 2012 | 9:17 pm
    The whole premise of some meetings is to listen to the person speak ad nauseam about the topic of their choice with little regard for others’ opinions. It happens all across America in offices where voice only matters insofar as the first one has first, second, and third say. Words to some serve as a beat down into acquiescence rather than inspiration to act onward. In such meetings, the most powerful person is always the one who puts his index fingers on his lips, takes a deep breath, waits until the speaker is done, and says, “Yea, I get that, but you’re wrong, and…

  • I Went Through Hell, So I’m Expecting Heaven [On Speaking Up Again]

    Jose
    6 May 2012 | 2:56 pm
    Colleague Carrie Kamm commented on my last post with this: “Something prompted this blog post from you. I am sure these thoughts and ideas have dwelled within you, but I’d love to know what you observed, heard, or felt that made you need to write this post this week. For me, reading Lisa Delpit’s latest book has brought many of these same sentiments to the surface for me in a way that feels more present and urgent.” She’s probably right. Even after reflecting on the underlying themes of that post, I don’t know exactly what prompted it. I do know it came from a…
 
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    The Reading Workshop

  • Writing a Memoir

    2 May 2012 | 8:56 am
    The next project in Reading Workshop will be to write a memoir.  Although somewhat like an autobiography, a memoir is slightly different.  It focuses on an event or personal experience and frequently shares a life lesson or special meaning caused by the event.The first step to writing a memoir involves making some decisions.What event sticks out as life changing, or memorable to you?Who was involved?Where did this take place?When did this take place?What happened?What problems did you face?How did the problem get solved?What moral or lesson did you learn?Start Here1.  List the…

  • Writing a D.A.R.E. Essay

    25 Apr 2012 | 8:52 am
    After several weeks in DARE class, students have to write an essay about the class.  Students are instructed by Deputy Dale Thomas from the Pickaway County Sheriff Department.  Deputy Thomas has taught students about resisting drugs and peer pressure for the last 15 years.  Deputy Thomas does a super job helping students learn valuable life skills, in a fun and interactive way.The essay is a time for students to think about what they have learned in D.A.R.E.  The essay should include how students feel about the program, what they learned that will help them be drug free,…

  • You Are A Success Story

    23 Apr 2012 | 7:43 am
    Students in Reading Workshop have made amazing progress this year.  You should feel good about your success!  What has made you successful?

  • Free Advise or Advice

    20 Apr 2012 | 11:50 am
    Here is some free advice--take a little time to check your spelling.  In the previous post, I used the wrong word, leading students to use the wrong word.  Needless to say, not exactly a shining moment for a teacher but at least it was a teachable moment.As stated on Zozanga English Forum:Advice & AdviseThe words advice and advise are often mixed up, which is quite understandable since they have similar spellings and meanings.'Advice' is a noun: you can give someone a 'piece of advice'. For example, let me give you some advice about travelling in China.'Advise' is a…

  • Are You Ready to be Tested?

    20 Apr 2012 | 8:32 am
    In Reading Workshop, students have read passages, wrote and rewrote answers, and been "practiced up" into submission.   They dream at night of "back in the day" when language arts was about reading and writing, thinking and discussing.  Their dreams are of a time before legislators decided schools and their students should be controlled by torture/testing. Students have been working hard, preparing for the Ohio Achievement Assessment and they are surviving.  Not only are they surviving, but they are getting smarter.  They are reading critically, and…
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    danah boyd | apophenia

  • Microsoft Research opens New York City lab

    zephoria
    2 May 2012 | 11:09 pm
    I am giddy with pleasure to share Jennifer Chayes’ announcement that Microsoft Research is opening a new lab in New York City that will be filled with computational social science types. The New England lab that I call home combines qualitative social science, empirical economics, machine learning, and mathematics. We’ve long noted the need for data science types who can bridge between us. And now, to my utter delight, a new lab is emerging to complement our lab. The folks who are going to serve as the founding members of the new NYC lab are computer scientists, physicists,…

  • Reflections on Fear in a Networked Society

    zephoria
    26 Mar 2012 | 8:41 am
    I’ve been trying to work through some ideas on how fear operates in a networked society. At Webstock in New Zealand, I gave a talk called “Culture of Fear + Attention Economy = ?!?!” Building on this, I gave a talk at SXSW called “The Power of Fear in Networked Publics.” While my thinking in this arena is still relatively nascent, I wanted to make available what I’ve thought through so far in the hopes that you have feedback and critique. If you want to engage with my ideas in video form, the Webstock version is available here: “Culture of Fear +…

  • Reflecting on Dharun Ravi’s conviction

    zephoria
    19 Mar 2012 | 9:45 am
    On Friday, Dharun Ravi – the Rutgers student whose roommate Tyler Clementi killed himself – was found guilty of privacy invasion, tampering with evidence, and bias intimidation (a hate crime). When John Palfrey and I wrote about this case three weeks ago, I was really hopeful that the court proceedings would give clarity and relieve my uncertainty. Instead, I am left more conflicted and deeply saddened. I believe that the jury did their job, but I am not convinced that justice was served. More disturbingly, I think that the symbolic component of this case is deeply troubling. In…

  • The Power of Youth: How Invisible Children Orchestrated Kony 2012

    zephoria
    14 Mar 2012 | 10:24 am
    To many people unfamiliar with Invisible Children, the Kony 2012 campaign looked like a brilliant example of “viral” media spread. The center of the campaign is a compelling 30-minute film where a father talks to his son about the evil practices of the Ugandan war lord Joseph Kony. The father makes it clear that his number one goal is to make Kony a household name in order to “raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice.” In the days that followed, critics stepped up and critiqued the simplistic narrative (and colonial rhetoric) put…

  • Born This Way Foundation: guided by research

    zephoria
    1 Mar 2012 | 9:19 pm
    Yesterday, Cynthia Germanotta and her daughter Lady Gaga launched their new initiative to empower youth: the Born This Way Foundation. The Foundation wants to create a kinder, braver world so that youth can be the change-agents that we all need them to be. For youth to be empowered, the Foundation recognizes that 1) youth need to be safe; 2) youth need to have skills; and 3) youth need to have opportunities. Lady Gaga and her mother are not going at this alone. They’ve worked closely with Connie Yowell at the MacArthur Foundation to learn how to create a foundation. They’ve tapped…
 
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    Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily

  • How to Keynote an Unconference

    15 May 2012 | 1:10 pm
    Michael Feldstein, e-Literate, May 15, 2012. When we tried it our unkeynote was less than a success. But to judge from comments after the event, says Michael Feldstein, his effort at an unkeynote went reasonable well. So what worked? "The point of an unkeynote should be to prime the conversational pump," he writes. But how? He considers some of the creativity exercises in Julia Cameron’ s book The Artist’ s Way. The idea is to have yourself (or your audience) create something, anything - a collage from a magazine, or a solution (written down) to a problem. Whatever. (Contrast with…

  • Open Clip Art Gallery

    15 May 2012 | 1:00 pm
    Doug Peterson, doug -- off the record, May 15, 2012. "It always seems to me," says Doug Peterson, "that the 'perfect' piece of clipart is so elusive!" So the Open Clipart Gallery is probably not going to solve all your image issues, but based on the review here it looks like it would be a good addition to the Flickr Creative Commons search and (if you have the money) commercial image DVDs you may have purchased. [Link] [Comment]

  • Edshelf: An Educational App Directory for Teachers

    15 May 2012 | 12:54 pm
    Audrey Watters, Hack Education, May 15, 2012. As Watters writes, "Edshelf hopes to become a go-to site where teachers can recommend to one another what’ s worked for them, and it’ s building a directory of educational materials that have been reviewed for educators by educators." In this Edshelf addresses the age-old problem attempted by learning objects, repositories, Dewey Decimal, and Good Housekeeping: how to find the good stuff in a sea of dross. Tapping into social networks is a good idea, but it trades the overabundance of anonymous recommendations for a dearth of…

  • DIY U: Interview with Anya Kamenetz

    15 May 2012 | 12:45 pm
    Howard Rheingold, DMLcentral, May 15, 2012. Howard Rheingold searches for the new in Anya Kamenetz's Edupunk's Guide, suggesting that what has been added is the idea of the personal learning plan to the personal learning network. "Making a public commitment to something is going to increase your accountability," says Kamenetz. Rheingold writes, "Her work serves as a bridge between blended learning and peeragogy. I previously wrote about Shelly Terrell and personal learning networks" and asks here what it takes for a group to self-organize. Kamanetz responds that there needs to be a common…

  • Empowerment and Expertise

    15 May 2012 | 12:32 pm
    David Wiley, iterating toward openness, May 15, 2012. I wrote about reducing our dependence on experts, David Wiley wondered what I meant, I responded, and David Wiley now mostly gets what I mean. Except for this: "There’ s a traveling-back-in-time-to-kill-your-own-grandfather quality to this thinking... can we say that we never needed teachers in the first place after a teacher helps them develop their expertise?" There is not an undifferentiated whole called 'reaching'. I've explained this elsewhere. One way of teaching is to read to a person; another is to teach the person to read.
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    The Power of Educational Technology

  • Edcamp Boston Revelations and Reflections

    Liz Davis
    30 Apr 2012 | 3:09 pm
    Thanks to Lillie Marshall for this great Picture! Yesterday I was privileged to help organize, along with Dan Callahan, Laura D'elia, Tracy Sokalosky and Karen Janowski,  the second annual edCamp Boston. It was a great day! We had a record attendance of over 200 educators and, by all accounts, it was a great success. Here are some of the things I took away with me. About Edcamps: This is my second time organizing edcamp Boston, but over the last few years I have organized 5 other unconferences. What strikes me the most about organizing these events is how easy it is to do. The…

  • Arguments for the iPad in Education

    Liz Davis
    24 Mar 2012 | 3:20 pm
    As we continue to explore the possibility of becoming a 1:1 iPad school, I am starting to put together my arguments in favor of this adoption. Here are some of my thoughts so far. I would welcome your feedback on this document! Why 1 to 1? In a digital world where information on a multitude of subjects is both abundant and immediately available, students today must learn to effectively access, analyze, synthesize and integrate this information on a regular basis. By providing our students with immediate access to a digital tool, such as a laptop or a tablet, we provide them with the world at…

  • From Dream to Reality - Making Things Happen

    Liz Davis
    4 Mar 2012 | 3:57 pm
    EdcampIS Organizers Introduction I just returned from Seattle where I helped to run edcampIS, an unconference for independent school educators following the National Association of Independent Schools Annual Conference. If you read my blog or know me, you know all about this. You know that I have been running unconferences for years. You know that I love them. And, I loved this one just as much as the rest. The day went wonderfully. I had conversations about iPads, about assessment, about parent education and much more. I have lots of notes and lots of ideas of things I want to try, change…

  • On my way to NAISAC12 and edcampIS...

    Liz Davis
    29 Feb 2012 | 12:39 pm
    if the snow doesn't stop me. This would be the one storm of the entire winter, on the day I am flying to Seattle for two great conferences, the National Association of Independent Schools Annual Conference (NAISAC12) and the first Independent School edcamp (edcampIS). I'm looking forward to both, and hoping I get there tonight. The theme of this year's NAISAC12 is "Innovation." That seems to be the buzz word of the year. I really like their sub-title: "imagine, invent, inspire, dream." Those are great verbs and I'm hoping to do all 4 out in Seattle. Here are some of the sessions I'm excited…

  • Digital Ethics - Exploring how kids use Digital Media

    Liz Davis
    12 Feb 2012 | 12:24 pm
    I attended an interesting workshop about digital ethics, given by Katie Davis, a youth and digital media scholar based at Harvard Project Zero. I am always searching for digital citizenship resources that acknowledge the positives of student use of social media and don't try to scare the pants off of kids. Katie presented a very interesting perspective and posed some great questions for discussion with students. Her work is part of the Good Work Project, where you can find an extensive unit for use with High School students. I'm hoping to work some of this into my curriculum next year. I…
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  • Stay In The Conversation

    Beau Lebens
    15 May 2012 | 6:01 pm
    It’s now much easier for you and your commenters to keep track of the conversations you’re involved in across WordPress.com. Some recent tests have shown that by subscribing commenters to new comments by default, they are more likely to stay engaged and come back and comment more on your blog. With that knowledge, we’ve changed the default comment following behavior to help you get more conversations going on your blog. We made the initial changes last week and after great feedback from you we just launched an update. Here’s how it works: By default, posting a comment…

  • Look at These Gorgeous Blogs

    Sheri
    15 May 2012 | 1:05 pm
    We’ve added a user showcase where you can view stunning customizations made by people just like you. From complete redesigns with CSS to adding pizzazz with Custom Fonts to clever use of options like background and header, this showcase will spark your imagination and inspire creativity. Discover details about what each showcase blog is doing with WordPress.com themes and customizations by clicking a thumbnail to see a colophon-style list of credits on the left. We’ve also updated footer links so blog owners can show off the types of customizations they’ve made and visitors can…

  • Photo Blogging 101, Part 1

    Erica V.
    14 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    Spring is in the air. With the weather warming up, now is a great time to get started on a photo blog. Creating a photo blog is a wonderful introduction to blogging on WordPress.com or an opportunity to refresh your current site. Ready to get started? You can sign up for a new blog right over here. Getting started Photo blogs, sometimes called phlogs, use pictures instead of words. While many photo bloggers choose a type of photo that they want to focus on, such as portraits, others use their photo blog to document their life’s events. Photo blogs come in a variety of styles, including…

  • New Themes: Just Desserts and Oxygen

    Michelle Langston
    10 May 2012 | 8:11 am
    Happy Thursday! We’ve added some exciting new themes to our ever-growing collection, and we’re happy to tell you all about them. First out of the oven is…Just Desserts. Yep, that’s a theme! Designed by Andy Rutledge, Just Desserts is a deliciously stylish premium theme that’s perfect for blogs centered on food. With its responsive, single-column layout and unique presentation of images and posts on the front page, Just Desserts gives you a delectable canvas on which your mouthwatering photos and text can really shine — even when viewed on smaller mobile devices…

  • Find Friends Who Use WordPress

    Nick Momrik
    1 May 2012 | 2:32 pm
    Are you curious to see how your friends are using WordPress? Give the new and improved Friend Finder a try to connect with your Twitter, Facebook, and Google contacts who have WordPress sites! After authorizing WordPress.com to use your Twitter, Facebook, or Google account to find your friends (don’t worry — none of this account information is saved!) you’ll see a list of people you know who have WordPress sites. Click Follow and each time your friend publishes a new post it will show up in your Reader under Blogs I Follow. If you have multiple blogs, make sure to set the…
 
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    Moving at the Speed of Creativity

  • Professional Digital Publications Archive Project

    Wesley Fryer
    15 May 2012 | 1:22 am
    This week has already included two major life milestones for me, and one more is coming on Friday: Texas Tech University officially approved the final, corrected version of my dissertation (“Impact Analysis of Phonecasted Lecture Summaries“) for publication in the Texas Digital Library. Today’s notification email indicated I should be ready to wait up to two months for it to be linked and indexed, but that fortunately doesn’t preclude me from directly publishing it now. I passed the oral and written examinations this evening to become an elder in our church. (The…

  • Recent College Grads Wanted More Tech Classes

    Wesley Fryer
    14 May 2012 | 7:52 pm
    If you are a college administrator, please take note. The survey result below means (among other things) you should consider hiring more profs with 21st century digital literacy skills so they can share those skills with students. (Yes, this is also a shameless, self-promotional plug!) …more than half of all students (56 percent) said they wished they had taken more computer and technology classes [as undergraduate students.] Source: “Chasing the American Dream: Recent College Graduates and the Great Recession,” Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. Survey was “a…

  • Advice for a College Graduate

    Wesley Fryer
    14 May 2012 | 10:05 am
    I shared the following thoughts in response to Kevin Corbett‘s post last week, “Your Advice To A New College Graduate?” Remember the plans you have today are unlikely to unfold in exactly the ways you’re anticipating now. Remember networking and personal connections are VITALLY important and they will open up doors for you that you haven’t even thought of now. Be open and flexible as new opportunities arise, but remain focused on not only your goals and dreams, but also the “core” of where you feel centered working and contributing. Remain true to…

  • Block Text Messages / SMS Spam and Phone Calls on Your iPhone

    Sherman Nicodemus
    12 May 2012 | 10:54 pm
    This is a guest blog post by Sherman Nicodemus.  My teenage daughter recently started receiving annoying text messages on her iPhone from another student at her school. This isn’t a case of bullying: Apparently this particular student likes to send “group SMS messages” like some folks send spam email. In this post I’ll describe how we are using the $12 app mCleaner to block that specific number, and are NOT paying a monthly fee to a cellular provider for this functionality. To use mCleaner, your iPhone must be jailbroken so you can install it from Cydia. mCleaner…

  • Thank a Teacher [VIDEO]

    Wesley Fryer
    10 May 2012 | 6:34 pm
    This video made my day. Check it out and pass it on. I serendipitously found this video using the free ShowYou app for iPad this afternoon at the conclusion of my “iPad Apps for Business Productivity” workshop. I really like how the app highlights videos shared by people you follow on Twitter and Facebook. It is so powerful to access content curated by other people we follow! If you register for the app, you can follow me on ShowYou. This video reminds me of an assignment I gave to my college students in 2005 when I started teaching university-level technology integration courses…
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    The Thinking Stick

  • Why There Is No One Way To Go 1:1

    Jeff Utecht
    8 May 2012 | 6:53 pm
    This past weekend I flew to Vietnam to spend two days with the Senior Management Team (SMT) of the British International School of Vietnam (BISVietnam). A two day retreat that focused on a future with technology and a 1:1 program.  There are so many different ways to go 1:1 and in my opinion no one right way to do it. There are so many variables that need to be considered that 1:1 programs can look drastically different from one school to the next and still be successful. Here are a few of the things we discussed: Money:   It’s always the elephant in the room and the problem…

  • COETAIL Projects Continue to Amaze

    Jeff Utecht
    30 Apr 2012 | 7:19 pm
    This past weekend I made my 9th and final flight to Taipei where 25 educators from Taipei American School (TAS) wrapped up their final course, projects and presentations for the COETAIL program.    The COETAIL Program or Certificate of Educational Technology and Information Literacy, is a 5 course 15 graduate credit program started by Kim Cofino and I in 2009. The program, only available to educators outside the U.S., continues to return positive results with 86% of educators who have taken the program saying that the coures and the learning have had a positive effect on…

  • 1 Million Edits, TED-ED, and Hall of Fames

    Jeff Utecht
    25 Apr 2012 | 9:39 pm
    It seems like forever since I've sat down and blogged.....and yet at the same time it seems I spend all day blogging. Between school, COETAIL, and students I'm spending more time then ever in WordPress.  But tonight I'm closing everything else to reflect on some articles lately that I can't get out of my head.  Some rights reserved by nojhan Wikipedia has its first 1 million editor. Stop and think about that for a minute. That's pretty amazing that someone would take the time to sit down and make edits....for free...for others to use. What worries me most is Wikipedia is seeing a…

  • Paying Attention to Attention

    Jeff Utecht
    4 Apr 2012 | 11:57 am
    Last week I gave a short presentation to the High School student body here at ISB. I talked a bit about what I was going to say here. From the time I wrote that post (a good reflection for me) to last Tuesday when I actually gave the presentation I kept coming back to this idea of attention and asking the kids:  Who do you give your attention to?   I talked about the 1-9-90 rule that researchers see emerging. That is that 1% of us create, 9% of us curate, an 90% of us only consume information. After the presentation I asked students to write down the top three things that get their…

  • Living the Dream

    Jeff Utecht
    28 Mar 2012 | 5:10 am
    (Stories from my side of the field parts 1, 2, 3, 4) Doesn't he know better than to give a test on game day? As if the professor actually cares that there's a baseball game today.  Man on first, lefty at the plate........Why is Chief Seattle's speech in 1854 so significant? Focus....you have to finish this test! It is always hard to concentrate on game day. I glance over at my friend Ryan, our back-up shortstop sitting next to me, our eyes meet and he shrugs.  Lefty at the plate, man on first...curve ball down and in...........1854......I have no idea. Really there should…
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    Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information from Alfred Thompson

  • Please Don’t Learn To Code

    Alfred Thompson
    15 May 2012 | 12:42 pm
    I am a late convert to the idea of computer science education for everyone. Or pretty close to everyone. A lot of people still don’t see it as valuable for more than a few people with some sort of natural predisposition for programming. I think there are many reasons for this. One is that they equate computer science with programming. And that’s not quite right. Second is that they see the only reason to learn computer science is to do it professionally. Inspired by Jeff Atwood’s Please Don’t Learn to Code I did a search on Bing for “don’t learn to code.” Bing came back with…

  • Student Implemented SharePoint Solutions

    Alfred Thompson
    15 May 2012 | 4:55 am
    I hear a lot of questions about SharePoint. Things like what can I do with it? How hard is it to use? That question usually is code for “do I need to hire a high priced professional to use it?” And occasionally can I fit it into the curriculum? Well there is a great webcast coming up that answers all of these questions and more. At the Center for Advanced Technologies at Lakewood High School in Florida students are doing really great things using SharePoint. Things that help the school out on a daily basis. Read more about this webcast below. Real World K-12 Student Solutions using…

  • Interesting Links 14 May 2012

    Alfred Thompson
    14 May 2012 | 2:44 pm
    A late blog post on a Monday is a sure sign I had a busy weekend. Not work this time – Mother’s Day and a bunch of other things with family and work around the house. I hope your weekend was as good as mine was. Here now some links that I collected to share. Andrew Parsons ‏ MrAndyPuppy has put all of the Imagine Cup Game Design Semi-finalist videos in one place  Xbox/Windows:  Phone Games Share innovative project ideas & collaborate w/ colleagues @ Microsoft’s Partners in Learning 2012 US Forum  Tomorrow April 15th is the last day to apply.

  • Learning Should Be Fun

    Alfred Thompson
    11 May 2012 | 11:01 am
    Years ago I was sitting the the front of church and via a fluke of acoustics I heard a little girl in the back of the church tell someone “Stop laughing! It’s Sunday!” Apparently she thought that because Sunday, especially at church, was serious business it should not be fun or happy. Not quite my view of things but common enough. It seems to be even more common with education though. Recently on the CSTA blog Pat Philips wrote a post titled Video Games where she says “administrators and colleagues […] sometimes think that if you are teaching something that much fun, it can't be…

  • Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring

    Alfred Thompson
    11 May 2012 | 5:09 am
    Received this from the CSTA Mailing list yesterday and thought it worth sharing. Do you know someone who is doing an outstanding job of mentoring or a mentoring program that is doing a great job with bringing underrepresented minorities into STEM fields? If so you may want to nominate them for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. INVITATION FOR NOMINATIONS Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring PAESMEM recognizes outstanding mentors and mentoring programs that enhance the participation of…
 
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    edspresso

  • Born To Rise

    edspresso
    15 May 2012 | 1:16 pm
    A driving passion to create for students a school that meets, even exceeds, standards she had for her own children’s schools is what drove Deborah Kenny to jump headfirst into the raging sea of opening a charter network, the Harlem Village Academies. In a storytelling-style book, Born to Rise, Kenny offers not only her personal motivation to be a charter trailblazer in Harlem, but a down and dirty look into what it takes to open the doors on that first day of school – from funding to securing a building to finding the best teachers. Much of what she writes about her inspiration is common…

  • Daily Headlines for May 15, 2012

    Daily News
    15 May 2012 | 11:58 am
    Charter Schools: Segregation or Choice? CNN Blog, May 14, 2012 More than 2 million kids are enrolled in charter schools, 32% of which are African American – and of that 32%, more than half attend schools comprised mostly of minority students. This morning, CNN education contributor Steve Perry explains the lack of diversity, saying “We had to convince white people to come to a very good school in the hood.” Strong Commitment To D.C. School Voucher Plan Would Be A Welcome Sign The Oklahoman, OK, May 15, 2012 EDUCATION hasn’t been a major theme so far in the race for the…

  • Daily Headlines for May 14, 2012

    Daily News
    14 May 2012 | 10:35 am
    Common Core Standards In Nation’s Interest Desert News, UT, May 12, 2012 The Common Core standard would help Utah and other states raise the bar on education and better compete with other countries. FROM THE STATES ALABAMA A Clash of Special Interests Decatur Daily, AL, May 14, 2012 The sponsor of a bill that would have created a charter school system in Alabama complained loudly when it died in committee last week. CALIFORNIA Students at Charter-Run Locke Do Better Than Nearby Peers Los Angeles Times, CA, May 14, 2012 Locke students were more likely to graduate and to have taken…

  • Assault On Accountability

    edspresso
    11 May 2012 | 5:05 pm
    Whether one questions college and high school national rankings or not, everyone grabs for U.S. News & World Report’s issues that rate schools nationwide.  We may quibble with which one is assigned top dog and which comes in third, but overall there is a sense that somehow the rating does justice to the service provided. Not any more.  Nevada’s Green Valley High School came in a respectful 13th place out of thousands.  But, that pretty top score made the school principal go slack jaw. How could that be?  The first major error is in the simple calculation of how many students are…

  • Daily Headlines for May 11, 2012

    Daily News
    11 May 2012 | 11:12 am
    Obama’s Education Plan Gets Closer Look Washington Times, DC, May 10, 2012 An influential group of conservative state lawmakers is on the verge of proposing model legislation to block the Common Core national education standards that have been heavily promoted by the Obama administration. FROM THE STATES ALABAMA Lawmakers Blame Special Interests For Killing Charter Schools Bill Montgomery Advertiser, AL, May 11, 2012 The sponsor of proposed charter school legislation, a top priority for Republican lawmakers and Gov. Robert Bentley, said on Thursday that he felt like he was attending a…
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    Kathy Schrock's Kaffeeklatsch

  • I love my Twitter PLN!

    Kathy Schrock
    27 Apr 2012 | 6:55 pm
    Today I created a video with the very fun app for the iPad (and iPhone and iPod Touch) called SockPuppets. I had a special reason for using it and purchased extra time to make my video longer than the 30 seconds that they allow. The output options in SockPuppets are to share to Facebook or YouTube. I needed to get the video up to YouTube, so I thought I was all set. However, I got an error message whenever I tried to send the video to YouTube. I figured I could solve it with a little research. I did some searching, and could not come up with any posts of others having troubles.  I then…

  • More cool stuff from BoxWave!

    Kathy Schrock
    25 Apr 2012 | 12:31 pm
    Derek Gillette, a Marketing Coordinator at BoxWave, sent along two new tech items for my review. Thanks, Derek! BoxWave Nero Leather Smart Nuovo iPad Case The first is the Nero Leather Smart Nuovo iPad Case, created for the 3rd generation iPad. (I see there is also a red version, which I am craving, and a cool white one to match those of you that have the white iPad!) This leather case is available for $39.99, with free shipping, on their site right now. The regular price is $59.95. This case was definitely created for the newest iPad. I have a couple of other tight-fitting, snap-on cases…

  • Frustration

    Kathy Schrock
    25 Mar 2012 | 4:11 pm
    Thanks to dieselbug2007 on Flickr for this shot. This is how I felt today! http://www.flickr.com/photos/dieselbug2007/369649914/ I do not often get frustrated with technology. I love learning new things and figuring out the way things work. However, today I set a task list for myself which included creating 40+ screencasts of the iPad as it appeared on the laptop screen via the Reflection app. I turned to Jing Pro to do that type of thing, since it never has failed to deliver. I set the screen capture area, used the iPad to showcase the application I want to screencast, saved the result to my…

  • Reflection App for the Mac OS and the iOS device

    Kathy Schrock
    18 Mar 2012 | 7:10 pm
    Reflection is a new application found in the Mac App Store that allows you to mirror your iPad 2 (or the new iPad) or the iPhone 4s to your desktop using AirPlay mirroring. The positive implications for the education field are huge!!! First, as one that often creates screencasts to help people learn a process, the ability to mirror my iPad screen onto my desktop, and then use Camtasia, Jing, or Captivate to capture the process is huge for me! No more mirroring the iPad onto the TV set using AppleTV and using a video camera to record the process!  Here is a quick, no audio screencast I…

  • My new "business"

    Kathy Schrock
    6 Mar 2012 | 3:53 pm
    In addition to presenting webinars and traveling to conferences all over the place, I have decided to start a new side business. It is a face-to-face business which you probably would not expect from me! Right after the holidays, I helped plan and help out at a "Bring your new gadget to the library" night hosted by my town library. We were hoping to get people to bring in their new tablets, e-readers, and digital cameras and to help out with their questions. Over 40 people showed up, which, for our small town, is a big turn-out! The age of the attendees ranged from 50-85. The questions ran…
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    Inside Higher Ed

  • Perry Declines to Take Stand on UT Austin President

    Scott Jaschik
    16 May 2012 | 3:29 am
    With regents appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry reportedly interested in ousting Bill Powers as president of the University of Texas at Austin, reporters asked Perry about Powers on Tuesday. The Associated Press reported that Perry declined to talk about the subject, saying only "I got a state to run," and adding that he doesn't focus on any one campus. Perry did say that the move by the University of Texas Board of Regents to freeze tuition (over the objections of Powers) sent a "good message" about controlling college costs. And Perry praised the $10,000 degrees…

  • College Board's New Leader

    Scott Jaschik
    16 May 2012 | 3:28 am
    David Coleman, one of the chief architects of and advocates for the common core curricular standards under consideration by states nationwide, will become the next president of the College Board, The New York Times reported. The College Board is best known for the SAT and the Advanced Placement program, but Coleman said that he sees a broader mission for the organization, telling the Times that "the College Board is not just about measuring and testing, but designing high-quality curriculum.” Ad keywords: Admissions

  • Kean U. Faculty Votes No Confidence in Board

    Kevin Kiley
    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Faculty members and librarians at Kean University voted no confidence in the university's Board of Trustees this week, with 94 percent of responding faculty members saying they had lost faith in the board. Professors have clashed with the university's president, Dawood Farahi, for several years. Tensions came to a head early this year when the faculty accused Farahi of including false information on his résumé. After an investigation in which lawyers hired by the board found that Farahi had falsified some of the statements on earlier résumés, the board…

  • Review of Nancy K. Bristow, "American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic"

    Scott McLemee
    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Intellectual AffairsIt was a classic instance of blaming the messenger: Spanish newspapers carried the earliest reports of a new illness that spread across the globe in the final months of World War I, and so it be came known as “Spanish influenza,” although its real point of origin will never be known. It was virulent and highly communicable. A paper appearing in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention journal Emerging Infectious Diseases a few years ago estimated that 500 million people, almost a third of the world’s population, were stricken with it. By the end of…

  • Colleges announce commencement speakers

    Scott Jaschik
    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    The following colleges and universities have announced their commencement speakers for spring 2012:
 
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    PrincipalsPage.com Blog

  • Your Child is Not Going to Be a Professional Athlete.

    Michael Smith
    13 May 2012 | 3:47 am
    Another summer. Another year of watching parents put unrealistic expectations on their child. Here are the facts. Most kids won’t play sports in high school. Almost every kid won’t play sports in college. There’s almost no chance you will know anyone who plays professional sports. Your child has a better chance of being a brain surgeon than playing baseball for the Cardinals, basketball for the Lakers, or football for the Cowboys. If you weren’t a great athlete, the odds of your child being one are slim to none. There’s no amount of practice, coaching, or…

  • Fresh Beagle.

    Michael Smith
    7 May 2012 | 5:59 am
    As I get older, I’ve come to realize what’s important in life. It’s not a big house.  Or owning several cars (including a Classic 2000 Ford Taurus). Or big screen TV’s, iPads, or fancy computers (but they are nice… and the screen clairity on the new iPad is unbelievable). It’s the little things. Seeing your child stay out of jail (making bond is a gift). Surviving another day at work (barely). Enjoying weather that’s not too hot or cold (which is getting harder to find at my advanced age). Waking up and most, if not all, of the important body parts…

  • My Graduation Speech.

    Michael Smith
    1 May 2012 | 3:20 am
    It’s that time of year where schools and universities pay a lot of money for bad graduation speeches. I want in on this.  I don’t think you have to be an alumni or a politician to bore people silly. Plus, I could use the cash.  So, here we go. Dear Students: Congratulations on making it this far.  You thought high school and college was the best time of your life. You were right. Now the work begins.  If you can find it. Adults in your life don’t tell you the whole truth, especially when you are graduating from high school or college.  They are just happy you are not in…

  • NASSP Principal Leadership Magazine: How Many Friends Do They Think I Have?

    Michael Smith
    30 Apr 2012 | 2:56 pm
    Once again, it’s an honor to be included in such a great magazine. People I barely know continue to say they’ve seen my blog in Principal Leadership Magazine (page 7). This blog is one of my favorites. I still don’t understand why they give me so many school pictures. The logo above is a free plug for the company my school uses.  When they take my picture they do their best to make me look less horrific than normal.  Sadly, more years than not, they fail.

  • Society Has Gotten Too Fast.

    Michael Smith
    29 Apr 2012 | 4:01 am
    I have a theory. Not because I’m smart, but because I’m old (two of the benefits of being old are you can say whatever you want… and eat dinner at 3:30 pm). I think life is getting easier, but less enjoyable. The interweb is great.  Stores being open 24/7 is wonderful.  Getting our news and weather whenever we want is nice. Every day more and more things come along to make our existence more pleasant. In theory. Apps are nice.  Movies on demand are great.  Central air certainly has it perks.  Smartphones are cool. There is no arguing technology is great. But on the…
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    eSchool News

  • Save Your School Thousands of Dollars and Simplify Your Test Grading With the Remark Test Grading Edition Software

    Gravic
    15 May 2012 | 8:28 am
    Gravic, Inc. is pleased to announce a new streamlined test grading solution to save teachers time and schools money on grading tests, assessments and quizzes. The Remark Test Grading Edition is built on the market leading foundation of the popular Remark Office OMR software. For over 20 years, the Remark Office OMR software has allowed schools to print their own answer sheets on plain paper and use image scanners or multi-function machines (MFD) to scan their tests, surveys and other forms. Remark Test Grading Edition includes the power of Remark Office OMR but simplifies the test grading…

  • New HearBuilder Sequencing Super Fun Deck from Super Duper

    eSchool News
    15 May 2012 | 8:27 am
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENew HearBuilder Sequencing Super Fun Deck from Super DuperGreenville, SC – May 14, 2012 – Super Duper Publications has created a companion product to their award-winning HearBuilder Sequencing educational software. The brand new HearBuilder Sequencing Super Fun Deck, which also works well as a stand-alone deck for those who do not have the HearBuilder program, reinforces sequencing, comprehension, and critical thinking skills that are vital in helping students become successful readers.HearBuilder Sequencing Super Fun Deck, for ages 5 to 12 (grades K to 6), has 144…

  • PRESS RELEASE BY GAIA TECHNOLOGIES PLC

    eSchool News
    15 May 2012 | 8:27 am
    The U.S. is about to experience interactive 3D learning with the first visit to New York by Britain’s leading 3D education provider—Gaia Technologies. Gaia’s 3D team will be holding 4 days of demonstrations and briefings in New York City on May 14-17 for principals, teachers, and other education leaders.Participants will have the opportunity to explore the exciting potential 3D interactive technologies offer in transforming instruction and improving academic achievement in schools in New York City and throughout the U.S.“In Britain the Gaia 3D has demonstrated fantastic…

  • Introducin​g College Tourist: An Interactiv​e Site Where Students Share Their Worlds!

    eSchool News
    15 May 2012 | 8:26 am
    Hi and hope this email finds you well!Hi and I hope this finds you well! For your next feature, please considerTheCollegeTourist.com, a site that allows students to share the best aspects about their college town.Selecting a university is a big decision, based not only on academics and social life, but location and type of college town.TheCollegeTourist.comallows students to share their college journey, inspire others to write about theirs and communicate invaluable information to one another. It is a community of knowledge created for college students, by college students.More about College…

  • Shmoop Launches GED Guide

    saul@cblohm.com
    15 May 2012 | 8:25 am
    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (May 14, 2012) – Remember when you graduated from the sixth grade and immediately went to interview for a CEO position at a national company? Didn’t go so well, did it? Especially when they asked for your references and you provided the contact information for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Manhole Cover #723, NY, NY).Turns out a lot of prospective employers prefer that their employees be educated. At a minimum, “educated” usually means a high school diploma. So what are the options for someone without a high school diploma? Shine shoes, clean windshields or…
 
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    eSchool News

  • Save Your School Thousands of Dollars and Simplify Your Test Grading With the Remark Test Grading Edition Software

    Gravic
    15 May 2012 | 8:28 am
    Gravic, Inc. is pleased to announce a new streamlined test grading solution to save teachers time and schools money on grading tests, assessments and quizzes. The Remark Test Grading Edition is built on the market leading foundation of the popular Remark Office OMR software. For over 20 years, the Remark Office OMR software has allowed schools to print their own answer sheets on plain paper and use image scanners or multi-function machines (MFD) to scan their tests, surveys and other forms. Remark Test Grading Edition includes the power of Remark Office OMR but simplifies the test grading…

  • New HearBuilder Sequencing Super Fun Deck from Super Duper

    eSchool News
    15 May 2012 | 8:27 am
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENew HearBuilder Sequencing Super Fun Deck from Super DuperGreenville, SC – May 14, 2012 – Super Duper Publications has created a companion product to their award-winning HearBuilder Sequencing educational software. The brand new HearBuilder Sequencing Super Fun Deck, which also works well as a stand-alone deck for those who do not have the HearBuilder program, reinforces sequencing, comprehension, and critical thinking skills that are vital in helping students become successful readers.HearBuilder Sequencing Super Fun Deck, for ages 5 to 12 (grades K to 6), has 144…

  • PRESS RELEASE BY GAIA TECHNOLOGIES PLC

    eSchool News
    15 May 2012 | 8:27 am
    The U.S. is about to experience interactive 3D learning with the first visit to New York by Britain’s leading 3D education provider—Gaia Technologies. Gaia’s 3D team will be holding 4 days of demonstrations and briefings in New York City on May 14-17 for principals, teachers, and other education leaders.Participants will have the opportunity to explore the exciting potential 3D interactive technologies offer in transforming instruction and improving academic achievement in schools in New York City and throughout the U.S.“In Britain the Gaia 3D has demonstrated fantastic…

  • Introducin​g College Tourist: An Interactiv​e Site Where Students Share Their Worlds!

    eSchool News
    15 May 2012 | 8:26 am
    Hi and hope this email finds you well!Hi and I hope this finds you well! For your next feature, please considerTheCollegeTourist.com, a site that allows students to share the best aspects about their college town.Selecting a university is a big decision, based not only on academics and social life, but location and type of college town.TheCollegeTourist.comallows students to share their college journey, inspire others to write about theirs and communicate invaluable information to one another. It is a community of knowledge created for college students, by college students.More about College…

  • Shmoop Launches GED Guide

    saul@cblohm.com
    15 May 2012 | 8:25 am
    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (May 14, 2012) – Remember when you graduated from the sixth grade and immediately went to interview for a CEO position at a national company? Didn’t go so well, did it? Especially when they asked for your references and you provided the contact information for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Manhole Cover #723, NY, NY).Turns out a lot of prospective employers prefer that their employees be educated. At a minimum, “educated” usually means a high school diploma. So what are the options for someone without a high school diploma? Shine shoes, clean windshields or…
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    eSchool News

  • Save Your School Thousands of Dollars and Simplify Your Test Grading With the Remark Test Grading Edition Software

    Gravic
    15 May 2012 | 8:28 am
    Gravic, Inc. is pleased to announce a new streamlined test grading solution to save teachers time and schools money on grading tests, assessments and quizzes. The Remark Test Grading Edition is built on the market leading foundation of the popular Remark Office OMR software. For over 20 years, the Remark Office OMR software has allowed schools to print their own answer sheets on plain paper and use image scanners or multi-function machines (MFD) to scan their tests, surveys and other forms. Remark Test Grading Edition includes the power of Remark Office OMR but simplifies the test grading…

  • New HearBuilder Sequencing Super Fun Deck from Super Duper

    eSchool News
    15 May 2012 | 8:27 am
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENew HearBuilder Sequencing Super Fun Deck from Super DuperGreenville, SC – May 14, 2012 – Super Duper Publications has created a companion product to their award-winning HearBuilder Sequencing educational software. The brand new HearBuilder Sequencing Super Fun Deck, which also works well as a stand-alone deck for those who do not have the HearBuilder program, reinforces sequencing, comprehension, and critical thinking skills that are vital in helping students become successful readers.HearBuilder Sequencing Super Fun Deck, for ages 5 to 12 (grades K to 6), has 144…

  • PRESS RELEASE BY GAIA TECHNOLOGIES PLC

    eSchool News
    15 May 2012 | 8:27 am
    The U.S. is about to experience interactive 3D learning with the first visit to New York by Britain’s leading 3D education provider—Gaia Technologies. Gaia’s 3D team will be holding 4 days of demonstrations and briefings in New York City on May 14-17 for principals, teachers, and other education leaders.Participants will have the opportunity to explore the exciting potential 3D interactive technologies offer in transforming instruction and improving academic achievement in schools in New York City and throughout the U.S.“In Britain the Gaia 3D has demonstrated fantastic…

  • Introducin​g College Tourist: An Interactiv​e Site Where Students Share Their Worlds!

    eSchool News
    15 May 2012 | 8:26 am
    Hi and hope this email finds you well!Hi and I hope this finds you well! For your next feature, please considerTheCollegeTourist.com, a site that allows students to share the best aspects about their college town.Selecting a university is a big decision, based not only on academics and social life, but location and type of college town.TheCollegeTourist.comallows students to share their college journey, inspire others to write about theirs and communicate invaluable information to one another. It is a community of knowledge created for college students, by college students.More about College…

  • Shmoop Launches GED Guide

    saul@cblohm.com
    15 May 2012 | 8:25 am
    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (May 14, 2012) – Remember when you graduated from the sixth grade and immediately went to interview for a CEO position at a national company? Didn’t go so well, did it? Especially when they asked for your references and you provided the contact information for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Manhole Cover #723, NY, NY).Turns out a lot of prospective employers prefer that their employees be educated. At a minimum, “educated” usually means a high school diploma. So what are the options for someone without a high school diploma? Shine shoes, clean windshields or…
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  • Save Your School Thousands of Dollars and Simplify Your Test Grading With the Remark Test Grading Edition Software

    Gravic
    15 May 2012 | 8:28 am
    Gravic, Inc. is pleased to announce a new streamlined test grading solution to save teachers time and schools money on grading tests, assessments and quizzes. The Remark Test Grading Edition is built on the market leading foundation of the popular Remark Office OMR software. For over 20 years, the Remark Office OMR software has allowed schools to print their own answer sheets on plain paper and use image scanners or multi-function machines (MFD) to scan their tests, surveys and other forms. Remark Test Grading Edition includes the power of Remark Office OMR but simplifies the test grading…

  • New HearBuilder Sequencing Super Fun Deck from Super Duper

    eSchool News
    15 May 2012 | 8:27 am
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENew HearBuilder Sequencing Super Fun Deck from Super DuperGreenville, SC – May 14, 2012 – Super Duper Publications has created a companion product to their award-winning HearBuilder Sequencing educational software. The brand new HearBuilder Sequencing Super Fun Deck, which also works well as a stand-alone deck for those who do not have the HearBuilder program, reinforces sequencing, comprehension, and critical thinking skills that are vital in helping students become successful readers.HearBuilder Sequencing Super Fun Deck, for ages 5 to 12 (grades K to 6), has 144…

  • PRESS RELEASE BY GAIA TECHNOLOGIES PLC

    eSchool News
    15 May 2012 | 8:27 am
    The U.S. is about to experience interactive 3D learning with the first visit to New York by Britain’s leading 3D education provider—Gaia Technologies. Gaia’s 3D team will be holding 4 days of demonstrations and briefings in New York City on May 14-17 for principals, teachers, and other education leaders.Participants will have the opportunity to explore the exciting potential 3D interactive technologies offer in transforming instruction and improving academic achievement in schools in New York City and throughout the U.S.“In Britain the Gaia 3D has demonstrated fantastic…

  • Introducin​g College Tourist: An Interactiv​e Site Where Students Share Their Worlds!

    eSchool News
    15 May 2012 | 8:26 am
    Hi and hope this email finds you well!Hi and I hope this finds you well! For your next feature, please considerTheCollegeTourist.com, a site that allows students to share the best aspects about their college town.Selecting a university is a big decision, based not only on academics and social life, but location and type of college town.TheCollegeTourist.comallows students to share their college journey, inspire others to write about theirs and communicate invaluable information to one another. It is a community of knowledge created for college students, by college students.More about College…

  • Shmoop Launches GED Guide

    saul@cblohm.com
    15 May 2012 | 8:25 am
    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (May 14, 2012) – Remember when you graduated from the sixth grade and immediately went to interview for a CEO position at a national company? Didn’t go so well, did it? Especially when they asked for your references and you provided the contact information for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Manhole Cover #723, NY, NY).Turns out a lot of prospective employers prefer that their employees be educated. At a minimum, “educated” usually means a high school diploma. So what are the options for someone without a high school diploma? Shine shoes, clean windshields or…
 
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    Graham Wegner - Open Educator

  • Innovation + Leadership = Change

    Graham
    8 May 2012 | 8:05 am
    Here’s what I plan to present in my 7 minute presentation at the Adelaide TeachMeet on Thursday afternoon. TeachMeet Adelaide Presentation Script – “Innovation + Leadership = Change “ Hi, I’m Graham Wegner. I’m currently an Assistant Principal at Woodville Gardens School B-7 with a focus on Learning Technologies and Admin but prior to this appointment, I was the ICT Coordinator at Lockleys North Primary starting in 2003. My current school is fortunate enough to be part of a DECD Innovative Learning Environment project group which is an interesting…

  • A Real Life Lifelong Learner

    Graham
    27 Apr 2012 | 8:23 am
    Recently, I’ve become interested in Japanese anime again and as is the case with any interest, the internet is the perfect place to immerse oneself in that interest. I now know what otaku means, about the concept of mecha and many of the tropes associated with anime, manga and other aspects of Japanese culture. One of the coolest and most enjoyable sites that I have subscribed is Culture Japan, created by Danny Choo. His personal story is a great example of lifelong learning that isn’t a buzzphrase – I highly recommend reading his How Discovering Japan Changed My Life blog…

  • The One Teacher Who Sparked Learning For Me

    Graham
    14 Apr 2012 | 12:56 am
    I don’t know if it was my own education that got me to this point in life, or whether my ability to make sense of things is in spite of it. One of my pet dislikes (and it happens often enough) is being asked about an influential teacher who was important in my learning. The assumption is that every articulate, independent thinking person with some measure of success must have had someone who lit the fire, who made the learning in school come alive. And most people in education can name at least one such person. Many will cite that person as being the reason for taking up teaching as a…

  • Today’s Quote That Makes Perfect Sense

    Graham
    9 Apr 2012 | 6:59 am
    Whenever I set aside time to check through my blog feeds, I will invariably find a sentence or paragraph that really resonates and has me thinking, “I wish I had written that.” But I suppose the good thing about finding these succinctly written pearls of wisdom is that my colleagues are more likely to take the message on board if the quote comes from someone other than me! So, here’s today’s quote that I’m earmarking for future reference. Source – Kate Nowak: But when people talk to me about the technology I have to constantly Reframe the Issue and explain…

  • Parallel Universes

    Graham
    29 Mar 2012 | 6:04 am
    Went out to MOC this morning with my principal for a meeting with a DECD group on Innovative Learning that my school is part of. Like Woodville Gardens, MOC is one of the State Government’s new “super schools”. For me, this is the third super school that I’ve visited (including my own) and it is a weird feeling to walk around a school that has some many architectural and design similarities but has a different student population and the purposing of the learning spaces always has a unique twist. For some walking around today, everything looks brand new but for super…
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    TerenceOnline: An eLearning Resource Center

  • Online courses: A liberating and inspiring ally to residential education

    3 May 2012 | 2:07 pm
    Distance learning courses have been around for a very long time and have often been treated by mainstream academia as the step child to residential face to face classes. However, all of that is changing as advances in technology have made online education an excellent way to learn as well as enhance the residential experience.  The president of MIT recently said, "Online education is not the

  • Exploring the "if this then that" web app: making the Internet work for you

    26 Apr 2012 | 9:59 am
    I discovered a neat little web app called ifttt (if this then that) that makes it easy and fun to run "if/then" statements across the internet by utilizing API's of various web apps such as twitter, google reader, instagram, and many more.  For example, I set up three if/then tasks to see how it works. The first task I set up was IF I upload a picture to Instagram THEN automatically save a copy

  • This just in; Pearson looks to disrupt the LMS scene

    13 Oct 2011 | 1:19 pm
    My colleague, Mike Edwards, just G+'d me about Pearson's attempt to change the LMS game completely.  Watch this video about their new FREE cloud based LMS called OpenClass, which supposedly seamlessly integrates with Google Apps for Education. It's quite bold of Pearson to call the current state of the LMS "dead." YIKES! I will be eager to see how it compares to the LMS I am currently enjoying in

  • Canvas LMS: Technology that facilitates good pedagogy

    13 Oct 2011 | 8:14 am
    All LMS's (learning management systems) are not created equal. The design of the LMS must be done right to facilitate good pedagogy.  It needs to be easy enough for the  non tech person to use, yet it must do very sophisticated and complex things in the background to facilitate the learning process. I would also say that pairing a faculty member with an instructional designer/academic

  • The Perfect Tablet for Me - An Obvious Idea in Tablet Innovation that Should Have Been on the Market Last Year

    2 Sep 2011 | 9:25 am
    Tablets are excellent tools for content consumption, yet their OS's and overall design limit their ability to produce content. The Asus Transformer and Eeepad Slider were steps in the right direction as devices geared at both consuming and producing content, yet the Honeycomb OS still hampers the content creation process, even with the keyboard. I think a really simple idea would be to use
 
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    eSchool News

  • Save Your School Thousands of Dollars and Simplify Your Test Grading With the Remark Test Grading Edition Software

    Gravic
    15 May 2012 | 8:28 am
    Gravic, Inc. is pleased to announce a new streamlined test grading solution to save teachers time and schools money on grading tests, assessments and quizzes. The Remark Test Grading Edition is built on the market leading foundation of the popular Remark Office OMR software. For over 20 years, the Remark Office OMR software has allowed schools to print their own answer sheets on plain paper and use image scanners or multi-function machines (MFD) to scan their tests, surveys and other forms. Remark Test Grading Edition includes the power of Remark Office OMR but simplifies the test grading…

  • New HearBuilder Sequencing Super Fun Deck from Super Duper

    eSchool News
    15 May 2012 | 8:27 am
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENew HearBuilder Sequencing Super Fun Deck from Super DuperGreenville, SC – May 14, 2012 – Super Duper Publications has created a companion product to their award-winning HearBuilder Sequencing educational software. The brand new HearBuilder Sequencing Super Fun Deck, which also works well as a stand-alone deck for those who do not have the HearBuilder program, reinforces sequencing, comprehension, and critical thinking skills that are vital in helping students become successful readers.HearBuilder Sequencing Super Fun Deck, for ages 5 to 12 (grades K to 6), has 144…

  • PRESS RELEASE BY GAIA TECHNOLOGIES PLC

    eSchool News
    15 May 2012 | 8:27 am
    The U.S. is about to experience interactive 3D learning with the first visit to New York by Britain’s leading 3D education provider—Gaia Technologies. Gaia’s 3D team will be holding 4 days of demonstrations and briefings in New York City on May 14-17 for principals, teachers, and other education leaders.Participants will have the opportunity to explore the exciting potential 3D interactive technologies offer in transforming instruction and improving academic achievement in schools in New York City and throughout the U.S.“In Britain the Gaia 3D has demonstrated fantastic…

  • Introducin​g College Tourist: An Interactiv​e Site Where Students Share Their Worlds!

    eSchool News
    15 May 2012 | 8:26 am
    Hi and hope this email finds you well!Hi and I hope this finds you well! For your next feature, please considerTheCollegeTourist.com, a site that allows students to share the best aspects about their college town.Selecting a university is a big decision, based not only on academics and social life, but location and type of college town.TheCollegeTourist.comallows students to share their college journey, inspire others to write about theirs and communicate invaluable information to one another. It is a community of knowledge created for college students, by college students.More about College…

  • Shmoop Launches GED Guide

    saul@cblohm.com
    15 May 2012 | 8:25 am
    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (May 14, 2012) – Remember when you graduated from the sixth grade and immediately went to interview for a CEO position at a national company? Didn’t go so well, did it? Especially when they asked for your references and you provided the contact information for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Manhole Cover #723, NY, NY).Turns out a lot of prospective employers prefer that their employees be educated. At a minimum, “educated” usually means a high school diploma. So what are the options for someone without a high school diploma? Shine shoes, clean windshields or…
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    Education Futures

  • Teacher 3.0: Sharing, creating, and connecting knowledge

    Education Futures Editors
    16 May 2012 | 5:30 am
    In this year’s issue of Villa Onderwijs by APS, Erno Mijland and Rob Mioch present their views of what “Teacher 3.0″ might look like (extended from the 3.0 paradigm shared at Education Futures previously). With the authors’ permission, we provide their translation of the original Dutch text into English. Teacher 3.0 Authors: Erno Mijland and Rob Mioch Share knowledge, create and connect Teaching is one of the finest professions you can find. Teachers play a crucial part in preparing new generations for the future. Never before has there been so much uncertainty about…

  • Building enclaves of entrepreneurship education through pirate-like thinking

    John Moravec
    11 May 2012 | 7:39 am
    On Tuesday, I stopped by the NEXT Berlin 2012 conference at STATION-Berlin to meet up with young innovators in the European education sphere. I had the pleasure of chatting with Inês Silva, co-founder of the Startup Pirates, a one-week startup school that works with various communities around the planet. Headquartered in Portugal, the Startup Pirates work to: [...] help and foster new ventures that are going to be game-changers, capable of breaking the rules set in their markets. This way, we are creating an inspiring and informal environment, together with a great curricular plan and…

  • Call for papers: “Borderless society”

    Education Futures Editors
    30 Apr 2012 | 7:00 am
    Please consider contributing to this special issue of On the Horizon. I will serve as the guest editor: Call for Papers On the Horizon – special issue “Borderless society: The ‘new’ work and education” Guest editor: Dr. John Moravec Brief description In a world driven by exponential accelerating technological and social change, globalization, and a push for more creative and context-driven innovations, how can we ensure the success of ourselves as individuals, communities, and the planet? This special issue of On the Horizon explores the converging future of…

  • The future of academic libraries: An interview with Steven J Bell

    Paul Zenke
    26 Mar 2012 | 9:00 am
    I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Steven J. Bell, the Associate University Librarian for Research and Instruction at Temple University, and current Vice President and President Elect of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). Steven received his Doctorate in Education from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. Steven’s most recent book, coauthored with John Shank, Academic Librarianship by Design: A Blended Librarian’s Guide to the Tools and Techniques lays out a new vision for designing the future of academic libraries enabling…

  • Exploring the “3rd space” of co-working and co-learning

    John Moravec
    20 Mar 2012 | 7:06 am
    Last week, I traveled to Utrecht, The Netherlands, to participate in the 3rd Space World Conference, hosted by seats2meet.com, a co-working enterprise that is establishing locations throughout the world. The event was designed to introduce people to sustainable co-working, and to also connect co-working centers and thought leaders together. Knowledge sharing, the enabling of serendipity and Society 3.0 are some of the other key elements that were covered. I provided an update on the Knowmad Society project, which really looks at how third space people — knowmads — build and…
 
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    dy/dan

  • Five Favorites — 101Questions [5/12/12]

    Dan Meyer
    12 May 2012 | 7:40 am
    An embarrassment of riches this week. It was difficult keeping this to five: Too good to be true, Scott Keltner. So is it … free … then? I give this image strong odds on provoking a class debate and highlighting some of your students' misconceptions of percent growth. Car Chase, Ryan Brown. The current darling of 101questions. (12 questions, no skips, as of this writing.) Notice how the first car smacks into the second, which was hidden off-screen. That's stylish camera work! Muggsy Bogues, Tony Gumbo. The question, "How much shorter is Muggsy Bogues?" is one thing. "How many…

  • “Definitely not where I imagined this blog would go”

    Dan Meyer
    10 May 2012 | 9:37 am
    Daniel Schneider: I thought I’d still be the only one reading it these days. I’ve only recently started telling friends and colleagues about this site, which means most of those 10,000 are from people I’ve never met. I’m surprised by how many people have found me and I’m glad people find my ideas meaningful. I guess I’m just amazed at how easy it’s been to have a voice in the semi-anonymity of the internet. If you're just getting into teaching, there are plenty of worse ways to invest your time than in blogging, tweeting, and building your own faculty lounge. 2012 May 10. On…

  • FeedThresh

    Dan Meyer
    10 May 2012 | 9:37 am
    Shawn Cornally coins the term FeedThresh (short for "Feedback Threshold") and gives it a definition that feels exactly right: The student knows that first attempts are rarely perfect, and often require serious revising. The student wants expert feedback on work that is established and based on research and the literature. The student knows that his learning is not tied to class time or any other arbitrary unit of time or space. Assessment is too complicated for any of us to do any more than say, "We're trying to optimize for a certain set of values," and then make those values explicit.

  • The Mullet Ratio

    Dan Meyer
    9 May 2012 | 10:59 am
    Matt Vaudrey takes an assist from Timon Piccini with a high-caliber lesson on the math of mullets. The money graf: Students fit the pipe cleaner along the hair, then straightened it onto their rulers to find the measurement of the Party. The Business was usually pretty straight. Great moves here: He begins the experience with intuition, the lowest rung on the ladder of abstraction, asking students to decide using nothing more than their gut "which one is more mullet-y?" By the end, they've named variables and defined operations, fully abstracting the context. Math has given a language to…

  • Asking Interesting, Natural-Seeming Questions

    Dan Meyer
    7 May 2012 | 11:20 am
    Here is a picture of a fountain from Pearson's Common Core Geometry iBook. (Full disclosure: I consult with Pearson.) Given ten tries, you'd never guess the question connected to that image: "What is the measure of the arc of the circular basin of the fountain that will be in the photograph?" Same with this line from problem 23 on page 351: Campers often use a "bear bag" at night to avoid attracting animals to their food supply. It is followed by: Are angle one and the given angle alternate interior angles, same-side interior angles or corresponding angles? Not only will those questions fail…
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    NYC Educator

  • Bad, or Worse? You Decide

    NYC Educator
    15 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Chancellor Walcott is always thinking of us. That's why, during Teacher Appreciation Week, he issued this statement as part of the Principals' Weekly: I believe the best way I can show my appreciation is to support you actively in our critical work, and that’s why I’m pleased to share the 2012-13 citywide instructional expectations with you. Thanks, Chancellor. Words can barely express how much I appreciate your sharing your list of demands with us. I've no doubt they'll be equally effective as anything else you and Mayor4Life cooked up over the last decade, which is to say, not at all.

  • Where Do Troubled Kids Go in the Summer?

    Miss Eyre
    15 May 2012 | 6:37 am
    As the school year starts to wind down, I'm getting worried about what will become of one of my students who's struggled with depression.  Because of the sensitive nature of this subject, I hesitate to say anything much about him, except that he seems isolated from his family and his (former) friends, and so I'm concerned about him being on his own for most of the summer. There are summer programs for kids who need academic help, and jobs programs for kids who need money or resume building.  But I wish there was something for this middle-of-the-road student--or, rather, something he…

  • No Impossible Demand Left Behind

    NYC Educator
    13 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    That's what you're expected to do, and you've got just about a year and a half to do it. NCLB says all children will be proficient by 2014, and every year you fail to get 100% of your kids to pass is another year you risk your school being closed. Why don't we judge other professions by that standard? Let's begin at the top. Are 100% of Americans employed? I don't think so. If that isn't corrected by 2014, we'd better close the White House, toss out the Congress, and have the whole government taken over by privatizers. Sure, you say, it's those same folks who put the economy in the crapper,…

  • Exported from NYC to Louisiana

    NYC Educator
    12 May 2012 | 11:00 pm

  • We Watch So You Don't Have To

    NYC Educator
    12 May 2012 | 12:49 pm
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    L.A. Times - Education

  • Lawsuit takes aim at California's legal protections for teachers

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    A Bay Area nonprofit targets teacher tenure rules, seniority protections and the dismissal process. Foes say it wants to weaken public sector unions.A Bay Area nonprofit backed partly by groups known for battling teachers unions has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn five California laws that, they say, make it too difficult to dismiss ineffective teachers.

  • Students at charter-run Locke do better than nearby peers

    14 May 2012 | 2:01 am
    Locke students were more likely to graduate and to have taken courses needed for a state college, a study says. Still, overall achievement remains low.Students at Locke High School are faring better than their peers in nearby traditional schools, but achievement overall remains low at the charter-managed campus near Watts, according to a new study.

  • UC Santa Barbara gets $50-million gift from Oracle chairman

    13 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    The donation from Jeffrey and Judy Henley is the biggest in UC Santa Barbara's history. It will support energy efficiency research and engineering programs.UC Santa Barbara, according to old stereotypes, may still conjure up the image of a lush campus by the beach, where students can squeeze in a few hours of surfing after class and live in a nearby neighborhood that is one of the nation's best-known party zones. But in reality, UC Santa Barbara over the last three decades increasingly has become a center of scientific research, and its move in that direction was strengthened Saturday with…

  • 13% in U.S. foreign-born, a level last seen in 1920

    11 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    Of 40 million born abroad, the greatest number lives in California, with large populations in New York, Texas and Florida, Census Bureau report says.The U.S. foreign-born population has risen to its highest level since 1920, with 13% of all those living in the nation in 2010 having been born elsewhere, a new report from the Census Bureau shows.

  • USC to award degrees to Japanese interned during WWII

    11 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    USC is awarding degrees to Japanese students who were forced out during World War II, but some say the school hasn't corrected all past wrongs.Friday morning, the USC campus will be filled with smiling students posing for pictures next to the most important people in their lives. For Hitoshi Sameshima, however, graduation comes a little too late.
 
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    The Fischbowl

  • TED-ED Launches

    Karl Fisch
    25 Apr 2012 | 10:48 am
    I wanted to point to a new resource that some of you might find valuable: TED-ED. (Full Disclosure: While I did not play a major role, I was part of the planning process for this.)To get a good overview, watch the three minute TED-ED Tour video linked from the main TED-ED page.In a nutshell, here's what this resource provides.There is a growing collection of lessons on a variety of topics submitted by educators and then animated by professional animators. While currently small in number, this is likely to increase quickly. You can use the videos just as they are and there are suggested lesson…

  • Ideas I’d Like My Future Principal to Consider: Starting a Bold Conversation with Parents

    Karl Fisch
    12 Apr 2012 | 5:22 pm
    So I haven’t written one of these for a while for a few reasons, but one of the major reasons is I now know who my future principal is going to be (Hi Natalie!) and it feels somewhat awkward to write these in the same fashion as it feels like I’m telling her specifically something she should do which is, well, a bit awkward. But I decided to write this anyway because all along I’ve been trying to write these as just ideas to consider, to contribute to the conversation of how to move our school (and schools in general) forward. So I’m hopeful that my new principal will read this within…

  • Don't Fear Failure

    Karl Fisch
    21 Mar 2012 | 8:21 pm
    (Posted this to my class blog, but thought I'd share it here as well.)One of the problems I think we have in schools is that we train students to fear failure, to avoid it at all costs. Now, to be clear, I'm not suggesting you go out and fail all your classes. But I am suggesting that you should take some risks in your learning. That instead of avoiding things that are hard (because you might fail), you challenge yourself to step up and take on things that are difficult.I think sometimes students would rather not try (and fail) than try and fail. In the first option it's easy to say, "Oh, I…

  • Doing Your Best to Build the World Anew

    Karl Fisch
    17 Mar 2012 | 12:15 pm
    I came across this passage in John Bogle's Don't Count On It! and it resonated as I thought about our students, so I thought I'd share it here.Bright futures lie before you. There's the world's work to be done, and there are never enough citizens with determined hearts, courageous character, intelligent minds, and idealistic souls to do it. Yes, our world already has quite enough guns, political platitudes, arrogance, disingenuousness, self-interest, snobbishness, superficiality, war and the certainty that God is on our side. But it never has enough conscience, nor enough tolerance, idealism,…

  • Points I'd Like My Future Principal to Remember: Students Are Not Customers

    Karl Fisch
    11 Mar 2012 | 4:45 pm
    I'll admit I've used the "students as customers" phrase myself a few times. And, in the sense that meeting the needs of students is the teaching profession's primary reason for being, I still buy that. But I was reminded of the limitations of that analogy as I'm currently reading on a very different topic, John Bogle's Don't Count On It!Bogle first defines professions and professionals using these characteristics from Gardner and Shulman:A commitment to the interest of clients in particular, and the welfare of society in general.A body of theory or special knowledge.A specialized set of…
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    ASCD Inservice

  • We've Moved!

    ASCD Bloggers
    14 May 2012 | 2:13 pm
    Thank you for following ASCD's Inservice blog. We've relocated all of our blog content to: http://inservice.ascd.org You can also always find us via the shortcut http://www.ascd.org/blog Check out Inservice's new look -- our content is easier to search and reference...

  • Creating, Cultivating, and Sustaining a Culture of Achievement

    ASCD Bloggers
    8 May 2012 | 7:00 am
    A school’s culture makes a difference in the lives of its educators and especially its students. The culture of a school can also be a major factor that helps cultivate student achievement. A good school culture has high expectations for...

  • In Case You Missed It

    Matthew Swift
    27 Apr 2012 | 3:31 pm
    See what's been happening around ASCD this week: The latest Capitol Connection has stories on career education, accelerated learning, and more on policy-related educational issues. Education Update examines ways for principals to become more visible and effective in their schools....

  • Help Build a Whole Child Community

    ASCD Bloggers
    26 Apr 2012 | 7:00 am
    In this month's column, Outstanding Young Educator Brad Kuntz says educators can demonstrate what it's like to be a contributing member of a whole child community. By personally contributing in the neighborhoods surrounding our schools, by teaching our students to...

  • Seven More Ways to Go From On-Task to Engaged

    ASCD Bloggers
    25 Apr 2012 | 7:00 am
    Last June, I wrote Seven Ways to Go From On-Task to Engaged, which turned out to be one of the most popular topics of the year. In it I spoke about the possibility that students could technically be on-task but...
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    This Week In Education

  • Cartoon: LOLCats Take Over School Reform

    Alexander Russo
    15 May 2012 | 4:20 pm
    Think you can do better?  Probably so.  Make and post your own using the picture below and the LOLcats builder here. So 2007, I know.  

  • Video: SNL Brings Back "The Culps" For LBGT Prom

    Alexander Russo
    15 May 2012 | 2:45 pm
    Altadena Middle School music teachers Marty and Bobbi Mohan Culp are back on SNL after a long absence, filling in last Saturday night at the LBGT Prom for a Lady Gaga impersonator.  But things haven't gone well for the school budget in recent years, the Culps report: "It's no Glee, folks," says Mr. Culp. "In fact it's pretty Glame." Video above.  

  • Media: NYT Names New National Education Reporter

    Alexander Russo
    15 May 2012 | 2:15 pm
    Be one of the first to greet (or suck up to) the new national education reporter Motoko Rich.  Bio and clips here.   Doesn't officially start the beat for a couple of weeks, she says. Most recent education-related story here.   A former economics and books reporter, Rich is taking congratulations at @motokorich.   She seems to be well-admired.   Via @gtoppo.

  • Quotes: Insisting On Action From Friends

    Alexander Russo
    15 May 2012 | 1:54 pm
    Words are important, but we have to insist on action from our friends. - Richard Socarides in The New Yorker 

  • Bruno: The Pros and Cons of Hands-On Science

    Paul Bruno
    15 May 2012 | 10:10 am
    As a science teacher, I'm certainly partial to hands-on educational activities. For students who have some background knowledge of a topic, the occasional hands-on activity can be a good way for them to apply and develop that knowledge while having a good time. As a science teacher, however, I also try to teach my students not to mistake correlation for causation, which I think is what Andy Rotherham is doing here when he writes: "The NAEP data released yesterday shows that students who rarely do hands-on science underperform those who do it almost every day by 16 points on the…
 
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  • Mitt Romney's 'hijinks' seen as bullying today

    Leanne Italie, Associated Press
    11 May 2012 | 5:19 pm
    When Mitt Romney was a good-looking teen in the buttoned-up `60s, corporal punishment was the norm and bullying had a different, more acceptable name: hijinks.

  • Gay Iowa student will be honored at award ceremony

    11 May 2012 | 3:40 pm
    A Catholic bishop and a group that promotes equal rights for gays and lesbians have agreed to present a college scholarship to a gay student during an award ceremony.

  • Georgia woman, 24, battles flesh-eating disease

    Russ Bynum, Associated Press
    11 May 2012 | 3:11 pm
    Whether she was hiking in the woods, growing organic vegetables or working on her master's degree in psychology, Aimee Copeland embraced her passions with determination and a constant smile that made friends wonder if she ever had bad days.

  • Rubenstein gives Duke $15M for innovation effort

    Brett Zongker, Associated Press
    11 May 2012 | 1:39 pm
    Investor and philanthropist David Rubenstein is giving $15 million to his alma mater, Duke University, following a series of high-profile gifts to projects including repairing the Washington Monument.

  • Several arrested on drug charges in Vt.

    11 May 2012 | 1:29 pm
    Several people have been arrested near a high school in South Burlington, Vt., on drug charges.
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    Practical Theory

  • Why Divide Your Thanks, Mr. President?

    7 May 2012 | 10:34 pm
    Dear Mr. President, I'm not one for the Hallmark Holidays. I don't make a huge deal over Father's Day. My wife and I agree every year that Valentine's Day is a good excuse to have a nice dinner and not much more. So I wasn't going to make a big deal over Teacher Appreciation Week. It's a lovely thing, especially this time of year when teachers are pushing through to the end of the year, but it isn't usually the kind of thing I usually really think that much about. Except this year. This year, you chose National Teacher Appreciation Week as the week you also chose to declare as National…
 
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    Remote Access

  • Alexander – Guildmaster

    Clarence Fisher
    10 May 2012 | 9:45 am
    Remember this kid? I’ve posted this picture on here before. This is Alexander, he’s one of my two kids. I took this picture in 2008 when Alexander wasn’t quite ten. He was pretty proud because we had bought him a new Asus eee pc to use at school. Alexander was born at 27 weeks, 13 weeks premature. This has caused him a few troubles in life, one of them being that he has relatively poor fine motor skills. Short form: writing with a pencil or pen is tough. Solution? Laptop. Now, Alexander, who is 14, types as fast as I do and can do all sorts of amazing things with the laptop…

  • Idea Hive – the Tech Set Up

    Clarence Fisher
    8 May 2012 | 6:00 pm
    The technical set up behind the Idea Hive community has grown and changed into its present form over a few years. I have been blogging with students since 2005 and each year, something gets changed, tweaked, and hopefully improved. When I first started, I worked with Blogmeister, David Warlick’s excellent service. It was comfortable for me at the time as I could edit and approve everything that my students were placing online. After this article from Cnet hit the internet and gained us a lot of publicity though, we started working with other classes from around the world; most notably,…

  • Five Years on Twitter

    Clarence Fisher
    7 May 2012 | 7:36 am
    John Evans sent me a message on twitter this morning that reminded me of his twitter birthday. Of course, being the curious type, I went to check my own. Ends up my five year twitter birthday is coming up in only a few days. I remember not really getting it when I first heard about twitter. I didn’t sign up at the beginning. Then, a little later, Darren Kuropatwa was doing a few inservices with librarians and had them signing up so I thought I better jump in. Ends up it was a good idea. I occasionally have a love – hate relationship with the service, but overall, it has absolutely…

  • Apple and Gatekeeper

    Clarence Fisher
    5 May 2012 | 7:04 am
    The next version of Apple’s OS is going to have a piece of software installed on it that might be a surprise to some people. Mountain Lion, due out possibly as early as this summer, is going to include something Apple is calling Gatekeeper. To put it simply, Gatekeeper is a program that will decide which pieces of software will be allowed to run on your computer. The idea of Gatekeeper is to keep malware and other annoyance-ware from running on your machine, but it will create many situations much more complex than that. When developers produce pieces of software they want to sell…

  • Idea Hive – the Stats

    Clarence Fisher
    3 May 2012 | 9:18 pm
    My teaching partner Heather Durnin and I run a community for our two classrooms that we call the Idea Hive. This site is a WordPress Multiuser setup combined with Buddypress and additional plugins and functionality. This setup allows us to have a central blog for ourselves, blogs for the kids in our classes, and allows them to have discussion groups and forums along with other functionality that can come in to play when needed. Overall, one of our main goals has been to build a community, a hybrid space where kids feel just as comfortable writing an academically focussed blog post as they do…
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    Borderland

  • Levon Helm

    Doug Noon
    19 Apr 2012 | 1:59 am
    Charles Pierce: It was what they were all about, Levon and the rest of The Band, in 1968, when the country was coming apart at the seams. Nothing was holding, least of all Mr. Yeats’s center. There were tanks in Prague and there was blood on a balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. The traditional American values of home and family and neighborhood were being fashioned into cheap weapons to use against the people who saw the death and gore as the deepest kind of betrayal of the ideals that made those values worth a damn in the first place. The music was disparate and fragmented; the Beatles…

  • Search for Meaning

    Doug Noon
    8 Apr 2012 | 8:34 pm
    The plain fact is that the planet does not need more “successful” people. But it does desperately need more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of every shape and form. It needs people who live well in their places. It needs people of moral courage willing to join the fight to make the world habitable and humane. And these needs have little to do with success as our culture has defined it. - David W. Orr The main work of the teacher, I believe, is to recognize those peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers, and to assist them in their efforts…

  • Pavement Ends. Travel Strongly

    Doug Noon
    30 Mar 2012 | 1:38 am
    It’s been a while. Very briefly… we’ve got union contract problems this year – and I volunteered to be a building rep. After bargaining for more than a year, we’ve officially come to an impasse. Aggravating. And time-sucking. Additionally, I’ve got a classroom full of 12-year-old attitudes. At night, I flop on the couch and try to hold my eyes open wide enough to read. An important part of my personal program is that I run or ski every day to keep sane and steady. The weather is getting warmer – up in the 40′s (F) and gloriously sunny the last…

  • Reframing Ruby Payne

    Doug Noon
    8 Jan 2012 | 10:49 pm
    I read Ruby Payne’s A Framework for Understanding Poverty before our day-long professional development meeting, and like Anita Bohn, writing for Rethinking Schools, I didn’t know whether to laugh at the stupidity or to rage at the offensive stereotyping of people in poverty. For example, a few of Payne’s 18 “hidden rules” for surviving in poverty (p. 38): I know which grocery stores’ garbage bins can be accessed for thrown-away food I know how to get someone out of jail. I know how to get a gun, even if I have a police record. I know how to live without…

  • A Decent Education

    Doug Noon
    27 Dec 2011 | 10:50 am
    The role of poverty in what have come to be known as “school outcomes” (or more precisely, test scores) has been getting a fair bit of attention lately at Schools Matter, and elsewhere. Rightly so. At my own school we’ve even been given a reading assignment for our winter holiday, and have been invited to read Ruby Payne’s “Framework for Understanding Poverty” (summary here). This is to prepare us for the indoctrination session to follow upon our return from our break. I’m going to read the book since I opened my mouth at a staff meeting and said that…
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    Drape's Takes

  • Why Graduation Ceremonies are Important to Me

    Darren Draper
    5 May 2012 | 3:55 pm
    I've never really been one for pomp, and few circumstances warrant a love for ninety minutes of "Jon Doe, Master of Science in Science of Science Science and Science..." But I decided to walk the walk yesterday, and here's why. First, a little backstory. I successfully defended my dissertation in March 2011 and was told at the time that I was then eligible to participate in the commencement exercises that would take place in early May. I said, "Great!" but quickly learned that a successful dissertation defense doth not a graduate make. So, last year's commencement came and went without my…

  • Drape's Recommended iPad Apps

    Darren Draper
    2 May 2012 | 11:45 pm
    This was a fun email I wrote tonight. If you find these recommendations helpful, all the better. Colleagues, With Scot wanting to tour my favorite iPad apps yesterday and Hollie asking for recommended math apps today, I thought I'd throw together a quick list for you tonight. Hit delete on your keyboard now if you're not ready for a lengthy email: I won't be offended in the least. :-) First, the iOS Report that Katie Blunt and others recently created includes dozens of recommendations. I asked them to include specific examples by subject and evidence-based instructional priority and think…

  • My Personal Ed Tech Mission Statement

    Darren Draper
    1 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    Adapted from a conversation held during last week's round of job interviews. Solid candidate, refreshing perspective.

  • You! Yes, you! What do you think about the Common Core? Here's what I think...

    Darren Draper
    26 Apr 2012 | 9:22 am
    Our state Board of Education meets tonight to discuss the extent to which we - as a state - will be adopting or ignoring the emerging Common Core State Standards. They've invited public comment on the issues. Here's what I've written on their Facebook post, knowing the kind of right-wing thinking we're often dealing with in the great state of Utah. The Common Core State Standards are neither distributed by Satan nor designed to send our unique state into a tailspin. Rather, they provide a collective and consistent understanding of that which students are expected to learn, so we all can then…

  • Is there a future for open education beyond privatization? #utpol #utleg

    Darren Draper
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:09 pm
    The Utah State of Office of Education (USOE) announced today that “it will develop and support open textbooks in the key curriculum areas of secondary language arts, science, and mathematics.” They also encourage “districts and schools throughout the state to consider adopting these textbooks for use beginning this fall.” This is clearly a major victory for proponents of open education and a move laden with tremendous potential! That said, I have mixed feelings about the announcement – or more specifically about the timing and readiness of districts across our state to transition…
 
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  • The new professional - in education

    Doug Johnson
    15 May 2012 | 5:04 am
    A new definition of professional behavior is developing in this social world. Here is the transition: from What Does “Professional” Look Like Today? by Allison Fine (via Stephen's Lighthouse.) While Fine is writing about business CEOs, I am struck by how each of these things applies to those of us in education - classroom teachers, librarians, principals, tech directors and superintendents alike - with the new need for transparency driven by the forces of social media. While our conversations so often deal with being cautious in our use of Facebook, friending students,…

  • Should students have hackable devices?

    Doug Johnson
    14 May 2012 | 6:02 am
    Apple shipped 67 million iPads in just 2 years after the product launched. It took 24 years to sell that many Macs, 5 years for that many iPods, and over 3 years for that many iPhones. [Source: Forbes In response to  Why iPads II, my old friend Peter Rock left a comment about this paragraph from the post: Say what you want about "proprietary" applications and Apple uber-control over what runs on the devices, the damn things just work. I don't think I've had to trouble shoot my iPad (and I have the first model). Peter writes: There's a lot to be said in terms of the educational value…

  • From A. Churches: Some Libraries Still Have Got It Wrong…

    Doug Johnson
    11 May 2012 | 6:29 am
    Andrew Churches is one of the smartest Kiwis I know. (But I admit I don't know that many.) I also know from going souvenir shopping with him in Mumbai, he is a sharp bargainer. His Educational Origami blog is brilliant and you should add it to your feed reader.  Please read his post Some libraries still have got it wrong.  The point Andrew makes is that librarians isolate themselves behind desks (and I would add in offices) rather than being out in the area with those they serve. I've always wondered just how differently school librarians would be perceived if everyone put…

  • Big, little paradox - another view

    Doug Johnson
    10 May 2012 | 5:40 am
    I don't how much of what Mr. Stager writes he truly believes and how much says just to stir the pot. In his latest post, Big, Little Paradox, Stager argues that younger students are being shortchanged by being give lower powered computers, especially iPads. He writes: Sure, the iPad is light, easy to use and has a good battery life, but of all the students in a school or district, younger children need the most computing power for speech, graphics and video. While Gary often states that kids need full-powered computers to do real learning tasks, I don't remember reading exactly what those…

  • Social networking policies: you can't fix stupid

    Doug Johnson
    8 May 2012 | 6:33 am
     When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken. - Disraeli You can't fix stupid. Ron WhiteTeacher posing and then posting with a male stripper. Two interesting blog posts crossed my radar this week. The first was from a couple years ago (via Dr. Doug Green) about the stupid and mean things educators have done on Facebook. (Eight Ways Teachers Get in Trouble Using Facebook. Sites and Blogs, April 2011.) Included in this post are egregious examples of educator bad judgement: Making fun of a student's hair by posting her picture Complaining about the low…
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  • The Week in Tweets for 2012-05-14

    bud@budtheteacher.com (Bud Hunt bud@budtheteacher.com)
    14 May 2012 | 8:15 am
    i3 Leadership Meeting. # Rain makes the paperwork easier. Keep coming, rain. # At a Boettcher Scholar alumni focus group. # Nice to visit tonight with other Boettcher scholars. Odd and pleasant to discover shared experiences with scholars from thirty years ago. # One interesting facet of our conversation was on place-based learning vs. online learning. Place is underrated. # @karlfisch By plenty of folks, in general. And, no. Online is a bunch of places. But often, a non-situated place. in reply to karlfisch # @luckybydesign Red Hawk Elementary? And now two more. http://t.co/12wTbcVa in reply…

  • The Week in Tweets for 2012-05-07

    bud@budtheteacher.com (Bud Hunt bud@budtheteacher.com)
    7 May 2012 | 8:15 am
    @rlgose As I understand, they've not yet been introduced. Last I knew, to be an amendment inserted at next action. Also watch SB106. in reply to rlgose # @rlgose My understanding is that lots of discussion over language has delayed introduction of language. in reply to rlgose # @rlgose I'd prefer they didn't bother – existing requirements are enough. in reply to rlgose # It gets ever easier to say things. But not so much to have something to say. # More on Common Core and prereading strategies from _Education Week_. http://t.co/OlQt7olR # @writerswriting I think…

  • The Week in Tweets for 2012-04-30

    bud@budtheteacher.com (Bud Hunt bud@budtheteacher.com)
    30 Apr 2012 | 8:15 am
    Added a silly read to my week: _Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter_. # Took a tour of Skyline High School at this morning's Dept. of Learning Services meeting today. Neat to see their STEM and VPA work grow. # Always interesting who is first to reply on attendance checkin messages and last to respond to anything else. # Today we are wrapping our third Digital Learning Collaborative cohort's first year of learning. Cool. # @writin4change Sure. Start here: http://t.co/GQpgMh44 Look for the DLC links to learn more. in reply to writin4change # Google Drive? Cool. Looks to need multiple…

  • #NPM2012: Prompt 30

    bud@budtheteacher.com (Bud Hunt bud@budtheteacher.com)
    30 Apr 2012 | 1:30 am
    photo: PhotoDu.de It’s the end of National Poetry Month 2012.  Where’re you headed next? # #

  • #NPM2012: Prompt 29

    bud@budtheteacher.com (Bud Hunt bud@budtheteacher.com)
    29 Apr 2012 | 1:29 am
    photo: kevin dooley Round and round and round she goes. # #
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  • Seven ways schools and parents can mishandle reports of bullying

    Alice
    1 May 2012 | 7:30 am
    By Maureen Duffy (1) Ignore the bullying complaints, or deny or minimize them. It’s very difficult for a child or young person to come forward with complaints of being bullied in the first place. The negative acts involved in bullying like name-calling, taunting, mocking, spreading rumors, social exclusion, or throwing things at the victim are humiliating. No child or young person wants to be disliked by peers and to have to disclose to an adult that they are targets of bullying can be a source of further shame. Additionally, kids frequently internalize the humiliation to which they have…

  • An academic librarian without a library

    Alice
    15 Feb 2012 | 4:30 am
    By Michael Levine-Clark I’m sitting in a dorm room — complete with the uncontrollable blast heat I remember from college — the space that has been my office since June, when the library shut down for a major renovation. Besides having to get used to a somewhat uncomfortable and isolated space, my colleagues and I have had to learn to be librarians without a library building, and our students and faculty have had to learn to use physical collections that are entirely offsite. And the campus community has had to think about the question of what a library is and should be, particularly the…

  • Understanding evolution on Darwin Day

    Alice
    12 Feb 2012 | 2:30 am
    Italian panel depicting Charles Darwin, created ca. 1890, on display at the Turin Museum of Human Anatomy. Source: Wikimedia Commons. By Karl S. Rosengren, Sarah K. Brem, E. Margaret Evans and Gale M. Sinatra Today is Darwin’s birthday. It’s doubtful that any scientist would deny Darwin’s importance, that his work provides the field of biology with its core structure, by providing a beautiful, powerful mechanism to explain the diversity of form and function that we see all around us in the living world. But being of importance to one’s field is only one way we judge a…

  • Winning the interview when switching from law to business

    Kirsty
    12 Jan 2012 | 5:30 am
    By Jerald Jellison Despite your legal training, you’ve decided to pursue a career in business. This career change will immediately raise a red flag for business employers. Your answer can make or break your chance of employment. Why do you want to work in business rather than law? The question is especially vexing if your heart has been set on working as an attorney. That’s the reason you went to law school. Even today, if you a law firm offered you a job, you’d choose it over business. But, legal jobs are scarce in this economy. If you voice those thoughts, the interviewer will…

  • Private schools and public benefit

    Nicola
    5 Jan 2012 | 2:27 am
    By Simon Baughen The charitable status of private schools raises strong passions, both for and against. Those in the ‘anti’ camp were heartened by the Charity Act 2006. Section 3(2) explicitly provided that there was to be no presumption that purposes in the first three headings listed in s.2(2) – education, religion, prevention and relief of poverty – were for the public benefit. The Act also required the Charity Commission to provide Guidelines on what amounted to public benefit. Section 4(6) required trustees of charitable trusts to ‘have regard to’ such guidance. The…
 
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    Learning In a Flat World

  • New Infographic on Personal Tech

    Britt
    26 Apr 2012 | 2:33 pm
    Infographics seem to be the rage right now, but I was impressed by one published today by Ryan Glass (a blogger at Frugal Dad):   Source: FrugalDad Thoughts?

  • Which Word is Emphasized in “Active Learning”?

    Britt
    20 Mar 2012 | 3:47 pm
    This week in our Teaching, Learning and Technology course, GRAD-602, we will explore active learning.  I was delighted that one of our students jumped in to the topic early with her post, “Educators Against Active Learning.” Now, EvoAcademic is not against active learning herself.  Rather, she is commenting about Kevin Mattson‘s 2005 article, “Why ‘Active Learning’ Can Be Perilous To The Profession.” Mattson’s article appeared to be a rallying cry against administrators for pushing changes in how the professoriate teaches while blaming faculty…

  • Happy Pi Day Once Again

    Britt
    14 Mar 2012 | 7:56 am
    One of my favorite non-holidays.  The date 3.14 reminds us of that irrational number Pi, or π, though I have to admit that my favorite irrational number is i, the square root of negative one. With all the changes occurring in both the digital world and education in general, if might be nice if we tried some irrational things for a change.  Continuing to design our education processes as if we were in an agricultural or factory society no longer makes sense, but neither does willy nilly recordings of talking heads to replace lectures.  What would be irrational is to toss out the old model…

  • Online Learning Theory

    Britt
    1 Mar 2012 | 9:50 am
    I have just finished reading (and enjoying)  Linda Harasim‘s book, Learning Theory and Online Technology (Routledge Publishing, 2011).  She postulates that the learning theories of the past centuries need updating for the networked learning era in which we find ourselves.  Linda frames a new theory by taking us on a historical journey through the development of previous theories of learning. Linda harkens back to Thomas Kuhn‘s work on paradigms to note that theories influence, shape and determine our actions.  She suggests the human race has had four major socio-technological…

  • From Aggregation to Curation

    Britt
    23 Feb 2012 | 9:01 am
    Over the past month or so, we have taken our students in GRAD 602 on a carefully scaffolded journey through web technology to support teaching and learning.  With Jeff Nugent and our graduate fellow, David McLeod, we have laid out how the web is impacting the landscape of learning, suggested the use of Chickering and Gamson’s 7  Principles as a lens for determining the use of technology for learning, and then introduced students to blogging (public reflective practice), Twitter (networked communication), and Diigo (tagging and social bookmarking).  We complete our review of digital…
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  • Hackerspaces and makerspaces: the zen of innovation

    Judy O'Connell
    26 Apr 2012 | 9:53 am
    Ever watched a kid get so excited about something new? That sparkle in the eye and that ‘let me at it’ urgency that we’d like to capture in every learning interaction? I knew you’d understand. That was my experience recently at the Computers in Libraries Conference, Washington DC,  after attending a session by Fiacre O’Duin , Librarian, Cyborg, Cult-Leader Where do I begin?  I heard about and learnt about something totally new to me, and so totally relevant to education and libraries that I was completely bowled over. We have the next disruptive technology…

  • Evolving Personalised Information Construct

    Judy O'Connell
    25 Apr 2012 | 9:36 am
    I’ve been waiting for Google Drive – really I have! This is why ….the Google Grid! Do you remember how spine-chilling the video EPIC 2015 was to view back in 2006? It was shown to us at work, as part of a professional development session, and I sat on the edge or my seat while the hairs on my arm stood on end. EPIC (evolving personalised information construct) is pretty much here – and for me Google Drive is just another piece of the inevitable jigsaw that represents the Googalization of the world. When we finally hit 2015, and some other  Museum of Media History…

  • More ready access with Google Drive

    Judy O'Connell
    25 Apr 2012 | 9:22 am
    This week both Microsoft and Google got their acts together and released Dropbox-like applications for their online storage services, SkyDrive and Google Drive respectively. I’ve dabbled with SkyDrive, but have never become a convert. I use DropBox every day! Now I’m waiting to see what I might (or might not) do with my Google Drive. Indications are that Google Drive is more a revamp of Google Docs than it is a brand new service. Essentially, Google is rebranding Google Docs to Google Drive, and modifying its user interface to suit a bunch of new features. Signups for Google Drive…

  • More TED-Ed lessons worth sharing

    Judy O'Connell
    25 Apr 2012 | 8:51 am
    This is very cool! TED, the nonprofit organization devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading,” has launched the second phase of its TED-Ed initiative: a groundbreaking website TED-Ed Lessons For Learning  that enables teachers to create unique lesson plans around TED-Ed video content. First it was the TED-Ed Youtube channel. Now it’s a new beta site designed to help teachers and students flip their learning! Each video featured on the site is mapped, via tagging, to traditional subjects taught in schools and comes accompanied with supplementary materials that aid a teacher or…

  • Flickr Attribution Helper update!

    Judy O'Connell
    18 Apr 2012 | 12:34 am
    Around about this time last year I shared a post about Greasemonkey and Flickr for the adventurous. In this I’m elaborating on the wonderful tool, created by my friend Alan Levine aka @cogdog, which is a core essential part of my digital toolkit. As it was this time last year, I have a group of students working with me on visual elements of online presentations as part of their exploration of Digital Citizenship in Schools, and of course I introduce them to the FlickrCC Attribution Helper for Greasemonkey. The reason for this is related to ethical use of online images, and the value of…
 
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    Six Seconds

  • The Homework Problem

    Joshua Freedman
    15 May 2012 | 2:39 am
    Isn’t homework is essential for getting kids to internalize skills and become solid in their new learning?  Keeps them busy and out of trouble… and no harm in that, right? Research says it’s not so clear that it helps… and the social-emotional effects may be grave.  Here’s an excerpt from a new article in the  Washington Post: Why we’re getting the homework question wrong Two recent studies have fueled a growing debate over how much homework is too much, and whether it has any benefit at all. They reached different conclusions. One study, published by the…

  • 14 Tips for Helping Children with Emotional Intelligence

    Joshua Freedman
    8 May 2012 | 10:31 pm
    An excellent post by Elizabeth O’Shea with 14 clear, powerful ideas about being an emotionally intelligent parent. Here are the first 3 – how would it be to put these into action? 1. Accept our children’s emotions and emotional responses ‘That must have been really frustrating’ ‘Wow, you are showing me how angry you feel’ ‘That’s great, I can tell how excited you are’ ‘it can be tough when friends let you down like that.’ ‘You look pretty upset. Something must have happened,’ 2. Help them label their emotions. ‘You sound upset’, ‘you look really…

  • Sociograms – Mapping the Emotional Dynamics of a Classroom

    Six Seconds
    8 May 2012 | 6:43 pm
    by Alan Cooper Beyond on going observation and the practical knowledge, formal data collection of classroom relationships can help teachers create a positive classroom culture. Sociograms (see diagram below) do this. They are a teacher-made and teacher friendly way of gaining rich data about the class’s social relationships. Construction  To construct a class sociogram, ask each pupil to confidentially list two students to work with on an activity.  The topic does not matter; in most cases the social relationships will be relatively constant regardless of the activity. Make sure they put…

  • Learning The World Peace Game

    Joshua Freedman
    8 May 2012 | 4:28 pm
    This is an outrageously cool example of great learning — head, heart, and hands all together.  Real questions, real challenge, and real meaning — not “dumbed down.”  Imagine if all our teachers had this depth of insight and “spark of genius” to engage students this deeply… it’s SO POSSIBLE to give children this gift and meet our responsibility to the future.  Three great quotes: “Mr. Hunter, he’s a brain stretcher.” “One of the things I learned is that other people matter – one person can’t win, everyone…

  • Is compassion “nice” or “need”?

    Joshua Freedman
    7 May 2012 | 9:38 pm
    I was speaking on a panel a few years ago about development.  The other panelists were focused on meeting needs such as food and shelter, what we often call “basic needs.”  Is emotional intelligence also a basic need?  To answer, consider:  What happens if people don’t have the skills to make good decisions, to connect with others, to motivate themselves, to solve interpersonal challenges? Often we consider needs as hierarchal, but maybe needs are actually cyclical, interlocked, or overlapping.  Some needs are easy to understand, if you go without any fluids for a day,…
 
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  • TTT #293 Exploring Minecraft with Joel Levin, Chad Sansing, Liam O'Donnell, Denise Colby, and Diana Maliszewski 4.18.12

    Paul Allison
    6 May 2012 | 9:06 pm
    Tweet 45:26 minutes (31.2 MB) This episode of +Teachers Teaching Teachers was recorded in Minecraft. We were Livecasting from +Joel Levin's / @MinecraftTeachr 's server with +Liam O'Donnell / @liamodonnell , Chad Sansing / @chadsansing , +Diana Maliszewski / @MzMollyTL , and +Denise Colby / @Niecsa . Watch or listen as newbies +Paul Allison / @paulallison and a colleague of his, James Joseph learn first-hand what's so engaging about Minecraft! Consider this episode of TTT to be an "in-world" follow-up to these TTT episodes: http://edtechtalk.com/node/5001 and http://edtechtalk.com/node/4980…

  • TTT#295 - Discussing NetSmart w/ Howard Rheingold

    Paul Allison
    3 May 2012 | 6:38 am
    Tweet 49:06 minutes (22.48 MB) TTT#295 - Discussing NetSmart w/ Howard Rheingold May 2, 2012 Our third of three episodes  of Teachers Teaching Teachers in which we discuss Howard Rheingold's New Smart: How to Thrive Online.  For this conversation, Paul Allison, Chris Sloan, and Monika Hardy, are joined by  Howard Rheingold, Fred Mindlin,Valerie Burton, Mariana Rios, Cristian Romero, and Jeff Lebow. Chat Log Below read more

  • TTT #294 Net Smart w/ Fred Mindlin, Mura Nava, Vinnie Vrotny, Valerie Burton, Sarah Rolle, Tinashe Blanchet, & Christian 4.25.12

    Paul Allison
    2 May 2012 | 2:25 pm
    Tweet 45:00 minutes (10.3 MB) Our second of three episodes of Teachers Teaching Teachers in which we discuss Howard Rheingold's New Smart: How to Thrive Online . Howard is joining us on May 2. For this conversation Paul Allison and Monika Hardy are joined by Fred Mindlin, Sarah Rolle, Mura Nava, Valerie Burton, Vinnie Vrotny, Tinashe Blanchet, and Christian. read more

  • TTT #292 Net Smart w/ Alice Barr, Nancy Sharoff, Vinnie Vrotny, Valerie Burton, Sarah Rolle, Scott Lockman, Andrea Zellner 4.11

    Paul Allison
    30 Apr 2012 | 8:57 am
    Tweet 42:20 minutes (9.69 MB) This is the first of three shows (#292 April 11, #294 April 25, #295 May 2) in which we are talking about Howard Rheingold's new book, Net Smart, How to Thrive Online. Howard joins us on Wednesday, May 2. Joining Paul Allison, Monika Hardy, and Chris Sloan on this episode of Teachers Teaching Teachers are Alice Barr, Nancy Sharoff, Vinnie Vrotny, Valerie Burton, Sarah Rolle, Scott Lockman, and Andrea Zellner. On this episode we mainly talk about the introduction to Howard's book and a syllabus for a social media literacies course on the high school level…

  • EdTechWeekly 211

    admin
    29 Apr 2012 | 9:08 pm
    Tweet 69:13 minutes (31.69 MB) EdTechWeekly #211 April 29, 2012 Participants: Dave Cormier, Jeff Lebow, Jennifer Maddrell, John Schinker, & Scott Lockman  Links Mentioned: Evernote.com Some Diigo Groups:  EdTechTalk   Cool Tools & EdTech  Learning with Computers Google Drive could be a boon -- and a headache -- for IT Education On Air Conference (May 2) Blogger's New Look JISC's Visitor vs. Resident Stuff Rasberry Pi Arduino.cc Scott's Learning2gether Session Remembering Elderbob:  Video Bio, Flickr Photostream Backchan.n/ Linoit.com   Ed Camp Pheonix…
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  • Research Studies Of The Week

    Larry Ferlazzo
    16 May 2012 | 12:06 am
    I often write about research studies from various field and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature: What You Need to Know about Willpower: The Psychological Science of Self-Control is a new publication by the American Psychological Association that gives a pretty thorough review of the research. I’m…

  • The Best Sites For Learning To Write A Story

    Larry Ferlazzo
    15 May 2012 | 11:34 pm
    I’m doing a unit on writing a story with my Beginning English Language Learners, and, since I’m taking them to the computer lab tomorrow, I wanted to see if I could pull together some useful online interactives for them. I’m sure I’ll be adding to this list, and I welcome your suggestions. You might also be interested in The Best Websites To Help Beginning Readers ; The Best Resources For Learning How To Write Response To Literature Essays and A Beginning List Of The Best Folklore & Myth Sites. Here are my choices for The Best Sites For Learning About Writing A…

  • Goal-Setting Video From The Youngest Person To Climb Everest

    Larry Ferlazzo
    15 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Here’s a good and short video from the youngest person to ever climb Everest =- he talks about setting goals. I’m adding it to both The Best Sites For Learning About Mount Everest and to The Best Posts On Students Setting Goals.

  • It’s Sure Easy To Build A Website With The New “Zoho Sites”

    Larry Ferlazzo
    15 May 2012 | 8:55 pm
    Zoho just announced Zoho Sites, a super-easy “drag-and-drop” website builder. It doesn’t get much easier to create a nice-looking website. You can read more about it at TechCrunch, and you can watch the video below. I’m adding it to The Best Ways For Students Or Teachers To Create A Website, and I also took the opportunity to update that entire list.

  • Two Excellent Videos For World History

    Larry Ferlazzo
    15 May 2012 | 8:29 pm
    Here are two excellent videos called “Epic time-lapse map of Europe.” The first one is shorter and doesn’t have dates and other annotations while the second one is longer and has both:
 
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  • Still looking? Again, here’s how to find “separation of church and state” in the Constitution

    Ed Darrell
    16 May 2012 | 2:35 am
    It’s an election year. People get crazy. I’ve already heard from a dozen wacko candidates that “separation of church and state isn’t in the Constitution.” Yes it is. Separation of church and state resides in the Constitution.  Here’s a post from 2010 to help them find it. _____________ It’s been at least 20 years since I first heard the old canard of an argument that “there’s no separation of church and state in the Constitution.” I think I first heard it attributed to David Barton, which would make sense, since he doesn’t…

  • One more time: Recognizing bogus history

    Ed Darrell
    14 May 2012 | 12:30 pm
    2012 is an election year, a time when we make history together as a nation.  Potential turning points in history often get tarred with false interpretations of history to sway an election, or worse, a completely false recounting of history.  Especially in campaigns, we need to beware false claims of history, lest we be like the ignorants George Santayana warned about, doomed to repeat errors of history they do not know or understand.  How to tell that a purported piece of history is bogus?  This is mostly a repeat of a post that first appeared at Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub six years…

  • Housekeeping, and college

    Ed Darrell
    13 May 2012 | 4:03 pm
    James is scheduled to graduate from Lawrence University in early June; we’ll make the drive up to pick up his stuff.  Lawrence is chiefly a residence campus, but even there are stories about sloppy roommates. Roommates, hell.  All college kids are sloppy as hell (except Ben Davidian — exceptions and pathologies are what they are).  We’ll expect to have to do some cleaning to get the place up to the level that the cleaning crew from the University will touch it. Now, James’s older brother, Kenny, DID have some legendarily messy apartments at the University of Texas…

  • Texas: No voter identification required for May 29 primary

    Ed Darrell
    13 May 2012 | 2:14 pm
    Early voting for the twice-delayed* Texas primary elections opens this week.  The election is set for May 29. Happy to see the Texas Democratic Party sending out notices that voters won’t be turned away from the polls.  It’s a clear effort to deflate the voting discouragement campaign of State Attorney General Greg Abbott, Gov. Rick Perry, and the Republicans of the Texas Lege. Letter from the Texas Democrats: Dear Ed, On Monday, the polls will open for early voting for the May 29th Democratic Primary Election. We’ll be selecting the Democratic nominees who will lead the…

  • Infographics creation by students, as a tool of learning

    Ed Darrell
    13 May 2012 | 2:30 am
    Infographic-a-Day describes this TEDx video (I added the links): Perhaps one of the bigest and most listened to advocates of using infographics and data vis in the classroom is Diana Laufinberg, from The Science Leadership Academy. Diana, a History teacher, is a long time user of geographic information systems (GIS). She has recently, however, started helping her students to create their own infographics from complex issues that are part of her course of study and/or part of current events. Here is a video of Diana’s talk at a recent TEDx… Tip of the old scrub brush to David Warlick…
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  • Upgrading to Ubuntu 12.04 and Mounting #iPad 3rd gen

    5 May 2012 | 10:51 pm
    A few days ago, I upgraded a Dell laptop to Ubuntu 12.04 from LubuntuLinux 11.10...the upgrade went flawlessly except for one issue--my new iPad 3rd gen wasn't mounting like it once did. Fortunately, others had figured it out (yay): 1. Unplug your iPhone or any iOS5 device from your computer, then start the terminal and install first thelibimobiledevice-utils and ifuse packages:sudo apt-get install libimobiledevice-utils ifuse2. Connect now your device to your computer and run this command:idevicepair unpair && idevicepair pair3. If the operation is successful, you may…

  • 5 #iPad Apps for the Itinerant

    29 Apr 2012 | 10:16 pm
    Whew, over the last few days, it's been horrible suffering on my Macbook. For some reason, the OS is clunky, slow, and though it has pretty pictures, I am definitely missing the command line. While playing around with my iPad, I've had to do some interesting jobs and stumbled on some apps that you may find of interest. App #1 - SSH Mobile Free For example, while at work (my previous job), after turning in my equipment, I realized I could tweak a setting on the server to improve performance for my team. Rather than go borrow someone else's laptop, run Terminal in Mac or boot from my…

  • Feedback Requested - #iPad Launch Proposal

    29 Apr 2012 | 8:25 pm
    Over the last day or so, I've been working on the following document. I thought I might share it out with you to get your feedback. If you read it and see something that looks familiar, then you know I was successful in swiping content from something you've written or said. My thanks!! Also, if you notice blanks where people's names are, I've removed those. Your critical feedback is invited, as are suggestions for improvement, probing questions, etc. m-Learning with the iPad Proposal GoalProvide students with engaged learning opportunities that not only transform delivery, assessment and…

  • Adding Videos to Keynote on #iPad @technolibrary @kathyschrock

    29 Apr 2012 | 8:15 pm
    Earlier today (and last night), I was clutching at the hairs on my head in frustration, wondering why I hadn't invested in a Macbook instead of an iPad. The problem? I was trying to insert videos into the iPad version of Keynote. At first, I tried dropping videos into iTunes and synching them. That didn't work. I scoured the bowels of the iPad--using Linux OS--to see if I could find the directory where videos are stored. No luck. Then, thanks to a conversation I've been having over at The Blue Skunk Blog--where Doug is working hard to de-program me after years of desktop/laptop/netbook…

  • Do It Yourself WebDav for #iPad Document Sharing

    29 Apr 2012 | 9:15 am
    Source: http://owncloud.org In my previous entry, I shared the Otixo approach (thanks, Mark!) to getting documents off your iPad.  But that got me thinking about what would it take to set up your own WebDav server in your District so you're not posting confidential documents off in the cloud (e.g. Dropbox, Box.net) and, in the case of Otixo (which makes it very easy to do this), having to upgrade to their paid service because they're so awesome. So, wouldn't it be neat to setup WebDav for your own use in a school district? That would make it much easier to move documents on/off…
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  • Mark Bauerlein on Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking

    Steve Hargadon
    14 May 2012 | 4:35 pm
    Join me Tuesday, May 15th, for live and interactive Future of Education conversation with Mark Bauerlein to talk about his new book, The Digital Divide: Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking, and how this reflects our perspectives on teaching and learning.This is an incredible compilation of essays by significant thinkers--ten of whom, including Mark, have been guests on the Future of Education show--on the "perils and promise of the social- media revolution," and frames the important discussions about the development of our digital…

  • Schedule of May PBS/WNET Webinars on Finding Your Roots, Starting Tonight

    Steve Hargadon
    9 May 2012 | 4:43 pm
    WNET is hosting free webinars for educators focusing on the new PBS 10-part series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., which explores the family histories and genetics of famous Americans. The next session will take place today, Wednesday, May 9, from 8-9 pm Eastern Standard Time and will include highlights from Finding Your Roots Episode 7 (featuring Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice, and Ruth Simmons) and Episode 8 (featuring Sanjay Gupta, Margaret Cho, and Martha Stewart).This workshop will feature behind-the-scenes insights from…

  • Keith Devlin from Stanford: Talking Media, Math, MOOCs, and Silicon Valley Money in Education

    Steve Hargadon
    8 May 2012 | 8:36 am
    Join me Tuesday, May 8th, for live and interactive Future of Education conversation with Stanford Mathematician Keith Devlin, co-founder and Executive Director of the university's H-STAR institute, a co-founder of the Stanford Media X research network, a Senior Researcher at CSLI, and "the Math Guy" on National Public Radio. In addition to talking about the use of different media to teach and communicate mathematics, we're going to dive into some deeper conversations about the recent move toward massive(ly) open online courses (MOOCs, one of which he is starting for free this…

  • Live Thursday, May 3rd - School Libraries: What’s Now, What’s Next, What’s Yet to Come

    Steve Hargadon
    3 May 2012 | 8:47 am
    Join me Thursday, May 3rd, for live and interactive Future of Education conversation with  Buffy Hamilton and Kristin Fontichiaro, editors of School Libraries: What’s Now, What’s Next, What’s Yet to Come. Their crowdsourced eBook, which is available for free download, is a collection of over 100 essays from around the world about trends in school libraries written by librarians, teachers, publishers, and library vendors.In the book's foreward, Dr. R. David Lankes laments that the "future of school libraries and school librarians hangs in the balance," and…

  • Help Save PicLits - Wednesday, May 2nd

    Steve Hargadon
    30 Apr 2012 | 10:34 am
    Join me Wednesday, May 2nd, for a unique community brainstorming session on PicLits.com, the "creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture."PicLits was conceived by Terry Friedlander in 2002:"I read an article from USA TODAY which talked about the most often searched words and listed in the top ten was writing/poetry.  The numbers that I read were staggering.  Add that to my…
 
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  • Sell Those Textbooks!

    EHT
    4 May 2012 | 9:46 am
    I gave Dear Daughter some money last week to clean out a few closets upstairs......so I wouldn't have to.She deposited three large containers with odds and ends at the bottom of the steps and announced she was done.  I said....."Oh, are those things to throw away?" She responded yes, but I was already ticking off things I could readily see as items I had paid for and might want to use again, so......instead of hauling the containers off to the street to the trash I sat down and went through the containers.  I made three piles.....keep, Goodwill, and…

  • The Atlas of True Names

    EHT
    3 May 2012 | 11:43 pm
    One of the maps available from The Atlas of True NamesTake a look at the map I posted above.   Notice something strange?   This map is from The Atlas of True Names.This site…..The Atlas of True Names…..is a truly unique resource.   The website states its purpose is to reveal the etymological roots, or original meanings, of the familiar terms on today’s maps of the World, Europe, the British Isles and the United States……The ‘True Names’ of 3000 cities, countries, rivers, oceans and mountain ranges are displayed on these four fascinating maps, each of…

  • A Quiet, Simple Life

    EHT
    2 May 2012 | 9:58 am
    There are many places I like.    There are a few I love.   Then there are those unique places that I fall in love with and could stay there forever.Seaside, Florida is one of those places for me.Seaside, FloridaThe minute I enter the picturesque town I feel the creative energy.   I feel the friendliness of the town, and the Victorian charm draws me in.A fantastic livable space....It’s just an added bonus that sandy white beaches and the emerald water of the Gulf of Mexico are just mere steps away.The town was developed in the late 1980s as a modern day…

  • A Topic for Discussion...Handicaps and Politics

    EHT
    10 Apr 2012 | 1:25 pm
    When you stop for a moment and consider Franklin Delano Roosevelt you have to be amazed and filled with awe that a man who had suffered through such a tremendous physical tragedy as he did during the summer of 1921 was able to rise to the highest office in the land given prevailing opinions concerning the disabled at that time.FDR contracted polio…or what was thought to be polio while on vacation and even though various cures never worked to restore his legs he also never accepted the fact his paralysis was permanent and constantly felt he was getting better.   Many state today…

  • Bullets and Ballots

    EHT
    27 Mar 2012 | 6:33 pm
    The song I’ve posted below isn’t as popular as Marvin Gaye’s hit “What’s Going On?”, but it is from the same album….the first of its kind for Motown…a concept album.Gaye wrote the songs during a time of great depression when he isolated himself from the outside world.  This site explains....Through television news broadcasts, Gaye saw the racial, political, and social problems that were plaguing the world, manifestations from the explosion of political and social activism that took place during the late ‘60s. As he wallowed in his seclusion, Gaye read letters from his…
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  • People Behaving Badly, Facebook or Not

    Tim
    15 May 2012 | 6:40 am
    With the start of graduation season, Ars Technica recently offered a world-wide round up of people-behaving-badly-on-Facebook stories, all linked in some way to kids and schools. We have the principal masquerading as a girl on the social networking site to keep tabs on his students. And the online fight that spilled out into the real world in the form of a physical assault at school. Plus an assortment of attempts to legally restrict kids and/or adults based on perceived online threats. With a teacher-posting-stupid-things story thrown in for good measure. It’s certainly a provocative…

  • Personal Tech

    Tim
    10 May 2012 | 4:52 pm
    One of the conclusions from a new study of computer use says that “[i]n the next five years, tablets will displace notebook-style computers to become the dominant personal computing platform.” I wonder if the word “displace” shouldn’t be replaced with the word “supplement”? Based on my personal, very not-research-based experience, the functionality of my iPad has developed grown over two years so that these days my laptop usually remains on my desk while the tablet goes with me for most daily activities.  I still have a desktop machine at home (an…

  • Recovering From Failure

    Tim
    10 May 2012 | 7:11 am
    The New York Times Learning Network blog has an interesting lesson on the topic of failure, with some good examples from sports, business, the arts and other fields. It also asks students to consider some interesting questions about failure in their own lives and those of people they know. Can failure be useful? Can you think of examples, from your own life or someone else’s, when it has led to something positive? How is failure defined and dealt with in your family, your school, the activities you do outside of school, among your friends and in your community? Which of those definitions…

  • Work That Means Something

    Tim
    7 May 2012 | 7:31 pm
    According to a post at Geek.com, Apple gives this welcome note to all new employees at the company. There’s work and there’s your life’s work. The kind of work that has your fingerprints all over it. The kind of work that you’d never compromise on. That you’d sacrifice a weekend for. You can do that kind of work at Apple. People don’t come here to play it safe. They come here to swim in the deep end. They want their work to add up to something. Something big. Something that couldn’t happen anywhere else. Wouldn’t it be great if we could swap out…

  • There Must Be a Better Way

    Tim
    6 May 2012 | 12:45 pm
    Here in the US it’s testing season, following weeks, often months of test prep in most schools. Diane Ravitch wants to know Are Test Scores the Point? and her answer gets it exactly right. So, I am left with the view that we need a far better way to describe successful schools. Test scores alone are not the way. They may define a school where students spend every day engaged in test prep. They may describe a school producing complaint student-robots. When we rely on standardized tests as the only, or even the most important, tool for assessing student learning, schools become test prep…
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  • Signing Your Enlistment Papers is not an Accomplishment

    chrisod
    15 May 2012 | 11:07 am
    Interesting local controversy. A kid that has enlisted in the USMC wants to wear a non-sanctioned patriotic tassel, even though school rules are very clear that graduation is about official high school achievements only. After the principal said no they took it to the school board and now it’s in the press. 1. The kid is going to be an enlisted grunt in the Marine Corp. He probably needs to get over this thing about questioning authority sooner rather than later. 2. He hasn’t accomplished anything at all. He signed a piece of a paper. He could be deferred, he could wash out of…

  • Book Review: The Last Best League

    chrisod
    11 May 2012 | 7:18 am
    The Last Best League follows a group of college kids that are playing for the Chatham A’s of the Cape Cod League. The Cape Cod League is the premier summer league for college baseball players. Just about every kid playing is a legitimate major league prospect. The season is short, only about 45 games. For many of the kids, this is the first time they are playing in a league where everybody is as good as they are. We follow the kids through the games, their part time jobs, living with host families, partying, girls. and all the usual stuff you would expect of a group of Type A jocks…

  • Teenage Wasteland

    chrisod
    30 Apr 2012 | 8:36 pm
    Teenage unemployment is currently running at 25%. I can’t think of a single teenager that I know that has a traditional part-time job. My 18 year old son is a certified fencing referee. Not exactly the traditional teenager job. I started working before I was 10. My father would get me odd jobs doing yard work and pet sitting for his friends. Later on, I would simply go door to door with a lawn mower in the summer. I got a “real job” at 16 and worked all through college too. Pretty much everybody I knew in high school had a part time job. You turned 16 and you found a job. It…

  • Stuff I Learned On A Road Trip To Atlanta

    chrisod
    24 Apr 2012 | 9:29 pm
    This past weekend I road tripped with my son to Atlanta for a family visit while he competed in the Peach State Open. Here are a few things I learned on the trip. The Toyota Corolla is surprisingly comfortable on long drives. It was 10 hours there and 9.5 hours coming home, and my back felt fine the next day both ways. If you are headed south from DC (away from the coast) there is a better route than I-85. Follow US 29 South through Lynchburg and Danville VA to Greensboro NC, where it intersects with I-85. US 29 is four lane the entire way, sparsely populated, and much more interesting than…

  • Homeschoolers and College

    chrisod
    18 Apr 2012 | 8:27 am
    With my son’s recent decision to attend the University of Mary Washington, now seems like a good time to brain dump on what we learned getting our first homeschooled kid into college. This may not be well organized… 1. Start keeping records when they start “9th grade.” We had to take an archaeological approach and dig up what our son had worked on for the previous 3 years, because we weren’t tracking it closely. It turned out that by the time he started his “senior” year, he had already completed all the requirements for a VA High School Diploma. Of…
 
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  • Empowerment and Expertise

    david
    14 May 2012 | 2:11 pm
    I’ve been greatly looking forward to Stephen’s explanation of his previous statement that his lifelong goal has been to work toward “reducing and eventually eliminating the learned dependence on the expert and the elite – not as a celebration of anti-intellectualism, but as a result of widespread and equitable access to expertise.” I questioned what that meant in an earlier blog post, and Stephen has now responded. I think I finally understand. Here are the salient points from the response: What I am addressing with remarks like “we should not depend on the…

  • The Trouble with Transcripts

    david
    8 May 2012 | 8:37 am
    An article on Slashdot yesterday reads: Dave Lindorff writes in the LA Times that growing numbers of students are discovering their old school is actively blocking them from getting a job or going on to a higher degree by refusing to issue an official transcript. The schools won’t send the transcripts to potential employers or graduate admissions office if students are in default on student loans, or in many cases, even if they just fall one or two months behind. It’s no accident that they’re doing this. It turns out the federal government ‘encourages’ them to…

  • Open High School of Utah Keeps Winning Awards

    david
    5 May 2012 | 7:28 pm
    The Open High School of Utah just keeps raking in the awards: The United States Distance Learning Association recently awarded OHSU a Gold Medal in the “BEST PRACTICES AWARDS FOR DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMMING” category and both Gold and Silver medals in the “BEST PRACTICES AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN DISTANCE LEARNING TEACHING” category. Also, according to the Utah Best of State awards competition, OHSU is the best charter school in the state of Utah! Congrats to everyone involved for making the Open High School of Utah the best it can be! Here’s to making it even…

  • Will CC 4.0 Make NC Clause Problems Worse?

    david
    2 May 2012 | 7:39 pm
    I’ve said a number of times that I wouldn’t engage in discussions about the NC clause in the future. However, during the comment period for the 4.0 licenses I have to give some feedback – not about the NC clause, but about another section of the license that is critically important to the functioning of the NC clause, vague and imperfect as it may be. The current version of the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license, Section 8, Subsection e, reads: This License constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the Work licensed here. There are no…

  • @Chronicle FAIL

    david
    30 Apr 2012 | 8:25 am
    Just when you think maybe they’re starting to get it: You can see the contradiction here, but that’s all you’ll be able to see…
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    Graham Wegner - Open Educator

  • Innovation + Leadership = Change

    Graham
    8 May 2012 | 8:05 am
    Here’s what I plan to present in my 7 minute presentation at the Adelaide TeachMeet on Thursday afternoon. TeachMeet Adelaide Presentation Script – “Innovation + Leadership = Change “ Hi, I’m Graham Wegner. I’m currently an Assistant Principal at Woodville Gardens School B-7 with a focus on Learning Technologies and Admin but prior to this appointment, I was the ICT Coordinator at Lockleys North Primary starting in 2003. My current school is fortunate enough to be part of a DECD Innovative Learning Environment project group which is an interesting…

  • A Real Life Lifelong Learner

    Graham
    27 Apr 2012 | 8:23 am
    Recently, I’ve become interested in Japanese anime again and as is the case with any interest, the internet is the perfect place to immerse oneself in that interest. I now know what otaku means, about the concept of mecha and many of the tropes associated with anime, manga and other aspects of Japanese culture. One of the coolest and most enjoyable sites that I have subscribed is Culture Japan, created by Danny Choo. His personal story is a great example of lifelong learning that isn’t a buzzphrase – I highly recommend reading his How Discovering Japan Changed My Life blog…

  • The One Teacher Who Sparked Learning For Me

    Graham
    14 Apr 2012 | 12:56 am
    I don’t know if it was my own education that got me to this point in life, or whether my ability to make sense of things is in spite of it. One of my pet dislikes (and it happens often enough) is being asked about an influential teacher who was important in my learning. The assumption is that every articulate, independent thinking person with some measure of success must have had someone who lit the fire, who made the learning in school come alive. And most people in education can name at least one such person. Many will cite that person as being the reason for taking up teaching as a…

  • Today’s Quote That Makes Perfect Sense

    Graham
    9 Apr 2012 | 6:59 am
    Whenever I set aside time to check through my blog feeds, I will invariably find a sentence or paragraph that really resonates and has me thinking, “I wish I had written that.” But I suppose the good thing about finding these succinctly written pearls of wisdom is that my colleagues are more likely to take the message on board if the quote comes from someone other than me! So, here’s today’s quote that I’m earmarking for future reference. Source – Kate Nowak: But when people talk to me about the technology I have to constantly Reframe the Issue and explain…

  • Parallel Universes

    Graham
    29 Mar 2012 | 6:04 am
    Went out to MOC this morning with my principal for a meeting with a DECD group on Innovative Learning that my school is part of. Like Woodville Gardens, MOC is one of the State Government’s new “super schools”. For me, this is the third super school that I’ve visited (including my own) and it is a weird feeling to walk around a school that has some many architectural and design similarities but has a different student population and the purposing of the learning spaces always has a unique twist. For some walking around today, everything looks brand new but for super…
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    Generation YES Blog

  • Learn how to be a constructivist teacher in a digital world

    Sylvia Martinez
    8 May 2012 | 12:43 am
    Constructing Modern Knowledge is back for a 5th year, July 9-12, 2012 in Manchester, NH. This year’s CMK 2012 promises to be bigger and better than ever before! Guest speakers include award-winning filmmaker Casey Neistat; MIT Media Lab professor and Lilypad Arudino inventor, Dr. Leah Beuchley; Mark Frauenfelder, Editor-in-Chief of Make Magazine, Founder of BoingBoing.net and author of Made By Hand: Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World; Expert educator and advocate for “the project approach,” Dr. Lilian Katz and Web phenom, Super Awesome Sylvia The Big Night Out in…

  • Young activists tackle bullying prevention

    Sylvia Martinez
    5 May 2012 | 3:54 pm
    Anne Collier of Net Family News has collected some examples of youth-led responses towards solving bullying in their schools and communities. As you know at Generation YES, we believe strongly that youth-led initiatives are an outstanding way of involving youth as leaders and problem-solvers. These initiatives can really make a difference! Read more about: The Voice – a program where high schools students buddy with younger students to become “hallway friends” and become mentors and role models. Torin Hovander in Albuquerque, NM and his friends who started a bullying…

  • 2011 Student Speak up results

    Sylvia Martinez
    4 May 2012 | 7:25 am
    From Student Speak Up press release INTEREST IN MATH AND SCIENCE CAREERS SPARKED IN CLASSES WHERE LEARNING IS DIRECTED BY STUDENTS AND SUPPORTED BY TECHNOLOGY Just Nine Percent of Student Describe Their Most Recent Math and Science Classes This Way; More than 40 percent Still Describe Traditional Format Nearly one-third of high school students who experience math and science classrooms where instruction is led by teachers, learning is directed by students and where technology is used to support both, express a strong interest in a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) career,…

  • Scalability as empowerment, not replication

    Sylvia Martinez
    3 May 2012 | 7:30 am
    More often than not when I hear about some wonderful teacher or promising educational innovation there is an immediate reaction of “well, that’s not scalable.” It’s  a knee-jerk reaction, especially for Americans. We believe in big. We believe that bigger is better, from highways to space stations, and we need to do it at a large scale. This expansion and replication by being the biggest and bestest is seemingly in America’s DNA. But it often strikes me that the best and most ingenious solutions to human problems are not large scale. They rely on personal…

  • Engagement, responsibility and trust

    Sylvia Martinez
    1 May 2012 | 7:48 pm
    A few weeks ago I was on a panel for a Connected Learning webinar with Howard Rheingold:  Social Media and Peer Learning: From Mediated Pedagogy to Peeragogy. Webinar archive here… Early on, Howard talked about the idea that responsibility and trust work together. This is something I’ve been saying for a while. Here’s a graphic that I frequently use in my talks. All these things are interrelated. I think we completely miss the boat when we talk about Digital Citizenship. Mostly it’s about rules and things students shouldn’t do. The word citizenship is such a…
 
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    Special Education Law Blog

  • Feds Issue Principles on Seclusion and Restraint

    Jim Gerl
    15 May 2012 | 4:51 pm
    Seal of the United States Department of Education (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Today, the United States Department of Eucation  issued 15 principles concerning seclusion and restraint. The document amount to suggestions to states and school districts in formulating their own policies on seclusion and restraint. NOTE: these principles are not a law or regulation, or even policy guidance, they are instead merely suggestions.  But I am already wondering what impact these principles may have in practice.  Parent advocates and lawyers may cite them as authority when they are not…

  • Happy Birthday to Us; Tech Update

    Jim Gerl
    9 May 2012 | 10:13 am
    Today is the fifth anniversary of this blog.  It is hard to believe that we have been around for that long.  Thank you to all of our loyal and enthusiastic readers. This blog is responsible for dragging me kicking and screaming into the world of modern technology.  In the words of the troubled public defender in the classic movie "My Cousin Vinny," I'm getting better." One of the ways that we have tried to share information about special education law is through the new social media avenues. Many people read our posts on Facebook.  Others get our headline tweets on…

  • OSEP Wants You! Results Driven Accountability

    Jim Gerl
    7 May 2012 | 2:41 pm
    Uncle Sam recruiting poster. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) You may recall that in a recent post, I mentioned the press release by the federal Office of Special Education Programs stating that they were suspending their verification visits and contemplating a system driven more by results than compliance.  Here is the old post. On the OSERS website you can find the press release and a Questions & Answers document as well as a summary of the new acronym RDA (results driven approach.) Also the OSEP director, Melody Musgrove, has announced a new email address where you can submit your…

  • Procedural Safeguards - The Series Part IX

    Jim Gerl
    4 May 2012 | 3:24 pm
    Confidential (Photo credit: highersights) This is the ninth installment in a multi-part series on procedural safeguards under the federal special education law, the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. I work a lot in this area, so it is near and dear to my heart. Despite the importance of procedural safeguards. however, many issues in this area are misunderstood. I hope that all of the different types of special education stakeholders who read this blog find the information in this series helpful. Resolution Session Meetings A mandatory resolution session was added to the special…

  • More Fun With Numbers: The CADRE Stats 2009-2010

    Jim Gerl
    30 Apr 2012 | 12:13 pm
    Evolução do preço do petróleo cru (Photo credit: Wikipedia) One important requirement that the federal government takes very seriously in the realm of special education is data.  Gotta have lotsa data. For those of us who are arithmetically challenged, these are also know as numbers or figures.  Lest I get too folksy, ... One of the many excellent services that the great people at CADRE offer is to make sense of the dispute resolution data.  If you are interested in special education, you should be aware of these data compilations. The new information was posted on the…
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    Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » Students

  • Video of Young Richard Feynman Talking About Scientific Thinking

    curiouscat
    15 May 2012 | 5:55 pm
    The enjoyable video above shows a young Richard Feynman discussing how scientific thinking can advance our understanding of the world. Related: Feynman “is a second Dirac, only this time human” – Science and the Excitement, the Mystery and the Awe of a Flower – Classic Feynman: All the Adventures of a Curious Character

  • Largest Google Summer of Code Ever

    curiouscat
    8 May 2012 | 5:53 pm
    Google summer of code allows college students to work on open source software projects during the summer and get a $5,000 stipend from Google. Google Summer of Code 2012 by the Numbers This 8th year of Google Summer of Code is the largest yet. More mentoring organizations received more applications from more students than ever before. We received a record number of applications – 6685 – from 4258 students from 98 countries to work with the 180 selected mentoring organizations. We also accepted more students this year: 1,212 from 69 countries. This year India supplied the largest…

  • New Blog with Simple Demonstrations and Scientific Explanations

    curiouscat
    2 May 2012 | 12:25 am
    Try this at home is a new blog by Dr Mark Lorch, a chemistry lecturer at the University of Hull, with instructions for the citizen scientist. This example shows how to move a can with a ballon without touching the can. The posts include instructions on how to do these simple demonstrations and a nice explanation on the scientific reason for what is going on: Rubbing the balloon on your hair charges it up with static electricity which makes the balloon negatively charged. When you put the balloon near the can it pushes electrons (which are also negatively charged) to the other side of the can.

  • Citizen Science

    curiouscat
    1 Apr 2012 | 1:46 pm
    Citizen science enters a new era Another online program, Phylo, is advancing scientists’ knowledge of genetics by making a game out of DNA matching. If areas of genetic sequence are roughly similar between species, it suggests strongly that they could have an important function. Finding them has been beyond the scope of computer algorithms. But earlier this month, researchers published a study where gamers outsmarted the best computers – they made the best possible DNA sequence match between up to eight species at a time. The potential for regular people contributing to science is great.

  • Is Dirt Healthier Than Broccoli?

    curiouscat
    24 Mar 2012 | 5:27 am
    That dirt I ate as a kid is maybe why I have been relatively healthy. Ok, probably that hasn’t been the most important factor. But it may be that some dirt and germs (kids licking their dirty hands and the ice cream melts on it, etc.) is actually more important for their long term health than finishing off the broccoli (of course, a healthy diet requires eating a bunch of vegetables, more than most kids eat). The hygiene hypothesis has become a popular explanation for the boom in asthma, allergies and other health problems. Boiled down to one sentence the hypothesis is that exposure to…
 
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    CyberEnglish

  • Democracy?

    Ted Nellen
    27 Apr 2012 | 5:14 pm
    I'm confused about this word. As I understand it it means the rule by the people. We hear it proclaimed loudly by many politicians about America. We know they say one thing and do another, for example education in this country. It is abyssal. Why? Because of the money. This is where democracy is losing ground, the money. This election year has been altered dramatically by the Supreme Court.When are the pundits going to call America what it is, or at least blatantly becoming a Plutocracy. Keep in mind the wealth of our politicians.We aren't a democracy, we are a plutocracy. And this isn't new,…

  • Watching the Birds

    Ted Nellen
    23 Apr 2012 | 3:45 pm
    A moment for Levon Helm.A moment for William Shakespeare.A moment for the Yankees - Red Sox opening games.A moment for the Rangers.A moment for Assateague.  I was watching the birds again.Twice as many everywhere.The little songbirds are fluttering about the bird feeder, chasing each other, buzzing those on one of the four feeding perches. They have an occupancy time allowance for each of the four feeding perches of this bird feeder. There's a schedule. And if one of the birds doesn't adhere to the schedule, well, an impatiently waiting hungry angry bird, who is waiting for its turn on…

  • Watching the Birds

    Ted Nellen
    19 Apr 2012 | 8:03 am
    My backyard is a bird sanctuary. I have two feeders, winterberry, a bird bath, and so many perches to create this fabulous bird sanctuary. Recently I added a new bird feeder and moved the first one to a new location. Today in a short time a dozen small songbirds gathered to titter about and chirp in lengthy conversations as they fluttered from fence to branch to the new feeder with four perches. Watching them negotiate and navigate upon which perch to light and in what pecking or hierarchic order as attested to when one winged songbird tried only to be rebuffed by another. The chirping…

  • The HighLine

    Ted Nellen
    31 Mar 2012 | 7:08 am
    Click image to walk the HighLinethere are 101 picturesThe HighLine is an old railroad trestle in NYC that runs on Tenth Avenue from 30th Street down to Gansevoort Street. There is a lot of history about the area that trestle traverses. I know the area well. I used to skate at Roxy starting in late 1979 until it closed in 2007. I've been biking the Hudson River Bike path before it was built. A must stop is the very informative and user friendly bathroom. Seeing the birch branches sway in the soft wind made me think of Frost. It was a perfect day to walk the HighLine a couple of days before the…

  • Rangers 2 Detroit 1

    Ted Nellen
    21 Mar 2012 | 10:02 pm
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    MBA Crystal Ball

  • GMAT Preparation: How GMAT Critical Reasoning is structured

    Sameer Kamat
    14 May 2012 | 8:03 pm
    In the GMAT Critical Reasoning (CR) questions, identifying the structured of the paragraph is the first and the most important thing to do. The expert GMAT teachers at GoGMAT, continue their GMAT preparation series on MBA Crystal Ball. This time the spotlight is on the Critical Reasoning questions within the GMAT syllabus. And yeah, there [...]

  • Careers in Business Academia: Research, teaching and consulting jobs

    Sameer Kamat
    11 May 2012 | 8:46 pm
    Academic jobs are usually associated with teaching and research. Beyond this, the level of awareness is limited, specially for those seeking a ‘business focussed’ career. Hari Raghavachari (an IMD Switzerland MBA alumnus) thinks there’s more to academic careers than meets the eye. In this 2-part series, he tries to provide additional insights into the world [...]

  • GMAT Preparation: How to master the Art of Guessing

    Sameer Kamat
    7 May 2012 | 8:47 pm
    The GMAT syllabus can appear to be vast and scary. So preparing for the GMAT test involves more than just knowing every GMAT verbal and quantiative concept perfectly. Knowing how to guess intelligently on difficult GMAT questions can save you time and get you some good scores too. In the GMAT preparation series written by [...]

  • How to write MBA Essays: The ‘What Has Shaped You’ Essay

    Sameer Kamat
    3 May 2012 | 8:51 pm
    While writing MBA essays related to personal and professional experiences, what you choose to write is as important as how you present the facts. Nupur Gupta shares another post with MBA Crystal Ball readers on how to write MBA essays for the best business schools. This time it’s all about experiences that have had a [...]

  • GMAT Preparation: Best ways to manage time

    Sameer Kamat
    30 Apr 2012 | 8:42 pm
    The GMAT Preparation series by GoGMAT for MBA Crystal Ball readers continues. In this post their GMAT tutors share some ideas on how you can manage the test time optimally, even if you haven’t mastered the entire GMAT syllabus. GMAT Preparation – Time Management for the test To realize the unimportance of time is the [...]
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    The Ultimate College Preparation Blueprint

  • Book Review - If I Knew Then, What I Know Now! College and Financial Aid Planning From A Parent's Perspective

    7 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    About the Book College and the financial aid planning process should start as early in a child’s life as possible. It can be a frustrating and complicated puzzle, and parents often have no idea where to begin or how to help their children get through it. If I Knew Then What I Know Now! College & Financial Aid Planning From A Parent’s Perspective (Pendium Publishing) by Cynthia Hammond Davis, is the true story of her struggle to find help putting all of the pieces of the college search, financial aid, scholarships, athletics and extracurricular activities together. After experiencing…

  • Book Review - Say This, NOT That to Your Professor

    4 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    About the Book A Washington college professor is shaking up the world of education and helping students get better grades like never before. Using a progressive teaching style that breaks down barriers, Ellen Bremen, a tenured professor of Communication Studies at Highline Community College just outside of Seattle, Washington is teaching students things that no one ever dreamed of telling students before. “Succeeding in college,” she says, “is not just about studying day and night to get good grades on the tests. The real key is learning how to talk with professors, so that you express…

  • Book Review - Sending Your Child to College: The Prepared Parent's Operational Manual

    3 May 2012 | 1:00 pm
    About the Book In the current shaky economy, where prices for everything are going up, yet income and available financial aid are going down, it is more important than ever that we make the most of the college years. While the focus is usually on making sure the student is prepared for the big transition to college, there is also a lot that parents need to do, learn and know before they wave goodbye at the airport or dorm. Thankfully, Marie Carr kept careful track of everything she learned the hard way as her three daughters went off to college. In Sending Your Child to College: The Prepared…

  • Tips for Parents and Students for College ACT Test Success from Virtual Nerd Expert Tutor Leo Shmuylovich

    2 May 2012 | 1:00 pm
    The ACT college entrance exam is is administered many times throughout the year and many students are feeling extremely pressured as this test can be the deciding factor as to which college or university they will attend.  Test-taking anxiety and high stress levels are common this time of year and expert tutor and co-founder of the “Parent Tested Parent Approved” interactive tutoring website Virtual Nerd, Leo Shmuylovich, is here to help. Leo offers the following steps for successful ACT testing: 1)        GUESSING IS OK - First and foremost,…

  • Book Review - The College Roommate from Hell — Skills and Strategies for Surviving With a Problem Roommate

    1 May 2012 | 1:00 pm
    About the Book All across the country, incoming college freshman are getting ready to move away from home for the first time. For many of these new college students, moving away from home means living with a roommate for the first time as well. Some students choose to live on-campus, while others choose off-campus housing. With either scenario, living with a roommate is a big adjustment.  Of course, every incoming freshman hopes to find a friend as his or her roommate, but not every situation will be ideal. A lot of problems may occur because both roommates simply need to take the time…
 
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    2tor, Inc.

  • Andrew Trivas

    2tor Staff
    14 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    Andrew joins 2tor with 12 years of experience as an IT professional. After attending Towson University, his career began in the education and medical fields as a support specialist for the Maryland School of Pharmacy and Maryland Poison Center. Moving to Precision Network & Cable, Andrew oversaw the Hopkins Pathology Department, supporting students, faculty and staff. Advancing in his career, he maintained the network for Travelclick’s Baltimore and worldwide locations. His hopes for 2tor are to continue in the education field, bringing new technologies that service the community.

  • Stephen Shafer

    2tor Staff
    14 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
    Steve began his professional career as a caseworker assisting formerly homeless older adults with mental illness transition to and maintain residence in permanent housing. He then moved to a decade-long position as the director of promotions/marketing and production for Moon Ska Records (where he also compiled a number of popular domestic and international compilations, and shot a ridiculously inexpensive music video for The Toasters on Super 8 film, which made its debut on MTV’s 120 Minutes and received extensive airplay on MTV and M2). Steve then worked in marketing and fundraising…

  • Jerilyn Dorsey

    2tor Staff
    14 May 2012 | 1:23 pm
    Jerilyn Dorsey brings a unique background to 2tor. She has spent the majority of her career in telecommunications as director of sales and customer service at Verizon Communications. She recently comes to 2tor from the University of Pittsburgh as a data analyst for admissions and financial Aid. She holds a B.S. degree in Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University and works as a seasonal registered tax preparer for H&R Block. She has a passion for physical fitness and enjoys working out five days a week. She also enjoys spinning, traveling, playing chess and dancing, especially Zumba,…

  • Jessica Prudhomme

    2tor Staff
    11 May 2012 | 10:13 am
    Jessica most recently worked in Switzerland as program and marketing manager at Cultural Care Au Pair, where she led the recruitment efforts of the agent department by working with agent teams in over 20 countries across South America, Africa, Europe and Asia. Prior to this, Jessica held various positions in the nonprofit arena working with families and youth in Philadelphia and New York. She holds a master’s degree from Columbia University and brings eight years of operational and program management experience to the 2tor team. Jessica loves to travel and discover new places.

  • 10 Startups Changing the World and What We Can Learn From Them

    2tor Staff
    9 May 2012 | 12:18 pm
    By Ilya Pozin May 9, 2012 For lots of startup founders, a big money valuation is just half the goal. Many startups are motivated by a singular drive to change the way we view and interact with the world around us. And while every startup can teach us something, the most disruptive often have the most profound lessons. Here are 10 of today’s most visionary startups to admire, and more importantly, model: 1) Instagram Instagram is a popular photo sharing app that uses filters to enhance photos. After being released on the Android market, it set download records and built a community of over…
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    Science teacher

  • Cowardice

    15 May 2012 | 6:31 pm
    I proctored our state end of course biology state exam today.At least somebody's profiting from all thisI watched the passive resignation of young adults who finished a pointless section in less than half the time allotted, then sat there on a mid-May morning.They were polite--they've been trained to be.They were silent--they've been coerced to be.They were compliant--it's what we want them to be.I felt dirty.I went home and planted a few moonflower seeds I had soaked overnight.So it wasn't a totally wasted day.By KeepOpera, CC 3.0But I had no right, none of us do, to subject children to a…

  • NGSS: Meet the new boss

    13 May 2012 | 8:36 am
    This is too much science for one post--I'll get around to splitting it up but wanted to toss it out there now since we only have 3 weeks to comment on the proposed standards. Meet the new bossSame as the old bossI've started plowing through the  Next Generation Science Standards draft.We, the public, have all of three weeks to comment on a document so confusing it comes with an article and a video on how to read the document. When you get to the document, you get 87 pages of color-coded (at least 9 shades at my count and I'm color-blind) jargon with DRAFT splashed across each page.You…

  • Light again

    10 May 2012 | 8:09 pm
    May 11th is special to me--we're in the sunlight now, and will be for 3 months.This was written a year ago, and it works again today. We only get so many Msys in a lifetime. "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution."Theodosius DobzhanskyI should be crafting a descent with modification (misnamed "evolution") exam.Descent with modification is the heart of biology. Without it, a world with red-lipped batfish, roly-polies, and humans makes no sense, no matter how clever God pretends to be.Without it, nothing in biology makes sense. Nothing.Seems sacrilegious to test it…

  • Hubris and humility

    9 May 2012 | 9:46 pm
    The primary social consideration for savants is purely and simply one of professional duty. Savants are people who are paid to manufacture science; they are expected to manufacture some; they feel it is their duty to manufacture some....The spirit of truth is nowadays almost absent from religion and from science and from the whole of thought.Simone Weil, The Need for RootsAny chance of me becoming a researcher ended the moment I pulled the head off a living cricket under a dissecting scope because, well, I was told to. And now I teach my lambs about DNA polymerases before they can see the…

  • I've been slimed

    8 May 2012 | 6:11 pm
    Every day I am asked what the secret is to ensuring every child in New Jersey graduates from high school ready for college and career, and I always have one simple response – outstanding teachers.I do not  doubt that you have "one simple response"--I do doubt your sincerity.At a small meeting last spring among a few other teachers, and the Governor himself, you said that teachers were the most important factor affecting student success.I said, perhaps a bit too pointedly (politeness is not my strong suit), that teachers are the most important factor in the building, but that poverty…
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    Teacher Lingo

  • Art and Technology in Amsterdam

    Geoff Cain
    16 May 2012 | 4:04 am
    Oud Kirk (Photo credit: bolinhanyc) I am in Amsterdam this week. I am here mostly for the art but also to see the places where the art was created. One of the reasons why I am here is that I read a book a while back called "The Art of Describing" by Svetlana...(read more)

  • Rainsticks to Sing With!

    Miss Carole
    16 May 2012 | 4:00 am
    A RAINY DAY WITH MISS CAROLE! Rainsticks have become very popular as classroom instruments in the past 25 years. You can find them at powwows, in music stores, in international craft stores and at educational conferences. They are fun, really do sound...(read more)

  • Teenagers Friendly Cool Funny T-shirts

    ankit.style05
    16 May 2012 | 2:37 am
    Cool designer printed t-shirts are the "must-have" addition to every wardrobe. By wearing, you can add volumes of style and fashion to your personality. Truly speaking, funny t-shirts are the best value of money that brings you the right dose of style and comfort. If you are looking for cool t-shirts that can bring a smile on the face of the people you meet, then you should try funny t-shirts or humor t-shirts. These tees are entirely different from what people normally wear and they never go out of fashion. The designer printed t-shirts are quite popular amongst teenagers who are looking for…

  • Reasons for joining ESL summer camps in Europe

    Esl Schools
    16 May 2012 | 2:37 am
    Summer camps are one of the best ways to enjoy your vacations in a Europe, England, USA, France or Germany. Often people prefer spending their vacation with their family or friends in a peaceful location. Now you can have the fun by attending summer camp Europe organized by ESL language schools. Summer camps are specially organized for the junior students. The camps are specially designed to make the junior students feel comfortable while attending the camp. Besides studies the camps include plenty of sports activities like football, basketball, volleyball, badminton, kayaking and etc.

  • 'Graduation' Bulletin Board Crossword

    Debbie Clement
    16 May 2012 | 2:30 am
    TRANSITIONS AND FAREWELL! The end is in sight. The school year is winding down in earnest. How clever is this idea for a kindergarten graduation bulletin board? Obviously it could be adapted for any grade level with a diligent teacher. I saw this in the...(read more)
 
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    Eric Stoller - Writing, Speaking, Consulting - Higher Education » Higher-Education

  • An homage, some bow tie talk, and a commencement gown

    Eric Stoller
    27 Apr 2012 | 1:10 pm
    My pal, Kenneth Elmore – Dean of Students for Boston University, knows how to elevate conversations. There aren’t that many deans of students who are as charismatic as Kenn. In this quick clip, he offers up some insight as to why he spells “Kenn” with two Ns. He also manages to tie a bow tie on camera without a mirror. Kenn’s wit is edgy. The close to this interview showcases Elmore’s ability to riff on the fly. Administrators can make art. In Kenn’s case, his media presence is creative, insightful, and always right on the pulse.

  • “Radical” and Student Affairs

    Eric Stoller
    18 Jan 2012 | 8:19 pm
    I asked a question and received 40 comments: “Where are the Radical Practitioners?” One of the interesting themes was the idea that people couldn’t be radical (as they defined it) for fear of losing their jobs…couple that logic to another theme: because I am no longer a fulltime student affairs practitioner, I am no longer qualified or credible when it comes to asking about or asking for radical practices in student affairs. Seems like I am in a prime position to add radical commentary as I am not in a position to “lose” my job. Although, some (and I would…

  • Higher Education + Groupon: Shiny and New…or a Legitimate Strategy

    Eric Stoller
    6 Sep 2011 | 3:38 pm
    From the Chicago Tribune: National Louis University on Tuesday will offer a Groupon for a graduate-level introduction to teaching course, officials said. With the Groupon, prospective students can save nearly 60 percent on tuition for the single, three-credit course and earn credit toward a graduate degree, said Jocelyn Zivin, the vice president of marketing and communications for the Chicago-based, private university. So what do you think. Has National Louis University stumbled upon a legitimate strategy to market their courses or are they just using Groupon as a “shiny new toy”…

  • #AltProDev is the future of professional development

    Eric Stoller
    24 Aug 2011 | 6:58 pm
    There are at least 3 student affairs panels up for vote in the SXSW panel picker. I wrote a description of each one over at my Inside Higher Ed blog. In order for a panel to be accepted, it has to get enough votes. Sue Beckingham – Sheffield Hallam University, Laura Pasquini – University of North Texas, and Jeff Jackson – University of Texas Health Science Center and yours truly have submitted a panel on alternative forms of professional development for higher education practitioners. If you get a chance, we’d love it if you took a look and wrote a comment. We’re…

  • #ISTE11 and Emerging #EdTech

    Eric Stoller
    19 Jul 2011 | 1:41 pm
    The 2011 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Annual Conference and Exposition is the largest education technology (EdTech) event in the United States. In this recap video from the conference, attendees share their thoughts about why they attended ISTE and what they think is the future of EdTech. It was my first time attending an ISTE event and I was greatly impressed. Educators + Solution Providers + Technology + Strategy = Awesome! For more info about ISTE, check out my ISTE recap post at InsideHigherEd.com Disclosure: My attendance at #ISTE11 was supported by the Adobe…
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    The Core Knowledge Blog

  • “We’re Where We Need to Be Right Now”

    Robert Pondiscio
    15 May 2012 | 1:46 pm
    John Merrow of Learning Matters filed an important ten-minute piece for the PBS Newshour last night, looking at elementary reading programs.  Merrow and his producer Cat McGrath visited three different schools in and around New York City: one that teaches with basal readers, another with “balanced literacy,” and one of the New York City schools [...]

  • Between the Idea and the Reality

    Jessica Lahey
    8 May 2012 | 1:59 pm
    Twice a year, we formally assess students’ writing. I hand out a prompt and grading rubric about one week before the date of the assessment in order to give the students time to organize their thoughts in advance of the prompt. They then have two class periods to write their essay. [...]

  • The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men

    Robert Pondiscio
    7 May 2012 | 9:58 am
    “As a policy wonk, I push for high academic expectations for all students,” writes Scott Joftus in Education Next. “As a father, however, I find that what matters most to me is that my daughters are happy in school.” “Over more than 20 years in the field of education—including two with Teach For [...]

  • Second Thoughts on Pineapplegate

    Robert Pondiscio
    4 May 2012 | 3:36 pm
    Writing in his TIME Magazine column, Andy “Eduwonk” Rotherham offers up a largely exculpatory take on Pineapplegate.  The media jumped all over a bowdlerized version of the test passage, he notes.  New York state officials should have been clearer in explaining that nothing makes its way onto standardized tests by accident.  And in the end, [...]

  • Love a Book? Don’t Tell Your Kids!

    Robert Pondiscio
    3 May 2012 | 1:17 pm
    When you were a kid, did you ever read a book that changed your life?  Well, don’t tell your kids if you want it to have the same effect on them. “Remember how a parental recommendation was the kiss of death when you were a kid?” asks legendary children’s author Judy Blume. “That hasn’t changed [...]
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    Recorded Books Blog

  • Title Feature: Inside Out & Back Again

    recordedbooksk12
    4 May 2012 | 1:57 pm
    Inside Out and Back Again National Book Award Winner (Young People’s Literature) Newbery Honor Book WANT A FREE SAMPLE? Click here and scroll to the bottom of that page for a free sample of the Inside Out and Back Again audiobook! Recording an audiobook like Inside Out and Back Again is always a challenge. Not only was this a book in verse, but it required a native speaker in a language that is not all that common among our usual talent pool of actors. Recorded Books lucked out, though, when we found Doan Ly. We were privileged enough to be able to interview both author Thannha Lai (TL)…

  • Featured Title: Unorthodox

    recordedbooksk12
    1 May 2012 | 6:22 pm
    Unorthodox is a captivating odyssey through adversity and a groundbreaking look into Orthodox Jewish culture. It is also a Recorded Books exclusive. What’s more, after an amazing appearance on “The View,” Deborah Feldman finds herself surging up bestseller lists. In the tradition of Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Infidel and Carolyn Jessop’s Escape, Deborah Feldman’s Unorthodox is a captivating story about a young woman determined to live her own life at any cost. The Satmar sect of Hasidic Judaism is as mysterious as it is intriguing to outsiders. In this arresting memoir, Deborah Feldman…

  • 50% OFF Playaways!

    recordedbooksk12
    26 Apr 2012 | 3:17 pm
    From now through July 15,2012, RB-produced Playaways are 50% OFF! Contact your local rep for a listing and details. Digg this! Share this on Facebook Email this via Gmail Add this to Google Reader Email this to a friend? Send this page to Print Friendly Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Tweet This! Blog this on Blogger Get Shareaholic

  • Acquisitions Notes: An Announcement of Galactic Importance

    recordedbooksk12
    11 Apr 2012 | 10:17 am
    It’s a thrill to announce that the title of book #3 in the Origami Yoda series is… THE SECRET OF THE FORTUNE WOOKIEE THE SECRET OF THE FORTUNE WOOKIEE is a Recorded Books exclusive, and will be available on our 4th quarter Children’s COP and One Click Digital. Recorded Books is the exclusive audio publisher of all of Tom Angleberger’s Origami Yoda titles: THE STRANGE CASE OF ORIGAMI YODA, DARTH PAPER STRIKES BACK, and THE SECRET OF THE FORTUNE WOOKIEE, as well as his equally funny standalone middle grades: HORTON HALFPOTT and the forthcoming (3Q Children’s COP) FAKE…

  • Acquisitions Notes: Sweeth Tooth by Ian McEwan

    recordedbooksk12
    4 Apr 2012 | 5:44 pm
    From time to time, we’ll give you a heads up on a great upcoming title from Recorded Books SWEET TOOTH by Ian McEwan Serena Frome, the beautiful daughter of an Anglican bishop, has a brief affair with an older man during her final year at Cambridge, and finds herself being groomed for the intelligence service. The year is 1972. Britain, confronting economic disaster, is being torn apart by industrial unrest and terrorism and faces its fifth state of emergency. The Cold War has entered a moribund phase, but the fight goes on, especially in the cultural sphere. Serena, a compulsive reader…
 
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    Clear Admit MBA Admissions Blog

  • What Clubs Will You Join?

    Clear Admit
    16 May 2012 | 2:07 am
    Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

  • Trivia Tuesday: International Business Development at Haas

    Clear Admit
    15 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    It’s Tuesday and time again for our weekly in-depth look at the specific programs which differentiate the leading MBA programs from their peers. This week we’re taking a peak into the Clear Admit School Guide to Berkeley / Haas to get a better understanding of its International Business Development course. “International Business Development (IBD) is one of the most popular electives at Haas. Limited to an enrollment of 120 students per year, the course sends small teams of students to consult at client sites around the world for three weeks each summer. The program is open only to…

  • Fuqua Admissions Fellow Offers Advice to Prospective Applicants

    Clear Admit
    14 May 2012 | 1:00 pm
    In a recent post to a Fuqua Admissions blog, Kim Lambert, Admissions Fellow at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, offered some advice to prospective students, both in the Fuqua daytime MBA program and in the Master of Management Studies (MMS) program. Basically, it’s important to understand the difference between an MBA student and an MMS student,  writes Lambert, and then apply the difference to your advantage. MMS students typically matriculate directly from undergraduate studies, compared to daytime MBA students, who usually have about five years of work experience when…

  • UT Austin / McCombs Deadlines 2012-2013

    Clear Admit
    14 May 2012 | 11:21 am
    The 2012-2013 deadlines for the full-time MBA program at UT Austin / McCombs have been announced!  The four rounds of deadlines are as follows: Round 1 Deadline: October 16, 2012 Notification: December 14, 2012 Round 2 Deadline: December 4, 2012 Notification: February 15, 2013 Round 3 Deadline: January 23, 2013 Notification: March 29, 2013 Round 4 Deadline: March 26, 2013 Notification: May 10, 2013 For more information, visit McCombs’s admissions website.

  • ISB Deadlines and Essay Topics 2012-2013

    Clear Admit
    14 May 2012 | 7:08 am
    The Indian School of Business (ISB) deadlines and essay topics for this fall’s admissions season have been released. The deadlines are as follows: For Indian Passport Holders: Cycle 1 Deadline: September 15, 2012 Notification on or before: November 15, 2012 Cycle 2 Deadline: November 30, 2012 Notification on or before: February 15, 2013 For International Applicants: International applicants are admitted based on a rolling deadline. The application is open until January 15, 2013. Applicants chosen for an interview will receive an admissions decision within three weeks of the interview date.
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    Teaching College English

  • CFPs I am interested in

    Dr Davis
    15 May 2012 | 5:11 pm
    I really need to get writing again. So I am posting CFPs I saw that looked interesting. Fairy Tale Collection of Essays, due June 1. Interested writers should submit a two-page synopsis of their proposed chapter that clearly indicates: • The research question • The methodology or theoretical lens • The findings • A bibliography of at least 5 sources Swords, Sorcery, Scandals, and Space, proposals are due by Sept. 30, 2012. The conference is next summer at University of Liverpool. We invite proposals for papers (20 minutes plus discussion) or themed panels of three or four papers from…

  • Busiest Semester of My Life

    Dr Davis
    14 May 2012 | 3:20 pm
    The busiest semester of my life, in terms of teaching and grading, is almost over. I just have to assign grades before noon tomorrow. I’m grateful for the work and enjoyed the classes. I would really like to stop and rest soon, but I am still going to be going 90 mph this summer. Leaving Wed for a trip, etc. Is anyone doing anything fun this summer?

  • Reading on the Net

    Dr Davis
    13 May 2012 | 2:11 pm
    Why Fiction is Good for You Until recently, we’ve only been able to guess about the actual psychological effects of fiction on individuals and society. But new research in psychology and broad-based literary analysis is finally taking questions about morality out of the realm of speculation. This research consistently shows that fiction does mold us. The more deeply we are cast under a story’s spell, the more potent its influence. In fact, fiction seems to be more effective at changing beliefs than nonfiction, which is designed to persuade through argument and evidence. Studies show that…

  • Motivated by Technology?

    Dr Davis
    11 May 2012 | 7:21 am
    Original image Credit: Running Shoes by Timothy Takemoto Licensed Creative Commons Attribution on April 13, 2012 Slide by Bill Ferriter http://bit.ly/temperedradical The image and the words are thought provoking. Are they correct? I think that my college freshmen are motivated by technology a little bit, perhaps more than the shoes and socks metaphor shows. They want to be able to use their phones in class to take a quiz. They want to be creating digital presentations–and then watching them in class together to show off their stuff. They do not want to be reading a book and taking a pen…

  • FYC argument idea

    Dr Davis
    10 May 2012 | 6:11 am
    Grant McCracken had an interesting post that reminds me of a presentation called “An Abbreviated Argument.” I wonder how this would work in the classroom. What if the students had to do their research (as for their annotated bibliography) and then they had to present a short PowerPoint presentation–where they don’t have to talk–but where people can read what they are writing about. It turns into the outline for their paper. This is a well-crafted argument (from a composition professor’s point of view) and would be a good way for the students to dive into…
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    EurekAlert! - Education

  • 'Mixed' family moms ensure minority culture continues in the home

    14 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    (Economic & Social Research Council) The mothers of Britain's "mixed families" are ensuring their children learn about their heritage and culture, according to a development project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. So, even if the child's father hails from a minority background, it will still be the mother who is responsible for teaching them about the father's culture.

  • The teacher is central to successful use of computers in schools

    14 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    (University of Gothenburg) The idea of one computer per student is becoming increasingly common in the Swedish school system. The University of Gothenburg, Sweden, is now conducting several studies on the educational consequences of the so-called 1:1 initiative in a group of Swedish municipalities.'The teacher is the key to successful use of computers in the classroom,' says Professor Berner Lindström, scientific director of the studies.

  • A marker in the lining of the lungs could be useful diagnostic technique for lung cancer screening

    14 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    (International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) The most recent research released in June's Journal of Thoracic Oncology says molecular biomarkers in the tissue and fluid lining the lungs might be an additional predictive technique for lung cancer screening.

  • Young people are too pressured to choose

    14 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    (University of Gothenburg) Young people are forced to choose an educational path early in life. International trends in the educational sector have led to reduced opportunities to change direction later on, according to a new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

  • 19th-century iPhone app

    14 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    (Concordia University) Jason Camlot, chair of Concordia's Department of English, and his research team at Concordia's Centre for Technoculture, Art and Games have created the Victorianator. The iPhone game teaches users, through gestures, how to authentically recite Victorian-age poetry.
 
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    Mark it Right

  • El español a través del mundo

    delightedscribbler
    2 May 2012 | 8:51 pm
    Compañero, les invito a que lean Los cromosomas del idioma español. Es un artículo interesante que celebra la unidad de nuestro idioma resaltando a la vez su rica variedad. Habla de las ”cromosomas de las palabras -tan vinculados a la genética del idioma- constituyen la base que nos permite asegurar que 400 millones de personas hablamos la misma lengua”. Está genial. Léanlo. Compartir por email ¿Te gustó? Subscríbete. Subscribir a Mark it Right por email.

  • So where are we with the whole Twitter thing these days?

    delightedscribbler
    29 Dec 2011 | 11:00 am
    Take Our Poll Compartir por email ¿Te gustó? Subscríbete. Subscribir a Mark it Right por email. Tagged: poll, social media

  • Pinta tu raya – Primera parte

    delightedscribbler
    16 Nov 2011 | 7:49 pm
    Diferente La raya se usa de maneras distintas en el inglés y el español. En español, por reglas de la RAE, usamos la raya para marcar diálogos, donde el inglés usa comillas normalmente. –Hace muchos que trabajas aquí?– pregunté. Dejamos un espacio solamente después de la raya que cierra el diálogo. En inglés, la mayoría de las guías estilisticas no admiten espacios ni antes ni después de una raya. La excepción es el estilo empleado por la prensa (AP Style) que exige un espacio antes y después de la raya. Interrupciones se manjan de manera diferente. En español, las rayas…

  • Cambios de la RAE ilustrados

    delightedscribbler
    15 Nov 2011 | 1:17 pm
    Les comparto una excelente representación gráfica para acordarnos de los cambios implementados por la RAE: Las nuevas reglas de la RAE http://www.cinismoilustrado.com/2010/11/rae-ilustrada.html Compartir por email ¿Te gustó? Subscríbete. Subscribir a Mark it Right por email. Tagged: accent, acentos, estructura, ortografía, spelling, structure

  • Use country name

    delightedscribbler
    9 Mar 2011 | 11:45 am
    If you translate legal documents, this is a great tip for a very common issue. Enjoy!   As originally posted on SpanishLegalTranslation by Reed D. James When a document is being written for an audience in the same country, there is no need to specify which country the author is talking about. “en este país” is the most appropriate way to phrase it in most instances. Nor is it necessary to do so when naming national institutions, figures and publications. What would be the point? Emphasis is the only reason that comes to mind. However, when translating that same document into…
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    International Higher Education Consulting Blog a project by David Comp

  • Recent Developments in the Sciences here in the U.S. Impacting International Study, Research and Collaboration

    15 May 2012 | 12:09 pm
    On May 11th, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the expansion to the list of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) designated degree programs for eligible international students for an Optional Practical Training (OPT) extension.  NAFSA: Association of International Educators has long advocated for this and released a press statement yesterday welcoming this new DHS action.  NAFSA Executive Director and CEO Marlene Johnson currently serves on the Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council (HSAAC).Today, leaders from the inaugural Global Summit on…

  • A Theory on Student Compatibility with a Host Family While Studying Abroad

    9 May 2012 | 3:19 pm
    I came up with the following "theory on student comparability with a host family while studying abroad" and posted it to my Scribd page a few years ago.  It should be noted that this theory is really in it's infancy stage [a sketch really] and I've not done further testing/research on it.  Perhaps after my dissertation I'll dig it up and mess with it but for now it is just out there for critique.  What are your thoughts?A Theory on Students Compatibility With a Host Family While Studying Abroad by Comp, 2008

  • ACTION ALERT: Write Congress now in support of funding for exchanges in FY13!

    4 May 2012 | 4:37 pm
    The following IHEC Blog post is simply a copy and paste job of an Action Alert from the Alliance for International Educational and Cultural Exchange.  Nearly 480 letters have been signed and submitted as of 4:00pm CST on Friday, May 4.  @AllianceExchnge is reporting via Twitter that the House Appropriations will mark up next Wednesday, May 10th so please consider taking action!  I wrote my representatives!The House Appropriations State-Foreign Operations Subcommittee (which funds State Department exchange programs) will consider funding for FY 2013 as early as next week,…

  • International Research and Review: Journal of Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars

    2 May 2012 | 10:38 am
    In this IHEC Blog post I thought I would inform readers that the Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars has started publishing their journal again in the form of International Research and Review: Journal of Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars.  If you have not heard of Phi Beta Delta before you can learn more via their website and, if you are on a university or college campus, consider forming your own institutional chapter (currently in eight countries)!  I think IHEC Blog readers will find Phi Beta Delta to be a great organization and…

  • How Long Between Posts Should a Blog be Listed on International Education Blogs & News?

    1 May 2012 | 11:03 am
    I've been wanting to edit and enhance my International Education Blogs & News site for some time.  I came up with the idea for this site on my flight home from the Forum on Education Abroad conference in Portland in 2009 and while a few modifications have been made over the years these have been limited. One of my first tasks is to clean up the blog feed and to remove those blogs listed that are no longer contributing to the discussion in the field.  So, I created a brief poll below to elicit feedback from IHEC Blog readers (and hopefully International Education Blogs & News…
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    Free Technology for Teachers

  • Meetings.io - Video Conferencing Without Registration

    15 May 2012 | 4:08 pm
    Hosting a Google+ Hangout can be good way to have a video conference with a small group, but only if everyone you want to join you has a Google account. Meetings.io doesn't require users to register at all which could make it a great alternative to Google+ Hangouts. Meetings.io allows you to have up to five people in a room. You can start using Meetings.io by simply clicking on the blue "Get a Meeting Room" button. When you click that button Meetings.io will create your room and assign it a URL to share with the people you want to video conference with. Once the room is created just allow…

  • Google Adds Tab Synchronization for Chrome

    15 May 2012 | 3:34 pm
    Chrome is my preferred web browser and the one that I recommend to anyone who asks. I like it because of its speed, its support for WebGL, the Chrome web apps, its synchronization of bookmarks and extensions, and now I like its ability to synchronize all of my open tabs across multiple devices. Today, Google released version 19 of Chrome. The latest update allows you to sign-in with your Google account and sync all of your open tabs across all of the devices on which you are using Chrome. (You have to be using Ice Cream Sandwich for it to work on an Android device). Applications for Education…

  • Tech Jobs and Internships for Teens

    15 May 2012 | 1:57 pm
    Summer will be here soon in the Northern Hemisphere and that means there will be high school students looking for summer jobs and internships. Teens in Tech knows this and is doing something to help high school students find jobs and internships with tech companies. The Teens in Tech Job Board is a place for tech companies to post opportunities and for students to find those opportunities. The Teens in Tech Job Board just launched this week so the opportunities list is limited still short. The job board does have the potential to become a good place for high school students to find a company…

  • Search the Web Within Your Google Documents

    15 May 2012 | 1:22 pm
    This afternoon I discovered a new feature in Google Documents (now a part of Google Drive) that could prove to be handy for students to use while writing research papers. Google Docs now has a search function built-in. This feature allows users to search the web without having to leave the document they're viewing. To access the new feature open the "tools" menu then select "research" while you have a document open. The search box will appear on the righthand side of your screen. See my screenshots below for directions. Once you have opened the search sidebar there are some great features to…

  • Create a Beautiful Website for Free With Zoho Sites

    15 May 2012 | 1:00 pm
    Last month I shared a list of 11 Free Tools for Creating Websites. Today, Zoho released a new website creation tool to bring that list up to twelve. Zoho Sites is a new addition Zoho's suite of services. Zoho Sites appears to be trying to address two frequently-noted shortcomings of Google Sites by offering visually impressive themes and by automatically making your sites mobile-friendly. TechCrunch says that Google needs to watch out for Zoho Sites, but I don't think Google has too much to worry about because aside from the theme beauty and mobile readiness, creating a website on Zoho Sites…
 
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    doug - off the record

  • Edubuntu

    dougpete
    16 May 2012 | 4:00 am
    My first real experience with Ubuntu was at the NECC (now ISTE) Conference at San Diego.  There was a booth sponsored by the local Ubuntu Users’ Group and they were doing demonstrations and giving away Live CD-ROMs to anyone who cared to take one.  Like most computer conferences, I took a couple of CD-ROMs, threw them into my conference bag and then moved on.  I figured that one of them was Ubuntu and the other might be a resource CD of some sorts. I recall going back to the hotel room and trying the Live CD to try out this Ubuntu thing and really liked it.  Even run…

  • OTR Links 05/16/2012

    dougpete
    16 May 2012 | 12:31 am
    Secure. Social. Smart. In a recent IBM survey of 3,800 consumers in six countries, 59 percent of respondents said they use social networks regularly for communicating with friends. Social networks are giving people new ways to develop relationships, gain insights, share ideas, build reputation, collaborate, and more. tags: social Online Form | Web Form Builder Count your chickens if you must, but not your forms. With Zoho Creator, create as many online forms as you need and add as many fields in them as you want. tags: zoho form online data collection web builder An Intro to Google Docs and…

  • Hug Your ISP

    dougpete
    15 May 2012 | 4:00 am
    Because it could be a lot worse.  You could be me. I know that I talked about Venom blogs a couple of days ago and this may well be the closest you’re going to see to that here.  But I’m just so frustrated. Even a call to “tech support” got me nowhere.  It was the typical, “turn it off and then on again” support.  Gee, I wish I’d thought of that.  But, for the 3MB service I’m paying for, last evening got me 0.01MB download speeds and a little bit better upload.  That’s not enough bandwidth to do anything.  That’s why you’ll never see me…

  • OTR Links 05/15/2012

    dougpete
    15 May 2012 | 12:30 am
    Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking | Psychology Today Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking tags: creativity psychology thinking Edshelf: An Educational App Directory for Teachers Edshelf aims to address problems that I’ve covered here on Hack Education before: there’s a ton of educational content online – websites, apps and the like. But the question remains: how do you find “what works” (and what works on a particular or across multiple platforms)? How do you find high quality resources for specific subjects or…

  • Open Clip Art Gallery

    dougpete
    14 May 2012 | 4:00 am
    You can never have too many sources for Clip Art for web and document creation.  I have a number of commercial packages on DVD and, of course, there’s always Creative Commons Content – which I got some thoughts about and may blog later on. Why do you need multiple sources for content?  Well, it always seems to me that the “perfect” piece of clipart is so elusive!   To that end, the OCAL (Open Clipart Library) has always been one of my go-to sources.  It doesn’t necessarily always have the answer for me but it’s nice to add to the sources…
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    Veritas Prep Blog

  • WANTED: Tech Ninja!

    Jeremy
    15 May 2012 | 9:11 am
    Do you love technology — particularly web technology? Are you a strong student with an analytical mind? Are you looking to supplement your education with real-world experience? Veritas Prep is looking for a smart and motivated student to work in our IT department as a summer intern — with the potential to extend to part-time work when school resumes. What do we do at Veritas Prep? We provide elite GMAT preparation and graduate school admissions consulting to students around the world. We train the brightest minds to get into the best schools in order to create and manage the…

  • Quarter Wit, Quarter Wisdom: Application of Arithmetic Means

    Karishma
    14 May 2012 | 9:11 am
    Last week we discussed arithmetic means of arithmetic progressions in GMAT math problems. Today, let’s see those concepts in action. Question 1: If x is the sum of the even integers from 200 to 600 inclusive, and y is the number of even integers from 200 to 600 inclusive, what is the value of x + y? (A) 200*400 (B) 201*400 (C) 200*402 (D) 201*401 (E) 400*401 Solution: There are various ways of getting the answer here. We will use the concepts we learned last week. The given sequence is 200, 202, 204, … 600 It is an arithmetic progression. What is the total number of terms here? You…

  • GMAT Tip of the Week: Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously

    Brian
    11 May 2012 | 9:11 am
    Read that sentence from the title again (please…in honor of Mothers Day we should certainly mind our Ps and Qs!): Colorless green ideas sleep furiously. Does that make any sense? Not at all, but grammarians have to admit that *grammatically* it’s not a flawed sentence, in that it proceeds with Adjective, Adjective, Plural Noun, Plural Verb, Adverb. This sentence, coined by Noam Chomsky in his 1957 book Syntactic Structures, shows the necessity in language of not merely grammatical correctness, but logical meaning as well. And as you’ll note, this concept of “logical…

  • I'm Not Going to Take the GMAT Before June 5... Now What?

    VeritasPrep
    10 May 2012 | 9:11 am
    You had it all planned out. You were going to prepare for the GMAT in April and May, take the GMAT on June 1, and absolutely crush the exam. The GMAT would be done, and you never would have crossed paths with the new Integrated Reasoning (IR) section. But then life got in the way. You had long long nights at work, you fell behind in your study schedule, and you realized that the rest of the GMAT actually was pretty challenging by itself. Reluctantly, you’re now looking at a test date of no earlier than the middle of June. Now what? After all that you’ve read about how applicants…

  • More MBA Programs Move into Online Learning

    VeritasPrep
    9 May 2012 | 9:11 am
    Just in the past week two top-ranked business schools announced new plans to add online learning components to their MBA programs. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Dartmouth’s Tuck school will deliver some of its introductory prerequisite classes online, helping students prepare for the school’s core curriculum on their own time, at their own pace. At the same time, UC Berkeley’s Haas School has announced plans to launch three digital classroom pilots. Haas is also using its first foray into online learning as a way to deliver prerequisite courses for its Evening &…
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    Certification Map

  • Best Schools in Louisiana for Teachers

    David Winters
    15 May 2012 | 11:47 am
    Photo by Anthony Turducken The top schools in Louisiana offer teachers the opportunity to work with high-achieving students from all backgrounds, with the support and resources that make it possible for both students and educators to succeed. Getting hired by these institutions will require more than Louisiana teacher certification, but dedicated and passionate teachers have nothing to lose by applying to these fine school: Benjamin Franklin High School Benjamin Franklin High School is not just one of the top schools in Louisiana, it is one of the top schools in the nation. This charter…

  • Top 5 Summer Jobs for Teachers

    David Winters
    14 May 2012 | 10:57 am
    Photo by ucentralarkansas Each year, teachers have a great opportunity to try a new line of work during the summer. You could allow yourself a little recess by working at a camp, take a break from kids and take a stab at freelance writing, or explore a foreign culture while teaching abroad. Because you’re less busy than during the school year, summer could also be a great time to expand your knowledge and boost your salary by beginning a Master of Education program. The ideal summer job for teachers will not only pay well, but inspire you, allowing you to return to your classroom refreshed…

  • Year-Round School Pros and Cons

    Catie Watson
    11 May 2012 | 10:16 am
    Photo by Brent Danley Many school districts are faced with the problem of a growing student population coupled with a shortage of school facilities and limited funds for new facilities. In response, some districts are adopting or looking into year-round education (YRE). In addition to maximizing the use of existing schools for larger numbers of students, some education experts claim that year-round school improves student learning. With YRE, students attend school for the same number of days each year (180 days, according to the U.S. Department of Education), but school breaks are arranged…
 
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    MBA Admissions Blog by MBA Game Plan

  • How to Finance Your MBA

    MBA Game Plan
    9 May 2012 | 10:05 pm
    When it comes to getting into the world’s most competitive graduate schools, many applicants can’t see past the challenge of getting into a top program. If they’re fortunate enough to get into a school like Harvard, the thinking goes, then they’ll gladly deal with the question of how to pay for it. While this is somewhat understandable (Why worry about how you’ll pay for a yacht if you won’t ever set foot on one to begin with?), applicants owe it to themselves to consider the true cost and the true reward of the educational opportunity before them. Many…

  • The Growth in One-Year MBA Programs in America

    MBA Game Plan
    26 Apr 2012 | 1:37 am
    One recurring theme in graduate management education these days is the growing popularity of one-year MBA programs, especially in the United States, where two-year programs have traditionally ruled. While it used to be that one could count American one-year and accelerated programs on one hand, every other month it seems that a new school announces such a program, or at least signals its intent to launch one. While these schools are responding to market demand, these moves invite questions about whether or not companies will be as interested in the graduates they produce. While one-year…

  • Get to Know: Yale SOM

    MBA Game Plan
    18 Apr 2012 | 11:18 pm
    The Yale School of Management has generated a lot of buzz recently, given its soon-to-open new campus and the school’s hiring of Wonder-Dean Ted Snyder last year. Not surprisingly, we get a lot of inquiries about the school. What does surprise us, though, is how many Yale applicants don’t really know whether the school is good fit for them. We always urge these applicants to go back and do their homework a bit more before they start crafting their applications. Are you thinking about applying to Yale SOM this year? If so, why? How do you know if it’s really is a good fit for…

  • Get to Know: INSEAD

    MBA Game Plan
    12 Apr 2012 | 11:11 pm
    Competitive European MBA applicants almost always are interested in INSEAD, and among U.S.-based applicants, INSEAD is almost always their first or second choice if they’re interested in earning an MBA abroad. This makes sense given the terrific international exposure that INSEAD students get at the school’s two campuses. What frequently surprises us, though, is how little applicants really know about the school, beyond that fact that it’s a highly-ranked program with a high profile around the world. Are you thinking about applying to INSEAD? Here are five why INSEAD may be…

  • Is a Round 3 Application a Guaranteed Rejection?

    MBA Game Plan
    4 Apr 2012 | 9:42 pm
    If you came here wondering if you should apply to business school in Round 3, we’ll tell you right now that the answer is usually, “It depends,” although we do have some very strong opinions on the matter. Applying in Round 3 is not automatically a bad idea (if it were, then why would schools have a Round 3 deadline at all?), but there is definitely a “buyer beware” aspect that you should consider. In this case, what you’re buying is a few minutes of an admissions officer’s time, and the price you pay is all the stress associated with applying to…
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  • Participating in the World’s Largest and Most Prestigious Arts Festival

    Brian Fisher
    15 May 2012 | 4:41 pm
    St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School thespians will be showcased at the American High School Theatre Festival (AHSTF) in Edinburgh. The AHSTF is part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival- the world’s largest and most prestigious arts festival. It’s an all-encompassing event with shows produced throughout the city during August- in settings ranging from tradition to open air. St. Andrew’s-Sewanee head Rev. John Thomas is understandably proud of the theater program: “Our community is well aware of the outstanding productions that Robie Jackson and her colleagues [John Holleman, and…

  • Linden Hill School To Close

    Brian Fisher
    14 May 2012 | 12:02 pm
    Sadly, we note the decision of Linden Hill’s trustees to close the school at the end of the academic year in June. Linden Hill occupied a unique niche in the boarding school world working with middle and high school boys with attention issues and learning differences in a small, personal, family style setting. Linden Hill head, James McDaniel laid bare the reality in his letter to the community announcing and explaining the decision. In an amazing detailed and honest letter, McDaniel explains that Linden had come up against some economic gulfs that the Linden Hill family was unable to…

  • A Sad Change for Prep School Basketball Fans

    Brian Fisher
    11 May 2012 | 9:50 am
    A big story out of Pittsfield, ME yesterday, Maine Central Institute’s board of trustees has dropped their New England Prep School Class A basketball program effective with the new fiscal year beginning July 1. If you know your top notch prep school basketball history, MCI with coach Max Good (currently the Loyola Marymount head coach) on the bench was once of the perennial prep school powers. I watched, and worked the shot clock and scoreboard, at many a game where Good’s teams outran and imposed their will on the opposition. The decision seems rooted in philosophy and finances.

  • A Guided Tour of Stevenson School

    Brian Fisher
    9 May 2012 | 5:36 am
    Stevenson School junior J.J. shares his insights into the strengths of a Stevenson education. The school’s a coed boarding school in Pebble Beach, California. Academics at Stevenson (www.stevenson.org) are second-to-none with multiple advanced, and Advanced Placement, classes in all subjects. Tennis, golf, swimming, water polo, volleyball, soccer and track are the strong athletic programs. Music features band, jazz band, orchestra, and choir. Opportunity, freedom, trust and responsibility are the themes that surface again and again throughout the tour. Whether it’s practicing…

  • Putting the Cool in Boarding School

    Brian Fisher
    3 May 2012 | 12:16 pm
    As part of WFSP’s Cool Schools series, reporter Mark Dixson filed four reports covering some of the uncommon, specialized experiences available to Marvelwood School (Kent, CT) students. The intallments feature students, and teachers, talking about their programs and, often, the benefits of a small interconnected community. Dixson’s reports show Marvelwood students engaged in experiences ranging from the service oriented caring and training of future service dogs, to the artistic pursuit of jewelry making, to athletic rock climbing. Each story offers a window into, not only what…
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  • EdX: The Future of Online Education is Now

    EdXOnline
    2 May 2012 | 7:11 am
    EdX: The Future of Online Education is Now EdX is a not-for-profit joint venture between Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to offer online versions of their classes and those of other universities. At the same time, edX will support Harvard and MIT faculty in conducting research on teaching and learning on campus through tools that enrich classroom and laboratory experiences. The goal of this initiative is to create a global community of online learners while improving education for everyone. To learn more about edX, visit www.edxonline.org. From: EdXOnline…

  • Google Search Education

    Google
    30 Apr 2012 | 2:56 pm
    Google Search Education Web search can be a remarkable tool for students, and a bit of instruction in how to search for academic sources will help your students become critical thinkers and independent learners. Visit www.google.com for lesson plans, classroom activities, and more. From: Google Views: 39685 504 ratings Time: 02:39 More in Education

  • Finland's Revolutionary Education System

    TheYoungTurks
    18 Mar 2012 | 8:51 am
    Finland's Revolutionary Education System "Finland's educational system. Fascinating thing about three decades ago Finland has an educational system that is doing terribly and they look around and they go okay what are we going to do about this, we gotta revamp the whole thing." Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss the revolutionary educational system Finland has instituted and the results of that system on the education of their children. Read more about it here: www.theatlantic.com Subscribe to The Young Turks: bit.ly Find out how to watch The Young Turks on Current by…

  • Khan Academy: The future of education?

    CBSNewsOnline
    11 Mar 2012 | 6:37 pm
    Khan Academy: The future of education? With the backing of Gates and Google, Khan Academy and its free online educational videos are moving into the classroom and across the world. Their goal: to revolutionize how we teach and learn. Sanjay Gupta reports. From: CBSNewsOnline Views: 54783 466 ratings Time: 13:27 More in News & Politics

  • Noam Chomsky - The Purpose of Education

    lwf
    1 Feb 2012 | 5:54 am
    Noam Chomsky - The Purpose of Education Noam Chomsky discusses the purpose of education, impact of technology, whether education should be perceived as a cost or an investment and the value of standardised assessment. Presented at the Learning Without Frontiers Conference - Jan 25th 2012- London (LWF 12) www.learningwithoutfrontiers.com credits Interviewed & directed by Graham Brown-Martin Filmed & edited by Kevin Grant at wildtraxtv (on.fb.me From: lwf Views: 64467 645 ratings Time: 21:58 More in Education
 
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    SensoryEdge

  • Soccer Workout: Prepare to Succeed

    SensoryEdge
    15 May 2012 | 9:30 am
    Whether your children play soccer on a school team or as a hobby, using soccer workouts specifically designed for the sport will help them improve stamina, conditioning, and skill to accelerate their game as they play. If your kids  play soccer competitively, these workouts are even more important to help them train efficiently to boost performance the next time they hit the pitch. Although soccer primarily uses the lower body, it pays to condition with a full body workout routine to provide balance and get even more powerful results:·        …

  • Sensory Processing Disorder - Part 2

    SensoryEdge
    11 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    We all have sensory qualities that make us who we are. However, when these neurological qualities interrupt our participation in life in a negative way, it should be recognized and accommodated. There are many children with an array of diagnoses that are subject to sensory hyper - or hypo-sensitivities, motor difficulties, and social differences including Autism and Aspergers, ADHD, Sensory Processing Disabilities, Anxiety, and many other Developmental Disabilities.Why not make their clothing possess some of the very neuroscience qualities that could help enhance their social and emotional…

  • Sensory Processing Disorder - Part 1

    SensoryEdge
    8 May 2012 | 9:02 pm
    The following article is a reprint written by Susan Donohoe. She's the owner of Kozie Clothing, the newest line of compression and weighted clothing that can be found at SensoryEdgeMany Children with Aspergers experience sensory processing difficulties or sensory processing disorder (SPD). Sensory Processing is the neurological processing and interpretation of sensation within one’s own body and from the environment. In short, it is the brain’s organization and interpretation of the sensory input from everyday use. This is a complex interrelationship of processes, hence the term sensory…

  • Helping Kids Focus on Tasks. It's All in the Details!

    SensoryEdge
    30 Apr 2012 | 6:43 pm
    As a parent, I continuously struggle with teaching my kids to focus on tasks I give them. Then, one day, I realized that with a little variation I can teach my kids to focus as well. If you are a parent who goes around picking up after your kids and constantly telling them what to do next, then read on.A Word of Caution:Now you may have noticed that I wrote “struggle” and not “struggled” in my opening sentence. Unlike adults kids will take some time to grasp the concept, so it is an ongoing effort. I am also, not a child psychologist and nor do I claim to have any such training. I am…

  • New from KidKraft. Kids Outdoor Furniture

    SensoryEdge
    27 Apr 2012 | 3:34 pm
    KidKraft is known for its great kids table and chair sets, toy boxes and other pieces of children's furniture. What many KidKraft fans don't know is that they've been expanding their outdoor furniture selection in the last few years. Spring 2012 is no exception.  The selection of new items includes tables with striped umbrellas, a sling chair, folding camping chairs (great when you're roasting marshmallows), and a very cool sandbox with sun shade. These items are all very affordable and have free shipping.KidKraft Outdoor FurnitureTo extend the life of your outdoor furniture, we…
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    Empowered High Schools

  • Conservative Groups Pushing Back on Common Core

    admin
    10 May 2012 | 9:57 pm
    The Wall Street Journal covered the growing movement against the Common Core State Standards. This is an important issue as a growing momentum against the Common Core begins to emerge.

  • Improving a school’s “college readiness” performance

    Charles
    4 May 2012 | 5:10 pm
    Newspapers across the nation are public the latest results from ACT indicating school’s percentage of students who are “college ready.”  This statistic and the state averages have been around for a while, but the recent national focus on college readiness has moved these reports to the front pages of newspapers and websites from coast to coast.  The impact of these reports are going to be a tough for many school leaders.  Even schools who have had high average composite scores will be nicked by ACT’s computation of college ready.  Most reporters and readers…

  • Food For Thought For Reflective Leaders

    Joe
    2 May 2012 | 6:00 am
    As the school year enters its final stretch, now is a good time for each of us to reflect on our performance over the last year.  It may seem convenient and appropriate to wait until the summer to reflect, but you will be in a different environment then.  We need to schedule some self checks throughout the year to make sure we are contributing effectively, modeling the type of reflection we want from our staff, and demonstrating the growth in our own capacity that we would ask of our staff.  It is hard to find the time to do this, and it is often harder to find the place to start.  This…

  • Increased Student Engagement Through The Marriage of The Art and Science of Teaching

    Joe
    1 May 2012 | 6:00 am
    We are strong proponents of blending both the art of the teacher with the science of teaching; only through the synergy of these two elements can we truly cause the greatest amount of achievement for the greatest number of students. Over the last 5 years or so we are seeing the science presented in clear, practical and actionable ways for teachers. Too many times in the past the science was presented in too theoretical a context without practical application, it was never connected to education, or was presented in too scripted a fashion as to seemingly overpower the art of the practitioner.

  • Great Team Resource: Ideas for Setting Ground Rules

    Charles
    30 Apr 2012 | 8:42 am
    The first step of the Empowered Schools Model involves the formation of Professional Learning Teams.  There is a wealth of resources that exist on how to best form teams.  We advocate that the members of the team take a meeting to establish their own grown rules.  A common, consensus driven, set of understandings of how meetings will operate helps to tamp down dissatisfaction later.  Many of the teams that we have worked with already have some experience with this process.  For teams that are new to the idea, here is a phenomonal list of potential “Meeting Rules.”  This post…
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  • Mobile Technology Adoption in Education

    8 May 2012 | 2:50 pm
    Mobile devices have changed the education landscape by providing access to data and resources at one's finger tips, but there are questions that should be asked in order to better understand the role these devices should play in tomorrow's classrooms. For example, do mobile devices provide the same capabilities as traditional PC's and laptops? Or, can students and teachers release documents from their smartphone and print on institutional printers from their mobile devices? If your answer is “I don't know,” you're not alone because until recently this “cloud printing” capability…

  • The Essentials of the Education Technology in 2012 - Free Kit

    19 Apr 2012 | 2:00 am
    The Essentials of Education Technology in 2012, brings together the latest in information, coverage of important developments, and expert commentary to help with your Education Technology related decisions.The following kit contents will help you get the most out of your Education Technology research:Managed Print Services for Government and EducationCisco Physical Security Solutions: Improve School SafetyMobile Technology Adoption in EducationRequest Free!

  • The Top 3 Ways a Postage Meter Can Save Your Business Money

    4 Apr 2012 | 8:20 pm
    Whether it's saving time, cutting back on gas expenses or simply not overpaying for day-to-day office expenses, postage meters help improve business performance, accuracy, accountability and image. Gain valuable savings on Priority Mail® and Express Mail®. Stop guessing weights and overpaying on postage.Eliminate costly, time-consuming trips to the post office. Gain better control of your postage--and better tracking of usage. An in-house postage meter can help even the smallest business save both time and money, increase efficiency, and help make the most of every dollar. Learn why postage…

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    2 Apr 2012 | 6:50 pm
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  • 40 Strategies for Teaching ELD Students

    heather
    24 Apr 2012 | 9:55 pm
    I love the teachers in my Language Arts department.  Ever since I became department chair, they have been willing to go on so many curricular adventures with me.  If I ask to try a collaborative website, they are game.  If I ask to try articulated scoring of our essays, they are game.  If I’m running through a workshop in my classroom after school, they appear at the door as guinea pigs, supporting me as my mythical audience.  And yet, we are all different teachers with all different styles.  We disagree sometimes about some skills that should be taught, but we agree that every…

  • The Common Core Tabloid: Truth vs. Hearsay

    heather
    29 Feb 2012 | 11:03 pm
    So much is hearsay right now about the Common Core, it feels like the educational system has become a tabloid in their interpretation of what does not even exist yet.  In fact, from this level of speculation has sprouted a whole cottage industry of guessers.  If there was a psychic on Sunset Blvd. giving Common Core readings for $9.95, I wouldn’t be surprised. It’s like the trashy news mags have taken over our factual existence. ?You can hear the whispers over the water cooler: What will be the name of the new baby? What trends will we have to follow to be considered…

  • CATE keynote: Project Based Writing

    heather
    14 Feb 2012 | 10:48 pm
    I recently presented at the CATE conference to a great audience of enthusiastic teachers.  CATE, the California Association of Teachers of English, is a great organization with an amazingly supportive group whose heart beats with the love of the Writing Project, Reading Project, and all things authentic learning. I presented on the topic of Project Based Writing, and while this keynote may not make sense to many of my readers, it will to those who were in the room and emailed asking to have it.  So I’m posting it here. Feel free to download the Quicktime of my keynote here. It’s…

  • New Edutopia post: The Power of Project-Based Writing in the Classroom

    heather
    14 Feb 2012 | 7:17 am
    It seems like it’s been forever since I wrote an actual post for my beloved Tweenteacher site!  But I guess it’s a happy problem as I’ve been writing here and there in the edublogosphere for these past couple of weeks.  Nevertheless, I figured I’d at least continue to share what I’m doing and writing while gathering up my lessons and thoughts for a new post soon. My latest post for Edutopia just went live. It picks up where my post, “Choosing a Topic for our TED.com Speeches” leaves off. ?In this case, it follows the project to its end, sharing how…

  • New Edutopia Post: 7 Tips for Digital Learners

    heather
    2 Feb 2012 | 7:02 am
    My latest post on Edutopia just went live.  “7 Tips for Digital Learners” picks apart some of the skills that students of any age should have in order to succeed online.  Of course, that’s not to say that there aren’t steps that teachers can take to encourage the development of these tips, but that’s for another post!  Anyway, it’s important for learners to know what they’re in for when starting down the road of digital learning. Talk to you all soon!  I’m prepping a new post on ELD strategies so heads up, it’s on its way! -Heather…
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    Change Agency

  • Being Prepared – My Conference Gadget Survival Kit

    Stephanie Sandifer
    15 May 2012 | 1:57 pm
    As I look toward the summer — which for most educators is workshop/conference/professional learning “season” — I am in the process of organizing my gadgets and prepping my “Conference Gadget Survival Kit.”  I thought I’d take a moment to share some of my favorite gadgets that are always in my “survival kit” when I travel to conferences and workshops. Conference Gadget Survival Kit Monster MP OTG400 BK “Outlets To Go” 4 Outlet Travel Power Strip This is one of my most essential tools in my survival kit.  I don’t go anywhere without it!  It’s lightweight,…

  • Will Richardson: “We Love Schools.” Say it.

    Stephanie Sandifer
    11 May 2012 | 3:21 pm
    See on Scoop.it – Connected Learning Yes — I love schools. We love schools. This is why I do the work that I do… This is why we fight… — SDS From the post: “…But there is this: I love schools. We love schools. We love schools because they are places where children and adults come together to make sense of the world, to develop together the dispositions and perspectives that will carry them throughout their lives. We love schools because they are places of play and of beauty, of social connections and citizenship. We love schools because they are at…

  • B.Y.O.L.

    Stephanie Sandifer
    7 May 2012 | 10:15 pm
    As I read the news, skim Tweets & Facebook posts, and browse posts in my RSS aggregator I find myself wondering how much of my children’s future educational experiences will consist of B.Y.O.L. – Blend Your Own Learning… My kids are only 4 (the twins) and 2 (the baby)… so much has changed just in the past few years and I can only imagine how we (meaning: our family) might leverage available technology & resources in the near future to create highly personalized and blended learning for each of them.  I wonder if, or how, the formal school experience might…

  • A Wiki for Summer Learning

    Stephanie Sandifer
    3 May 2012 | 3:47 pm
    As the end of the school year gets closer, many of you are probably in the process (or about to start planning) for your summer professional learning experiences.  Are you planning to go to a conference?… take a course or workshop?… participate in some online learning activities?… Whatever your plans are, have you considered how you might be able to share what you are learning with your colleagues?  If you are an administrator, have you considered how to organize all of the learning in which your staff will participate so that everyone in the organization can benefit from…
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    Teachers Love SMART Boards

  • A Smart Way to Use a SMARTBoard

    James Hollis
    15 May 2012 | 7:37 am
    I had to share this video shared by Smart Tech showing kids using the SMART Board to collaborate in a small group environment and then using the SMART Board to present to the entire class. What’s really cool is how the kids are using the Activity Builder and the new audio recorder in Notebook 11 to create their work. By the way, the teacher’s name is Tom Scherschel. Way to go Tom! While I’m a big fan of iPads in the classroom for one-on-one learning (I mean a really big fan), I also realize how incredibly valuable the SMART Board is for small group collaboration as well as…

  • SMARTBoards and Audio Resources

    James Hollis
    2 May 2012 | 12:18 pm
    One of the best ways to reinforce information to help students learn is to use engaging media, and one of the most underused media for increasing the effectiveness of a Notebook lesson is audio. Audio is a great way to provide feedback or to reinforce the information presented in a lesson. One of the best features of the new Notebook 11 software is the ability to record and attach audio to an object directly inside the program. However, using specialized sounds (i.e. – sound effects) is extremely important and teachers need to be able to find and use various sounds to make their lessons…

  • Free Notebook 11 Activity by abcteach

    James Hollis
    25 Apr 2012 | 6:05 pm
    abc Find and See - Decipher the Olympiads If you’ve just downloaded the new Smart Notebook 11 software, you may want to take a look at a new Notebook activity called abc Find and See: Decipher the Olympiads that reinforces mean, median, and mode. This activity, created by abcteach.com, is available for free download on the Smart Exchange. What’s special about this activity is that it utilizes three new features of Notebook 11: the Embedded Web-browser, the Activity Builder, and the built-in Audio Recorder. (Since these features are only available in the new version, you must use…

  • The New Notebook 11 Software

    James Hollis
    18 Apr 2012 | 4:40 pm
    The eagerly awaited Notebook 11 Software update will be available for download on Monday, April 23. That’s right! You will be able to download the new version of Notebook in just a few days. You can download the new version of Notebook now! Click here to go to the Smart Notebook Download page. Notebook 11 is a major upgrade from version 10 and I must say that Smart Technologies did a fantastic job of adding new features to it that not only make it more powerful but also make it more user-friendly. To help my readers get ready for the launch of Notebook 11, I called Danny Nicholson of…

  • Real-time Assessment on the SMARTBoard

    James Hollis
    16 Apr 2012 | 5:22 pm
    Last week, I wrote an article on my Teaching With iPads blog about Student Response Systems and how they can help improve learning. I wrote this specifically for classrooms who have, or are thinking about adopting, a one-to-one iPad initiative at their school. The article highlights a Student Response System called Socrative which is currently free to use. Utilizing a SMART Board to display and interact with Socrative only adds to its effectiveness. Click here to go directly to the article. In addition to my review of Socrative, I’ve also included links to additional information about…
 
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    The Teaching Palette

  • Guest Post: Is There an App for that Brushstroke?

    Guest Author
    9 May 2012 | 3:40 pm
    The Art Institute of Chicago’s guest blogger Carolina Kauffman was kind enough to let us republish her excellent article about the use of technology to enhance and extend the museum experience. Read the article below and the original can be found here. Is There an App for that Brushstroke? In deference to the safety of the museum’s collection, painting in the Art Institute has traditionally been restricted to a limited number of students and professionals. But thanks to creative uses of mobile devices, the museum has been able to extend that artistic experience to a wider audience…

  • May Lesson Plan Collaboration and AOE Class Giveaway

    Hillary Andrlik + Theresa McGee
    2 May 2012 | 1:18 pm
    Thanks to everyone who submitted lesson ideas in April!  Check out the new lesson additions here.  The winners of our March iTunes gift card giveaway are: Mary Kulas and Janine Campbell. May is here (yay!) and we have an amazing giveaway for you . . . a free online class from The Art of Education!  Here are some of the class details: The winner (chosen at random among lesson plans submitted during May) gets to choose the Summer AOE Class of their choice for FREE- Up to a $300 dollar value! (graduate credit is an additional cost). The classes are taught by art teacher Jessica Balsley who…

  • Thank You Dixon Ticonderoga Co.

    Hillary Andrlik + Theresa McGee
    3 Apr 2012 | 9:04 pm
    When we arrived back at school after Spring break we were thrilled to find a box of surprises from Prang! Our students were thrilled to try out the products and fascinated by the “How we Make Ticonderoga Pencil” box. (The box contained actual examples of each step of the pencil making process!) Some exciting news from the box is the Prang Power program that helps teachers earn free supplies! The Prang Power program allows schools to earn points by turning in the UPC Codes from any Dixon Ticonderoga product. The points can then be used to “purchase” valuable everyday school…

  • ?Kids Who Ask a Million Questions?

    Hillary Andrlik
    31 Mar 2012 | 7:51 pm
    There are many types of students who come through the art room each year. One type of student I have encountered over the years is the excessive question asker. Does that line look right? How do you think I’m doing? Where do I turn this in? Now lets be clear on the characteristics of this type of student. Excessive Question Asker Characteristics  This student… asks a lot of questions about every step of a project. Even if there are written & drawn reminders easily accessible. They have to talk to you (the teacher) about each step again before they can move forward. asks a lot…

  • Teaching Art in “The Cloud”

    Theresa McGee
    26 Feb 2012 | 9:48 am
    I’ve been using “The Cloud” for a few years to host my web bookmarks on Delicious and gather digital resources in Livebinder making them accessible from any location and any computer or mobile device.  More recently, I have adopted two other cloud computing tools to manage class schedules, supply orders, and lesson plans: Evernote and iCal.   Evernote My “must have” cloud application is Evernote.  I keep a running list of supplies needed, track students who need to complete artwork, and use images to organize and plan for future lessons.  The video…
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    Teaching Social Media Marketing At UCLA Extension

  • Facebook’s Advice to Marketers: Post Stuff About Your Brand

    15 May 2012 | 12:24 pm
    FROM Mashable It’s no secret that Facebook has decided the best way to spur more advertising on the platform is to encourage marketers to use their brand Pages more effectively. With that goal in mind, Facebook looked at postings on 23 brand Pages over one month to see which posts did the best. The upshot: When you talk about things related to your brand, you’ll get more engagement. For example, a post by a cruise line marketer (Facebook did not disclose which brands exactly were involved in the study) stating “I decided to go on my first cruise because ____,” performed better than…

  • PandoList: Viral Video Gurus

    12 May 2012 | 8:47 pm
     FROM PandoDailyTraditionally startups begin with an idea, the founders pitch to an array of venture capitalists, and then the founders are given enough capital to pursue the possibility of building their company. Well, Mike Dubin, CEO of Dollar Shave Club, deviated a bit from the conventional route. Mike produced the video Dollar Shave Club before pitching to investors.  Fortunately for Mike, his video went viral and his investors loved both things, (the idea and video). So Mike was successful in viral video marketing even before forming his company.

  • Kevin Allocca: Why videos go viral

    9 May 2012 | 1:14 pm
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  • This is CRAZY Harvard Athletes Perform ‘Call Me Maybe’ [VIDEO]

    8 May 2012 | 6:44 pm
    We'll be discussing VIDEO and VIRAL Video in class tomorrow night. WHY is this video going viral?

  • Want to Use Pinterest to Drive Traffic to You Blog, Podcast, or Videos? #pinbook

    8 May 2012 | 1:55 pm
    AWESOME OFFER From BLOGWORLD!The Ultimate Guide to Marketing Your Blog, Podcast, or Videos is available starting today, and it doesn’t cost a cent. Simply click on the link to download your copy right now or, if you’re already subscribed to our newsletter, check your email!
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    More Than a Test Score

  • Double Your Money Scholarship Winner: Marie Hopkins

    Sean
    12 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
    Congratulations to our latest Double Your Money winner, Marie Hopkins! Marie won the Kelly Engineering Scholarship for $5,000, and because she found and applied for this scholarship on Zinch we are matching her win with another five grand! We believe that learning from those who have succeeded before you is a great way to develop your skill set, so to help our community excel at finding scholarships Marie has provided us with some of her own personal insight. What is your strategy behind applying for scholarships? When searching for scholarships, I look for ones that relate to what I am…

  • Look at Me Now — Major Wisdom from Zinch + Chegg

    Sean
    10 May 2012 | 3:45 am
    We know having to think about a college major right out of high school is a tough position to be in, so we want to give you some real perspective before you choose a focus. Here’s a video from our team showing how we made it where we are today. Just like you, we all have our own unique talents, interests, and yes, even awkward high school photos. Give it a watch! Have any questions about how we chose our majors or what we do now? Ask them! We’re looking forward to hearing from ya.

  • Flash Memoir Scholarship Winner: Sarah Marie Keating

    Sean
    10 May 2012 | 3:00 am
    Congratulations to Sarah Marie Danielle Keating, winner of the Figment Flash Memoir Scholarship! Sarah’s essay about her coming-of-age moment was hand picked by our guest judge (and best-selling author) Jonathan Safran Foer, and for her captivating tale Sarah is being awarded a $500 scholarship towards her college tuition costs! We wanted to know our latest scholarship winner a bit better, and here’s what she had to share. What motivates you to succeed in life? My motivation in life is my family—I hail from a lot of strong women, and making a name for myself has been a…

  • 10 Things Your Professor Won’t Tell You About Grading

    Sean
    9 May 2012 | 11:45 am
    For most professors, mum’s the word about grading. The less said, the less possibility of argument later when the student doesn’t get the grade he or she most wants. While this is a fairly common attitude amongst most instructors, it doesn’t mean you are completely powerless to put the odds in your favor. As a matter of fact, there are quite a number of tactics you can use to ensure your work successfully strikes a chord with your professor. Here’s a look behind the curtain at what the professor is REALLY thinking when awarding grades—but won’t tell you>>

  • Weekly Scholarship Winner: Ebenezer Agaro

    Sean
    9 May 2012 | 11:23 am
    Congratulations to Ebenezer Agaro, our latest Weekly “Three Sentence Essay” Scholarship winner! We’ve all heard the expression “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” It’s a time-tested idiom that shows us it’s not about the situation we’re put in, but how we react to it that really matters. We know our students are some of the most adaptable pupils around, so we asked to hear about an instance in your life when you turned a potential disaster into a success. Ebenezer’s essay won us over for proving any obstacle in his path can literally be…
 
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    University of Michigan-Dearborn

  • UM-Dearborn SIFE chapter brings entrepreneurship to Young Detroit Builders

    14 May 2012 | 11:46 am
    DEARBORN / May 14, 2012---Members of University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE Dearborn) chapter recently partnered with University of Windsor SIFE to offer entrepreneurial classes to Detroit-area youth. The program was part of an ongoing partnership with Young Detroit Builders (YDB), a non-profit organization that offers life skills preparations, GED preparation and on-the-job construction training to area young people who have dropped out of school.“Many people who get certification in construction are entrepreneurs; they go into business for themselves,”…

  • Tony England joins UM-Dearborn as CECS Interim Dean

    9 May 2012 | 8:08 pm
    DEARBORN / May 9, 2012---University of Michigan-Dearborn recently announced a transition in leadership of its College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) with Tony England, Ph.D., joining the College as interim dean. England joined the university for a two-year appointment, which began May 1. Outgoing dean Subrata Sengupta, Ph.D., rejoined the CECS faculty. “Tony England is an innovative researcher and educational leader with a special interest in undergraduate and interdisciplinary education,” said Kate Davy, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, UM-Dearborn. “I am…

  • UM-Dearborn invites community to lecture series on graveyards

    30 Apr 2012 | 8:51 pm
    DEARBORN / April 30, 2012---University of Michigan-Dearborn again will offer “Graveyards 101,” a popular lecture series on graveyards, gravestones and images of death, last offered in 2010. “The series was very popular with the public as well as with students,” said Ronald Stockton, professor, political science, who organized the series. “People say their view of society is transformed by this class. It gives a totally different way of looking at culture, history, art, religion, ethnicity. It answers questions you didn't know you had.” All lectures will be held from 7-9…

  • UM-Dearborn announces campus wide recycling program

    23 Apr 2012 | 9:14 am
    DEARBORN / April 23, 2012--In celebration of Earth Day, University of Michigan Dearborn officials announced the launch of the new campus-wide recycling program. The program is set to roll out in full by summer 2012. UM-Dearborn has joined other leading universities in implementing single-stream recycling, a system that simplifies recycling for the entire campus community. By accepting a wider variety of materials and allowing them to all be placed in one container, single-stream recycling leads to increased participation and improved recycling rates. The program expansion follows a successful…

  • Faculty members engage in community research projects

    16 Apr 2012 | 3:35 pm
    DEARBORN / April 16, 2012---Juliette Roddy grew up on a reservation and knows what life is like in a tightknit community.   “We relied a lot on each other,” said Roddy, University of Michigan-Dearborn assistant professor of public policy. “We didn’t wander very much.”   Through research, Roddy discovered many similarities between reservations and Detroit neighborhoods. She studied how Motor City residents retained and utilized their resources, like money, time, food and shelter.   Roddy now can expand upon that research with financial assistance from the Graham…
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    Teaching with Contests.com

  • Evan-Moor Educ Pub Hosts Contest for Teachers

    Ed Conti
    30 Apr 2012 | 3:54 pm
          Contest overview Who is eligible to enter? Educators in the United States and D.C. (including classroom, homeschool, and specialty teachers) Those 21 years of age or older How does a teacher enter? Go to Evan-Moor’s Facebook page or directly to this link: http://info.evan-moor.com/contest. Submit 50 words or less to describe “What Inspires You to Help Children Learn?” by 5 p.m. PDT on May 2, 2012. What are the prizes? 1st place: engraved iPad and $100 Evan-Moor gift certificate 2nd place: $100 Evan-Moor gift certificate 3rd place: $75 Evan-Moor gift certificate…

  • “Angela” Award – 2012

    Ed Conti
    12 Apr 2012 | 1:39 pm
    “Angela” Award This award honors one female student in grades 5–8, who is involved in or has a strong connection to science. The award has been established in honor of Gerry Wheeler, Executive Director Emeritus, and his outstanding dedication to NSTA and lifelong commitment to science education. Eligibility: Any female student in grades 5–8 who is a resident of the United States, US Territories, or Canada, and is enrolled in full time public, private, or home school. NSTA employees, NSTA Board and Council members, award judges, and their immediate families are NOT eligible to apply.

  • Target’s Arts, Culture + Design in Schools Grants

    Ed Conti
    11 Apr 2012 | 6:59 pm
    Target’s Arts, Culture + Design in Schools Grants: Deadline is April 30, 2012. Target awards grants of $2,000 to help bring more arts into the lives of children. Schools, libraries, public agencies, and nonprofits are eligible to apply.   Details: Click Here

  • ING Unsung Heroes – Teachers

    Ed Conti
    11 Apr 2012 | 6:55 pm
    ING Unsung Heroes: Deadline is April 30, 2012. ING grants awards to K-12 educators with breaktrough project ideas. This year 100 finalists will recieve $2,000 grants. Three finalists will be selected for additional awards of $25,000, $10,000 and $5,000.    Details: Click here

  • ThinkQuest Competition – 2012

    Ed Conti
    11 Apr 2012 | 6:49 pm
    ThinkQuest Competition: Deadline is April 25, 2012. Teams of one to six students can enter this contest sponsored by Oracle featuring three categories — digital media, web application development, and ThinkQuest projects. Prizes include laptop computers, cash awards to schools, and trips to ThinkQuest Live 2012 in the San Francisco Bay Area.     Details: Click Here
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    Smart Classroom Management

  • Why Coming On Too Strong Will Force A Mutiny In Your Classroom

    Michael Linsin
    12 May 2012 | 9:12 am
    Whether starting over from scratch or opening a new school year, many teachers come on too strong when teaching classroom management. Demanding and forewarning, growling and glaring. Even the mildest-mannered teachers can become overbearing when it comes to laying down the law in the classroom. And although most don’t consciously or overtly try to scare students into behaving, there is an unmistakable undercurrent of intimidation in the way they present their classroom management plan. The thinking is that in this day and age you have to talk tough. You have to carry yourself with a…

  • How To Stop Misbehavior Before It Starts

    Michael Linsin
    5 May 2012 | 12:11 pm
    Can you tell when you’re going to have a bad day? Can you sense an unhealthy energy rising up in your students or a disquieting buzz you just can’t place? Do you know it the minute your students walk into your classroom? Maybe it’s in the chatter and clang of the morning routine or the slinging and unzipping of backpacks. Perhaps it’s the frenzied movement, the excitable voices, or the whirl of color and scraping of chairs along the floor. Whether or not you’re able pinpoint the source of your uneasiness doesn’t matter. What matters is how you respond. Far too many teachers chalk…

  • How To Fix A Big Classroom Management Mistake

    Michael Linsin
    28 Apr 2012 | 11:52 am
    It’s bound to happen. If you follow your classroom management plan, then chances are someday you’re going to make a mistake and enforce a consequence that was undeserved. For example, you hear Joseph talking and joking during a lesson and send him to time-out . . . only to find out later you got it wrong. It wasn’t Joseph. Maybe it sounded like Joseph. Maybe you didn’t really hear what you thought you heard. Perhaps you misread the situation. Whatever the case, mistakes happen. But when you send a student to time-out who didn’t deserve it, you risk losing the…

  • Classroom Management And The Power Of Your Personality

    Michael Linsin
    21 Apr 2012 | 10:42 am
    ‘We can be us just for one day.’ -David Bowie, Heroes The common notion that you have to forgo your personality to effectively manage your classroom couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, sharing your uniqueness, your charisma, and your joie de vivre with your students makes classroom management easier, not harder. It’s your personality that draws students in, makes you worth listening to, and gives them a compelling reason to want to behave. If you’re stiff, boring, and spiritless, then no matter how committed you are to following your classroom management…

  • Why Your Students Should Decide When To Leave Time-Out

    Michael Linsin
    14 Apr 2012 | 12:13 pm
    Most teachers don’t keep their students in time-out long enough. Five to ten minutes seems to be the norm, but to be most effective, your students need to sit and reflect on their misbehavior for at least fifteen minutes. Another common mistake is deciding for them when they’re ready to return to class. In other words, the teacher will refer the clock and then say something like, “Okay, Karla, time’s up. You can go back to your seat now.” But for time-out to really work, for it to discourage future misbehavior, it’s best to allow your students to decide…
 
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    Imagination Soup

  • Great Illustrators Study – Shel Silverstein (plus some poetry, too)

    Melissa Taylor
    15 May 2012 | 3:37 pm
    Maggy of Red Ted’s Art Blog is hosting a monthly series called Kids Exploring The Great Artists. I thought I’d participate but adapt to be The Great Picture Book Illustrators. As I pondered what illustrator to choose first, my 10-year old told me about an in-class project on Shel Silverstein‘s black and white drawings. Her teacher, Jayme Mansfield, is an artist and a writer and thanks to her, we’ll start with an illustrator study of Shel Silverstein. “Draw a crazy picture,  Write a nutty poem, Sing a mumble-gumble song, Whistle through your comb.  Do a…

  • Pretend Play George’s Marvelous Medicine

    Melissa Taylor
    14 May 2012 | 3:51 pm
    Guest post by: Charlotte from Make, Do and Friend. Hi! I blog about creative play and imaginative learning with my 2.5 year-old son, Vincent. I’m so excited to be at Imagination Soup sharing our Roald Dahl inspired playtime. Recently Vin and I caught a reading of George’s Marvelous Medicine at our local library. Vinnie loved the story; we brought it home and read a chapter each night before bedtime. One of our favourite things to do is turn stories into playtime so I knew we would end up playing along as we read. George’s Marvelous Medicine really lends itself to…

  • Book Rhymes with Nook (Enter to Win!)

    Melissa Taylor
    14 May 2012 | 12:43 am
    You, my wonderful readers, go to the library with your kids. I know this. Now I’m wondering about your home libraries; so is Target. And Target wants to give one of you a . . . NOOK . . . and to tell you about the Target School Library Makeovers and Literacy Pilot program. Nice, right? School libraries need our help – badly. (Did you see this post about DC Schools cutting almost 50 librarians?!!) Target is helping; renovating 32 school libraries with more books, new furniture, carpet, and shelves, and a full technology upgrade. In addition, each child in the school will receive…

  • 24 Educational iPad Apps for Kids in Reading & Writing

    Melissa Taylor
    11 May 2012 | 1:11 am
    As I started a go-to list of the best educational iPad apps for kids, the list got so long, I split up my posts into categories. So, today we’ll start with my favorite iPad apps for literacy — reading and writing for toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary-age kids. Also, I’ve included special needs iPad app resources at the end of this post. General Literacy and Learning iPad Apps 1. BrainPOP Featured Movie – BrainPOP® I’m very impressed with the quality and learning videos – kids love these! 2. The Electric Company Social-emotional games and content.

  • Early Readers & Easy Chapter Books – Spring 2012

    Melissa Taylor
    8 May 2012 | 8:54 pm
    If you have a child who is beginning to read, you’re looking for engaging books. Here are my favorite newly published early readers and easy chapter books. But, I must add that there is no need to rush into chapter books. Picture books are always marvelous – and often get forgotten when kids start chapter books. Don’t forget them. Please? Early Readers Ride Fly Guy Ride by Tedd Arnold Is there a bad Tedd Arnold book? I think not. This is another super Fly Guy story that engages early readers. We love these books! Pinkalicious I Can Read Level 1 by Victoria Kann (Pink around…
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    Projects, Dissertation, Thesis

  • Extending the Levy Processes to Multiasset Products Pricing

    admin
    13 May 2012 | 10:50 am
    Levy processes have attained good results in pricing single asset options. Within this dissertation, we present a technique allowing us to extend the single asset pricing approach based upon Levy processes to multiasset cases. In our approach, we suppose the log-return of each asset as a linear sum of independent factors. These factors are determined [...]

  • Predictive Modeling of Lake Eutrophication

    admin
    13 May 2012 | 10:39 am
    Heavy metals are well-known environmental pollutants. In this dissertation predictive models for heavy metals in urban lakes are talked about and new models offered. The base of predictive modelling is empirical data from field investigations of numerous ecosystems spanning an array of ecosystem characteristics. Predictive models concentrate on the variabilities among lakes and processes managing [...]

  • Wireless Sensor Network Deployment in Mobile Phones Environment

    admin
    11 May 2012 | 10:19 pm
    Participatory sensing is a rising and promising field, which utilizes traditional and no contract cell phones as mobile wireless sensors to gather data. However, because of the randomness of its participants, it is necessary to deploy wireless sensors in the sensing area at the same time, in order to gather enough quantity data with satisfactory quality. [...]

  • The Chinese pharmaceutical market

    admin
    9 May 2012 | 5:57 am
    China is the most rapidly growing and developing economy in the world today. Many companies have already entered the Chinese market, each of whom have different expectations and results. Other businesses, like Recip AB, are on their way to explore and expand world business to China. Combined with economic reform, China is going through a [...]

  • Discovering and Securing Shared Resources on the Internet

    admin
    9 May 2012 | 5:49 am
    The Web is an assortment of shared resources. Online users share bandwidth and processing resources both in the network at routers and on the network’s edge at servers. Nevertheless, the Internet’s architecture doesn’t stop nodes from eating excessive resources. In reality, resource exhaustion can happen because of inefficiently scaling systems, selfish resource consumption, and malicious [...]
 
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    Want to Know it? Answers to life's questions

  • How is Tuberculosis Treated

    Want to know it
    15 May 2012 | 7:49 pm
    Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that is caused by one or more strains of mycobacteria. The most common of these bacteria is mycobacterium tuberculosis, which was discovered in 1882. Most people who are infected do not suffer any symptoms, but 10% of infections progress to the active disease. Active tuberculosis commonly attacks the lungs and causes symptoms such as long lasting cough, bloody spit, fever, weight loss and night sweats. It spreads through the air when an infected person sneezes or coughs, but only people with active tuberculosis can spread the disease. More than 50% of…

  • Diane Keaton Movie List

    Want to know it
    15 May 2012 | 12:47 pm
    Diane Keaton is a celebrity actress who began her career on the stage, including several Broadway plays. Her feature film career began in 1970 and just 2 years later she landed her breakthrough role as Kay Adams in the cult classic film “The Godfather.” It wasn’t long before she became one of the hottest stars in Hollywood and in 1978 she won an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in the film “Annie Hall.” She has been nominated for 3 other Oscars in the same category during her career. She is now in the twilight of her career, but is still very…

  • What Caused the Korean War

    Want to know it
    15 May 2012 | 7:21 am
    The Korean War was an armed conflict that took place between North Korea and South Korea from June 25, 1950, until July 27, 1953. North Korea was supported by the People Republic of China and the Soviet Union and South Korea was supported by the United Nations. It was the first significant armed conflict to be facilitated by the Cold War. Initially, the war was fought through infantry attacks and air raids, later it became a trench war. Many lives were lost during the war on both sides. What was the cause of the Korean War? During the World War II Korea was occupied by Japanese forces. After…

  • Where do Beavers Live

    Want to know it
    14 May 2012 | 7:14 pm
    Beavers are large, paddle tailed rodents who are semi-aquatic. There are two distinct species of beaver; the North American beaver and the Eurasian beaver. Beavers are the second largest species of rodent in the world and are well known for their dam building abilities and ability to fell large trees using their teeth. Beavers are herbivores and usually create dams close to food sources. They are able to stay submerged underwater for a maximum of 15 minutes. So where do these amazing creatures live? Read on to find out. Where do beavers come from? The two species of beaver, the North American…

  • What Caused The Irish Potato Famine

    Want to know it
    14 May 2012 | 12:54 pm
    The Irish Potato Famine, also known as the Great Famine, was a period in Ireland’s history where over 1 million people died due to disease, malnutrition and starvation. The Irish potato famine began in 1845 and lasted until 1852 during which time the population of Ireland decreased by about 20-25% due to death and emigration. Much of Ireland’s population depended on the potato as their main source of food and this was the reason why so many died. However, there were also other causes that led to the worst famine the country had ever seen. What Caused The Irish Potato Famine? There are a…
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    Accepted Admissions Consulting Blog

  • Preparing for IMD’s Interview

    Natalie Grinblatt
    15 May 2012 | 1:00 pm
    IMD campus in Lausanne, Switzerland Without a doubt, IMD conducts the most thorough MBA interview.  The interview day is divided into four evaluative sections.  When you arrive on campus, you will be introduced to the adcom and faculty evaluators as well as a group of applicants who will partake in the same experience as you.  Since the adcom will evaluate you on your team interactions and most of your peer-applicants will become your classmates, get to know them, have fun with them, and expand your network. For the first part of the interview, our website’s interview section will…

  • New ScoreSelect Option for GRE

    Accepted.com
    15 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    New ScoreSelect option makes GRE even more user-friendly Following the success of the new GRE revised General Test, ETS announced another step in making the exam more “test-taker friendly,” with a ScoreSelectSM option. On the test day itself, once test takers have viewed their scores at the test center, they can either choose the ScoreSelect Most Recent option, so only the scores from their current test administration are released, or the ScoreSelect All option, where all their scores from the last five years are sent off. Both of these options are free, and “test takers can decide…

  • Indian School of Business 2013 Essay Questions, Deadlines, and Tips

    Jennifer Bloom
    14 May 2012 | 9:00 pm
    Indian School of Business campus in Hyderabad The Indian School of Business has become one of the strongest graduate business programs in Asia: it ranks 13th in the Financial Times’ MBA rankings – only two Asian programs surpass it according to FT, more than 98% of its graduates secure job offers within 3 months of graduating, and the salaries those graduates receive are high – 187% above their pre-ISB earnings! Competition for seats in this esteemed 1-year program is steep and the admissions process is highly competitive for native Indians. The Admissions Office just released the…

  • Write Great College Application Essays and Stay Sane, Part 14: Reworking Your Draft

    Accepted.com
    14 May 2012 | 6:00 pm
    After You Get Feedback on Your First Draft… Using the responses you got and took notes on, go back to the beginning of your essay and rework what you think needs reworking.  Do the best you can. If something sounds awkward but it is the best you can do, leave it in for now.  If something sounds silly to you but is just the information a trusted reader asked for, leave it in.  If you can’t think of the right detail exactly, think of something close that will do for now. Just keep fixing the draft — don’t worry about word limits yet. Get a story on the page that…

  • REMINDER: AMCAS Webinar Spots Filling Up!

    Accepted.com
    14 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    Our upcoming FREE webinar, Writing for Your Medical School Application, is filling up quickly! If you want to learn top AMCAS essay tips from Linda Abraham, Accepted’s CEO and med school admissions expert, then you will need to HURRY and reserve your spot NOW. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM PT / 8:00 PM ET. Get the advice you need to ace your AMCAS applications and gain the med school acceptance of your dreams when you register for Writing for Your Medical School Application today! Accepted.com ~ Helping You Write Your Best Tags: AMCAS, Medical School…
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    SAGrader Blog

  • Maybe it’s time to break the rules (and other ads)

    Colin
    8 May 2012 | 1:10 pm
    We find most of our customers through word-of-mouth, so we don’t typically do a lot of advertising. But I stumbled across these ads from a few years ago and thought they were worth sharing. The first ad emphasizes our commitment to supporting better learning through writing. Too often, we default to multiple choices tests because they are quick and easy. SAGrader supports more writing without the additional workload. The second ad is geared toward instructors who already offer writing, but struggle to keep up with the grading load. Assessment should be a part of every teacher’s…

  • The Best of Stop Stealing Dreams (Part 2)

    Colin
    11 Apr 2012 | 3:50 pm
    I previously posted some of my favorite passages from Stop Stealing Dreams by Seth Godin. Here are some additional quotes from the latter half of the manifesto that I found particularly interesting. Check them out and let me know what you think! (I’ve edited many of these excerpts for length. Please refer to the original source for the full quotes. The numbers accompanying each excerpt refer to the section number.) On factory output: School is a factory, and the output of that factory is compliant workers who buy a lot of stuff. These students are trained to dream small dreams. (#60) On…

  • Case Study: Andrew Johnson at Park University

    Colin
    2 Apr 2012 | 11:44 am
    Few instructors have done as much to shape SAGrader as Andrew Johnson at Park University. Andrew has been at Park for almost 16 years where he served as Chair of the Psychology Department for seven years. He also served in other leadership positions including Chair of the Division of Social and Administrative Sciences, Co-chair of the Higher Learning Commission re-accreditation self-study committee, Faculty Senate President, and Freshmen Coordinator. Andrew has been working with us since 2009 to develop a robust set of introductory psychology writing assignments based on the immensely popular…

  • The Best of Stop Stealing Dreams (Part 1)

    Colin
    20 Mar 2012 | 3:13 pm
    In case you haven’t seen it, Seth Godin recently released a 30,000 word manifesto on school. Educators have been discussing these issues for years, but Seth has an uncanny ability to present ideas in a fresh, compelling way. The manifesto — available free online in a number of formats — is engaging and thought-provoking. Anyone with a stake in our education system (i.e. everyone) should give it a read. I’m about a third of the way through it and wanted to highlight a few passages I found particularly challenging. I plan to post additional excepts from the latter half…

  • It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Multiple Choice Tests

    Colin
    5 Mar 2012 | 11:50 am
    I admit it. I’ve assigned multiple choice questions before. They are easy to produce and quick to grade. They seem to provide an objective, comparable measurement of student knowledge. And no one will criticize me for using them. So why do I feel guilty? Because when I use multiple choice for assessment, I know I am settling. It’s like shopping at Wal-Mart. I know it’s not good for me, store employees, or society as a whole. But I can’t help myself. The system is in place. Society wants me to shop there. So I do. It’s just so…convenient. Multiple choice…
 
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    School Security Blog

  • Mom arms gay son with stun gun to confront school bullying

    Ken Trump
    11 May 2012 | 6:30 am
    An Indiana gay male high school student’s mother had a legitimate concern about her son being the victim of bullying, but she made a poor choice by arming him with a stun gun. The bully victim was apprehended by school police and subsequently expelled for brandishing the stun gun after he was reportedly confronted by bullies in a school hallway. Darnell “Dynasty” Young made the news from local Indianapolis newspapers to an interview on CNN. What amazed me most about the news, blog and social media buzz around this story was that some people genuinely believed Darnell should…

  • School security under microscope after 10-year-old runs away

    Ken Trump
    10 May 2012 | 4:44 pm
    Parents and the media are questioning a Georgia elementary school’s security and supervision procedures after a 10-year-old fifth-grade student ran away from his elementary school on Tuesday. The student, Kit Colburn, was sent to the office around 8:45 a.m. but not reported missing to police until 12:19 p.m., according to a story by The Telegraph newspaper based in Macon, Georgia. As I stressed in my interview with The Telegraph reporter, Caryn Grant: The key to good school safety is supervision, supervision, supervision!   I have had the pleasure of working with a number of…

  • School officer shoots burglar suspect; school police not 2nd class

    Ken Trump
    3 May 2012 | 6:35 am
    The shooting of a suspected burglar by a Pasadena (Texas) school police officer appears to have triggered an immediate scrutiny of school police officers as much as it did a scrutiny of the shooting itself. The suspect, an eighth-grader, was shot by the officer who responded to a school trailer burglar alarm at 12:30 a.m. on an intermediate school campus. The officer responded and found the suspect on scene at the break-in. The suspect was shot when confronted. The fact that Tuesday’s shooting was the first time a firearm has been used by a Pasadena school police department officer…

  • Gay rights bullying activist Savage accused of bullying, slams Bible

    Ken Trump
    3 May 2012 | 6:30 am
    Dan Savage, a gay rights activist and sex columnist whose “It Gets Better” anti-bullying campaign has included videos from President Obama and members of his Administration, is being accused of being a bully. During a speech last month at a high school journalism conference in Seattle, Savage went on a rampage in which he slammed the Bible and what it says about gay people. He went on to call the students who walked out during his attack on Christians “pansy-assed” among other comments. See the video: video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Savage…

  • 1,183,700 violent school crimes; Only 303,900 reported to police

    Ken Trump
    24 Apr 2012 | 12:05 pm
    Civil rights special interest groups and the Obama Administration claim police and school officials are creating a “school-to-prison-pipeline” where students are being needlessly arrested. But one recent report, using Education and Justice Department data, suggests schools are actually covering up violent crimes from the police. “The Department of Education and the Department of Justice say that  1,183,700 violent crimes were committed at American public schools  during the 2009-2010 school year, but that only 303,900 of these violent  crimes were reported to the…
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    Clif's Notes

  • Class Activity: Take a Virtual Trip through Google’s Servers

    Clif Mims
    15 May 2012 | 5:02 pm
    Here’s a quick activity that you can do in your classroom to explore the topic of sustainable energy. It comes to us from Google. Introduction Ever wondered what happens when you send an email? How does an email travel from your computer to your friend’s smartphone across the country or around the world? Take a journey with Gmail and find out. In this short video you will follow an email on its journey to see what happens once you send a message. Along the way, you will learn about some of Google’s efforts to minimize its impact on the environment.   Exploration Take a…

  • Speak Up 2011: National Findings for K-12 Students and Parents

    Clif Mims
    15 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    About Speak Up The Speak Up National Research Project provides participating schools, districts and non-profit organizations with a suite of online surveys and reports to collect authentic feedback from students, educators and parents. In addition, they summarize and share the national findings with education and policy leaders in Washington DC and in each state. The top three reasons schools and districts participate in Speak Up are to: Collect unique data from their stakeholders. Conduct a needs assessment and create a vision for 21st century learning. Use the data to create and inform…

  • A Note about Mom

    Clif Mims
    13 May 2012 | 1:27 pm
    Happy Mother’s Day. Related PostsChristmas Keyz Favorite Theo. LeSieg (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) Story I Like… (Part 2) Are You Wearing Green Today?

  • A Message to Teachers from George Lucas

    Clif Mims
    9 May 2012 | 5:17 pm
    In honor of Teacher Appreciation Day filmmaker George Lucas shares his thoughts about the importance of education. In a blog post at Edutopia he shares, “There is no other job more important than education. It is the foundation of our democracy. By seizing on what’s working, and recreating those successes from one classroom to the next, we can make it better for everyone” (Source). I encourage you to read the full post and consider George’s personal experiences in the classroom and recommendations for education as we move forward. Related articles George Lucas: Education:…

  • Developing Young Authors with Storybird

    Clif Mims
    26 Apr 2012 | 4:00 pm
    Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print. It is a fun, collaborative, storytelling website that can be an effective resource for teaching parts of a story, the writing process, promoting creativity, and more. Storybird also seamlessly keeps a portfolio of each student’s writing development. Below are my slides from this workshop. All the workshop materials and resources (including a video tutorial, additional examples, notes, etc.) are available on my wiki, Learning Telecollaboratively. Developing Young Authors with Storybird View more Presentations…
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    BreakDrink

  • Weekly Dose of Higher Education – May 14th, 2012 [Audio]

    ShawnBrackett
    14 May 2012 | 8:30 pm
    Welcome, listeners; I’m Shawn Brackett.  Beginning today, the Daily Dose of Higher Education will transition to a summertime schedule as the Weekly Dose.  You can count on us for the week’s news in higher education through the summer; we will return to the Daily Dose in September.  In this week’s news,   “Politecnico di Milano to offer graduate coursework only in English starting 2014″ http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20120509174302914 Politecnico di Milano (Milan Polytechnic), an Italian institution of 37,000 students, has announced…

  • Daily Dose of Higher Education – May 11th, 2012 [Audio]

    ShawnBrackett
    11 May 2012 | 10:46 pm
    Welcome to the Friday, May 11th edition of the Daily Dose of Higher Education for Breakdrink.com; I’m Shawn Brackett bringing you today’s news. “Alberta court rules U of Calgary violated students’ right of free expression” http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/infringed+freedom+speech+disciplining+Facebook+commenters+rules+court/6592844/story.html The Alberta Court of Appeal (the province’s highest court) has sided with University of Calgary students in their lawsuit alleging the institution violated their charter right to free expression.  The Charter…

  • Daily Dose of Higher Education – May 10th, 2012 [Audio]

    ShawnBrackett
    10 May 2012 | 5:48 pm
    Welcome to the Thursday, May 10th edition of the Daily Dose of Higher Education for Breakdrink.com; I’m Shawn Brackett bringing you today’s news.   “University of California System to Propose Raising Tuition for Fall 2012 by 6%” http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/09/MN421OF6QV.DTL Experiencing what its vice-president for budget calls the “worst funding crisis” in state history, the University of California System is considering asking for a 6% increase in base tuition this fall term.  The state of California has a $9.2 billion…

  • Daily Dose of Higher Education – May 9, 2012 [Audio]

    Sarah Craddock
    9 May 2012 | 4:32 pm
    Hello everyone, and welcome to the May 9th edition of the Daily Dose for Breakdrink.com! After Outcry Over Raises, Cal State Trustees Take Another Look at Policy on Presidents’ Pay A potential revised policy from the California State University System Board of Trustees states future presidents of Cal State campuses will earn no more in base salary than their predecessors, unless the individual institution can raise non-public funds for increasing their pay. The policy goes to the full board for approval later today. The policy would allow institutions to be transparent and accountable…

  • Daily Dose of Higher Education – May 4th, 2012 [AUDIO]

    Julie Larsen
    4 May 2012 | 4:18 pm
    Listen to internet radio with BreakDrink on Blog Talk Radio UT Permian Basin Offers $10,000 Degree Rising to a challenge given by Governor Rick Perry, UT Permian Basin will offer $10,000 degrees. Currently, a four year degree is $25,808. Students will have the option of chemistry, computer science, geology, information systems, or mathematics. UTPB will be the first university to offer the $10,000 based completely on campus, other campuses require several online courses or taking courses on multiple campuses. Education Trust Report on Access and Success Education Trust has released a report…
 
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  • the problem with Waldorf education

    2 May 2012 | 9:18 pm
    As I am reentering the world of Waldorf on the blogosphere, I found the usual Waldorf friends and foes websites. This got me thinking about why Waldorf education is education's best kept secret and why there are such fierce battle-lines between felt fairies and plastic demons. When I was a Waldorf teacher I wondered why there was little marketing, promoting (besides the once or twice a year Open House), and knowledge of such a unique educational philosophy. I remember asking a couple of my teacher trainers about this. I guess they didn't feel as though that was Waldorf's way, they felt…

  • Stop Stealing Dreams - Seth Godin's Education Mani

    15 Apr 2012 | 6:17 am
    I'd hate to say I'm almost ready to publish/print/upload my book but the timing of Seth Godin's Stop Stealing Dreams has gotten me so excited. Download for free here: http://www.squidoo.com/stop-stealing-dreams I started reading it pdf form and then I switched to audio. And like any good read, I've been making notes. I'll write more about my thoughts on what Godin has to say and what he has brought to light soon. But don't wait for me, read or listen to it yourself.

  • Hello!

    11 Jan 2012 | 12:38 am
    This blog is currently under construction. I'm editing (again!) and I will have a shorter and cleaner version of my experience as a Waldorf teacher. If you are new to the site, welcome! On the right side there are links to the chapters and if you are looking for specific information on Waldorf, there are tags for such information under About Waldorf Education. The Reading List is another place where you can search. Thanks for stopping by ~ Lani

  • postscript

    28 Aug 2011 | 11:16 pm
    Most especially with a memoir, I wondered how I would end this blog of a book. Then when I was having dinner with a friend at Chiang Mai Gate, I started talking about the missing teacher and how I'm the kind of person who likes to solve a mystery. He in turn mentioned the Rilke quote about living with the questions. This intrigued me. At least enough to look it up and think about it. I would like to beg you dear Sir, as well as I can, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very…

  • paying respect

    25 May 2011 | 7:15 am
    I attended the TEDxDoiSuthep conference this weekend. The keynote speaker, at least in my mind was female Buddhist monk Dhammananda Bikkun. She talked about nourishing roots. The four elements: earth, water, fire and air. Nourishing our selves. Specifically, about the aspect of Buddhism that deals with paying respect to our elders and past. Thich Nhat Hanh said it this way, we are the extension of our parents. As an Asian American, paying respect to my parents had been engrained in me. Hence my tribute to them in my writing. I'm endlessly fascinated by their stories and continueously chasing…
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  • learning during read-alouds: critical thinking, new literacies

    amy
    14 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    I read an extremely interesting article this week that has really left me thinking about how I read with my children. It left me thinking about my expectations for what we discuss and for what my children are capable of gaining from texts. It left me thinking about how deeply we delve into the books we read and whether or not I am helping to prepare Maddy, Owen, and Cora for a ‘new’ literacy–a literacy ‘reconceptualized for the 21st century’. I am fairly confident that during many of our read-alouds, I do my best to sneak in some sort of comprehension strategy,…

  • disney social media moms celebration: 5 life lessons learned

    amy
    11 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    I am over the moon to share all that I learned at the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration, but it just cannot be done in a single post. So today, I’m going big. I’m looking at the big picture, the umbrella ideas, the big take-aways. And it hasn’t been easy to narrow all that awesomeness into a few big ideas, but I’ve tried.  Because I know for me, simpler is better. And with a whole lot of Disney magic, a bit o’ pixie dust, and a spoonful of sugar, I’ve managed to squeeze five full days of Disney awesomeness and an incredible conference into 5 simple life…

  • quick trick: how to teach kids to write number 5

    amy
    10 May 2012 | 7:00 am
    Many, many children I know have a difficult time writing number five. Actually many children I know have a difficult time writing many of the numbers because they don’t have many opportunities to write them like they do with letters.  But I think that especially when kiddos turn five–and when they’re ready to head to Kindergarten–it’s important that they know how to write ‘their’ number.  Five is a big year–at least it is in our house.  It means preschool is nearly over.  It means Kindergarten is around the corner.  Five just sounds bigger…

  • how to make super-easy, beautiful flower pens

    amy
    8 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    It’s Teacher Appreciation Week, a time I really believe teachers should get a little love, a pat on the back for all of their hard work, effort, and energy. Though my kids’ school has a whole committee who plans a week of total awesomeness for our teachers, the second day of the week is usually reserved for a small note, treat, drawing, or handmade gift from the children.  In the past, Maddy, Owen, and Cora have made sweet fingerprint notecards or little storybooks for their teachers. And we even made some water bottles a little happier--and a whole lot prettier–when it was…

  • how to develop language through play

    amy
    7 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    I’m excited to share a few posts I’ve written that focus on developing children’s language through play. Each short article offers parents two teeny little tips that they can easily implement–with just a little bit of focus and effort–to  help their children become more verbal and stronger speakers.  Both pieces were written on the Melissa & Doug blog–which is really a super spot packed with great ideas for learning and play from several strong and creative contributors. Feel free to comment, share, and offer your own ideas for helping develop…
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    MT Tools Online

  • MT Week Education Opportunities

    Kathy
    15 May 2012 | 2:52 pm
    Next week we will celebrate National Medical Transcriptionist Week. It’s the one week that is set aside for us to celebrate our profession and what we do. I have always enjoyed that week, and we’ve had some fun activities here during that time. Be sure you watch next week’s posts for more information on the [...]MT Week Education Opportunities is a post from: MT Tools Online

  • Medical Transcriptionists Say Enough is Enough

    Kathy
    11 May 2012 | 8:35 pm
    Today the law offices of Kevin J. Dolley announced they have filed an individual and collective class action lawsuit against Transcend for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The nationwide collective lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 13 [...]Medical Transcriptionists Say Enough is Enough is a post from: MT Tools Online

  • Why Do Some Thrive and Others Stumble?

    Kathy
    10 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt One of the comments on my recent blog about the Florida AHDI meeting has really made me do some thinking the [...]Why Do Some Thrive and Others Stumble? is a post from: MT Tools Online

  • Awaken Your Spirit: My Visit to the AHDI Florida Meeting

    Kathy
    8 May 2012 | 8:45 am
    I had the opportunity last week to attend and speak at the AHDI Florida state meeting. There were some interesting presentations and I wanted to share some things with all of you since I know everyone couldn’t be at that meeting. Let me first say that it’s been about five or six years since I [...]Awaken Your Spirit: My Visit to the AHDI Florida Meeting is a post from: MT Tools Online

  • Time to Give Back

    Kathy
    2 May 2012 | 9:53 am
    This morning I received an email from one of our readers, Carol James. I was touched by it and have asked her permission to share it here, which she has granted: I’m just sending out a notice/reminder to all of you (yeah, I know some of you don’t need reminders and some have seen it [...]Time to Give Back is a post from: MT Tools Online
 
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    Pearson's Critical Thinking Blog

  • How Can You Train Better Decision Making and Problem Anticipation?

    Breanne Harris
    3 May 2012 | 10:03 am
    Every day we are forced to make choices.  Paper or plastic?  Regular or diet soda?  Venti White Chocolate Mocha with Vanilla or the non-fat Soy Latte at Starbucks?  Buy or rent?  Post your resume or stay with your employer? When we are given choices that will result in serious impact on our business, we need to look critically at the alternatives available to us.  Recently, I posted 4 of the Problem Solving Techniques that are trained in the Critical Thinking Boot Camp, and today we will take a similar approach with Decision Making and Project Planning/Implementation. Let’s say you…

  • Meet the Authors of Now You’re Thinking! at ASTD #astd2012

    Breanne Harris
    2 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    Next week the authors of Now You’re Thinking! (an Amazon.com Bestseller) will be at the American Society for Training & Development’s International conference in Denver. Judy Chartrand, Heather Ishikawa and John Maketa will be in Pearson TalentLens‘ booth (#1134) signing books and taking pictures with attendees.  Be sure to stop by and get a FREE copy of Now You’re Thinking! We will also hold a drawing in the booth and 5 randomly chosen individuals will receive a 1-year license to the Critical Thinking University (TalentLens’ first online learning portal for…

  • Help Wanted: Need Good Decision-Making Skills

    chadfife
    18 Apr 2012 | 8:49 am
    Job ads are interesting. I’m sure you’ve seen an ad like this: Requirements: 3 to 5 years experience in the field Strong interpersonal and communication skills Excellent analytical and decision-making abilities Ability to manage multiple tasks to completion within deadlines Detail oriented   So how do companies realistically measure these competencies? The first two are easy. Look at the candidate’s resume and interview them. Requirements 4 & 5 are harder to measure, but achievable. You can use a behavioral interview question such as “Describe a project that was very…

  • Register Now: Critical Thinking Boot Camp- New York City- June 5th-6th

    Breanne Harris
    17 Apr 2012 | 8:16 am
    The New York Institute of Finance (in conjunction with Executive Development Associates and Pearson TalentLens) is hosting a Critical Thinking Boot Camp in New York City on June 5th and 6th. This Critical Thinking Boot Camp is open to the general public and costs $1,595 per person.  Seats are limited, and to register click here. Here is an overview of the Critical Thinking Boot Camp: EDA’s Critical Thinking Boot Camp powered by Pearson’s Watson-Glaser™ Critical Thinking Appraisal is specifically designed to help your workforce understand their critical thinking strengths and…

  • Critical Thinking in the Classroom: Turn Liberty Middle School’s Fail into a WIN

    Breanne Harris
    23 Mar 2012 | 7:00 am
    This week, an 8th grade civics teacher at Liberty Middle School in Fairfax County, VA has come under fire for assigning his students a political research project.  What could possibly be wrong with a civics teacher assigning a research project, you ask?  Well, students were divided into 4 groups and were each assigned a GOP candidate to investigate.  Students were then asked to look for vulnerabilities in each candidate’s personal background and political positions.   The students were then asked to take that research and write a strategy paper for how the opposition could use that…
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    Socrato Learning Analytics

  • Make SAT/ACT Test Prep Fun – 3 Sites That Can Help

    Scott Cronenweth
    15 May 2012 | 10:35 am
    Many college-bound students will be spending time this summer prepping for SAT or ACT exams, either with private tutors, in group settings or on their own. While no doubt many of these learners are motivated to achieve their best score on these high-stakes tests, they might still have some trouble focusing on their studies when it’s a beautiful day outside. With sympathy for their plight, I searched online for some low-cost ideas on how to make preparing for the SAT or ACT over the summer “fun” – or at least a little less boring. Here are three websites that can help: One: Check out…

  • Summer Tutoring Jobs: Five Suggestions for Where to Look

    Scott Cronenweth
    9 May 2012 | 3:14 pm
    Despite mounting teacher layoffs, it looks like there are many opportunities for tutors and teachers looking for tutoring jobs and related work this summer. Getting out in front of the summer job market, before employers are flooded with applicants, is always a good idea. Likewise, many education-related organizations need to know well in advance that they have qualified staff for their teaching positions. If you’re an experienced educator interested in picking up summer tutoring work, here are five possibilities to consider. These positions offer decent income, pay by the hour, and are…

  • Microsoft + Nook = More Electronic Textbooks

    Scott Cronenweth
    1 May 2012 | 3:46 pm
    In a deal that renders moot a patent lawsuit between the parties, Microsoft announced on Monday that it would invest $300 million in Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader. The investment will spin off a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary called Newco, which will also encompass the company’s college e-textbook business. It is not yet known whether the new company will be publically traded. Microsoft will have a 17.6% share in this new business, which is valued overall at $1.7 billion. Barnes & Noble, still the largest bookseller in the US, currently has over 25% share in the US market for…

  • Teacher Layoffs Intensify as Summer Approaches

    Scott Cronenweth
    24 Apr 2012 | 1:44 pm
    Yesterday the Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) board of education voted unanimously to cut 10% of the district’s teaching staff – 237 jobs – to help address a massive budget shortfall. Reductions in state and federal funding are blamed for the deficit. Forty administrators were already laid off in March. Enrollment is declining at CPS, but these massive cuts will likely lead to larger class sizes, an increase in mixed-grade classroom, and an overall reduction in the amount of time and energy that teachers can spare for individual students and their specific needs. The Cincinnati…

  • Test Prep for Top Middle Schools Means More Tutoring

    Scott Cronenweth
    17 Apr 2012 | 1:54 pm
    An article this week in the New York Times highlights how the high-stakes, testing-driven competition for a top-rated education continues to intensify in the US – and how tutoring is deemed crucial to students’ success. The article highlights how competition for seats in New York City’s top public middle schools has fourth- and fifth-grade kids cramming for the state standardized tests. Top performance on these exams is deemed critical to getting into a prestigious middle school. For example, the Salk School of Science had almost 800 applications for less than 150 spots in 2011. The…
 
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    Naturally Educational

  • DIY Microwave Pressed Flowers: For Your Flower Pressing Emergencies

    Candace
    9 May 2012 | 1:21 pm
    Did you know you could press flowers in the microwave when you have a pressed flower emergency? What? You do not have pressed flower emergencies? It is only me? Most of us know how to press flowers for crafts and studying and preserving memories. You place the flowers in between two sheets of newsprint and then place that in between two pieces of cardboard. Then you stick the entire cardboard, newsprint, flower sandwich under a pile of heavy books from when you used to study weighty things, like art history or law. Then you wait for at least a week and explain to any little people that…

  • Picture Books About Cinco de Mayo

    Candace
    2 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    My mother in law just came back from a vacation in Mexico and the kids are excited to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. We’re kicking off the fiesta early with a few picture books about Cinco de Mayo and Mexican culture. I probably did not know the meaning of Cinco de Mayo until I was teaching history–many people confuse the celebration with Mexico’s Independence Day (which is in September). Cinco de Mayo actually commemorates the victory over the French military at Puebla. Although the date has limited significance in Mexico, it has become a time to celebrate Mexican heritage in the…

  • Mother’s Day Pressed Flower Frame

    Candace
    30 Apr 2012 | 12:36 pm
    Last year the kids made photo frames with pressed flowers for the grandmothers for Mother’s Day. I wait a year to share our projects because my mother reads this site! Materials: wood frames (We found these very inexpensively at Michaels. If you just can’t find any, you could cut a frame from stiff cardboard.) paint pressed flowers Mod Podge optional: letter stickers (We used gold glitter letters.) cute pictures of children Directions: 1. Pick and press flowers. If you are last minute, I will be posting a tip later this week. 2. Paint the frames. Unfortunately, I cannot find the…

  • How Are You Connected?

    Candace
    26 Apr 2012 | 6:00 am
    “Bees,” my three year old likes to call out, “make honey for me!” Global warming, diminishing species diversity, and acid rain are “capital P” Problems that seem very far away to a young child. A glob of honey, on the other hand, is immediate and sweet. We have to take care of the bees because they pollinate the beautiful flowers and make us tasty honey. Raising children who feel connected, in ways both big and small, is our best hope for a better planet. Last weekend we went to one of the many beautiful wildlife refuges on Long Island for their Earth Day…

  • Forsythia Tissue Paper and Twig Craft

    Candace
    25 Apr 2012 | 1:53 pm
    Budding branches are among the most beautiful and clear signs that spring has arrived. While we do not have the opportunity to see many cherry blossoms around here, we do see plenty of forsythia heralding the coming spring. We made twigs bud with tissue paper blossoms. Materials: twigs yellow tissue paper glue white paper Directions: 1. First, go outside to collect your twigs. My kids love picking up sticks and this step lasted the better part of a morning! 2.  Glue down your twigs on the paper like branches. We find Elmer’s Glue-All is usually strong enough for this. 3. Rip off pieces…
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  • The future of for-profit education in the US

    6 May 2012 | 6:25 pm
    What is the future of for-profit post-secondary education in the US? Here are some trends: Inspiring growth "Brazilian Effect: when public higher education cannot keep pace with growing public demand for access and programs, governments often allow FP’s to rush in and help fill the gap, becoming a much larger and sometimes dominant provider. This is the pattern in many developing economies such as Brazil where some 50 percent of student enrollment is in profit-like private institution." (John A. Douglass). From 2000 to 2010, the sector grew by some 235 percent in enrollment, increasing…

  • The Arrival of Glocal Students

    1 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    My article on "Are you prepared for the arrival of 'glocal' students?" is published in University World News. ‘Glocals’ are globally ambitious students who for various reasons need to stay local. It is a market that is growing fast in Asia and universities need to think strategically about how to access these students. Share your thoughts/experiences, forecasts and possible strategies of engagement. Here is the article: By 2015 nearly 100 million people will enter the ‘consumer class’, denoting those with an annual income of more than $5,000, in six South East Asian countries –…

  • Indian higher education: Diverse special report

    17 Apr 2012 | 6:00 am
    Diverse Magazine published a comprehensive special report on Indian Higher Education. Jamaal Abdul-Alim is the writer of this very insightful report. It covers a range of themes including access, affirmative action, technology and study abroad. This is a must read report for anyone interested in understanding deeper issues of higher education in India. Jamaal also featured me in another story on higher education collaborations in India. The article is based on my presentation at AIEA conference in DC. Related earlier postings on collaborations: Foreign universities in India: Who's coming and…

  • Emerging internationalization opportunities in Southeast Asia

    13 Apr 2012 | 10:14 am
    Growth of Southeast Asian economies present significant opportunities of engagement for international recruitment, collaborations and study abroad programs. A recent report by Boston Consulting Group notes that six Southeast Asian countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) will see nearly 100 million people entering the consumer class (annual income more than $5,000) by 2015 with consumer spending expanding by 12 percent annually. These six nations have enjoyed annual growth rates of 6 to 9 percent, although, on purchasing-power parity basis, per capita…

  • Institutional partnerships: Developing shared interests with enabling structures

    5 Apr 2012 | 10:34 pm
    This week, I attended Asia Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE) annual conference in Bangkok. I co-presented on the topic of "Developing and Sustaining Institutional Partnerships." I suggested that building sustainable partnerships requires very strong goal alignment between two partners. For example, in a joint/double-degree collaboration, if one partner's goal is reputation building (which comes from high selectivity of students; restricting expansion) while another partner's goal is revenue enhancement (which comes from lower selectivity; increasing expansion) then the…
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    Focus on Adult Learning: Innovation through Inquiry

  • What Really Matters to Working Students

    Holly McCracken
    15 May 2012 | 12:37 am
    By Brian P. Hall A student who had attended one of my developmental English courses only six times in 11 weeks stopped me in the hall before class to turn in a paper. I asked if she would be in class that day. No, she said, and gave me the excuse that I’ve heard most frequently in my three years of teaching at a metropolitan community college: “I have business to take care of.” Angry that, once again, my class was not part of that “business,” I decided to have a candid conversation with my students about why school just doesn’t seem that important to many…

  • The GSU Decision — Not an Easy Road for Anyone

    Holly McCracken
    14 May 2012 | 12:52 pm
    By Kevin Smith Overall there is good news for libraries in the decision issued late yesterday in the Georgia State University e-reserves copyright case.  Most of the extreme positions advocated by the plaintiff publishers were rejected, and Judge Evans found copyright infringement in only five excerpts from among the 99 specific reading that had been challenged in the case. That means she found fair use, or, occasionally, some other justification, in 94 instances, or 95% of the time. But that does not make this an easy decision for libraries to deal with.  Indeed, it poses a difficult…

  • A Letter to a New Chair

    Holly McCracken
    14 May 2012 | 12:51 pm
    By Bruce E. Davis As the academic year closes, the reins of department chair will be passed to you. The position has been well recognized as the most difficult in academe, being neither fully a faculty nor administrative post, but typically the worst of both. It was certainly one of the most difficult and exasperating jobs I ever had. However challenging your tour of duty, I’ll bet that in a year you will look back and realize how much you have learned, and possibly changed, in that time. Here are a few thoughts and a bit of unsolicited advice, some of which is obvious and some of which…

  • Publish and Flourish: Let Others Help You

    Holly McCracken
    14 May 2012 | 12:49 pm
    By Tara Gray As a scholarly writer, you were probably educated at the School of Hard Knocks, but it’s not the only school or even the best. Much is known about how to become more prolific—and any scholar can. Even when you can’t work harder, there are important ways to work smarter. Other scholars can help you so let them do some of the work (Boice, 2000). You will find that sharing your work with others before you submit it for review will streamline your writing process. This is because “others can quickly identify omissions and logical breaks that would take you weeks to figure…

  • The 10 Biggest Trends In Online Education Right Now

    Holly McCracken
    14 May 2012 | 12:48 pm
    By Alex Summers The rise of online education has been meteoric in recent years, spurred on by advances in Internet services, software, and public perceptions toward collaborative learning. Here are ten trends in online education that are currently materializing in the field that we can expect to continue onward into the near future. Visit: http://edudemic.com/2012/05/the-10-biggest-trends-in-online-education-right-now/
 
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    Declaration of Interdependence

  • The Value of One

    Mallory Bower
    14 May 2012 | 12:03 pm
    One week. A powerful seven days at Ft. Caswell for UNCP’s LeaderShape. One blog post to reflect. This will be the first of many. One bus ride to break the ice with strangers. One wrong turn on the beach to get the heart racing and to form a lasting bond. One story and a realization that it was the first time I told mine outloud. One day, seven students. How quickly they became my “family.” One. The name of the amendment that was passed in North Carolina on May 8, 2012. One dream. Dr. King still inspires us to imagine a world where hate does not exist. One courageous voice…

  • Yes and…

    Mallory Bower
    5 May 2012 | 8:32 am
    My first NCACE conference experience was wonderful and I am still reflecting on the goals that I set for myself. I have so much to write about, but as I prep for another new experience next week as a LeaderShape cluster facilitator, I have two pieces of wisdom that have been resonating with me. At NCACE, our opening experience was facilitated by the Nutt House Improv Troupe, focusing on “Improv for Career Counselors and Recruiters.” Typically I am a person who likes to think about ideas and reflect on them before I share my thoughts, but improv doesn’t really allow for deep…

  • NCACE 2012 Goals

    Mallory Bower
    2 May 2012 | 3:34 pm
    To maximize my first North Carolina Association of Colleges & Employers conference experience, I thought it would be wise to type up some quick goals. This post will be brief– mostly because I have several people I want to meet, and partially because the view from my hotel room looks like this: Goals: Introduce myself and connect with at least 10 new people. Admittedly I am very shy and just the swarm of people at the check-in table was overwhelming. I am attending the conference alone and I don’t know many people here. But ya know what? I am going to introduce myself any…

  • A Few Inches Off the Top

    Mallory Bower
    19 Apr 2012 | 4:20 pm
    My new hairdresser fastened the black cape around my shoulders and asked, “So what do you do?” The million dollar question. I am sometimes hesitant to tell strangers what I do at work, because it usually ends in a career coaching session. But this time was different… I was dying to ask her about her job and how she got her start. This past weekend on my vacation, I was so excited to hear our tourguides’ career stories. Let’s call this a career counseling binge. Lately, my work calendar has been busting at the seams with committee meetings and new…

  • An Acquired Taste

    Mallory Bower
    29 Mar 2012 | 6:42 pm
    Last night our catering staff served bowls of chilled cantaloupe soup to 100 students. Puzzling looks were exchanged, noses crinkled, and a few pinkies dipped into the bowl to test the temperature. I watched carefully as some plunged their soup spoons right into their bowls. Others took a few moments to examine the contents before taking a small, single bite. Some declined to take a second bite, but each of them tried something they had not tried before. Often times we talk ourselves out of trying new things. We create 1,000 excuses for staying within our comfort zones. But what happens if…
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  • 2012 Graduates: LinkedIn Says Be Mindful of Culture When Job Hunting

    Ryan Leclaire
    11 May 2012 | 10:12 am
    Canada’s 2012 graduating class is now leaving college or university to enter the always-scary workforce. Even though you’re anxious to land your first gig, a recent blog at LinkedIn.com says you should be mindful of company culture, and not necessarily jump at the first job offer you get. “With the pressure (or excitement) of finding a new job, it’s all too easy to pursue a job opportunity or to accept an offer with only a hazy view of how the institution really operates,” wrote LinkedIn blogger, Bill Barnett. “The path to an institution you’ll like is to investigate…

  • Survey Says Most of Canada Supports Quebec’s Students in Tuition Protests

    Ryan Leclaire
    11 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    Surprisingly, many Canadian students have Quebec’s back in the tuition hike fight. A recent survey by the Globe and Mail points to some unexpectedly supportive numbers from Canadian students. “About 62 per cent of postsecondary students said they would join a similar strike in their own province; 32 per cent said they would not, while 5.9 per cent were undecided,” wrote The Globe’s Tamara Baluja. The support is a bit surprising, with Quebec’s students paying less tuition (in most cases) than the average Canadian student, even after the hike. “Ontario students, whose undergraduate…

  • National Association of Career Colleges Hosts Annual Conference

    Ryan Leclaire
    10 May 2012 | 8:47 am
    Canada’s private career college owners and supporters gathered in Montreal to honour some of the sector’s biggest contributors last week. The National Association of Career Colleges (NACC) held their annual conference in Montreal, as the event attracted educators, college owners and sponsors. The event also garnered some international interest, with foreign dignitaries such as U.S. Consul General Andrew C. Parker on hand. “We are pleased to see how the strengths of our sector are being embraced by the international community, especially the positive opportunities career colleges provide…

  • Want One of Canada’s Top 20 Jobs? Here’s What to Study (Part 1)

    Ryan Leclaire
    7 May 2012 | 8:57 am
    Becoming an Optometrist is a great career move. Whether you’re fresh out of high school or fresh out of patience for a job you hate, more education is the answer. And if you’re looking to land one of Canada’s top 20 jobs, we’ve got your back. We’re giving you a list of Canada’s best jobs, as ranked by www.careercast.com. We’re also listing them with schools that offer programs you need to get that job. It’s that simple. Click the school link and go get’em. Here are Canada’s Top Jobs (20-11) 20. Sociologist Studies human behaviour by examining the interaction of social…

  • Trebas Institute Founder Talks About Music and Education

    Ryan Leclaire
    3 May 2012 | 10:07 am
    Montreal’s Trebas institute has been educating musicians for over 30 years, and has several Grammy award winners among its alumni. Fittingly enough, the man who started it all said the school got its name while he was looking at his radio. “The name Trebas came to me in my car, I was listening to the radio and adjusting the treble and the bass – and there it was TREBAS,” said Trebas Founder/president, David Leonard. Outside Trebas, Leonard is a founding Director of the American Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association. He is also a Past President of The Music and…
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  • Make SAT/ACT Test Prep Fun – 3 Sites That Can Help

    Scott Cronenweth
    15 May 2012 | 10:35 am
    Many college-bound students will be spending time this summer prepping for SAT or ACT exams, either with private tutors, in group settings or on their own. While no doubt many of these learners are motivated to achieve their best score on these high-stakes tests, they might still have some trouble focusing on their studies when it’s a beautiful day outside. With sympathy for their plight, I searched online for some low-cost ideas on how to make preparing for the SAT or ACT over the summer “fun” – or at least a little less boring. Here are three websites that can help: One: Check out…

  • Summer Tutoring Jobs: Five Suggestions for Where to Look

    Scott Cronenweth
    9 May 2012 | 3:14 pm
    Despite mounting teacher layoffs, it looks like there are many opportunities for tutors and teachers looking for tutoring jobs and related work this summer. Getting out in front of the summer job market, before employers are flooded with applicants, is always a good idea. Likewise, many education-related organizations need to know well in advance that they have qualified staff for their teaching positions. If you’re an experienced educator interested in picking up summer tutoring work, here are five possibilities to consider. These positions offer decent income, pay by the hour, and are…

  • Microsoft + Nook = More Electronic Textbooks

    Scott Cronenweth
    1 May 2012 | 3:46 pm
    In a deal that renders moot a patent lawsuit between the parties, Microsoft announced on Monday that it would invest $300 million in Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader. The investment will spin off a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary called Newco, which will also encompass the company’s college e-textbook business. It is not yet known whether the new company will be publically traded. Microsoft will have a 17.6% share in this new business, which is valued overall at $1.7 billion. Barnes & Noble, still the largest bookseller in the US, currently has over 25% share in the US market for…

  • Teacher Layoffs Intensify as Summer Approaches

    Scott Cronenweth
    24 Apr 2012 | 1:44 pm
    Yesterday the Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) board of education voted unanimously to cut 10% of the district’s teaching staff – 237 jobs – to help address a massive budget shortfall. Reductions in state and federal funding are blamed for the deficit. Forty administrators were already laid off in March. Enrollment is declining at CPS, but these massive cuts will likely lead to larger class sizes, an increase in mixed-grade classroom, and an overall reduction in the amount of time and energy that teachers can spare for individual students and their specific needs. The Cincinnati…

  • Test Prep for Top Middle Schools Means More Tutoring

    Scott Cronenweth
    17 Apr 2012 | 1:54 pm
    An article this week in the New York Times highlights how the high-stakes, testing-driven competition for a top-rated education continues to intensify in the US – and how tutoring is deemed crucial to students’ success. The article highlights how competition for seats in New York City’s top public middle schools has fourth- and fifth-grade kids cramming for the state standardized tests. Top performance on these exams is deemed critical to getting into a prestigious middle school. For example, the Salk School of Science had almost 800 applications for less than 150 spots in 2011. The…
 
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  • U of I spends almost $6 million on search firms

    14 May 2012 | 9:57 am
    The University of Illinois has spent almost $6 million on search firms over the last nine years to fill open positions as it increasingly turns to outside firms instead of relying on faculty search committees to find candidates.For example, The Champaign News-Gazette found that the universi

  • Gambling bill could be headed for debate once again

    14 May 2012 | 6:30 am
    This week could be an important one for those wanting to see the State of Illinois approve gambling expansion.

  • State hand getting tighter on suburban North Chicago schools

    14 May 2012 | 5:01 am
    State education officials stepped up involvement in suburban North Chicago last month, announcing plans to do something they've never done before – replace the locally elected school board.

  • Chicago teachers polled in 'dry run' strike vote

    11 May 2012 | 5:28 pm
    The Chicago Teachers Union says 90 percent of teachers and other employees surveyed in schools over the last two days believe the district’s contract proposals will “harm students and lower the educational quality of (their) school.”The union says teachers voted in a nonbinding “contract poll” held

  • SIU board raises tuition by 4.8 percent

    11 May 2012 | 8:59 am
    New students at Southern Illinois University will be paying nearly 5 percent more in tuition this fall while continuing students face higher fees.WSIU Radio reports that the university's trustees signed off on the increases Thursday.Trustees Roger Herrin and Don Lowery voted against those actions, s
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  • Welcome Alex

    Meghan Daniels
    14 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    Our latest hire is Alejandro (Alex) Companioni, who joins Knewton as a Jr. Software Engineer. Originally from Miami, Alex graduated from the University of Florida. Before joining Knewton, he was a student at NYU, studying for his Masters in Computer Science; prior to grad school, he worked as a research assistant at the Federal Reserve Board. Says Alex: “Using what I know about computer science and machine learning to change education is by far the coolest job I’ve ever had.” Alex’s favorite books are Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace and pretty much anything ever written by…

  • On “Disrupting Class”: 6 ways continuous assessment can help students learn

    Christina Yu
    10 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    Clayton Christensen Clayton Christensen’s Disrupting Class was the most recent pick for the Knewton book club. In this groundbreaking book, Christensen, a Harvard Business School professor and expert on innovation, describes a world in which continuous assessment unleashes a range of productive possibilities for education: “When students learn through student-centric online technology, testing doesn’t have to be postponed until the end of an instructional module and then administered in a batch mode. Rather, we can verify mastery continually to create tight, closed feedback loops.

  • Personalizing education for the planet at the Georgetown h.Innovation Summit

    Charlie Harrington
    7 May 2012 | 9:50 am
    Knewton COO David Liu and I recently had the privilege of participating in the inaugural Georgetown h.Innovation Summit. The two-day summit on Georgetown’s hilltop campus kicked off with a Day of Ideas, where Knewton and other startup technology companies like Fog Creek and LivingSocial shared their innovative products and ideas with Georgetown students, teachers, and administrators. Best of all for this Georgetown alumnus — the event was held in Riggs Library of Healy Hall, a mostly-forbidden library that looks straight out of Beauty & the Beast, in a building that could be a…

  • Outside our window: May Day in Union Square

    Jess Nepom
    3 May 2012 | 9:48 am
    On Monday a May Day rally took place in Union Square. Things were tame at first, but the park got pretty full (and loud!) as the day went on. Take a look at how the crowd grew over the course of the morning with this series of photos, taken from Knewton’s 12th floor office. 10:30 AM 12 noon 1 PM 3:30 PM 4:30 PM  

  • Features of habit: Making the most of new technologies in education

    Joshua Robinson
    3 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    Our schools and universities are on the verge of a fundamental shift. As instruction moves from the lecture hall to the digital classroom, there’s an opportunity to create new learning interfaces, new ways to motivate our students, and new teaching methods. Most of our knowledge about how students learn comes from the traditional classroom. Like the adopters of new technologies that have come before, institutions hoping to transition to a computer-based learning model have inherited blueprints that reflect constraints and assumptions that no longer apply. Here at Knewton, I manage several…
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  • Veterinary Office Assistant | Must Love Animals and People!

    14 May 2012 | 11:30 am
    performing an intradermal test for allergy in a dog (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Many people who love animals think first of becoming a veterinarian. The education that comes with being a veterinarian is extensive though. You should expect to go to school for 4 years and it may be a challenge to get into the program of your choice, as well. But there are other careers that involve working with animals that you might want to consider. If you are good with people and with animals, one career you might consider is the veterinary office assistant.The veterinary office assistant will work with the…

  • Online Education in Canada - Is it a Viable Option?

    11 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    E-learning short courses (Photo credit: London College of Fashion short courses)What does an online education in Canada mean for potential students?Do employers think that an online degree has any value?Who should consider getting their education online?Do schools that offer online education provide the same value as a bricks and mortar school?These are many of the questions that people ask when the topic of online education comes up. Online education is not new, by any means; but it is still misunderstood. There are many aspects of online education that Canadian residents do not know about…

  • Could You Be an Event, Resort, or Casino Coordinator?

    10 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    Casino Velden Panorama (Photo credit: geek7)Do you like to travel? Are you a people person? Do you enjoy entertaining and pleasing others? If this sounds like you, a career as casino, event, or resort coordinator might be just up your alley. People who enjoy working in the services industry can find lucrative careers as coordinators that they enjoy and that pay well.But don’t assume that just because this can be a very fun job that you will not have to work hard. On the contrary! Coordinators for resorts, events, and casinos have to do a lot of work behind the scenes to keep things running…

  • Are You Ready for a Career as a Medical Laboratory Assistant?

    9 May 2012 | 9:30 am
     (Photo credit: Wikipedia)If you are looking for a career with lots of challenge and plenty of rewards in the medical field but you’re not ready to take the big step of becoming a doctor or a nurse, you should consider studying to become a medical laboratory assistant. This is an interesting career that has lots of room for variety and challenge.Medical laboratory assistants often find work in research facilities and hospitals. In research facilities, they are more likely to be involved in assisting scientists in their research but in hospitals they will do work that will help diagnose…

  • Administrative Assistants | Develop These Skills to Be Competitive click to edithelp

    8 May 2012 | 8:30 am
    Communication (Photo credit: P Shanks)Canadian admin assistants must have transferable skills to be competitive in the job markets. Transferable skills help administrative assistants get the jobs they want and get promotions within the company they work for. Transferable skills include computers kills, written and verbal communications, and reading skills.When you apply for administrative assistant positions, you will find that there are many others that are there to apply for the job. The competition is thick. If you want to stand out from the competition, here are a few skills that you can…
 
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  • Self-Learning: The New Master’s Degree [Infographic]

    Pedro Sanchez de Lozada
    15 May 2012 | 12:39 pm
    More and more people are starting to get tired of paying up to 50,000 dollars a year for a quality education. Employers are starting to stop caring about degrees. All they care about now is skills, skills, skills! After all, what’s the use of learning (and paying for) philosophy in college if all you want is to be a programmer? Fortunately for you, there are many ways available online or offline where you skip paying high fees for a teacher, and you just teach yourself everything you need to know to get a job. Or, if you already have one, maybe you could use a new skill or two without…

  • Intern Life – Introducing Linos Owusu-Asare!

    Linos
    12 May 2012 | 4:58 pm
    Before We Get Started…… I just want to provide you all with a quick background of myself (my mother taught me good introductions go a long way!) My name is Linos Owusu-Asare, my family originates from Ghana (in a city you may have not heard of called Kumasi) but I lived in England (in another city you may have not heard of called London J ) my entire pre-adult life, before coming to Philadelphia to study at Penn (go Quakers!) for my undergrad degree. I would say that I am a pretty diverse person (how many people do you know can realistically fit three continents into their introductory…

  • Instructor Tip of the Week: Hacking Studio Quality Audio

    victor
    30 Apr 2012 | 11:01 pm
    You’ve heard it in videos before: audio that sounds like it was recorded on the back of a pickup truck going through a tunnel:  full of echos, crackling “S”’s, background noise, and hollow voices.  But the solution doesn’t require thousands of dollars in expensive equipment or buying time at a studio.  In fact, you can get professional quality audio with just a hundred bucks and some creativity.  Here’s how: It all starts with the microphone, that magical device designed to capture sounds, and are often too successful.  The trick is to find a mic that has a Cardioid or…

  • Buzz Master: Miguel Hernandez hits 100 users in 48 hrs with new course. Learn how he did it.

    Alex
    18 Apr 2012 | 12:12 pm
    Miguel Hernandez, Udemy instructor and CEO of Grumo Media, had 100 subscribers to his new course, How to Make Money Online Teaching What you Love, within 48 hours! Here’s how he did it:  “As soon as I finished my course, How to Make Money Online Teaching What you Love, I decided to test the theory of providing incentives to users and creating a sense urgency.  This is the first time I’ve used this approach, and my experience has validated that it works. Basically, I used the same techniques that Groupon uses.  Through my classes and business contacts I collected…

  • Calling All Instructors: We’re Seeking Courses

    Kristina
    3 Apr 2012 | 1:45 pm
    Udemy is up to no good, once again. And by “no good,” I mean tons of good. We’re looking for a few good instructors to help us out, too. We really hope this doesn't offend anyone. But we mentioned "pot of gold," and couldn't resist. (photo credit: Ignacio Leonardi) As you know, we have users interested in anything and everything (yoga to programming to wine tasting and more). That said, we wanted to look specifically at users who were interested in business and tech content and see what else they’d be into. After all, we can’t cover all ground…
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  • College Mom Minute May 2012

    Z. Kelly Queijo
    14 May 2012 | 6:30 am
    Parents: Got a minute? Click to play audio tip: Return policy --Summer Break Whether you're just beginning college visits with your teen or have put the college admissions process behind you, listen up and get great parent survival tips from our College Mom Minute audio podcasts with Dr. Nancy Berk, author of COLLEGE BOUND AND GAGGED: How to Help Your Kid Get into a Great College without Losing Your Savings, Your Relationship, or Your Mind. To listen to more of College Mom Minute, please explore our archive of Dr. Nancy Berk's podcasts for parents - it only takes a minute!...

  • State by State Summer Travel and College Visits

    Z. Kelly Queijo
    13 May 2012 | 6:07 am
    When you hit the road for summer vacations and college visits, there are two resources you can use to make travel planning easy and save some money along the way: 1. Search by State (SmartCollegeVisit.com) - We've put all the destination travel tools in one place to make it easy for you to visit colleges throughout the U.S.-- Just click on "State" in the search box above. Select the state you'll be traveling to and click the "Go" button. Choose a college and click on "Find a hotel near campus" to access directions, hotel listings, and other travel-related planning tools....

  • Focal Points: Johnson & Wales University

    Z. Kelly Queijo
    11 May 2012 | 6:29 am
    JWU - Denver Campus, Denver, Colorado Treat Hall Originally the home of the Colorado Women's College, Treat Hall's cornerstone was laid in March of 1890. Focal Points: The most photographed place on campus. Click here for the college profile.

  • Takeaway Tweets & Transcript: Gluten-free #CampusChat

    Z. Kelly Queijo
    10 May 2012 | 7:27 am
    Going gluten-free in college is a challenge, but we learned last night during #CampusChat, it's not an impossible task. Some of the top takeaway tips to help college-bound teens and those already in college who have celiac's disease or gluten sensitivity include: @midlife_celiac Q8 Finding/ forming an on campus support group is great way tomake changes, raise awareness make it safer for those in future#campuschat @JodieMichelleXO @collegevisit Q8 HIGHLY important!It helps with a million things. If the college doesn't have one..start one #campuschat @SoLuckyGifts: Lots of protein bars, my…

  • Smart College Visit Hosts Gluten-Free #CampusChat

    Z. Kelly Queijo
    9 May 2012 | 10:22 am
    Do you have celiac disease or gluten sensitivity and have concerns over how to adapt to college life? Join on our convo tonight for #CampusChat to learn how others are adapting and thriving. If you're in Blacksburg, VA, join us at The Cellar where we'll be live-tweeting #CampusChat! Bring your laptop! Who: Smart College Visit welcomes Wendy Gregory Kaho (@midlife_celiac) guest/co-host of tonight's chat. See our posts from earlier this week for more info: Choosing a Gluten-Free College Press Release: Being Gluten-Free in College What: #CampusChat - a weekly chat on Twitter about all things…
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  • Clash between MANIT and ex students over alumni association

    16 May 2012 | 5:41 am
    Former students of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) , Bhopal and authorities at the institute are in a tussle over the functioning of alumni association of the NIT. The group of former students led by Bhupendra Gupta, a businessman claims that the current alumni association of the college is invalid. He claimed that the alumni association was formed by the MANIT authorities but it does not meet the conditions to operate the association in MANIT. Even the existing students have been included in the association which makes it invalid. He leads an alumni..

  • DU M.Sc. 2012 Entrance Exam Dates

    16 May 2012 | 5:31 am
    University of Delhi (DU), Delhi has announced the exam dates for M.Sc. Entrance Exam which will be held in the month of June, 2012. The DU M.Sc. entrance exam will be held from Thursday, June 14, 2012 to Wednesday, June 20, 2012. The M.Sc. entrance exam is held from taking admission to Master of Science (M.Sc.) for various disciplines- Anthropology, Botany, Environmental Studies, Physics, Chemistry, Geology and Zoology for the commencing session 2012-13. Eligibility Criteria for DU M. Sc. Entrance Exam: The candidates should have completed higher secondary examination..

  • IGNOU Announces Term End Exam Results

    16 May 2012 | 5:30 am
    IGNOU has announced Term End Exam Results for BHM & MHA, BHM, and BAIHA for the exams that were held in April2012. Candidates can enter the 9 Digit (Numeric) Enrolment Number. Click here for the Results Details - http://stuinfonew.ignou.ac.in/TEBhmapr12.asp Note: * Indicates not registered / registration not valid **Indicates not eligible for April - 2008 Exam / never registered for this course. Source: www.ignou.ac.in For Frequent updates you can share with your friends, Like us on Facebook, Follow us on Twitter and Google Click here for more ..

  • JECA 2012 Exam Dates

    16 May 2012 | 5:10 am
    West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board has announced the exam dates for JECA 2012 which will be held in the month of June, 2012. The JECA 2012 will be held on Sunday, June 24, 2012. The JECA 2012 is held for taking admission to Master of Computer Applications (MCA) offered by different Government / private engineering colleges, universities and institutions of the State of West Bengal for the session commencing 2012-13. Eligibility Criteria for JECA 2012: The candidate must be of Indian nationality. The candidate should have passed or appearing in the..

  • Harvard Business School and IIM-A to take cues from management strategies of Delhi Metro

    16 May 2012 | 5:05 am
    The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's (DMRC) management strategies has received international recognition as the Harvard Business School and Indian Institute of Management(IIM-A), Ahmedabad have chosen it for further studies. At the launch of Anuj Dayal's book: ‘25 Management Strategies for Delhi Metro's Success: The Sreedharan Way’, sources revealed, the two case studies taken up by the Harvard Business School and IIM-A  will dwell on E Sreedharan’s (The Metro Man) style of functioning to complete projects before deadlines. The book, launched by..
 
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  • Veterinary Office Assistant | Must Love Animals and People!

    Danielle McGaw
    14 May 2012 | 11:30 am
    performing an intradermal test for allergy in a dog (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Many people who love animals think first of becoming a veterinarian. The education that comes with being a veterinarian is extensive though. You should expect to go to school for 4 years and it may be a challenge to get into the program of your choice, as well. But there are other careers that involve working with animals that you might want to consider. If you are good with people and with animals, one career you might consider is the veterinary office assistant.The veterinary office assistant will work with the…

  • Online Education in Canada - Is it a Viable Option?

    Danielle McGaw
    11 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    E-learning short courses (Photo credit: London College of Fashion short courses)What does an online education in Canada mean for potential students?Do employers think that an online degree has any value?Who should consider getting their education online?Do schools that offer online education provide the same value as a bricks and mortar school?These are many of the questions that people ask when the topic of online education comes up. Online education is not new, by any means; but it is still misunderstood. There are many aspects of online education that Canadian residents do not know about…

  • Could You Be an Event, Resort, or Casino Coordinator?

    Danielle McGaw
    10 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    Casino Velden Panorama (Photo credit: geek7)Do you like to travel? Are you a people person? Do you enjoy entertaining and pleasing others? If this sounds like you, a career as casino, event, or resort coordinator might be just up your alley. People who enjoy working in the services industry can find lucrative careers as coordinators that they enjoy and that pay well.But don’t assume that just because this can be a very fun job that you will not have to work hard. On the contrary! Coordinators for resorts, events, and casinos have to do a lot of work behind the scenes to keep things running…

  • Are You Ready for a Career as a Medical Laboratory Assistant?

    Danielle McGaw
    9 May 2012 | 9:30 am
     (Photo credit: Wikipedia)If you are looking for a career with lots of challenge and plenty of rewards in the medical field but you’re not ready to take the big step of becoming a doctor or a nurse, you should consider studying to become a medical laboratory assistant. This is an interesting career that has lots of room for variety and challenge.Medical laboratory assistants often find work in research facilities and hospitals. In research facilities, they are more likely to be involved in assisting scientists in their research but in hospitals they will do work that will help diagnose…

  • Administrative Assistants | Develop These Skills to Be Competitive click to edithelp

    Danielle McGaw
    8 May 2012 | 8:30 am
    Communication (Photo credit: P Shanks)Canadian admin assistants must have transferable skills to be competitive in the job markets. Transferable skills help administrative assistants get the jobs they want and get promotions within the company they work for. Transferable skills include computers kills, written and verbal communications, and reading skills.When you apply for administrative assistant positions, you will find that there are many others that are there to apply for the job. The competition is thick. If you want to stand out from the competition, here are a few skills that you can…
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  • Today at Listen & Learn Plus!

    Rachel
    15 May 2012 | 7:00 am
    On Tuesdays, the mp3, instrumental track, and lyrics/chords for the newest songs are available to Listen & Learn Plus members for download. In addition, members are always welcome to request existing Listen & Learn songs and new song topics. I’ve been out of school for 6 years now, but I still have a summer break at the end of May every year. It was a little more exciting when I worked at a school, because I got to celebrate along with the students and other teachers…but now that I’m self-employed, I’ll throw my own little party next Friday. The transition into summer is a…

  • Summer Break (Let’s Shake!)

    Rachel
    14 May 2012 | 9:28 am
    How do I know it’s almost summer break? Well that’s easy…it’s just about all my students can talk about these days! Most of them even have a countdown going, and can tell me exactly how many days are left. I always enjoyed school, but that didn’t stop me from feeling super excited when summer break rolled around. And not much has changed; as much as I absolutely LOVE my job, I’m looking forward to having a little break before the summer session begins. I wrote and recorded a song on this topic a couple of years ago, but wanted something a bit more original…

  • A Video Tribute to Moms Everywhere

    Rachel
    13 May 2012 | 7:00 am
    Happy Mother’s Day! If you’re a mom, I hope you are doing something fun today and being completely spoiled by your family. And if you’re not a mom, I hope you’re spoiling the moms in your life (like I will be doing!). Earlier this week, I had a fun idea to set my newest song, Thank You, Mom, to a video slideshow featuring pictures of mothers with their children. So I put out a call to the families in my studio, Facebook friends, and newsletter list asking for such pictures. I received almost 200 wonderful photos, and was thrilled with the finished video. Thank you to…

  • Friday Fave: Izzy’s Ukulele Adventure

    Rachel
    11 May 2012 | 8:42 am
    Those of you who read my blog regularly know that I LOVE the ukulele. So of course I was super excited when my friend and mentor Lisa sent me a link to this book, which is available for free in the iBookstore. I immediately downloaded the book, but then got distracted and completely forgot to take a look…until a couple of weeks ago, while sitting on an airplane with my iPad in my lap. Shockingly, my husband wasn’t as amused with the book as I was — but I think you will be! The illustrations are great and the story is perfect for any child who has tried or is currently…

  • Today at Listen & Learn Plus!

    Rachel
    8 May 2012 | 6:55 am
    On Tuesdays, the mp3, instrumental track, and lyrics/chords for the newest songs are available to Listen & Learn Plus members for download. In addition, members are always welcome to request existing Listen & Learn songs and new song topics. Moms are pretty amazing people. They deserve much more than one single day out of the year in their honor, and the least I can do is write a song to help celebrate them. After all, I’m much better at songwriting than I ever was at those art projects we used to make as Mother’s Day gifts back in grade school. Get immediate access to…
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  • For LD Students, Concentrate On One Big Thing at a Time

    14 May 2012 | 10:00 pm
    When children struggle in school, they are often having difficulty with many things. They may have poor ability to focus their attention, low reading and spelling skills, working memory issues, or problems with executive functioning.They may have problems putting things in order, writing legibly, or have problems with vocabulary.As parents, we want to see them ge Read more...

  • My Personal Experience With Kindergarten “Redshirting”

    14 May 2012 | 6:23 pm
    Academic “redshirting” (holding children back so that they're older when entering kindergarten) has been a hot topic lately. But, many years ago, before the term redshirting was borrowed from college football and used in education, I was faced with a similar decision.My son’s birthday is in November. The cut-off date for children entering kindergarten in our st Read more...

  • Mother’s Day: Sleeping In vs. Breakfast In Bed

    9 May 2012 | 10:00 pm
    I’ve spent nearly 15 years celebrating Mother’s Days. And after a while it sort of gets mashed into all the other days and craziness of May. School is winding down, with end of year celebrations and field trips, plus Little League is ramping up. Add to that all the band concerts and awards banquets, and literally every evening of every week is crazy busy.Also in May we hav Read more...

  • Summer Plans for Struggling Students

    9 May 2012 | 1:27 pm
    Students who struggle in school often have gifts in areas that do not relate to academics. For example, they may be amazing artists, musicians, athletes, actors or dancers. When thinking about summer plans for these students, make sure to include plenty of time for them to spend doing these activities. They already spend most of their life doing what they are not so good at doing! Read more...

  • Bullied Gay Teen Defends Himself At School Using Stun Gun Mom Gave Him

    9 May 2012 | 12:18 pm
    Parents, what do you think about this story?A young Indianapolis teenager, who is openly gay and has been repeatedly bullied at school, was given a stun gun by his mother to protect himself.  And when the young man, Darnell “Dynasty” Young, age 17, was recently surrounded by a group of six bullies who threatened to beat him, he says he raised the st Read more...
 
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  • Minimize Stress to End Your PTO Year on an Up Note

    Rose C
    15 May 2012 | 10:53 am
    As we know, PTO people are not exactly a lazy bunch. But I was still amazed last week by the Teacher Appreciation celebrations. Many of you did a full week of events, involving everything from leaving little gifts in individual teachers mailboxes to providing massages and gift baskets and hosting fabulous luncheons. So, now that that’s done, we decided to pose a Facebook question to see if folks had all that much to do before the end of the school year. Ah, you guessed it. Not a lot of down time. Instead, people have a number of projects, events, and tasks on their agendas. A lot of you…

  • Parent Volunteers Making a Difference: Our Week in Review

    Rose C
    11 May 2012 | 10:19 am
    We have soldiers stepping up, a PTA taking a stand on a controversial social issue, a district launching a parent academy to teach volunteering and, oh yes, a school giving a great big thanks for parents who give so much of their time! Special Volunteers: For the fourth year in a row, soldiers from the 67th Signal Battalion from Fort Gordon helped out at the nearby Cedar Ridge Elementary School Field Day in Grovetown, Ga. More than half of the students have a family member connected to the military. The soldiers assisted in 12 different events and a news report said there was also a little…

  • PTOs, PTAs Are Not Defined by Bake Sales Alone

    Rose C
    10 May 2012 | 7:30 pm
    When a story broke this week about strict nutritional guidelines possibly being enforced in Massachusetts, a good deal of the coverage focused on the end of bake sales as we know them and the harm it would cause parent groups that rely on them to raise money for schools. One Massachusetts State Representative was quoted in a Boston Globe story saying the bakery ban seemed “to go way too far’’ and added,  “I think we’ll hear from every parent-teacher organization. I didn’t say this on the floor, but what are they going to sell, carrot sticks?’’ This lawmaker wasn’t the only…

  • Parent-Teacher Communications Improving, Boosting Engagement

    Rose C
    9 May 2012 | 10:04 am
    Parent and teacher communication, a key piece to effective parent engagement, may not be perfect, but clearly both parties are working on it, according to the results of a recently released national survey. The report showed that nearly half of the parents surveyed would give teachers an “A’’ when it comes to communications. But the survey also revealed that parents and teachers do not always view their communications in precisely the same light. For example, 68% of teachers surveyed said they had had some difficulty in interacting with parents. Meanwhile, 63% of parents said they’d…

  • My Tip of the Week: Are You Showing Teachers Some Love This Week?

    Tim Sullivan
    8 May 2012 | 3:39 pm
    Yup, it’s Teacher Appreciation Week. The good news: It’s not too late to send a great message to your teachers. You don’t need months of planning. While I’m certainly a fan of elaborate appreciation efforts, I find that simple or frequent and sincere thanks can be just as powerful. For any of you procrastinators out there, we actually have a great article on last-minute teacher appreciation ideas that I think you’ll find very helpful. As far as longer-term teacher appreciation, I hope you’ll also take full advantage of the new TeacherLists.com web tool.
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    DPESP Mission Statement: To create an atmosphere of mistrust and tension.

  • The Custodian

    25 Apr 2012 | 11:50 pm
    In the 1970's and 1980's (as well as before) the daytime school custodian would start the day by starting up the boiler. Since that time, HVAC systems mostly run themselves. You no longer light pilot lights or that sort of thing. Now-a- days they are retrofitted with pressure relief valves, cut off switches and the like all tied to a computer that basically runs the thing. After the boiler was running, the janitor would go around the school with a big ring of keys and unlock all the doors in anticipation of the incoming teachers and students about to start their day. This too has changed.

  • Pulaski keeps support staff?

    18 Jan 2012 | 12:40 pm
    Pulaski School Board President, Trina Townsend addressed rumors by writing to the Pulaski Chamber of Commerce:January 13, 2012Dear Pulaski Area Chamber Members. In the past few days I have fielded approximately five inquires from local businesses. Apparently they had been told that the "School Board" was going to fire all of the cooks, custodians and bus drivers.NOTHING CAN BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTHAs you probably are aware, the State of Wisconsin has significantly reduced funding for public education. The state has given school district so-called "tools" to help them manage their budgets.

  • A logo

    20 Nov 2011 | 12:32 am
    Created to reflect the awesome environment in which the organization conducts itself.Its sad that officers nostrils flare, and go to instantly defensive responses when questions are asked by their own members.Members just want assurance that the job they are funding is getting done. Leaving everyone in the dark as to what the elected officers are doing and learning only naturally leaves one to wonder if they are being taken for a ride at their expense.The officers sure talk the "We, not me" talk, but sure don't act it or show it. I guess they forgot the active members (that pissed off…

  • 10/15 Meeting

    18 Oct 2011 | 1:15 pm
    Many members had hoped to see major improvements in the way officers conduct themselves and the meetings in light of the Walker situation.Instead we learned that the meeting only happened due to members repeated request, instead of on it's own.Early in the meeting president, Janice comments that the only members that show up to the meeting are pissed off. (Doesn't that tell you something?)Former treasurer Smits, gives Rita, the new treasurer a hard time about not having conference spending summaries at hand. (That's calling the kettle black, Sue. You didn't save receipts.)Basically the same…

  • Teachers Union answers questions about dues

    13 Sep 2011 | 12:23 am
    DPEA United 0911 I agree with this. It's a shame our local president (Janice) couldn't provide an answer this good at last years meeting. Instead she resorted to scare-tactics that were not well accepted my the membership present."If you feel you are better off without a union..."Since support staff in De Pere are some of the lowest paid positions in relationship to adjacent districts, a union makes sense. But from the battles I have had, and everything I have seen... I like unions, just not this one (WEAC).
 
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    Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

  • Flashcard Websites for your Classroom

    Med
    15 May 2012 | 8:58 pm
    Flashcard Flash is a great website for educators. It is basically a search engine designed specifically to look for flashcards on several websites online. You probably know how hard it is to look for flashcards of educational value to your classroom in the midst of all the crap posted online that is why having easy access to a plethora of different reliable resources all from a single platform will be of great help to you. Flashcard Falsh is very easy to use and does not require any software download. You just need to simply enter a word or phrase that you are trying to find…

  • The 10Most Read Books in The World

    Med
    15 May 2012 | 8:49 pm
    Reading is one of the basic literacy skills we learn from the first years of our schooling.As we grow up this skill develops and takes many forms. It actually stays with us for the rest of our life. And like any other skill, the more you work on it the better it gets. That is why we have now great writers it is because they were once great readers. Reading  is also a passion, it is a love that you nurture towards words, sentences,  paragraphs, texts and if you are fortunate enough to develop this love into marriage then you get into the production circle and people start…

  • Bilingualism in America

    Med
    15 May 2012 | 8:34 pm
    What a coincidence. I have been collecting some articles about bilingualism and how it helps kids be smarter and today I got this infographic in my inbox. This is also about Bilingualism and though it limits it just  America but still some of the facts can be generalised to other nations. I will be soon providing you with a detailed post here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning about bilingualism and what you need to know about it as language teachers. Until I get it viral you can explore this infographic and get to know some amazing facts about bilingualism. Please…

  • Google+ Hangouts Live on Air

    Med
    14 May 2012 | 8:52 pm
    Google+ Hangouts on Air is now available for Google users. This is a happy piece of news for Google Plus users for it has improved one of the weaknesses of this social networking service. Before users would find it hard to record Google Plus Hangouts and if ever they do then the quality of the recording is generally bad. Now with this new update Google Plus Hangouts can be available on air for everyone. If you are a teacher or educator and still did not discover the potential of Google Plus in education then I highly recommend that you read this ultimate guide to the use of Google…

  • Convert Webpages to PDFs

    Med
    14 May 2012 | 8:48 pm
    Web2PDF Online is a cool tool for teachers and educators. This service is particularly useful for those who have already set up a classroom blog or website or even a personal blog. Web2PDF Online allows its users to easily convert HTML to PDF so that visitors to your blog can save information on your website in the form of a PDF. If you have a classroom blog than you can use this service to allow your students to instantly save what you post there as PDF. The process of using Web2PDF Online is quite easy. It takes only three steps: 1- Set the conversion options and test it : After you sign up…
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    The Art of Education

  • Leaders make room "at the table"

    15 May 2012 | 4:28 pm
    A few days ago, I read and shared an article by school leader Justin Tarte in which he highlights the importance of relationships within teams.  In the article, Dr. Tarte reminds us that strong relationships are a hallmark of strong teams.  I agree with Justin, and his post caused me to reflect for a moment about teams and leadership.  As such, here are a few thoughts of mine that, hopefully, will help add to Justin's insights.Thought #1 - With some positions on teams, leadership is expected.  In other positions, it is usually earned.Thought #2 - Whether leadership is…

  • Defying the odds

    14 May 2012 | 4:26 pm
    Odds are...summer vacation and all the trappings of the end of the school year are creeping into your classroom.you are spending more and more time on next school year's projects than this year's.your have finished your textbook or have decided that finishing it is impossible.one more project or book to read for class is probably asking too much.you feel as if you have done all you can do for a struggling student at this point in the year.But remember it is often said, "If not for the last minute, very little would ever get done."Defy the odds and push through to the end.  It…

  • A different perspective on ranking educational systems

    10 May 2012 | 5:31 am
     Recently, I had the pleasure of listening to a high school senior speak of the differences between the educational system in the United States and South Korea.  This student is South Korean.  Her family moved her to the United States four years ago.Given the world rankings for educational systems, I anticipated her report to back up those findings and to herald the South Korean system as superior to the one she experienced in the United States.  After all, even our own President has commented on how our system of education could learn a few things from the South…

  • Using goal setting to adjust student mindsets

    8 May 2012 | 9:03 pm
    Info graphic credit: http://mindmapblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Mindsets.jpgIf your students resemble mine at all, when you ask them to set some goals for their classes, the majority of them will begin with something like, "I want to get an A in math" or "I want to earn a B in science."Goals like those are indicative of a fixed mindset which seeks to validate intelligence by achieving noteworthy scores.  While there is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to do well in a class, research suggests that a more growth oriented mindset has many advantages…

  • THE formula for educational success?

    7 May 2012 | 5:39 am
    Many successful products are seen as having found THE formula for success.  Either stumbled upon or developed over time, the formula is often seen as the key to success.  However, as Malcolm Gladwell points out in this TED talk, what we view as THE formula for success is often a diversity of formulas designed around the particular tastes/interests of a much wider group of potential customers. Take Coke for example.  There is, of course, the famous formula for Coke Classic, which at one point was changed with disastrous results and quickly brought back (which is how we…
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    Tutoring Match Blog

  • Literature is losing the battle against testing

    Henry
    23 Apr 2012 | 5:29 pm
    Literature for only the few has dire consequences for all Posted on April 23, 2012 by Stacie Vos In her opinion piece in this past week’s The New York Times Sunday Review, teacher Claire Needell Hollander describes her reasoning for setting up a reading enrichment course in New York City: “I thought additional ‘cultural capital’ could help students like her fare better in high school, where they would inevitably encounter, perhaps for the first time, peers who came from homes lined with bookshelves, whose parents had earned not G.E.D.’s but Ph.D.’s”. This quote reminds me…

  • Find Us on WordPress.com

    Henry
    18 Apr 2012 | 4:14 pm
    Tutoring Match has a WordPress.com blog – please find us there, and please comment on a post. We have news about our upcoming SAT/ACT course, educational issues, local Connecticut events, and much more! http://tutoringmatch2.wordpress.com/

  • Tutoring Match’s Crunch-Time Tips

    Henry
    17 Apr 2012 | 10:31 am
    SAT and ACT TEST PREPARATION PROGRAMS Tutoring Match’s Test Prep Programs are perfect for students who want to build a solid foundation of test-taking strategy, skills and test-familiarity. Our aim is to make the test less intimidating and more like putting the pieces of a puzzle together. PROGRAMS FOR SPRING 2012 Our results-oriented programsfocus on tips and`short cuts designed to help students master the complexities of the test and develop skills in identifying distracters (wrong answers) thereby arriving at the correct answer. Comprehensive SAT Includes: Overall Exam Approach…

  • Tutoring Match Attends Teen Forum at City Hall

    Henry
    15 Apr 2012 | 6:34 pm
    By Stacie Vos Last week I attended a moving event, one filled with families who wanted to see change in Bridgeport schools. The superintendent of schools, Paul Vallas, spoke about many changes to come. He promised to not only convey but to enact the “sense of urgency” he knew the parents and students wanted. Organizations such as Girls Inc. and Excel Bridgeport came out for the event. Several volunteers from Excel, Teach for America, and other organizations volunteered in order to facilitate discussions. Pictured below with a group of students is Lauren Wozniak, Operations and…

  • Tutor Sandra Clifton Reviews Bully

    Henry
    15 Apr 2012 | 5:57 pm
    Attending the complimentary viewing of BULLY at the Angelika last weekend was an amazing experience, as the director visited with us after the film.  He is pictured here with two of the young people featured in the movie, which is an encouraging vision of their path since this moving journey:  http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/05/on-bullying-resources-and-questions-for-writing-or-discussion/ When I was exiting the theater, the crew wanted to interview me, and I found myself saying something interesting, and here’s a paraphrased overview of my thoughts: “You know, this…
 
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    Clif's Notes

  • Class Activity: Take a Virtual Trip through Google’s Servers

    Clif Mims
    15 May 2012 | 5:02 pm
    Here’s a quick activity that you can do in your classroom to explore the topic of sustainable energy. It comes to us from Google. Introduction Ever wondered what happens when you send an email? How does an email travel from your computer to your friend’s smartphone across the country or around the world? Take a journey with Gmail and find out. In this short video you will follow an email on its journey to see what happens once you send a message. Along the way, you will learn about some of Google’s efforts to minimize its impact on the environment.   Exploration Take a…

  • Speak Up 2011: National Findings for K-12 Students and Parents

    Clif Mims
    15 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    About Speak Up The Speak Up National Research Project provides participating schools, districts and non-profit organizations with a suite of online surveys and reports to collect authentic feedback from students, educators and parents. In addition, they summarize and share the national findings with education and policy leaders in Washington DC and in each state. The top three reasons schools and districts participate in Speak Up are to: Collect unique data from their stakeholders. Conduct a needs assessment and create a vision for 21st century learning. Use the data to create and inform…

  • A Note about Mom

    Clif Mims
    13 May 2012 | 1:27 pm
    Happy Mother’s Day. Related PostsChristmas Keyz Favorite Theo. LeSieg (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) Story I Like… (Part 2) Are You Wearing Green Today?

  • A Message to Teachers from George Lucas

    Clif Mims
    9 May 2012 | 5:17 pm
    In honor of Teacher Appreciation Day filmmaker George Lucas shares his thoughts about the importance of education. In a blog post at Edutopia he shares, “There is no other job more important than education. It is the foundation of our democracy. By seizing on what’s working, and recreating those successes from one classroom to the next, we can make it better for everyone” (Source). I encourage you to read the full post and consider George’s personal experiences in the classroom and recommendations for education as we move forward. Related articles George Lucas: Education:…

  • Developing Young Authors with Storybird

    Clif Mims
    26 Apr 2012 | 4:00 pm
    Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print. It is a fun, collaborative, storytelling website that can be an effective resource for teaching parts of a story, the writing process, promoting creativity, and more. Storybird also seamlessly keeps a portfolio of each student’s writing development. Below are my slides from this workshop. All the workshop materials and resources (including a video tutorial, additional examples, notes, etc.) are available on my wiki, Learning Telecollaboratively. Developing Young Authors with Storybird View more Presentations…
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    Difference Between

  • Differences Between OHV and OHC

    Nimisha K
    16 May 2012 | 1:39 am
    OHV vs OHC The term “OHV” stands for “overhead valve” and “OHC” stands for “overhead camshaft.” These terms actually describe the cylinder head layout of a piston engine. OHV An overhead valve (OHV)... [[This is a summary only. Please visit DifferenceBetween.net for detailed view]]

  • Differences Between the Suzuki Swift Model DX and DLX

    Nimisha K
    15 May 2012 | 1:28 pm
    Suzuki Swift Model DX vs DLX The Suzuki Swift is a hatchback car launched in Pakistan by Suzuki Motors in 2011. This car is available in two models; DX and DLX. Suzuki Swift 1.3 DX The DX model of... [[This is a summary only. Please visit DifferenceBetween.net for detailed view]]

  • Differences Between Watermarking and Steganography

    Nimisha K
    15 May 2012 | 1:26 am
    Watermarking vs Steganography Watermarking and steganography are processes in which the digital image is changed in a way that one can see the background image or the text without any kind of... [[This is a summary only. Please visit DifferenceBetween.net for detailed view]]

  • Differences Between PVA and LCD

    Nimisha K
    14 May 2012 | 1:23 pm
    PVA vs LCD The main differences between LCD and PVA are that an LCD is a panel display which uses liquid crystals, and PVA is a type of LCD. LCDs have two types: active matrix and passive matrix... [[This is a summary only. Please visit DifferenceBetween.net for detailed view]]

  • Differences Between Ruffles and Frills

    Nimisha K
    14 May 2012 | 1:17 am
    Ruffles vs Frills “Ruffles” and “frills” are words which are used in different contexts. If we discuss the English usage of the words, then they are used differently as compared to using the words in... [[This is a summary only. Please visit DifferenceBetween.net for detailed view]]
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    cea/ace

  • Setting the End of the Year Awards Table

    Stephen Hurley
    13 May 2012 | 6:53 am
    Has Your Guest List Changed Over the Years? The piece below was written back in 2009 for Education Canada. It represented an attempt to open up conversation about the gap between what we say we value in education and what we actually seem to hold in highest regard. As annual awards assemblies appear on the horizon in schools and districts across the country, I wonder if we've made any changes to the guest list at the annual awards table. I would love to hear your stories about change in this regard. S.H. read more

  • Cdn EdWire – School Closures Dilemma in Hamilton

    Max Cooke
    11 May 2012 | 7:49 pm
    An in-depth series from the Hamilton Spectator explores tough choices that must be made – and the implications on families and neighbourhoods – when 11,000 empty student spaces pile up in an urban centre. CC Photo by: That Canadian Grrl Board decides new high school will replace three in lower city – Hamilton SpectatorCosts, empty seats behind plan to build new high school in lower city to replace aging buildings read more

  • Learning to Inquire - Innovations for Deeper Teaching and Learning

    Michael Sefcik
    9 May 2012 | 3:13 pm
    Video description:  This is a story of how teachers designed a successful inquiry-based learning project with their students. Video

  • Lunch and Learn

    Brooke Moore
    1 May 2012 | 9:08 am
    Professional conversations over soup Last Friday I brought soup to school, set up my crockpot in a small office off a colleague’s classroom, made sure that the ladle, napkins, a fresh baguette, and a bright Provencal table cloth were within easy reach, then hurried off to my classroom to teach. Three classes later the bell rang for lunch and I joined my students in an exodus into the hall. I jumped over a tangle of legs from grade 9s who always congregate in the narrowest part of the hallway to dine on sandwiches and leftovers. read more

  • If It's Good Enough For Our Early Learners...

    Stephen Hurley
    29 Apr 2012 | 5:21 am
    Informal Learning Across the Ages Consider the following description of one of the most popular and most powerful learning spaces in many kindergarten classes: read more
 
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    OpenSesame blogs

  • The King of Chinese Social Media: Sina Weibo

    Sunny-Zhang
    8 May 2012 | 3:37 pm
    Weibo has changed the world for Chinese netizens. As a top social network in China (the name literally means “Microblog”), Sina Weibo, known as the Chinese Twitter, affects Chinese people's experience of political events, current events and interactions with celebrities. Since Sina Weibo has a simple and user-friendly interface, it’s widely used by both the younger generation and less-experienced internet users. This popularity is a very remarkable achievement because it’s not always easy to get China’s older generation involved in online tools like social media. The biggest…

  • OpenSesame Now Features International Business Courses from Cegos

    kelly.meeker
    7 May 2012 | 11:55 am
    We are proud to announce a great new addition to the OpenSesame training marketplace: eLearning courses from Cegos, the leading global provider of management, finance, marketing, sales and operations content localized into 13 languages, including French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Chinese and Arabic.  For many of our customers, finding learning resources for international staff members is a huge challenge. Whether you require all your employees to take training in English or you work with contractors to develop localized versions of your core training content, it's a big commitment of…

  • The Portland Tech Community & the Crowdfund Act

    kelly.meeker
    4 May 2012 | 12:36 pm
    On Wednesday, OpenSesame co-founder Josh Blank participated in a roundtable discussion led by United States Senator Jeff Merkley among entrepreneurs and tech leaders on The Crowdfund Act - new legislation designed to make raising capital easier for new businesses. As a new startup, OpenSesame has worked hard to build our business, develop our customer base and raise the capital we need to support our team and operations as we grow. We were thrilled to have the opportunity to share our perspective on this new legislation supporting similar new businesses. This spring, Senator Merkley…

  • Effective eLearning: How to Take Usage from 9% to 90%

    kelly.meeker
    2 May 2012 | 7:42 pm
    We’re proud to announce a great opportunity for the OpenSesame community: Dawn Kohler, CEO of the Inside Coach, will offer a webinar May 30th focused on increasing the utilization and usefulness of your online learning content. Dawn is an expert business coach and elearning developer, with years of experience in working with businesses of all sizes to develop effective training and development programs. In this webinar discussion, Dawn will share her recommendations (and success stories) for organizations who want to connect employees to targeted training, increase employee satisfaction and…

  • Measurement and Analytics for Learning

    kelly.meeker
    27 Apr 2012 | 11:57 am
    This month I've been thrilled to write a series of posts on creating measurement and analytics models on the American Society for Training & Development's blog. It has been my goal to address this complex topic with specific recommendations and models you can implement in your organization. This series doesn't shy away from specifics. It has been an honor to work on these posts and I'm thrilled to share the full series:  Part 1: Why Measurement Matters Part 2: Measuring Learning and the Theory of Change Process Part 3: Creating a Measurement Model Part 4: Measurement Program…
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    Spanish Playground

  • DVD Giveaway – La Fiesta de Fritzi from Whistlefritz and Bilingual Baby from The Brainy Company

    Jenny
    15 May 2012 | 6:37 pm
    Summer’s coming and it is time to give away a few products to help kids learn Spanish in the months ahead. We’ll start with two DVDs. Spanish Playground will give one visitor La fiesta de Fritzi from Whistlefritz and Bilingual Baby from The Brainy Company. You can read more about the DVDs in these posts: Spanish DVD by Whistlefritz – La Fiesta de Fritzi Spanish DVD for Kids – Bilingual Baby DVD, Brainy Baby Book and Flashcards To enter: 1. Like Spanish Playground on FaceBook (Use the link or the button on the sidebar). 2. In the comments of this post, tell me if you are a…

  • Online Spanish Audio – 8 Free Websites to Keep Kids Listening to Spanish This Summer

    Jenny
    15 May 2012 | 8:33 am
    If you are looking for ways to expose kids to Spanish during the summer, websites with Spanish audio are an excellent resource. There are sites at all levels with a wide variety of activities. I will mention eight of my favorite sources of online Spanish audio, but be sure to check out the online activities category for more ideas. These are sites with a significant quantity of online Spanish audio. They have a variety of activities. I have tried to list the websites roughly in order of increasing difficulty. The first sites have material that is appropriate for beginners and the last sites I…

  • Spanish books for children – Eric & Julieta Series by Isabel Muñoz

    Jenny
    13 May 2012 | 3:30 pm
    These entertaining Spanish books for children are very popular with my students. In class just last week a student got really excited when she spotted the picture of the books on the back cover. She quickly determined that she had heard all but one and asked if I could bring the only one she had not heard to the next class. The kids love these stories! The series is about Eric and his little sister Julieta, and the dynamic between them makes these Spanish books for children really fun. The stories are told from Eric’s point of view and Eric is a trouble-maker. He is always putting his…

  • Spanish Mother’s Day Song – Mamá te quiero mucho

    Jenny
    9 May 2012 | 5:25 pm
    Sara Quintanar of Music with Sara is sharing this wonderful song and video for El día de la madre. The song has simple, relevant vocabulary, lots of repetition and is fun to sing. It is a perfect way for kids learning Spanish to tell their moms how much they love them!  The lyrics are on the video. ¡Feliz Día de la Madre! You may also be interested in this post about another Spanish Mother’s Day song: Spanish Mother’s Day Song and Video from BabyRadio

  • Spanish Mother’s Day Cards and Activities

    Jenny
    8 May 2012 | 2:52 pm
    Spanish cards and gifts for Mother’s Day, Día de la Madre, can be a good language learning activity. If you are looking for printable cards or other activities to celebrate a special mom, here are a few options. 1. La asociación mundial de educadores infantiles has a set of Spanish Mother’s Day activities for kids. There is a printable Mother’s Day card in Spanish that says Felicidades Mamá and a printable diploma that says A la mejor mamá del mundo Por estar siempre a mi lado y quererme tanto (To the best mom in the world For always being at my side and loving me so much). Just…
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    Discover Share Inspire

  • I’m a DESPICABLE Human Being! Face to Face with Poverty in Panajachel, Guatemala

    Rachel
    14 May 2012 | 8:24 am
    You know, I really don’t like everything about travel. There are some things I just can’t stand. Oh sure, these things can be great experiences. They can be a novelty that’s fascinating, or fun to do… the first time. But day after day, they start to get really old. And then annoying. And then sometimes downright unbearable. I don’t like bugs (I’ve become the ‘fly nazi’, patrolling my house in Pana with a swatter in hand). I don’t like driving along roads with potholes, or riding in a tuc tuc as it bumps along cobblestone roads, and bounces…

  • Video Q&A: Do You Have Any Fears Regarding Traveling With Your Children (Violence, Illness, Etc.)

    Rachel
    9 May 2012 | 5:56 am
    Parker (5) in the Dominican Republic This video Q&A is a part of a series: Our Video Responses to 55 of YOUR Questions Make sure you get access to all the videos by signing up here. Question: Do You Have Any Fears Regarding Traveling With Your Children (Violence, Illness, Etc.) Answer: (Click here if you can’t see the video.) Traveling to a foreign country with your children, they’ll be exposed to germs, disease, filth, violence, poverty, crime. Aren’t you afraid of what might happen to them? When we first began traveling, we used to have a lot of fears about all the…

  • Video Q&A: (Rachel) Did You Go Kicking & Screaming into This Lifestyle, or Did You Just Acquiesce to Your Husband?

    Rachel
    7 May 2012 | 6:54 am
    Kicking and screaming all the way This video Q&A is a part of a series: Our Video Responses to 55 of YOUR Questions Make sure you get access to all the videos by signing up here. Question: (Rachel) Did You Go Kicking & Screaming into This Lifestyle, or Did You Just Acquiesce to Your Husband? Answer: (Click here if you can’t see the video.) I do love our lifestyle, but was it always like that? Did I originally go kicking and screaming when we had to give up our million dollar mansion, model home furniture and all the luxuries? Who was the instigator of our current lifestyle? The…
 
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    Catlin Tucker, Honors English Teacher

  • 11 Tech Tools to Teach the Common Core Standards

    Catlin
    8 May 2012 | 5:27 pm
    The Common Core State Standards initiative was state led and coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers to create benchmarks for learning from kindergarten through grade 12. The standards themselves “were developed in collaboration with teachers, school administrators, and experts” and are divided into two separate sets of standards: English language arts and math.  The English language arts standards also include history, science and technical studies. The Common Core State Standards seeks to develop…

  • Flipped Classroom: Beyond the Videos

    Catlin
    30 Apr 2012 | 12:25 pm
    Last week, I read an interesting blog post by Shelley Blake-Plock titled ”The Problem with TED ed.” It got me thinking about the flipped classroom model and how it is being defined. As a blended learning enthusiast, I have played with the flipped classroom model, seen presentations by inspiring educators who flip their classrooms, and even have a chapter dedicated to this topic in my book. However, I am disheartened to hear so many people describe the flipped classroom as a model where teachers must record videos or podcasts for students to view at home.  There are many…

  • The Rumors Are True: Google Drive Was Introduced Today

    Catlin
    24 Apr 2012 | 12:39 pm
    Google Drive, introduced TODAY, allows you to access files from any location. It is as simple as dragging and dropping your files- video, audio, photos and documents- from any program directly into Google Drive where you can easily access and share them. Google Drive makes it easy to share and collaborate on large files too! For those who love Google Docs, “it is built right into Google Drive, so you can work with others in real time on documents, spreadsheets and presentations.” Post comments and replies to any file type and get email alerts when other collaborators post…

  • Google Search: 10 Questions & Answers to Help You Search Smarter!

    Catlin
    16 Apr 2012 | 5:05 pm
    At the Google Teacher Academy Lisa Thumann awed me with her lively presentation on Google Search. I must do an average of 15 searches a day on a wide range of topics. I search for articles, images, power points presentations, key words, etc. but I had no idea what Google search could do for me and my students.  What I know now will radically change how I teach my students to research in the future, so I wanted to share some cool tips with other educators.  First, let’s get the lingo down (since I didn’t know the terminology before I started digging into the resources Lisa…

  • Google Teacher Academy: Initial Reflections

    Catlin
    10 Apr 2012 | 12:22 pm
    Team Rubik Rocks! Digesting what I learned at the Google Teacher Academy will take months. An impressive collection of both Google Certified Trainers and Google staff introduced an immense amount of information in just 2 days. It was mind boggling- especially after 3 plane flights and almost 24 hours of travel! I took copious notes and will be dedicating a series of blogs to teasing out the important information I learned during my time in London. In addition to notes, my goal is to share instructional strategies to inspire other educators who want to incorporate technology into their…
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  • Good Evil Ambigram

    Punya Mishra
    14 May 2012 | 12:24 am
    Brad Honeycutt, a fellow Spartan (he graduated 1996 a couple of years before I started here at Michigan State) is fascinated by optical illusions. He has completed a couple of books on optical illusions the first of which will be coming out in July. Scott Kim, one of my favorite ambigrammists, contributed a foreward and it includes work by Scott and John Langdon (he of Angels and Demons fame). Brad also runs an optical illusion blog at http://www.anopticalillusion.com and recently featured one of my ambigrams. This design is one of my favorites… do check it out on Brad’s…

  • Games & Learning, an analysis

    Punya Mishra
    9 Apr 2012 | 12:35 pm
    TCRecord has an interesting essay on the role of games and learning, by Alexander, Eaton & Egan, titled: Cracking the code of electronic games: Some lessons for educators. As they say, “This is an analytic article that provides a description of an array of attempts to derive educational principles from the perceived success of students’ learning while they are engaged in electronic games.” They identify three key ways that games have been used in educational contexts. First, seeing games as teaching desirable learning skills through the simple act of playing; second, a focus…

  • Bollywood meets Guitar Hero

    Punya Mishra
    11 Mar 2012 | 11:53 pm
    Over the Christmas break my daughter and three of her friends got together to make a music video. The idea was simple, what if there were a version of Guita Hero (Sitar Hero anyone?) for Bollywood songs. Out of this idea emerged a 5+ minute long music video – with a story-line about 4 bored Indian kids, deciding to have a good time. Shot over two days in our basement, the music video was recently screened at the annual cultural program of the Indian Cultural Society of Greater Lansing. The video was great fun to make. Here it is. Enjoy.  

  • Wislawa Szymborska, 1923 – 2012

    Punya Mishra
    4 Feb 2012 | 12:53 am
    Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska passed away a couple of days ago. I first heard of her on an NPR show a few years back (and had included a couple of her poems on the blog – see here and here). If you have never read her work, I entreat you to do so. She is an absolutely brilliant poet, simple, straightforward, yet deep, with a wonderful touch of whimsy and humor. Here are a couple of her poems: The End and the Beginning After every war someone has to clean up. Things won’t straighten themselves up, after all. Someone has to push the rubble to the sides of the road, so the…

  • Looking for design in Barcelona

    Punya Mishra
    2 Feb 2012 | 12:38 am
    Readers of this blog know that I am always looking for examples of good / bad design (actually I am usually not looking for bad design – it just sort of comes and slaps me on the side of the head!). I thought I might share one with you today, that I found in my hotel room in Barcelona. First off here is  what it looks like. Rather cool don’t you think? Well, as always, there is more… However, as I began to use it, I found it frustrating and difficult for a range of reasons. First, it was hard to put the phone back on the stand in the dark – the cool…
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    Zen College Life

  • 10 Next-Gen Twitter Comedians You Need to Follow

    Site Administrator
    30 Apr 2012 | 11:03 pm
    Even in small doses, it's a well-known fact that you're not that funny. And with the advent of Twitter, it's pointless to even try. Twitter has exploded in popularity in the past few years, and it's created new communities, brought people together, and been the platform of revolutions and many social campaigns. It's also become a great stop on the web to get up-to-the-minute comedy. Because the service is free, easy to use, and addicting (studies show that, neurologically speaking, refreshing your Twitter feed can be akin to doing a line of cocaine), everyone's become…

  • 7 Reasons We Should All Lighten Up About “Girls”

    Site Administrator
    26 Apr 2012 | 11:18 pm
    It's time for a literature review. But that's OK, because it's one about television. Lots of digital ink and even more opinionated thought has been spilled in the shaming of HBO's new series Girls. And a bit less (but still some) has been used for touting the show's redemptive qualities. What started as a social media phenomenon hasn't yet ended, and there are thinkpieces as well as clickbait across the spectrum to consider. But now it's time for a breakdown. Calm down, people. Sit a spell. And consider these seven reasons we should all lighten up about Girls.

  • 8 Coaches Who Were Unfairly Fired

    Site Administrator
    15 Apr 2012 | 11:18 pm
    When it comes to coaching, a termination is much more than the loss of a job. It has the potential to tarnish one's reputation and damage a coaching career for life. For the most part, coaches are measured on their wins and losses. They depend on the talent, health, and cooperation of their players to make wins happen, but when the team falls short, somebody is to blame. And as the figurehead of team, it's typically the coaches who get the boot first. Sometimes the win-loss ratio isn't the problem at all, but actually an issue of insubordination or bad judgment on the coach's…

  • 7 Reasons Atheists Should See Blue Like Jazz

    Site Administrator
    12 Apr 2012 | 11:21 pm
    Like so many movies, Blue Like Jazz began as an even better book. It was a best-seller, and a favorite among progressive, postmodern Christians coming of age at the end of the dawn of a new millennium. The story is a semi-autobiography of the author, who explored his faith (and ultimately came back to it) while auditing classes at Portland's brainy liberal arts haunt, Reed College. Author Don Miller left his junior college, Southern Baptist upbringing, and the suburbs of Houston, Texas behind to discover his vocation in the big, scary, secular world. As far as Christian memoirs go,…

  • 7 Movie Quotes to Get You Through Exams

    Site Administrator
    8 Apr 2012 | 11:18 pm
    There's no doubt about it — exams are the pits. Being stuck in the library for hours, bored out of your mind is the absolute worst. Oh, and trying to get motivated to study instead of Facebooking? Forget about it. As much as you want to skip studying and play Call of Duty instead, you've got to snap out of it and hit the books. If the pressure of crunch time isn't keeping you focused or getting you excited about philosophy or molecular biology, then check out these seven great movie quotes to get you through exams. "Show me the money!" (Jerry Maguire) Just think,…
 
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  • Midwest Moot Program Sneak Peek #MootUSIN12

    Joseph Thibault
    14 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    If you’re headed to Goshen to the Midwest Moot this July you can get a sneak peek at that schedule of events which were released recently via email, over 30 sessions are scheduled and titles include, Meet Moodle! “But How Is This Teaching?”: How to Make the Online Classroom Work Advancing your Moodle course to meet the multiple needs of learners Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Upgrading to Moodle 2.x from an Instructional Admin Perspective Moving an Elephant to 2.0 Take a Load Off: Real Life Moodle Clustering Integrating Moodle with Adult Learners Writing uploadable questions for…

  • 8 Moodle Videos from Bladen Community College

    Joseph Thibault
    14 May 2012 | 8:30 am
    Here is a collection of 8 Moodle videos/tutorial from Bladen Community College in Dublin, North Carolina: http://www.bladencc.edu/ Videos include: Forums Uploading files Messaging Grades Course pages Resources and activities and more Below is the video highlighting Moodle forums [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54cr0Gjusm8]. Check out all of the videos here http://www.youtube.com/user/ncihbcc/videos?query=Moodle

  • First #imoot2012 Registration winner: Chad Bergeron

    Joseph Thibault
    14 May 2012 | 7:00 am
    Congratulations to Chad Bergeron who submitted a great #Moodlewish and has been randomly selected from entries for free registration to this year’s iMoot (which starts next week).  Registration is only $80 and the program is full of great community-led sessions (soon to be released).  Register here: http://2012.imoot.org/. If you’re interested in getting free registration to the largest online Moodle event just enter your idea in the form below. http://goo.gl/ihoJ0

  • Win registration to the upcoming #iMoot2012 by participating in this survey! #Moodlewish

    Joseph Thibault
    11 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    I’ll be giving our the first free registration as reward for participating in the “I wish Moodle…” survey on Monday, already we have loads of great ideas and #Moodlewish items collected from the community.  There are great ideas like autosave, a simpler gradebook, WordPress like upgrades and more. If you’re interested in heading to the iMoot this May (the program will be released soon) enter here for your chance to win free registration: http://goo.gl/ihoJ0 Otherwise visit iMoot.org to register on your own as it’s sure to be the virtual Moodle event of…

  • #MootAU12 Program is now available

    Joseph Thibault
    11 May 2012 | 8:30 am
    If you’re headed to the Australia Moot this July in Queensland then you’re in for a treat: the program is now available and the sessions look great: http://moodlemoot.org.au/mod/page/view.php?id=31. From preconference workshops like “Strictly FTW: Moodle Games Lab” and “Beginning with Moodle Development” to regular conference sessions highlight all sorts of great possibilities, A keynote by Martin Dougiamas (with Q&A) unveiling of new plugins and addons white papers exploring institutional integration/adoption of Moodle creating more user-centered…
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    Gradebook

  • Cheating and Its Impact on Modern Education

    Guest
    15 May 2012 | 1:19 pm
    Today we hear from Melissa Crossman, a tech-savvy education advocate. With a Master of Education, Melissa serves as a resident blogger at American InterContinental University. In a discussion with Melissa in light of tech’s interesting relationship with traditional “cheating,” we wanted to dig into some of the ways cheating may be impacting learners in the 21st century classroom. Cheating: let’s discuss Do good kids cheat? This question was recently addressed by Dateline in its “My Child Would Never Do That” series. In the episode, a select group of “good” kids…

  • The Ed-Tech Meetup: rehashing informal & formal learning integration

    Meredith
    11 May 2012 | 12:25 pm
    One word best describes last night’s Ed-Tech Meetup in San Francisco: wow. Educators, edupreneurs, techies, and ed-tech friends came together for the 16th meetup to engage in collaborative hands-on learning experiences, make new connections, and get a taste for best practices in learning pedagogy. During the #edmeet recap after last month’s meetup, we noticed an underlying clamor for more opportunities to engage, experiment, and connect rather than listening quietly to a panel discussion, so we iterated on the group’s feedback and organized the most fun, interactive meetup…

  • 10 Creative Classroom Organization Ideas

    Suzanne
    10 May 2012 | 12:56 pm
    LearnBoost loves finding new ways for educators to share great classroom resources and ideas. We host monthly Meetups, weekly Tweetups, and create easy-to-use classroom management software that allows teachers to export and share lesson plans. That being said, you may not be surprised that we’re loving Pinterest! We’ve written about Pinterest’s potential in education before, but we couldn’t resist sharing some of the best creative classroom organization ideas we’ve come across so far. 10 Creative Classroom Organization Ideas 1. Glue heavy-duty magnets to soup cans. Label each can…

  • Recap of #edmeet: Digital Citizenship

    Suzanne
    7 May 2012 | 1:44 pm
    Last week, Meredith wrote an insightful and informative post that included three resources for promoting digital citizenship among students. Digital citizenship, as she so eloquently put, “does not speak to some wacky new phenomenon; it is rather a natural extension on the focus of citizenship as students engage in the digital world.” In Friday’s #edmeet Tweetup, we set out to define digital citizenship and share resources and guidelines on the best practices to teaching it to both students and teachers. The Topic: Digital Citizenship With endless resources and information on the…

  • Free Management Software for Homeschools!

    Suzanne
    4 May 2012 | 2:28 pm
    LearnBoost was created with the best interests of teachers in mind. However, teaching is not confined to the classroom walls, and neither is LearnBoost. Lately, we’ve been getting some great feedback from homeschooling parents! Read on to find out how homeschools can benefit from LearnBoost’s free management software. LearnBoost for Homeschools We’d like to thank Kristie Sawickis, a homeschooling mom of eight years, for including LearnBoost in her savings-savvy blog Saving Dollars and Sense. Other blogs also included our free gradebook as a great organizational tool, like Crystal…
 
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    Education News » Daily

  • Julia Steiny: Mother the Infant Brain Right The First Time – Or Pay Later, Big Time.

    Julia Steiny Columnist EducationNews.org
    16 May 2012 | 2:01 am
    Here’s a jaw-dropping stat: A kid’s brain develops 50,000 synapses EVERY MINUTE. Synapses are the connections made by the brain’s information-carrying cells, neurons, that “wire” our experience into knowledge, skills,... Read more »

  • Education ministry asked to reverse decision to cut funding for adult courses

    or from a variety of publications on EducationViews.org
    15 May 2012 | 8:25 pm
    The B.C. Teachers’ Federation is asking the government to reverse a recent decision to cut the number of high-school courses that are offered to adults free of charge. The union... Read more »

  • Funding is a carrot in education courses

    or from a variety of publications on EducationViews.org
    15 May 2012 | 8:23 pm
    Withholding full payment to schools based on student success has merit, to a point By Don Cayo – It’s easy to overlook in the kerfuffle over the education ministry’s decision... Read more »

  • Liberty Students Participate in STEMS of Success™ Youth Conference

    or from a variety of publications on EducationViews.org
    15 May 2012 | 6:41 pm
    Eighth graders learned about academic and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields Phoenix, AZ (05/15/12) – Twenty Liberty Traditional Charter School eighth graders were chosen to attend... Read more »

  • ISD PreK to Participate in New Texas “PreK Center of Excellence” Program

    or from a variety of publications on EducationViews.org
    15 May 2012 | 6:36 pm
    (Lubbock, TX) Education Service Center (Region 17) is pleased to announce the launch of the new Texas Kindergarten Readiness System (KRS) that recognizes excellence in early childhood education programs across... Read more »
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    College Prep U

  • Suicide Awareness In College | Recognize The Warning Signs!

    Admin
    4 May 2012 | 9:04 am
    Suicide amongst teens and college students is a very real thing and is not something that should be swept under the rug.  This week’s article from Sarah deals with a touchy subject: Suicide Awareness.  As you read this article, keep in mind that no matter what high school or college you are attending, there are professionals available to help you deal with any feelings of doubt, hopelessness, depression or if you are simply feeling overwhelmed with life. Suicide Awareness In College As a college student, it’s easy to engulf yourself in doubt, worry, and the consuming despair. With tests…

  • How To Study For Exams | Studying Tips For High School and College!

    Admin
    27 Apr 2012 | 10:00 am
    Developing the right study plan that fits your unique personality and learning style is the key to properly preparing for your tests and exams.  Today, Sarah  gives us some tips how to study for exams that can be used in college, as well as for high school students. With finals just around the corner, assignments, papers, and tests are piling up quickly.  It’s crunch time for the college student and every minute is precious.  It’s time to put those newly acquired stress management skills and studying tips to use and use your time wisely.  Last week, I discussed ways to help yourself…

  • Stress Management For College Students | Tips To Help You Destress For The Test!

    Admin
    20 Apr 2012 | 10:06 am
    It’s getting to be exam season for most college students, so today’s post from Sarah will cover some stress management for college students.  Knowing how to de-stress ahead of time, before you enter college, will be a major advantage and will help you score higher on your semester exams! Tests are the most stressful aspect of a college student’s life. They creep up one after the other each one getting longer and harder as you proceed through the semester.   By the end of the semester, it’s time for the most dreaded tests, finals! Now is the time of year where students are…

  • New And Improved Product, Bonus Materials and a Discount For Our Readers!

    Admin
    12 Apr 2012 | 9:03 am
    It’s not often that we do this, but today we want to take a quick break from the usual posts to tell you about what we’ve been working on over the past couple of months.  As many of you know, we have been selling an ebook entitled “Plan, Prepare, Succeed: Getting Accepted To College” for over a year now.  (Thank You to those that have purchased!) However, we’ve gotten some feedback on the ebook and took a harder look at what our readers wanted and needed.  As a result, we decided to reopen the ebook and make some additions and improvements so that we can…

  • Dorm Room Ideas For A Fabulous College Pad!

    Admin
    10 Apr 2012 | 10:06 am
    Dorm room decorating ideas are one of those often overlooked aspects of going off to college.  So this week, we asked Sarah to give us her take on some dorm room ideas for our readers who will be heading off to college in the fall and could use some “creative genius”! Living on a college campus is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.  In the anticipation and excitement of going away to college for the first time, 99% of college freshman are bound to forget something.  Dorm room ideas for decor is one of those easily overlooked things that you realize right after your parents pull…
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    eLearners Community

  • Purdue University Joins The Party

    SteveFoerster
    15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    Recently there have been an awful lot of announcements about big name colleges and universities (and some not so big name ones that are still interesting) offering free online non-credit courses. These schools are being rightfully praised for devoting some of their considerable resources toward building something that, if done right, can benefit an awful lot of people. Now it seems that Purdue University, a major public research university in Indiana, is sort of getting into the swing of things,...(read more)

  • An eLearning Graduate Reflects On How It's Done

    SteveFoerster
    14 May 2012 | 5:56 pm
    Congratulations are in order to many people finishing their degrees at this time of year, but a special tip of the hat goes out to Nick Sproull , who's completing a Master's degree with a concentration in Educational Leadership from Michigan State University. Like many working adults (he's an administrator at the NCAA), Sproull chose to further his education by eLearning. Beyond that, though, he took his experience working in the world of higher education and drew on it to comment on...(read more)

  • Open Textbooks Get University Support

    SteveFoerster
    13 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    As covered in this space from time to time, there's an ever strengthening movement among educators to increase options available to schools, instructors, and students by developing open education resources — educational materials that are unencumbered by copyright, or are released under a permissive license that doesn't require those copying and using those materials to pay for the privilege. The concept is no longer new, and at this point there are materials ranging from complete courses...(read more)

  • A Cautionary Tale About Rankings

    SteveFoerster
    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    When it comes to deciding to which schools to apply, it's clearly a big decision. You want as much information about your choices as you can possibly get. What's the student to faculty ratio? What's their accreditation situation? What are the average GRE scores of the students they accept? What's their tuition rate? What percent of their graduates find jobs in their fields of study? All of these and more are perfectly reasonable questions, and prospective students are wise to ask...(read more)

  • University Of The People Continues To Gain Steam

    SteveFoerster
    11 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    For those unfamiliar with the University of the People, it's an attempt from educational entrepreneur Shai Reshef to establish a university that uses eLearning to make degree programs available to students around the world without charging them tuition. If that got your attention you're not alone, as they've done a great job since their inception of getting attention from media outlets both that deal exclusively with education news, and even with some mainstream media coverage that many...(read more)
 
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    LFA: Join The Conversation - Public School Insights

  • Chronic Absence and Kindergarten

    obriena
    15 May 2012 | 9:16 am
    Chronic absenteeism is often thought of as a middle and high school issue. As children become responsible for getting themselves to school, those who are disengaged stop showing up. But did you know that nationally, one in ten kindergarten and first grade students miss the equivalent of a month of school each year? In some districts, it is more than one in four. Why don’t we talk more about these shocking statistics? Perhaps because we don’t know them. I had no idea that chronic absenteeism (when a child misses 10% or more of the school year) in the early grades was so common until a…

  • Technology and Learning in Clark County School District

    Tarsi Dunlop
    7 May 2012 | 2:56 pm
    You know you’re witnessing learning in action when you see children clamoring to answer a math question, hardly able to stay in their seats with hands stretched to the sky. For those who are often removed from the classroom, analyzing data, processing paperwork in human resources or working in national advocacy, it is always refreshing to be in the presence of educators and their students.  Two weeks ago, I participated in a National School Boards Association Technology Leadership Network site visit to Clark County. More than 300, 000 students are enrolled in the Clark County School…

  • Selective Use of Data Avoids Real Issues in Improving Public Education for All Children

    Cheryl S. Williams
    30 Apr 2012 | 10:34 am
    It seems the one thing we can all agree on when discussing how to improve public schooling for all our children is that we need data to guide our approach to personalizing teaching and learning in the classroom, so that we can ensure student success and support teacher effectiveness.  Yet we persist in ignoring data that points to root causes that hamper the most talented school leaders in their work with children.  At a recent meeting on Capitol Hill, researcher Sean Reardon from the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) shared data showing the only developed…

  • Turning Around a Reservation School

    obriena
    26 Apr 2012 | 6:06 pm
    Consider a community in which people cannot own property. Where housing consists of trailers or old manufactured homes packed closely together, with options for food and shopping very limited. Where a large population of feral animals poses a consistent threat. With high crime rates, high alcoholism, high gang activity. Would you want to live – or teach – there? Alchesay High School in Whiteriver, Arizona (part of the White Mountain Apache Reservation) is located in such a community. Prior to the arrival of Principal Roy Sandoval in the summer of 2010, the school had the lowest math…

  • Health: It’s More Than Physical

    NEA Health Information Network
    23 Apr 2012 | 4:21 pm
    When we think of health the first thing that often comes to mind is our physical health. Whether it is obesity or asthma, diabetes or dental problems, or injuries of any kind, physical health seems more visible or more pressing. But mental health is just as important. Like physical health, mental health challenges can range from minor to major, but regardless they are important to address and take care of.  Research gathered by the American School Counselor Association indicates that 20% of students are in need of mental health services, though only 20% of those students receive them.
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    My College Guide

  • Useful Degrees Series: BFA in Animation and Digital Arts at Florida State University

    admin
    5 May 2012 | 8:38 am
    Photo Courtesy: film.fsu.edu Do you like the idea of working in the film industry?  Many people are quick to answer “yes,” but might not know exactly how to go about doing so.  It is important to remember that film is a multi-billion dollar industry and, as a result, that means there are many, many different aspects to the industry as a whole.  Whether it is producing, directing or a range of behind the scenes jobs the film industry has opportunities especially for those with the right skills. There are many different programs that cater to helping students acquire a deeper…

  • Useful Degrees Series: Astronomy Degree Program at the University of Texas at Austin

    admin
    3 May 2012 | 11:30 am
    Photo Courtesy: www.as.utexas.edu Have you always been fascinated by space travel, the stars or astronomy?  There are college programs designed specifically for just such interests.  Take, for example, the Undergraduate program in Astronomy at The University of Texas at Austin.  This program is one of the top astronomy programs in the United States and selects only a relatively small number of students for the program.  The University of Texas at Austin offers both a Bachelor of Arts in Astronomy as well as a Bachelor of Science in Astronomy. What does this kind of degree program involve?

  • Useful Degrees Series: Degree in Viticulture & Enology at Cornell University

    admin
    1 May 2012 | 9:23 am
    Photo Courtesy of Cornell.EDU Who Doesn’t Love a Little Wine? Are you looking for a truly interesting and unusual college degree program?  Do you want a program that will make you the envy of your friends? There are plenty of programs that can help you stand out in the crowd and one of them is certainly undergraduate degree program in viticulture and enology at Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.  If you are wondering what viticulture and enology are, don’t worry, as you are certainly not alone!  Viticulture and enology involve the millennia-old…

  • Creative Ways to Pay for College

    admin
    28 Apr 2012 | 9:19 am
    The cost of college tuition is rising at a rate that is alarming to most experts.  The end result of this process is that millions of students have been saddled with far larger student debt and student loans than past generations of college goers.  Many older people don’t readily realize this fact.  However you, as a younger person in college or headed there soon, need to face that at least for you and your generation, there is a different economic reality where paying for college is concerned.  The purpose of this article is to get you thinking about how you can keep the high cost of…

  • Is A College Fair Worth Your Time?

    admin
    26 Apr 2012 | 8:15 am
    There are plenty of college fairs to choose from, but the real question is whether or not you should bother attending.  There are a few pros and cons involved in attending a college fair that we will explore in this article. You’ve taken SAT practice tests online; you’ve done your test prep tutoring sessions and maybe even investigated at length how to find scholarships and private loans for college. If you haven’t yet even thought about going to a college fair, now is definitely the time to do so! College fairs present a few advantages.  One advantage is that college…
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    The Tempered Radical

  • A Student's Take on Self Assessment

    Bill Ferriter
    15 May 2012 | 6:00 pm
    If you've been following the Radical at all, you know that Dean Shareski has gotten me thinking about the role that self-assessment should play in my classroom.  After having my students work through a few opportunities to assess their own learning, I asked them to assess self-assessment as an instructional practice.  Specifically, I told them I was interested in (1). their perspective on the fact that self-assessments aren't graded and (2). their perspective on having the chance to reflect on their own learning. One of my favorite responses came from Anna Beth, who wrote: Self…

  • @shareski's Right: My Students CAN Assess Themselves!

    Bill Ferriter
    10 May 2012 | 6:50 pm
    If you've read the Radical for any length of time, you know that my thinking is often pushed by Dean Shareski -- a Digital Learning Consultant with the Prairie South School Division in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.  What I love about Dean's posts is that they're a perfect mix of practical and provocative ideas.  He's just as likely to challenge my instruction as he is to challenge my thinking -- and that's cool.  A few weeks ago, Dean wrote about the role that self-assessment plays in the university classes that he teaches.  His central premise was one that struck…

  • How Clear is YOUR Vision? [Slide]

    Bill Ferriter
    7 May 2012 | 6:04 pm
    Whipped this up for a presentation this week.  Thought y'all might dig it: (click to enlarge) Download Slide_VisionMatters The quote comes from David Allen's book Getting Things Done. Hope it helps, Bill _____________________________________ Original Image Credit: Through the Glass by Josh Samson Licensed Creative Commons Attribution on May 7, 2012

  • Suggestion for New #atplc Schools: Don't Skip Vision and Values Statements

    Bill Ferriter
    5 May 2012 | 6:37 am
    Shawn Blankenship -- a building principal buddy of mine who goes by @dms_principal on Twitter -- reached out this week with a really interesting question about professional learning communities.  He wrote: I would love to hear any advice, successes, and/or failures you have experienced regarding the building of a strong professional learning community. Turns out that Shawn is starting a brand new middle school next year and he really wants to build a solid foundation for his new collaborative community. Having started a brand new middle school as a professional learning community myself…

  • Real Progress DOESN'T Happen in Leaps and Bounds [Slide]

    Bill Ferriter
    1 May 2012 | 6:00 pm
    I was feeling a bit creative today, so I decided to whip up a slide designed to challenge the notion that organizations can make huge strides in short periods of time: (click to enlarge) Download Slide_OneStepataTime Hope it makes you think about the change efforts underway in your own buildings -- and that you can use it somewhere in your work. _____________________ Related Radical Reads: Our Compulsive Obsession with the Impossible Sexy Sustainable Change in Schools Evolutionary Lessons for the Principals of PLCs Original Image Credit: Bodies in Motion by Paul Stevenson Licensed Creative…
 
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  • You’re Already Good Enough to Create

    Dennis Callahan
    6 May 2012 | 7:03 am
    Would you like to create more but feel like you’re not all that creative or talented?  Guess what – lots of other people do too, so don’t feel bad (it won’t help you anyway).  But, there is one thing that you can do that will help you create.  You can admit (to yourself) the reason why you are not creating. You’re Scared The reason you’re not creating might be different than what you think.  It’s probably fear, a fear of yourself. Before you dismiss this, think about it for a moment.  There may be other symptoms (e.g., lack of time, motivation,…

  • Learning By Creating

    Dennis Callahan
    29 Apr 2012 | 9:44 am
    As you approach problems, decisions and opportunities, do any of these statements sound like you? If I could find the “best way” to do this, then this will solve my problem. I need to find out as much as I can about what others have done in order to learn something new. I don’t have time to make mistakes, I need to find the perfect solution before I begin creating. Do you notice anything missing from the statements above?  How about creating? Creating is a powerful method for learning. Stephen Downes captures this well in his Learning by Creating post. “I think that, in general,…

  • Tinker and You Will Learn

    Dennis Callahan
    24 Apr 2012 | 6:06 am
      Harold Jarche just posted To learn, we must do.  This is especially true in the age of social media.  You actually have to do something in order to learn.  The more you do, the more you’ll learn. Another word for doing is “tinkering.”  Tinkering means you can’t wait until all conditions are perfect to begin and you don’t know what you’re going to get.  You use your curiosity and begin exploring by doing. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” ~Theodore Roosevelt Kids are great examples of tinkering. Here’s an inspiring story…

  • 50 Quotes About Failure

    Dennis Callahan
    16 Apr 2012 | 12:24 pm
    This is part of my 50 quotes series: 50 Quotes About Knowledge, 50 Quotes About Learning, 50 Quotes About Teaching “There is no failure.  Only feedback.”  ~Robert Allen “Life’s real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.” ~ Anonymous “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” ~Thomas A. Edison “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” ~Henry Ford “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of…

  • Undercover Learning and Performance Professional

    Dennis Callahan
    10 Apr 2012 | 7:47 pm
    Have you ever seen the show “Undercover Boss?”  The CEO goes “undercover” within his/her company as a regular employee to see how thing really work.  The CEO is treated as a regular employee and sees the good and bad without filters from employees. You think things are a certain way but how do you know if you are removed from the day-today? You could ask questions but you might be given answers based on how others see you (e.g., CEO, learning and performance professional). If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. ~Bernard Baruch Or  – if people see you as a…
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  • Logical Reasonings

    Hank
    15 May 2012 | 6:58 pm
    A) A rookie in the NFL is quitting football so that he can go to law school. It makes more sense when you find out he was drafted by the Cleveland Browns. Yahoo! Sports. B) Did Texas lethally inject an innocent man in 1989? Guilty, says one Columbia Law professor. Huffington Post. C) When tweeting about your crummy job, remember that your higher-ups might read it and fire you. If you are the higher-up tweeting about your crummy job, you probably deserve to get canned. Wall Street Journal. D) According to a recent poll, half of Americans think Facebook is a fad. The other half said they…

  • How to Juggle Finals with June LSAT Prep

    Alex Davis
    15 May 2012 | 2:08 pm
    Finals. LSAT prep. Finals? LSAT prep? FINALS! LSAT PREP!? Have I accurately captured your approximate level of stress heading into finals and the LSAT home stretch? Good. Never fear, I’m here to help. Or at least advise. If you’re one of those intrepid folk who decided to study for the June LSAT while still in school, I’m sure you’re feeling the crunch. My advice is simple: schedule the hell out of yourself. An undertaking this massive requires you to regiment your lifestyle. Figure out how much time you realistically need to devote to both finals study and LSAT prep and find a way to…

  • What are Law School Finals Like, Anyway?

    Matt Shinners
    14 May 2012 | 9:23 pm
    If there’s one thing that terrifies prospective law students more than the LSAT, it’s law school finals. Even after gaining admission to some of the most hallowed halls in the country, the specter of that first round of exams casts a pallor over their heads. Authors have written books on how to ace them. Students have created catchy acronyms to approach them. There are even simulated programs in which you can enroll that will take you through a mock semester, including an actual final at the end. And why is there so much stress over a test? Haven’t you taken a ton in undergrad? Yes, you…

  • Logical Reasonings

    Hank
    14 May 2012 | 7:09 pm
    A) Thomas M. Cooley Law School is slowly taking over the country. ABA Journal. B) A town in New Jersey has banned texting while walking — our first step toward a utopia devoid of all communication with people from New Jersey. CBA News. C) Or maybe someone in the town read this study about texting while walking. LIBN. D) “Why would my client, or anyone for that matter, stalk Alec Baldwin?” “Good point. Not guilty!” FindLaw. E) Game of Thrones is running out of old dudes. The Onion.

  • Don’t Panic, But the June LSAT is One Month Away

    Alex Davis
    11 May 2012 | 9:29 pm
    Here’s a phrase that oughta make you shudder just a bit: The June LSAT is exactly one month away. Spooky, I know. Not as spooky as the inexplicable success of the Twilight Saga, but pretty damn close (it doesn’t get spookier than sparkly vampires). What should a person such as yourself be doing right now? If you’re reading this during normal waking hours, then the answer is the following: studying. Of course, you could mix in the occasional meal or trip to the gym, but you need to put the schnoz to the grindstone. Now is the time for you to firm up all those soft spots in your LSAT…
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  • Adding Fertilizer to Your Lawn Could Be Dinner Bell for Fungal Diseases

    johnsond@missouri.edu (Debbie Johnson)
    15 May 2012 | 12:38 pm
    Large patch on zoysiagrass (Photo by Kent Faddis) Cool spring weather and moisture are perfect conditions for two troublesome lawn diseases. Brown patch is a fungal disease that attacks tall fescue. Large patch is a fungus that goes after  zoysiagrass. Both diseases spread rapidly if you encourage new growth by adding fertilizer.     Today’s guest is Lee Miller, turf grass pathologist for University of Missouri Extension. You can find additional information on lawn diseases from MU Extension.

  • Warm Temperature Trend Continued in April – May Rainfall Uncertain

    johnsond@missouri.edu (Debbie Johnson)
    7 May 2012 | 3:07 pm
    A possible rare weather event, showers for some, not enough rain for others, and a couple of chilly days are just part of April’s weather picture in the Show-Me State. May in Missouri should continue the several-month trend of above average temperatures. Historically, May is Missouri’s wettest month, but there’s still uncertainty whether that will be the case for May 2012.   "Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain." ~ Author Unknown (Map from High Plains Regional Climate Center; Data compiled by Pat Guinan)   Today’s…

  • Disconnect to Reconnect with Life

    johnsond@missouri.edu (Debbie Johnson)
    30 Apr 2012 | 7:28 pm
    "Technology makes it possible for people to gain control over everything, except technology." ~ John Tudor (Photo by Christoph van der Bij) This week is National Screen-Free Week.  It’s a time for all of us to take a good look at the amount of time spent with screens.  Smart phones, tablets, e-readers and all other “screen” devices take hours away from other activities such as spending time with family and friends. Don’t think “screen time” is a problem? Consider this: From January to March 2012, more iPhone were sold than babies were born…

  • Community Involvement One Child at a Time

    johnsond@missouri.edu (Debbie Johnson)
    17 Apr 2012 | 4:00 pm
    Abigail's winning photograph - Photovoice Missouri 2011-2012 Photovoice Missouri is a statewide health photography program and competition that’s a collaboration between the Health Communication Research Center at the Missouri School of Journalism…and the University of Missouri Extension Healthy Lifestyle Initiative. Last August, students from several Missouri counties were given the task of showing, through pictures, examples in their communities that support healthy choices, and areas that need improvement.     All of the students’ pictures can be seen on Flickr, a…

  • Aging Gracefully

    johnsond@missouri.edu (Debbie Johnson)
    11 Apr 2012 | 6:01 pm
    "Aging has you firmly in its grasp if you lose the urge to throw a snowball." ~ Doug Larson (Photo by Pierre Amerlynck) Everyone, no matter the age or condition, can benefit from exercise. On the other hand, you have a lot to lose if you’re not active. Want to ward off the negative aspects of aging?  Then regular physical activity is your best option.       Today’s guests are Linda Rellergert, nutrition specialist for University of Missouri Extension and Stephen Ball, exercise physiologist for MU Extension. Check out Exercise for the Older Adult Click the…
 
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    MIT OpenCourseWare: New Courses

  • 15.015 Macro and International Economics (MIT)

    Johnson, Simon
    11 May 2012 | 5:11 am
    15.015 Macro and International Economics focuses on the policy and economic environment of firms. This subject divided in three parts. The first part of the course is a study of the closed economy and how monetary and fiscal policy interacts with employment, GNP, inflation, and interest rates. Next, the course provides an examination of national economic strategies for development and growth and recent financial and currency crises in emerging markets. Finally, the course addresses the problems faced by transition economies and the role of institutions both as the engine of growth, and as the…

  • 7.01SC Fundamentals of Biology (MIT)

    Lander, Eric
    9 May 2012 | 3:29 am
    Fundamentals of Biology focuses on the basic principles of biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, and recombinant DNA. These principles are necessary to understanding the basic mechanisms of life and anchor the biological knowledge that is required to understand many of the challenges in everyday life, from human health and disease to loss of biodiversity and environmental quality.

  • 16.459 Bioengineering Journal Article Seminar (MIT)

    Oman, Charles
    8 May 2012 | 6:37 am
    Each term, the class selects a new set of professional journal articles on bioengineering topics of current research interest. Some papers are chosen because of particular content, others are selected because they illustrate important points of methodology. Each week, one student leads the discussion, evaluating the strengths, weaknesses, and importance of each paper. Subject may be repeated for credit a maximum of four terms. Letter grade given in the last term applies to all accumulated units of 16.459.

  • 9.00SC Introduction to Psychology (MIT)

    Gabrieli, John
    1 May 2012 | 4:18 am
    This course is a survey of the scientific study of human nature, including how the mind works, and how the brain supports the mind. Topics include the mental and neural bases of perception, emotion, learning, memory, cognition, child development, personality, psychopathology, and social interaction. Students will consider how such knowledge relates to debates about nature and nurture, free will, consciousness, human differences, self, and society.

  • RES.18-008 Calculus Revisited: Complex Variables, Differential Equations, and Linear Algebra (MIT)

    Gross, Herbert
    29 Mar 2012 | 4:32 am
    Calculus Revisited is a series of videos and related resources that covers the materials normally found in freshman- and sophomore-level introductory mathematics courses. Complex Variables, Differential Equations, and Linear Algebra is the third course in the series, consisting of 20 Videos, 3 Study Guides, and a set of Supplementary Notes. Students should have mastered the first two courses in the series (Single Variable Calculus and Multivariable Calculus) before taking this course. The series was first released in 1972, but equally valuable today for students who are learning…
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    Discus Awards Blog

  • Discus Awards Blog - Video Picture of the Day - Mitchell Herrmann

    6 May 2012 | 4:00 pm
    Today, we celebrate the Don Drapers of the world, or the Leo Burnetts of the real world (no, not the MTV reality show), with an advertising campaign that should have been, created by Discus Award winner Mitchell Herrmann for his television production class.  Clearly evidenced by this fantastically-done spot, Mitchell has a career in advertising in his future if he chooses to pursue it.  Watch Mitchell's 50-second film noir Dr. Pepper commercial below.  Oh, and Dr. Pepper, on Mitchell's behalf, we say "you're welcome". Source: Discus Awards Blog - Video…

  • Discus Awards Blog - Winner Picture of the Day - Emily Smith

    4 May 2012 | 3:00 pm
    Discus Award winner Emily Smith excels in academics, athletics, and community service, but it is her artistic ability that is the focus of today's Winner Picture of the Day. As the seasons change, we leave it to the talent of Ms. Smith to capture that transformation. She brings us up-close-and-personal with nature's beauty by combining her photography skills and digital editing savvy to capture morning dew on leaves in this black and white gem. Source: Discus Awards Blog - Winner Picture of the Day - Emily Smith at Discus Awards.

  • Discus Awards Blog - Meet the Winner - Melinda Marchiano

    26 Apr 2012 | 1:00 pm
    To read more about Melinda's experience buy her book, "Grace: A Child's Intimate Journey Through Cancer and Recovery". Proceeds of the book are donated to childhood cancer research and childhood cancer organizations. My life-changing journey began in the fall of 2007, when I became mysteriously ill. After months of exhaustive searching, repeated misdiagnoses, and desperate testing, I at last was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma on December 18th, 2007. Strangely enough, it came as a relief…we then knew the enemy, and how to proceed in declaring war. However, the…

  • Discus Awards Blog - Meet the Winner - Kelly Eastman

    10 Apr 2012 | 2:00 pm
    If you want to read more about Kelly's experience, read her journal on her CaringBridge. Hello everyone! I hope that your holidays have brought you peace, love, and happiness! When I was diagnosed on June 24th, 2008 with Severe Aplastic Anemia my life completely changed. I was going to be a freshman in high school, one of the most exciting times of a person’s life! Severe Aplastic Anemia is a very rare blood-related disorder which is NOT cancer. My body still produced healthy cells, but the disease didn’t make enough cells in my bone marrow so I eventually would have run out and…

  • Discus Awards Blog - Meet the Winner - Bailey Bergmann

    4 Apr 2012 | 9:00 am
    It started the summer I tired of writing dog stories. I had decided that being published in a children’s fiction magazine was not going to be the extent of my writing career. So I snapped up the chance to write a few columns for the local newspaper—never mind that I was thirteen—and discovered I had much more to say than I thought. Looking back on my fast-ending high school years, I am shocked at what I became: Campaigner. Teacher’s aide. Writer. Tutor. Pianist. PR manager. Speaker. Director. It’s all the more shocking because of what I am—a shy-ish…
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  • The Emperor’s Nightingale Lesson Plans

    Rebecca Haden
    7 May 2012 | 9:36 pm
    “The Emperor’s Nightingale” is a story by Hans Christian Andersen, a Danish author, set in China. In the story, the Emperor of China discovers a nightingale, a bird which sings so beautifully that its song restores the ailing Emperor’s health.  The Emperor of Japan sends a mechanical singing bird to the Emperor of China, and his court prefers the artificial bird to the real bird — until the Emperor of China falls ill again. The nightingale come back, sings the Emperor back to health, and asks the Emperor to keep it secret. When the servants arrive in the…

  • End of Year Specials for Teachers

    Rebecca Haden
    30 Apr 2012 | 12:43 pm
    You deserve it! America’s Depot is offering a special deal for FreshPlans readers. Place an order — any size — and you’ll receive a FREE “Great job!” stamp when you use the code “GREATJOB” at check out. Teacher Created Resources has 40 exciting new classroom products featuring Debbie Mumm’s wonderful artwork! Get up to 80% off with Adobe CS6 Student and Teacher Editions Up to 50% off Hancock Fabrics – Fleece for your reading corner! Special! 30% Off all Parenting & Children’s Books at ChronicleBooks.com. Use promo code…

  • Puerto Rico Lesson Plans

    Rebecca Haden
    27 Apr 2012 | 8:03 am
    Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States. This year, the people of Puerto Rico will vote on whether they’d like to become the 51st state in the Union. It’s a great time to study Puerto Rico! We offer three great lesson plans below. Online resources: Explore Puerto Rico with Google Earth. The link takes you to a site where you can fly around without using Google Earth directly. If you have Google Earth on your classroom computer, use it so you can take advantage of all the features. Boriqua Kids has printable worksheets and quizzes on Puerto Rico’s geography, as well…

  • Mars Lesson Plans

    Rebecca Haden
    10 Apr 2012 | 8:38 am
    Mars is our neighbor in space, and it has thrilled Earthlings for centuries. We offer three great lesson plans for getting to know this neighbor. Online resources: Look at Mars. This is a project of Google Sky, and you should look at it if nothing else. NASA’s Mars page NASA’s Mars Rover page Interactive Mars habitat Basic facts on Mars (there are some ads and no printable version, but it’s good background). Earth Sky explains why Mars looks brighter at some times than at others. Right now is a great time to look for Mars! Have students look for Mars as homework and write a…

  • Publish a Poem with Paint

    Rebecca Haden
    4 Apr 2012 | 8:47 pm
 
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  • 4 Factors For a Successful Google Adwords Campaign

    Mike McCready
    14 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    If you’ve ever searched on Google (if you haven’t you must live under a rock), you would have noticed above and to the right of the search results, Google Ads.  For years these have been a staple for businesses to promote their products and services. Over the past couple years I’ve noticed that more and more higher education institutions using Google Ads to promote their academic programs. Why? Because they can work, if used correctly. While this isn’t an exhaustive list of the factors contributing to the success or failure of a Google Adwords campaign, they are the…

  • 3 Important Things When Marketing To International Students

    Kyle James
    7 May 2012 | 12:00 pm
    This article was written by Andrianes Pinantoan is part of Open Colleges, an online courses provider with great business management courses. When not working, he can be found with a camera on hand. You can follow him @andreispsyched. There are three things that must occur at the same time for people to take action, according to BJFogg, founder of Stanford University’s Persuasive Technology Lab. The same is true when we try to convince teenagers to leave their comfy homes to move halfway across the world to study. The three things are: People must have the desire or motivation to do what you…

  • Mobile Apps Will Pass – History Will Repeat Itself

    Kyle James
    16 Apr 2012 | 8:21 am
    Over the past few years the big sexy conversation at conferences has slowly morphed from social media to mobile. It is partially because social media is better understood now but it’s also because mobile is the shiny new toy that everyone is trying to figure out. We have seen incredible inroads that mobile traffic is making up a larger and larger portion of web traffic. Mobile traffic to websites has doubled across the year alone in 2011.With all these discussions it has me thinking more and more of the future of mobile apps. With recent data suggesting that the average user has well over…

  • [Results] The State of Outsourcing in Higher Ed, 2012

    Kyle James
    13 Apr 2012 | 9:02 am
    Who has been wondering what services and software solutions other schools outsource? The time has come to share those results with you. I’d be lying if I didn’t say I was a little disappointed with the number of responses. With only 32 completed surveys this is the smallest sample we have collected for any of the number of surveys that we have completed. Maybe I didn’t pick a topic that was interesting to people, the survey was too long or it was confusing. I have no way of knowing unless you tell me so leave a comment and let me know. I’m not going to attempt to make any assumptions…

  • Rethinking the UX of the Program Listing

    Michael Fienen
    10 Apr 2012 | 7:00 am
    Take a moment and think about your listing of majors and minors. Really think about it. Is it good? Does it reflect how great your offerings are? Is it even accurate? Is it just a stupid, boring, damned list (if you’re interested in something a bit off the beaten path, check out RIT’s Pathfinder system or look at what the University of Arizona is doing)? If the answer is yes, I want to kick you an idea. Filtrify. On its face, Filtrify is just another jQuery plugin that you can use for atomic control of a collection of DOM elements. Which is cool enough I suppose. But check out…
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    FACS Alive: Today's Family & Consumer Science News

  • Statistics from Junior Achievement about Teen Financial Confidence

    michele
    11 May 2012 | 10:11 am
    The USA News Today did a story on April 11, 2102 regarding Junior Achievements and the Allstate Foundation survey results on teen financial confidence. This information would be useful for FACS teachers to use to support the requirement of their financial literacy classes during a curriculum review process or to use within the financial literacy curriculum with your students. One of the highlights of the survey is that only 56% of 14-18 year olds think that they will be as financially well off or better than their parents. This was a 37% drop from 2011. Check out the story to find out more…

  • Kudos to Melanie Nelson, CEO of Learning ZoneXpress

    LZX Team
    7 May 2012 | 8:09 am
    Hurrah for Melanie! In April, Melanie was highlighted in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. as she will be attending a three week executive leadership program at Harvard’s Business School. I am so proud of Melanie and her accomplishments! As a former FACS teacher I am also very thankful for Melanie and the outstanding company she has developed. Learning ZoneXpress continues to provide cutting edge resources for the classroom and students. As a teacher, it was nice to be able to order meaningful curriculum for my classes and not always spend the time and energy trying to “reinvent the wheel.”…

  • Cleaning out your curriculum cupboard? Recycle the curriculum, not just the paper!

    LZX Team
    25 Apr 2012 | 1:13 pm
    This past year I had the exciting opportunity to take early retirement from my school district. Woo-hoo! Since other FACS teachers in the district were picking up my hours and we were required to pack up the ENTIRE building due to construction projects, I had the option to either toss out or bring home my curriculum and workshop 3-ring binders. Since I was unsure if I would be teaching elsewhere, I lugged home all of my binders. (I am an idea saver, organizer, writer, and recycler. We’re talking  80 binders of classes, workshops and curriculum books. That’s a lot of lugging!) My…

  • Kudos to FACS Teacher Kathy Ellefson!

    LZX Team
    20 Apr 2012 | 2:01 pm
    Congratulations to Kathy Ellefson and her team of culinary students at Elk River High School! They are this year’s winner of the ProStart Competition sponsored by the Hospitality Minnesota Education Foundation. The mentor for the team is Chef Tom Kavanaugh from Kavanaugh’s Resort. The culinary team will be representing Minnesota at the national ProStart competition in Baltimore, Maryland on April 27-29. Check on the article about Kathy and her amazing team of students at www.startribune.com/taste. ProStart is an amazing learning opportunity for students in high school to learn about food…

  • New Class Lists? A Classroom Tip from Michele – Check It Out!

    michele
    6 Apr 2012 | 2:04 pm
    Wow, the school year quarters fly by fast! Just when you have gotten to know every student’s name, the quarter ends and another new batch of class lists are in your mailbox and on your computer screen. So many names, so many students and only so many days… In the beginning of my teaching career, I made it a point to learn every student’s name within the first two days of class. Students were impressed and honestly, I felt a little smug. Fast forward 20 years and 14,000 names later, and this was no longer the case. It is especially difficult as the quarters go faster and the names are…
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    Essay Snark

  • Pissing off the BSers

    essaysnark
    15 May 2012 | 11:59 am
    Those of you who've been coming around these parts for awhile know we tell it like it is. We try to shoot straight. Bschool admissions is competitive. What's the point in shining you on and telling you that you have a good shot of making it into Harvard if you really don't? The main reason we strive for honesty when we assess a BSer's chances of admission is because we hate hate HATE it when we go through the whole process with someone and they don't make it in. We ALWAYS feel bad about it (well almost always; if the BSer is a jerk then we don't shed many tears at that point). We know there's…

  • More STBBS philosophy.

    essaysnark
    14 May 2012 | 7:46 am
    There was so much awesome in Friday's guest post that we thought we'd do it again. Thanks, STBBS, for providing this! BSers, hope you find it insightful. I've realized that, myself included, business school applicants can be completely neurotic!  And it can't be healthy. Or lead to a very happy life. If you're lucky, like I was, it takes over your life for about 6 months total, and those months were very spread out. 2 months, 3 years ago, studying for the GMAT. Then 4 months consumed with applications from August 1 - December 1. But I'm sure that some brave supplicants end up spending…

  • Guest post! Getting all philosophical on you

    essaysnark
    11 May 2012 | 7:32 am
    Words of wisdom coming to you today from a STBBS* -- these thoughts are coming in many months after this person completed their essays and got through the whole process and was ACCEPTED and has had time to consider what the application process was. I'm definitely so grateful for this whole process. It definitely forced a lot of career self-reflection as I was writing my essays and applying, which carried forward into more personal self-reflection and now I'm just reading all sorts of stuff on how people measure their lives or fill them with happiness, and thinking about my own life beyond…

  • mea culpa

    essaysnark
    7 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    There's been crickets in Snarkville lately and some of you may be wondering what the heck is up. If you've sent an email to the 'Snark in the past few weeks and months, it's possible that you got a response in a relatively timely fashion, and it's possible you got no response at all. Our inbox doth overfloweth of late, and we have been remiss in replying to some BSers out there. Herewith you should know: 1. It's not personal! If we have not yet replied your email from last week, last month, or (gah!) March, please do not think we're dissing you specifically. Some things piled up, others…

  • Politics and economics

    essaysnark
    4 May 2012 | 8:24 am
    Today's musings are sort of related to what we threw out there yesterday -- at least, in the context of the elite getting eliter (yes we know that's not a word). This NY Times article is not about bschool per se, but it's sure got a lot of bschool references. The article is about a very wealthy friend of Mitt Romney's. Romney is the Republican candidate who is running against Obama in the Fall election, for those of you who may not be well versed in current American politics. Romney is wealthy. Romney was CEO of Bain Capital, an offshoot of Bain Consulting that does private equity…
 
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    Miguel Ángel Escotet » English Blog

  • Is Higher Education Centered On The Student Or The Faculty?

    Miguel Angel Escotet
    15 May 2012 | 7:03 pm
    FROM ACADEMIC ETHOS TO ADMINISTRATIVE ETHOS The academic ethos of universities has changed very little since the Middle Ages until the present. However, there is a significant difference between the origin of universities as social institutions and contemporary universities. At first, their structure was more informal and, contrary to what one might think, more flexible. It was students who sought out professors on the basis of their epistemological and deontological authority. The university structure was built upon the studium generale or particulare, which was governed or run by a…

  • The Primary Axis of Development is the Human Being

    Miguel Angel Escotet
    6 May 2012 | 8:04 am
    The concept of development has been used in economics and education under different ideological labels and for a variety of planning purposes. However, the main reason for singling out education as instrumental in development is its role in producing the skilled manpower required to meet a country’s socio-economic needs. Thus education has come to be regarded, in our view wrongly, as a supplier of human resources; it has been turned into a formal institution concerned in practice with the immediate provision of trained skills and aptitudes, in which human beings are perceived as agents of…

  • Cognitive And Affective Variables That Should Rule Education

    Miguel Angel Escotet
    28 Apr 2012 | 8:40 am
    Education must focus on the quality of teaching and learning. The quality of the results, as a concept borrowed from the business sector which is much less complex and interactive than the education sector, is difficult to define with precision, since it combines values, attitudes and achievements which form a part of the most complex areas of study in psy­chology, such as the cognitive, affective and psychomotor areas. However, scientific evi­dence exists which makes it easier to understand many factors of this nature, as well as improving the criteria for the measurement of quality and…

  • Human and Economic Development Requires Ethical Practices and Ends

    Miguel Angel Escotet
    28 Mar 2012 | 1:11 pm
    The basis of human progress is not in a return to the past, nor is it in the present; it is to anticipate the future; to go forward with the awareness of what could and should have been done and has not been done. The objective is to conceive new ideas, methods, values and attitudes in an ethically and aesthetically context. The utopias have nearly always been taken over by ideological extremists. In the past century and in present times, they brought in the leftist utopia, or the repulsive false utopia of the extreme right —fascism or nazism— as the only proprietors of the desirable…

  • What Is The Purpose Of Higher Education – Knowledge Or Utility?

    Miguel Angel Escotet
    26 Feb 2012 | 12:11 pm
    What is the purpose of higher education – knowledge or utility? Such question encourages a false dichotomy since both are needed for people’s genuine education; never one at the expense of the other. Higher education institutions, primarily universities, must have a two-pronged approach in the search for knowledge, to develop the highest degree of creative thought, and to contribute to the solution of concrete needs in their society and the world. Its main purpose is three-fold: A higher education institution for freedom and democracy, for knowledge and innovation, and for humankind…
 
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    MindShare Learning

  • EdTech start-up trend emerging in Canada

    mindsharelearning
    4 May 2012 | 10:29 am
    Posted in StartupWe’re beginning to see the EdTech start-up trend emerging in Canada. After a dozen or so years in this space, it’s rewarding to finally see the sector gaining the respect it deserves and going beyond the tipping point. When Google, Facebook  and Apple declare they’re venturing into the EdTech space, we know it’s one that cannot be ignored. This especially presents opportunities for the vast number of unemployed aspiring new educators to explore other career options. Best cities for startups: Toronto ranks 4th on global list of best places to launch a…

  • Manitoba Scientists in the Classroom Grants

    mindsharelearning
    3 May 2012 | 11:51 am
    Posted in FundingManitobe Education is introducing “Scientists in the Classroom” grants to support teachers in their efforts to collaborate with scientists who agree to engage with students in the classroom. The grants, of up to $1,000.00, will cover expenses such as teacher release time for planning, professional development, and teaching/learning resources. Specifically, they are intended to • support schools in their efforts to encourage students to develop a critical sense of wonder and curiosity about scientific and technological endeavors • contribute to exemplary…

  • New mobile app lab is the first in Canada

    mindsharelearning
    3 May 2012 | 11:19 am
    Posted in HigherEd  From University of Toronto News A recently opened laboratory in the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering invites members of the University of Toronto community to explore the new possibilities smart applications for smart phones and tablets can offer. Called the Mobile Applications Lab – or Mobile APL for short – the new lab is led by two faculty members from The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Professor Parham Aarabi and Professor Jonathan Rose. “We want to welcome minds from across the University to partner…

  • Web 2.0 Spotlight

    mindsharelearning
    3 May 2012 | 11:16 am
    Posted in K-12   TED-Ed’s commitment to creating lessons worth sharing is an extension of TED’s mission of spreading great ideas. Within the growing TED-Ed video library, you will find carefully curated educational videos, many of which represent collaborations between talented educators and animators nominated through the TED-Ed platform. This platform also allows users to take any useful educational video, not just TED’s, and easily create a customized lesson around the video. Users can distribute the lessons, publicly or privately, and track their impact on the…

  • University of Waterloo awarded US$1.6 million to establish virtual incubation program

    mindsharelearning
    3 May 2012 | 10:59 am
    Posted in Research From University of Waterloo News The Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre (Conrad) at the University of Waterloo today received a US$1.6 million grant that will boost countless student businesses. The Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®), owner of the GMAT® exam and the leading membership organization of graduate business and management schools worldwide, announced the award today. Waterloo was the only Canadian university to receive funding this round. “Waterloo is internationally recognized for student innovation and entrepreneurship, and…
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    EdtechvoiceEd Tech Blog

  • Tips and Tricks for Teachers to Survive in a Digital Age

    mdubeau
    26 Apr 2012 | 2:09 pm
    Surviving as a teacher in the 22st century is a full time job.  Keeping up with all the changes in technology is a full time job for some of us!   In the following slide show you will find a copy of the presentation given at todays conference.    You will find 5 great tools to use in your classroom instruction.  Each tool is cloud based and works on all mobile devices (Chrome only works on latest versions of Android phone).

  • Using GoAnimate In the Classroom To Let Students Express Themselves

    mdubeau
    23 Apr 2012 | 7:29 pm
    Goanimate is a great tool for regular classroom teachers.    In the past, if you wanted to get students to work on an animation software the options where mostly technically complex.    Goanimate takes away the need for technical expertise and with very little training, you can have your students up and running in no time.  In my classroom, all the accounts where setup using goanimate4schools and the teacher dashboard makes it very easy to get your students accounts up an running.   Once they are logged in, I used a flipped classroom approach with various videos found on youtube to…

  • Tips and Ideas On Great Sources To Stream Video On Line For The Classroom

    mdubeau
    22 Apr 2012 | 7:11 pm
    Are you looking for clips or segements of video you can quickly bring up in your classroom?   We have collated a series of sites and resources you can use to access some of the best video sources.   Many sites link to documentaries, human interest stories and relevant content for any class or content area.         TipsandIdeasOnGreatSourcestoViewStreamingVideoOn-Line

  • The Multidevice Classroom: A Guide of Apps Found on IPad(IOS), Android and The Web part 1

    mdubeau
    26 Feb 2012 | 11:17 am
    The challenge for teachers using multiple devices in the classroom are many.    In my experience, it is always best to have access to just one device at a time.   In my classroom practice, the device of preference is either a PC or Mac running a cloud based web tool. But What about integrating other devices?     The key for teachers is to find an app that is available on all devices and ON THE WEB.   For example, if students have IPods, IPads, Android phones and Android tablets, what app can you find that works on all these devices? Below you will find a slide show with a few apps…

  • Tips and Ideas On How To Empower your Teaching With Modern Technology

    mdubeau
    21 Feb 2012 | 9:17 pm
    TipsandTricksConferenceSlideShow Find tips and tricks discussed at the Ottawa University Conference on Educational Practices In todays world.   Many useful tips to engage and enrich students lives are included.  
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    The Launch Education Blog

  • Navigating the LAAIS School Fairs - What Every Family Should Know

    15 May 2012 | 2:37 pm
    This is a post I had written in the Fall of 2011, but it will be incredibly valuable to parents visiting the LAAIS school fairs in May 2012 (and beyond). Keep this information in mind when you attend the ESAD School Fair on 5/15/2012. Standing in a parking lot adjacent to the Willows Community School, I could hear the anxious din of parents milling about the school's auditorium. It was the Fall 2011 Consortium of Secondary School Admissions Directors (CSSAD) Fair, and I was eager to learn what all of the fuss was about.  Reader, if you were unable to attend the fair yourself, please…

  • Making Education Relevant

    10 Sep 2011 | 12:18 pm
    The 2011-2012 school year has begun.Have you noticed how different kids' backpacks are these days? And no, I'm not talking about the size or style - I'm talking about what's inside.When I was in my primary and secondary years of schooling, my back-to-school shopping list contained items like #2 pencils, highlighters, fat pink erasers, a spiral-bound planner, a 2-inch binder, several reams of ruled paper, and maybe some folders and dividers.All of these things were necessary to keep track of old and new assignments, in-class notes, daily handouts, and the coveted semester syllabus that would…

  • Football Season, Fandom, and Fall Commitments at School

    2 Sep 2011 | 5:24 pm
    Going back to school is hard. You have higher expectations from teachers, parents, and coaches, and the stakes grow each academic year. Coming after the ease of summer, the fall tends to be an intense time. Complicating these pressures is the incredible excitement of football season. Being a serious football fan is a serious commitment – at least 4 hours on Saturday and/or Sunday and perhaps more. Growing up a diehard Michigan and Patriots fan, missing a game was just not an option. Unfortunately, neither was missing any homework assignments or sports practice. Here are my battle tested…

  • Hello, high school!

    26 Aug 2011 | 3:00 pm
    High school used to feel so far away, and now, here you are at its forefront. For many of you, going into ninth grade means a lot of big changes -- a new building, new classes, new teachers, new peers and new expectations. I know the transition can be a little scary, so I thought I'd share a few tips to help smoothen the ride. First, forget those dreadful slushie scenes you saw on Glee, and go in with a positive attitude. In the words of Peter Pan, think happy thoughts about your freshman year, and things will be more likely to go your way. Crack the books. High school courses are more…

  • Guest Blogger: Karen Berlin Ishii - Teacher and Test Prep Expert

    19 Aug 2011 | 4:14 pm
    With this year’s October SAT test date earlier than anticipated, many students and parents are feeling the pressure. Thankfully, Launch Education guest blogger, Karen Berlin Ishii, has provided some full-proof tips on how raise your confidence and scores before October 1st rolls around. How to prep for the October SAT in less than two months September and school are looming on the horizon, with the October SATs just beyond. But even if you didn't spend your summer studying, you can still make great gains in your scores. Here's how: Approach the test with confidence: Your spring SAT scores…
 
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    Clif's Notes

  • Class Activity: Take a Virtual Trip through Google’s Servers

    Clif Mims
    15 May 2012 | 5:02 pm
    Here’s a quick activity that you can do in your classroom to explore the topic of sustainable energy. It comes to us from Google. Introduction Ever wondered what happens when you send an email? How does an email travel from your computer to your friend’s smartphone across the country or around the world? Take a journey with Gmail and find out. In this short video you will follow an email on its journey to see what happens once you send a message. Along the way, you will learn about some of Google’s efforts to minimize its impact on the environment.   Exploration Take a…

  • Speak Up 2011: National Findings for K-12 Students and Parents

    Clif Mims
    15 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    About Speak Up The Speak Up National Research Project provides participating schools, districts and non-profit organizations with a suite of online surveys and reports to collect authentic feedback from students, educators and parents. In addition, they summarize and share the national findings with education and policy leaders in Washington DC and in each state. The top three reasons schools and districts participate in Speak Up are to: Collect unique data from their stakeholders. Conduct a needs assessment and create a vision for 21st century learning. Use the data to create and inform…

  • A Note about Mom

    Clif Mims
    13 May 2012 | 1:27 pm
    Happy Mother’s Day. Related PostsChristmas Keyz Favorite Theo. LeSieg (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) Story I Like… (Part 2) Are You Wearing Green Today?

  • A Message to Teachers from George Lucas

    Clif Mims
    9 May 2012 | 5:17 pm
    In honor of Teacher Appreciation Day filmmaker George Lucas shares his thoughts about the importance of education. In a blog post at Edutopia he shares, “There is no other job more important than education. It is the foundation of our democracy. By seizing on what’s working, and recreating those successes from one classroom to the next, we can make it better for everyone” (Source). I encourage you to read the full post and consider George’s personal experiences in the classroom and recommendations for education as we move forward. Related articles George Lucas: Education:…

  • Developing Young Authors with Storybird

    Clif Mims
    26 Apr 2012 | 4:00 pm
    Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print. It is a fun, collaborative, storytelling website that can be an effective resource for teaching parts of a story, the writing process, promoting creativity, and more. Storybird also seamlessly keeps a portfolio of each student’s writing development. Below are my slides from this workshop. All the workshop materials and resources (including a video tutorial, additional examples, notes, etc.) are available on my wiki, Learning Telecollaboratively. Developing Young Authors with Storybird View more Presentations…
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    Teachers At Risk

  • How Teachers Can Manage Stress through Five Fitness Tips

    ehartjes2@sympatico.ca (Elona Hartjes)
    10 May 2012 | 5:40 pm
    Health (Photo credit: 401K) If you have been following my blog, you’ll know that I suffered from teacher burnout and took a medical leave from November to March.  I wasn’t managing my stress very well, to put it mildly. Matt Bukirin offered to share his insights for managing teacher stress in the following article.  I’d like to thank Matt for being a guest author. I hope you find his advice useful. You can read more of Matt’s health tips on Movemo. How Teachers Can Manage Stress through Five Fitness Tips Matt Bukirin It’s pretty well known that stress manifests…

  • Thumbs promote student understanding

    ehartjes2@sympatico.ca (Elona Hartjes)
    7 May 2012 | 5:56 pm
    512 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I  just read about a new app for digital devices that students can use to let their teacher know whether they understand what the teacher is teaching.  No, it’s not the clicker some teachers use in their classrooms at school. It’s something new. The inventor called the new app the “confuseometer”.  It’s a good idea I suppose, especially now that Peel District School Board has invited students to bring their cell phones into the classroom to be used as a learning tool.  But,  I still like the old fashioned original digital device…

  • A strong young voice encouraging us to stand up against bullies.

    ehartjes2@sympatico.ca (Elona Hartjes)
    14 Apr 2012 | 5:32 pm
    Congratulations to Megan Landry and her friends for creating this music video encouraging us to be strong and stand up to bullies. Megan sent me an email asking me to share her anti-bullying message. I am delighted to give her message a shout out. I think it’s great that at 15 she found a way using her talent to reach out to others and encourage them to deal with bullying. You can watch the video below. A strong young voice encouraging us to stand up against bullies. originally appeared on Teachers At Risk on April 14, 2012.

  • The flipped classroom strategy for academically at-risk students.

    ehartjes2@sympatico.ca (Elona Hartjes)
    4 Apr 2012 | 10:20 am
    I’m always looking for ways to improve my teaching practice to engage my academically at-risk students. In doing research for my recent MEd course, I came across an interesting teaching strategy called the flipped classroom. Now, you may have heard about the flipped classroom but I hadn’t, and I’m excited about the possibilities the flipped classroom offers. I don’t expect the flipped classroom to be the definitive teaching strategy for academically at-risk students, but it’s a strategy worth looking into and trying in small steps. My students love using digital…

  • Can anger cause teacher burnout?

    ehartjes2@sympatico.ca (Elona Hartjes)
    8 Mar 2012 | 3:14 pm
    Can anger cause teacher burnout? I think the answer is yes. Thinking back to my experience of becoming “burned out” I can see how my anger about things that happened or mainly didn’t happen in my teaching practice lead to my emotional and physical state of burnout. I’m not a specialist about teacher burnout so I certainly don’t have the definitive answer about the cause or causes of teacher burn but I think I have an answer for why I experienced teacher burnout. I said earlier I can see how anger about what happened or didn’t happen in my teaching practice…
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    science-fair-coach.com

  • 3 Reasons I’m hanging up my lab coat for a business suit

    Dr. Maille Lyons
    15 May 2012 | 7:20 am
    Yesterday I officially resigned from my research science position to take a new, non-academic position. It was horribly bittersweet. Although I am excited about the next chapter in my life, I have been involved in research science and teaching since an undergraduate student work-study position on the R/V Lucky Lady out of UMASS-Dartmouth (1990!). Here are the top 3 reasons I am going to hang up my lab coat for a business suit — but don’t worry — I will still maintain this website because my passion remains improving science education in America. 1. Job Security: All of my…

  • Projects you can start this year for next year: Idea 2 = Moldy Matters

    Dr. Maille Lyons
    4 May 2012 | 2:27 pm
    Idea 1 was Biomimicry: Idea 2 is Moldy Matters: Remember that the one exception to doing a project with mold is that you are allowed to measure the time (quantitative, dependent variable) it takes for a food to show evidence of mold – but that you have to destroy the food and mold as soon as it is observed. So how about a project that asks the question: How much longer do store-bought foods stay preserved relative to home-made versions? It would be interesting and relevant because it would give people insight into just how much preservatives must be in store-bought food and how much…

  • How to prepare a final report for your science fair project

    Dr. Maille Lyons
    23 Apr 2012 | 7:47 am
    Generally a teacher would give guidelines as to what is expected in the final report, but if none come home with the project directions, then I recommend including the following sections (similar to a scientific paper) in this order: • Title, author, date • Abstract: 1 paragraph summary of entire project • Introduction: Background information including things like the motivation for picking your topic and why the project is important. Also include the hypothesis in this section. • Methods and Materials: This section can have several sub-sections. It would start with a list of what was…

  • Creative Ideas for NEXT YEAR’s Science Fair Project

    Dr. Maille Lyons
    19 Apr 2012 | 12:17 pm
    If you are working on this year’s project, and you have less than a week to get it done…. Check out my suggestions in posts for “popcorn projects” or “bubblegum projects” or even “paper airplanes” — They can all be done in a weekend (or even a day if you are really stuck). But if you are looking for a unique idea for NEXT YEAR – do research on BIOMIMICRY Biomimicry is biology inspired engineering and here are a few examples (copy and paste into your browser):…

  • How to graph data for your science fair project

    Dr. Maille Lyons
    8 Apr 2012 | 1:17 pm
    Once you have your data, you will need to present it to your teacher and science fair judges. In a science publication, you would choose between a table and a graph, but for the science fair project it is acceptable, and even encouraged, to showcase the data in both forms. If you have to pick (teacher’s rules), then a graph (picture) is better than a table (numbers), EXCEPT that most scientists really, really like numbers – so we are happy to see the table too. Type of graphs: Your first choice is to determine which type of graph would best communicate your findings. Your basic…
 
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    Dr Robert Muller - Tutoring to Excellence in Education

  • Home Educating: Why More and More Families Are Choosing Home Education

    Dr Robert Muller
    15 May 2012 | 11:22 pm
    Bullying on IRFE in March 5, 2007, the first class day. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)By Ellen BlackThe number of families who are choosing to home educate (in the USA - Ed) is rising every year.According to the National Center for Education Statistics that there are approximately 1.73 - 2.35 million children in grades K-12 being homeschooled at this time.Research shows that the homeschool population is growing at a rate of 2% - 8% per annum.Just a decade ago home educating was still considered a rogue alternative but today it is almost mainstream. How their children will be educated is a very…

  • Defiant Quebec Students Reject Shabby Government Offer

    Dr Robert Muller
    15 May 2012 | 8:17 am
    by Richard Fidler, Global Research.ca: http://www.globalresearch.caQuebec college and university students are now in the 13th week of their militant province-wide strike while voting by overwhelming majorities to reject a government offer that met none of their key demands. After a 22-hour bargaining session involving ministers of the Charest government, university and college heads, and leaders of the major trade-union centrals, the student leaders agreed on May 6 to put the offer to a vote of their respective membership without recommending acceptance. If the offer (the…

  • The Effects of Homeschooling on Socialization

    Dr Robert Muller
    13 May 2012 | 9:38 pm
    Homeschooled children in the kitchen (Photo credit: Wikipedia)By Maureen ParadiseWhy the debate about homeschooling and socialization?A common criticism of homeschooling is that homeschool children will not be properly socialized and therefore will lack social skills.So what is it about school that is so important for socialization? As kids develop psychologically they go though many stages. The stages vary depending on the psychologist you happen to be reading, but there is a basic pattern.Kids are attached to their parents, then kids like to play around other kids (but not with them), then…

  • The Benefits of Long-Term Home-Tutor Use

    Dr Robert Muller
    13 May 2012 | 1:50 am
    A tutor with this students in the classroom of a plantation house. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)By Rob J NightingaleGetting a well-rounded education means studying a wide variety of subject matter. Imagine the limitations of only studying those subjects at which you excel! So for many students there is at least one problematic subject that causes them consistent strife throughout their school years.Rather than allowing your child to suffer through their education consistently relying on the traditional educational model of classroom tutelage consider hiring them a private tutor (in home, or…

  • The Secular Homeschool Curriculum at a Glance

    Dr Robert Muller
    12 May 2012 | 9:13 am
    Secular Homeschooling (magazine) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)By Carol A HendersonIn the United States and abroad, the secular homeschool curriculum is not only considered to be the most common type of curriculum for families that elect to educate their children, but the most commonly accepted.In reviewing homeschooling definitions and guidelines, you will quickly discover that the secular homeschool curriculum is a bit on the open-ended side. There are numerous explanations on what the secular curriculum encompasses.It is generally agreed that this form of homeschooling does not affiliate itself…
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    College Grants and Scholarships.org - Free Money Resource

  • Business Grants – Free Money to Start & Grow a Business

    Robin
    9 May 2012 | 10:40 am
    According to Bankruptcy Law, approximately half of all small businesses will fail within the first five years. For many of them, lack of funding and resources in a poor economy are contributing factors.In fact, the United States Courts have released statistics for 2011 and state that last year alone, 49,895 businesses filed bankruptcy. While this number is down from 2009 and 2010, where business bankruptcies averaged about 58,000, it is still a significant number, especially if you are thinking of starting your own business.Ensuring your business makes it through those first five years is…

  • Dentist Salary and Career Information

    Robin
    4 May 2012 | 12:27 pm
    Dentists are medical professionals that diagnose, treat, and prevent oral health problems.They use a variety of high tech equipment, like drills, x-ray machines, forceps, scalpels, probes, and mirrors to remove decay, place protect sealants, straighten teeth, repair fractures, extract teeth, and fill cavities.They also provide their patients with oral health and nutritional instruction to help prevent dental problems. Dentists may also be responsible for writing prescriptions for medications like antibiotics and painkillers.The majority of dentists run their own office as general…

  • Directory of Grants and Scholarships in Indiana

    Robin
    2 May 2012 | 8:44 pm
    The Midwestern Higher Education Compact surmises that all colleges fall into one of three categories: low tuition and low aid, moderate tuition and moderate aid, and high tuition and high aid. Indiana falls between high and moderate category.This means, although the average tuition for an Indiana college is higher, approximately $7,306 for public four year colleges and $23,468 for private four year colleges according to the National Center for Education Statistics, the amount of financial assistance offered to students is just as high.The Project on Student Debt tells us that 60% of students…

  • Graduate School Scholarships – Cost of Earning a Grad Degree

    Robin
    30 Apr 2012 | 10:38 am
    When students think about earning their master’s degree, the first thought that comes to mind is “Is it really worth it?”According to collegesurfing.com, the average cost of a graduate degree can range from $30,000 to $120,000, depending on the length of the program, the college, and the type of degree.That’s a big chunk of change.There are many considerations to think of when you are considering earning your graduate degree if you are going to determine whether it is really worth the effort.Can you afford it? With such a high price on education, the most important consideration is…

  • Student Grants – Free Money to Help Pay for College Tuition

    Robin
    26 Apr 2012 | 9:58 am
    High school graduation is quickly approaching, and for many students, dreams of earning their college education and finding secure, stable, and well-paying jobs will follow.While this may be the American dream, it does not always come easily. There are many challenges involved with paying for college, and it is up to the student and his or her parents to find ways to overcome these issues.So, what are the main challenges in obtaining the right education?Identifying the student’s needs and resources – This includes determining how much the student or student’s family is able to…
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    Restless Minds

  • Instant facts- Just add water 77

    Restless Minds
    7 May 2012 | 7:00 am
    The Earth is 5th largest planet in our solar syste. in www.earthfacts.com

  • Cool Yogurts- Super Restless Mind

    Restless Minds
    13 Apr 2012 | 5:45 pm
    Marta Bolt in her blog "Caminhando juntos", shared with us a super restless idea: colorful yogurt. This yogurts  are really cool and easy to do, you just need a yogurt machine, and some smarties. What we need: smarties, or other similar chocolate, usual ingredients to do normal yogurt (milk, natural yogurt... sugar), yogurt machine. How to: Preare the yogurt mix like usual; Choose your favorite smaties color; Add a few smarties, of that color, to your yogurt mix, before you turn the machine on; Turn on the machine normally and wait. Marta says this is what it takes to get a cool and…

  • Instant facts- Just add water 77

    Restless Minds
    13 Apr 2012 | 7:00 am
    Black coffee with no sugar contains no calories. in http://gomestic.com

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    Restless Minds
    12 Apr 2012 | 7:00 am
    Catherine de Medici (1519-1589) is said to have taken the Italian peas "piselli novelli" to France (along with her chefs) when she married Henri II in 1533. This helped make petits pois a delicacy in France. in peas.org

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    Restless Minds
    11 Apr 2012 | 7:00 am
    The world record for eating peas is held by Janet Harris of Sussex who, in 1984, ate 7175 peas one by one in 60 minutes using chopsticks! in peas.org/
 
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    Virtual Professors

  • 14-Lecture Course: World History

    chase
    29 Apr 2012 | 6:42 pm
    World History Crash Course offers fast but extensive overviews of early and modern civilizations and their places in world history. Introduced and narrated by historian John Green, each video serves as a ten minute introduction to the most important historical events associated with its subject. Green takes a humorous, fast-paced approach to teaching and uses graphics and animations to illustrate his points. Rather than provide a dry summary of world history, he takes a close look at critical events and why they occurred. The “thought bubble” portion of each lesson introduces a…

  • Can Smartphone Apps Make Government More Efficient?

    chase
    23 Apr 2012 | 12:14 am
    Jennifer Pahlka, a coder and civic activist, believes that apps and other new technological innovations can allow the government to encourage healthy community activism. Pahlka’s group, Code For America, sends talented app developers to city halls across the country to develop software that can improve government efficiency. Code For America recently saw unexpected success with “Adopt A Hydrant,” a smartphone app developed to encourage Boston citizens to shovel out snowed-in fire hydrants. The “Adopt A Hydrant” app gained popularity with Bostonians for its…

  • Entrepreneurship and Energy

    chase
    3 Apr 2012 | 11:52 am
    Recorded and originally presented at Yale University, this video features Patrick Von Bargen delivering the inaugural speech of the university’s 2011-2012 Sabin Prize Environmental Adventures Speaker Series. The speech, entitled “Opening Solyndra’s Box — Entrepreneurship and Energy: Where Does Energy, Innovation and Deployment Policy Go from Here?” is presented in its entirety, offering an opportunity to go behind doors that until recently would have been closed to all but a tiny elite. A graduating member of Yale’s School of Management’s first class,…

  • Eukaryopolis: The City of Animal Cells

    chase
    18 Mar 2012 | 3:31 pm
    Do you remember high-school biology class? What stands out the most about your teacher’s lectures on the parts of the animal cell and their function? Was it the way he used a dancing image of Mussolini to represent the nucleolus? If the only thing you can remember from biology class is that it was really long, the odds are that Hank Green wasn’t your teacher. In this video, Green uses his unique combination of stand-up comedy and scientific lecture to unlock the mysteries of the animal cell. In less than 15 minutes, Green delivers a frenetic, hilarious explanation of how animal…

  • The Illusion of Security

    chase
    22 Feb 2012 | 1:28 am
    In this thought-provoking video, Bruce Schneier explores what makes people feel secure and takes a hard look at the tradeoffs people are willing to make in order to feel that way. Schneier, a respected cryptographer and computer security specialist who is also a writer, explains that security is both a feeling and a reality. He reveals why people choose a computer security program with a reassuring commercial, then use their dogs’ names as passwords rather than researching to find an effective security program and using a strong password generator to keep private information secure.
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    Edudemic

  • 100 Web 2.0 Tools Every Teacher Should Know About

    Jeff Dunn - Executive Editor
    15 May 2012 | 2:13 pm
    We're always trying to figure out the best tools for teachers, trends in the education technology industry, and generally doing our darnedest to bring you new and exciting ways to enhance the classroom. But I wanted to take a moment to bring a wonderful list of resources to your attention.

  • 20 Calming Apps For Stressed-Out Students (And Teachers)

    Jeff Dunn - Executive Editor
    15 May 2012 | 9:53 am
    The picture of college that we get from Hollywood is usually one where everyone is happy, carefree, and laid back, giving no thought to tomorrow. If only college were actually like that. While university days should be some of the most exciting and enjoyable times in a person’s life, there’s no getting around the fact that there is immense pressure to achieve academically.

  • How To Develop Your Own Mobile Learning Tools

    Anu Galhotra
    15 May 2012 | 8:38 am
    Mobile learning, or m-learning, refers to any learning intervention that is carried out through the use of mobile devices and wireless technology.

  • How To Share Files Through Facebook Groups

    Terry Heick - Editor, Edudemic Magazine for iPad
    14 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    File-sharing for facebook groups is finally here. But is it easy to use--and should you use it?

  • A Quick Guide To Managing A Classroom Full Of iPads

    Jeff Dunn - Executive Editor
    14 May 2012 | 7:30 am
    iPads are fun. Apps are fun. Second-screening, podcasting, and pinching-and-zooming your way through the internet is fun. But when the bell rings and the fun is over, what happens then?
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    Planet Princeton

  • Ride of Silence Tomorrow Night Honors Princeton Anchor House Cyclist Doug McCune

    Krystal Knapp
    15 May 2012 | 5:34 pm
    McCune Cyclists and Princeton area residents will remember Anchor House rider Doug McCune Wednesday night by participating in the 10th annual Ride of Silence, a worldwide cycling event that takes place in hundreds of locations around the globe in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways. The Princeton ride, sponsored by Anchor House, is free and open to the public. Biking helmets are required. The procession will leave the Princeton Shopping Center at 301 North Harrison Street in Princeton Township at 7 p.m. Cyclists who wish to participate in the ride…

  • Bus Line from Princeton to New Hospital Launches

    Krystal Knapp
    14 May 2012 | 7:23 pm
    The 655 NJ Transit bus that connects Princeton and Plainsboro to the new University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro made its inaugural run this morning. State and local officials, including Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno and the New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner James Simpson, were on hand to celebrate the start of the new bus line, “The HealthLine”, the first for NJ Transit since 2005. Officials made the maiden trip from Witherspoon Street to the new hospital, where Plainsboro Mayor Peter Cantu christened the blue bus with a bottle of champagne. Guadagno…

  • Letters: The Hospital’s Moral Responsibility

    Krystal Knapp
    14 May 2012 | 2:40 pm
    The hospital (the University Medical Center) has a very important moral responsibility to the Princeton community. Unfortunately, the hospital is not living up to it. The hospital’s moral responsibility dates to 2004-2006, when the hospital, Princeton Borough, and the neighborhood surrounding the hospital’s Witherspoon Street site had lengthy negotiations about what could be built on the site when the hospital vacated it. The goal was to make the site attractive to potential buyers so that the hospital could get a good price for it, while still safeguarding the neighborhood. The…

  • Planet Weekend Picks, May 11-13

    Krystal Knapp
    11 May 2012 | 1:19 pm
    The Drepung Gomang Monks will be at the Princeton Center for Yoga & Health until 5 p.m. today creating a sacred sand mandala, a formal geometric pattern showing the floor plan of a sacred mansion. Millions of grains of colored sand are laid into place in the creation of the mandala. Observe the monks at Princeton Center for Yoga & Health’s new location at the Orchard Hill Center, 88 Orchard Road in Skillman. You can also join them on Saturday a 1 p.m., when the monks will put the final touches on the mandala. The closing ceremony, held at 2 p.m., includes the dismantling of the…

  • Princeton Township Police Blotter: Three-Car Accident on State Rd

    Krystal Knapp
    10 May 2012 | 2:41 pm
    A Land Rover traveling south on State Road (Route 206) crashed into another car at the intersection of Mountain Avenue this morning and the chain reaction resulted in a three-car crash. Kathryn Morris, 56, of Skillman was driving the Land Rover that collided with the rear end of the Toyota driven by Daniel Rowe, 39, of Skillman. Rowe’s Toyota in turn hit another Toyota driven by Bonnie Amo, 54, of Lawrence, police said. The Princeton Fire Department and Princeton First Aid Squad were dispatched to the scene because a small fire started in the engine of the Land Rover, police said. The…
 
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  • The complete 1-to-1 laptop or iPad pre-deployment survey

    Jac de Haan
    14 May 2012 | 9:55 am
    Last Thursday was a great day of professional development as 30 educators from around the Northwest visited Westside’s iPad Open House. This was an opportunity for IT directors, teachers and administrators to see students in action and learn about the process of deploying a 1-to-1 iPad program. As part of the event, we put together a list of resources, from multi-iPad management tools to educational apps to digital learning communities (embedded after the jump for website viewers). I also attempted to take the past year’s experiences & tutorials and synthesize it into a…

  • Gmail: Multiple Inboxes keep you informed

    Jac de Haan
    13 May 2012 | 12:33 am
    With a constant flow of email from teachers, parents and students, there is more than one time this year when I’ve been caught off-guard and/or let important communication fall through the cracks. I’ve found it easier to stay informed since implementing Gmail’s multiple inboxes lab, which uses filters to keep pertinent information “above the fold” when I’m online: Can't see the video in your RSS reader or email? Click Here! Multiple inboxes can be switched on from Gmail’s settings> Labs > Multiple Inboxes. Once enabled, you can set up inboxes…

  • Chuck Milsap | Daniel Bagley Elementary

    Jac de Haan
    7 May 2012 | 6:58 pm
    Name: Chuck Milsap (gobeehive.com) Organization:  Daniel Bagley Elementary, Seattle School District Current title:  Health & Fitness Instructor Selected accolade: Washington State Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year,  Voted best smile in 7th grade What skill(s) do you feel are most important for today’s students to explore in academic settings (tech or non-tech related)? By 5th grade, kids should have the skills to independently develop and follow a personalized exercise plan. This plan doesn’t have to be incredibly extensive, but students should consider…

  • Jobs from the future: Surfer Surrogate

    Jac de Haan
    30 Apr 2012 | 12:50 pm
    Editor note: discussing “jobs from the future” may be a creative compliment to high school classes studying economics, sociology, media literacy, entrepreneurism,  etc. We are currently preparing students for jobs and technologies that don’t yet exist . . . in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet. In pondering the Fisch & McLeod’s quote from Shift Happens 2.0, I can’t help but imagine what these jobs will be. While social science fiction focuses on the more glamorous possibilities, the reality is many employment opportunities will be…

  • The Flip – a complete picture

    Jac de Haan
    25 Apr 2012 | 1:03 pm
    This position piece was a response to a Learning & Leading prompt, submitted April 9, 2012: While many teachers have been introduced to “the flip” via the video lessons of pioneers, video is just one example of an evolving flipped teaching sensibility. Flipping is the act of identifying rote or procedural elements of a lesson, shifting this repetitive content to a medium not bound by teacher availability, and empowering students to take an active role in their education. Flipping is a natural compliment to a 21st century learning environment. The teacher moves through the…
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    WLCI Media School Blog

  • Internet Radio – A New Revolution

    WLCI Media School
    15 May 2012 | 5:12 am
    The Internet can transfer any type of data including text, video and audio. Basically Internet radio is the transfer of audio data over the Internet to listeners spread across the world. This guide will only focus on the audio aspects of streaming.To make all of this happen, 4 things are required:1. Source Audio (Audio/Video files or Live Audio/Video)2. Audio Encoder & Streamer (SAM Broadcaster, Win Amp/SHOUT cast, Windows Media Encoder)3. Streaming Server (http://www.spacialnet.com/str eam hosting/)4. Player (Win Amp, Quick time, iTunes, XMMS, Real Player, Windows MediaHow does it…

  • Mass Communication and Its Prospects

    WLCI Media School
    3 May 2012 | 5:00 am
    Mass Communication is the study of various means by which people exchange information via media.Mass Communication has witnessed an unprecedented grow in the last few years and there are no preparation set strategies required like for Engineering or any medical streams. One just needs to take an entrance exam and qualify to take up Mass Communication as a programme of study in college. Studying Mass Communication in college can make for the most interesting careers.Some of the exciting careers that are the outcome of studying Mass Communication are Fashion Photographer, Film Director, TV…

  • The changing face of today’s world

    WLCI Media School
    1 May 2012 | 4:55 am
    It was long and long time back, when being connected with the people around world was a difficult task. Being aware of the events happening in the different parts of the world was something was not even thought by common people. But, today, no matter which part of the planet you stay in, you are round the clock connected with the people anywhere. This change in today’s communication world contributes majorly to electronic medium. Electronic medium  is visually more appealing and effective in not only conveying a message but by virtue of being a frequency medium, it is also effective in…

  • Increased opportunities in media Industry

    WLCI Media School
    30 Apr 2012 | 3:56 am
    The media education in the recent past has been demanded constantly in all around the world. The great demand in this industry has also increased the job opportunities in media industry. There is no doubt that courses in mass communication are the most sought after among the new generation. A major proportion of media houses are looking for students, who are already prepared to take up the challenges confronted in media industry.Mass media colleges are also utilizing this growth to the fullest. These colleges are offering a range of courses at both graduation and post graduation level, which…

  • How to choose best Mass Media Colleges in India

    WLCI Media School
    26 Apr 2012 | 4:57 am
    The last decade changes and developments in the field of mass media have led to considerable changes in the communication world. The phenomenal growth in the mass media communication has brought many opportunities for those who want to make career in this profession and industry. Lot of people are taking up this as a profession owing to this tremendous job opportunities.In order to make career in this field, it is very important to choose for the best institute of mass communication. Media and mass communication is inter-related to each other where oratory skill of individuals is vital.
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    Education Insights

  • What is a Stay-at-home Mom’s Work Worth? [infographic]

    Mike
    11 May 2012 | 10:53 am
    Obviously there’s no putting a price tag on the real value of a Mom, but if you consider all the jobs Moms do day in and day out (plus overtime), you might be surprised to see just how high their market value really is. Continue reading “What is a Stay-at-home Mom’s Work Worth? [infographic]” »

  • What is a Working Mom Really Worth? [infographic]

    Mike
    11 May 2012 | 10:51 am
    Obviously there’s no putting a price tag on the real value of a Mom, but if you consider all the jobs Moms do day in and day out (plus overtime), you might be surprised to see just how high their market value really is. Continue reading “What is a Working Mom Really Worth? [infographic]” »

  • Is An MBA Degree Worth It?

    Craig
    9 May 2012 | 3:13 pm
    There is plenty of evidence that shows earning a Master’s degree can increase your earning potential and employability. However, if you’re already working full time or just graduated with a bachelors degree and student loans, the cost in time and money for more education can seem quite high. A recent article on my local news … Continue reading “Is An MBA Degree Worth It?” »

  • What they don’t tell you at graduation

    Joseph
    2 May 2012 | 4:32 pm
    If you’ve ever attended a graduation ceremony or commencement, you know they’re often full of flowery language and optimistic advice for the future. For those of you who prefer your advice a little more practical, we echo some good advice given in this week’s Wall Street Journal: 10 Things Your Commencement Speaker Won’t Tell You. … Continue reading “What they don’t tell you at graduation” »

  • Education inspiration #4

    Joseph
    24 Apr 2012 | 3:29 pm
    What do a president, a statistician, a chinese philosopher and an education reformer all have in common? They all had strong words to say about , and they’re all featured in this week’s education inspiration graphics. As an added bonus, each of these images is sized perfectly to fit as a wallpaper for your iphone … Continue reading “Education inspiration #4” »
 
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    WLC College India,Top Institute and College in India

  • Economies are Booming Once Again

    admin
    7 May 2012 | 6:33 am
    After a long time of sluggish economic conditions, 2011 saw some improvements in world economy. All the major continents like USA, UK, Australia and Asian countries have shown some sought of improvements in their economies. This improvement has left a significant impact on the placements offered by business schools. Business schools in India are offering comparatively higher salary packages to management graduates. This trend is going to stay for long now. This is the time to put in best efforts as the return on investment is surely paid off. Keeping in consideration the recovering economies…

  • Business Schools Help in Aspiring Youngster’s Dreams

    admin
    4 May 2012 | 6:03 am
    Every year, there are thousands of students who aspire to pursue higher education in one or other profession.  Choosing for right business school to pursue one’s dreams is a very crucial decision to be made. It is just not the confusion regarding choice of college, but choosing a right business program is yet another difficult task. To reduce this confusion and tension among students, it is very important that they are guided in the right direction. These days, there is a lot of useful information available on internet regarding different colleges and universities. By extracting…

  • Contribution of Business Management Colleges in Economic Development of the Country

    admin
    2 May 2012 | 5:28 am
    Economic development of the country has paced up in the last ten years. All sectors of Indian economy have experienced sudden boost during last decade. There are so many factors, which contributed for such fast developments. Liberal policies of the governments, adoption to the concept of globalization, improved literacy rate, growing employment opportunities and improved standard of living are some of them. The contribution of education in all this has played the major role so far. This is because the level of employment and living standard has gone up all due to increased level of literacy.

  • Importance of Vocational Education Courses in Today’s Education System

    admin
    30 Apr 2012 | 2:06 am
    Gone are the days, when one can get a job just by pursuing conventional education and courses. These days, the level of competition has grown many folds and thus conventional education does not pay any more or any good. So to come up with this situation, education institutes now offer vocational educational courses, which are career-oriented and help students to get a final job placement. Now days, all top institutes in india are engaged in offering such vocational and short term courses to their students. These courses are offered in all streams of studies, which include media, fashion…

  • Management Colleges in india are producing valuable corporate citizens

    admin
    27 Apr 2012 | 1:17 am
    In today’s world, there is no doubt in that the influence management education is very significant and thus it is affecting every stratum of society, countries and world at large. Management colleges in india teach students management actions which are very important in life. These institutions also help students to learn new skills and cultivate their talents in the right channel. The top colleges in india offers a lot to students in terms of management education and thus help them in developing skills required to perform their jobs efficiently in corporate world. The business programs…
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    Engaging Educators

  • Common Core Reflection Time

    bcurran
    15 May 2012 | 7:57 pm
    So a few weeks back, we started a little twitter hashtag called #CCchat. CC as in “Common Core.” It’s not a weekly or monthly chat, but rather an all-day conversation about the CCSS. Tons of resources are being shared and I’ve been very surprised how quickly it has caught on. If you haven’t checked it out or started following it, we definitely recommend it. Neil and I have been exploring the Core and digesting quite a bit of information about it lately. There is certainly some contention around these new standards. Not all educators are in favor of the switch. I…

  • Common Sense for the Common Core: A Roundup of Resources (weekly)

    bcurran
    13 May 2012 | 6:31 pm
    The Washington Monthly – The Magazine – Transcontinental Education This article goes in depth to examine what the CCSS and the Transcontinental Railroad have in common. There’s more to it that you might think. This is a lengthy piece (5 pages) but worth the read if you are still trying to understand how to wrap your head around all the changes that come along with the CCSS. tags: commoncore CCSS Experts & NewBIEs | Bloggers on Project Based Learning: The Common Core is the “what.” PBL is the “how.” From the Buck Institute for Education, leaders in Project Based…

  • Taking Time to Appreciate My Teachers

    bcurran
    11 May 2012 | 4:22 am
        As Teacher Appreciation Week comes to a close, I thought it would be a good time to pay homage to some teachers from my own past who have helped make me the educator (and person) that I am today. It’s highly probable that none of them will ever read this. But it’s important to honor the folks who made you who you are, and those who pushed you to do more and reach higher along the way.   Here’s a short look at four educators from my past who, to this day, inspire my work…   Mrs. O’Shaughnessy (1st and 2nd Grade, Webster Elementary)  …

  • Don’t Count Down, Just Make it Count

    bcurran
    10 May 2012 | 5:05 am
    We’ve all done it–looked at the calendar and counted the number of school days left until the end of the year. Who among us hasn’t felt worn down and ready for the summer to begin? I’ve even seen teachers who, come May, can tell you to the minute how long before school gets out. I’ve even seen teachers keep track visually in some way in their classrooms…a number written on the board, a paper chain, you name it, there are teachers out there so ready to start their summer breaks that they’re counting down. Like I said, I’d be lying to you if I…

  • I Think, Therefore I Blog: Blogging with Blogger

    bcurran
    9 May 2012 | 5:05 am
    Last week, my presentation for Google in Education’s Edu on Air Conference went incredibly well. My aim was to help teachers learn how to create classroom and student blogs with Blogger. The presentation was recorded using Google+ Hangouts on Air, which Google recently announced is rolling out to all Google+ users. It’s a pretty awesome way to record Google+ Hangouts, which are pretty awesome in their own right. With Hangouts on Air, your hangout is recorded and automatically added to your YouTube account. Here’s an article from PC World about Hangouts on Air.) We’ll…
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