Tony Baldasaro (baldy7)'s Public Profile in the Diigo Community

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Educational Leadership:Multiple Measures:Getting Away from Seat Time on 2009-11-23
- This initiative, titled Follow the Child, required that schools move away from the Carnegie unit and toward a greater focus on competencies within three years
- A number of New Hampshire high schools have begun to offer extended learning opportunities (ELOs) designed to match their students' diverse learning needs, talents, interests, and developmental levels.
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- - It awards the student credit toward graduation through learning that takes place outside the traditional classroom— independent study, private instruction, internships, community service, work study, and so on.
  - This school also requires that each extended learning opportunity result in a "leave-behind" of some kind.
  - leave-behind portfolio was a recycling plan that she presented as her culminating activity.
  - Others include a senior project focused on a topic of the student's choice and interdisciplinary intersession experiences, such as a women in leadership course and hiking in the White Mountains.
  - And 100 percent of community partners, students, and guardians agreed that ELOs could be a rigorous alternative to a more traditional course.
  - Students who are engaged are capable of far greater rigor and do it without feeling overwhelmed by the expectations. We keep our focus on each student and find the item of interest or hook for his or her learning to take off.
  - internship program,
  - Students meet competency requirements rather than Carnegie-based time requirements.
  - MC2 does not give grades but focuses on comprehensive performance assessment. This means students are evaluated on their ability to demonstrate their learning and apply that learning in meaningful ways.
  - Students apply, document, and publicly defend what they have learned."
  - gateway portfolio
  - Rigor and relevance
  - As educators are aware, it takes time and commitment on the part of many people to accomplish change in a school district.
  - personalized learning.
The Fischbowl: Copyright: Living Life Against the Law on 2009-11-19
Education Week: Budget Cuts Could Unplug Missouri Virtual School on 2009-11-12
- Gov. Jay Nixon announced last week that he was halting state funding for the online school's second semester as part of $204 million in budget cuts caused by declining state revenues.
When did content trump learning? on 2009-11-10
Fifteen minutes | Not So Distant Future on 2009-11-10
- uninterrupted sustained silent learning
Nine Elements on 2009-11-06
- Often rules and regulations are created or the technology is simply banned to stop inappropriate use.
  - Tony Baldasaro on 2009-11-06
    
    The "hear no evil, see no evil" approach
- In the 21st century, communication options have exploded to offer a wide variety of choices (e.g., e-mail, cellular phones, instant messaging).
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- - constant communication
  - Now everyone has the opportunity to communicate and collaborate with anyone from anywhere and anytime.
    Tony Baldasaro on 2009-11-06
    
    This is so important. Collaboration will be the key to success in the future, but do we teach kids how to collaborate within and between cultures?
  - All people should have fair access to technology no matter who they are
  - we need to be committed to equal digital access.
  - Users need to learn about how to be effective consumers in a new digital economy.
    Tony Baldasaro on 2009-11-06
    
    Users also need to be producers.
Weblogg-ed » Teachers as Learners (Part 32) on 2009-11-04
- very little about what they wanted to learn about learining around their own passions with others who share them.
- teachers need to see themselves as learners first
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- - selfish
  - messiness that exists right now around technology and the Web in learning practice
The NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies on 2009-10-27
Educational Leadership:Giving Students Ownership of Learning:Footprints in the Digital Age on 2009-10-21
- what might "Your search did not match any documents" imply?
- This shift requires us to create engaged learners, not simply knowers, and to reconsider the roles of schools and educators.
  - Tony Baldasaro on 2009-07-20
    
    Engaged Learners means that students are willing and able to learn and unlearn things as necessary. Too often our students simply learn.
The Associated Press: AP Interview: Ed chief says grants are for reforms on 2009-10-14
- . The latest is California, where a bill was signed Sunday allowing student test scores to be used to evaluate teachers.
  - Tony Baldasaro on 2009-10-14
    
    This is reform?

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