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NASSP - Shifting Ground
by blocking and banning many of the tools and Web sites that form the cornerstone of teenagers’ experiences, educators deny themselves access to the conversations that students are having about how to use these tools intelligently, ethically, and well. And given the overwhelming flow of information that students can access using such tools, it is essential that educators become part of those conversations.
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Moreover—and perhaps most damning—by blocking and banning many of the tools and Web sites that form the cornerstone of teenagers’ experiences, educators deny themselves access to the conversations that students are having about how to use these tools intelligently, ethically, and well. And given the overwhelming flow of information that students can access using such tools, it is essential that educators become part of those conversations.
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Districts have spent thousands of dollars installing interactive whiteboards—which are a more powerful, more engaging chalkboard. And yes, they are a tool with some very useful functions, and yes, we have them at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, where I am principal.
But let me be clear: interactive whiteboards only enable a teacher-centric style of teaching to be more engaging than it would have been with a traditional chalkboard. Much of the prepackaged educational gaming similarly makes the same mistake.
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A Teacher's Guide To Web 2.0 at School
A quick guide to help teachers get started with Web 2.0. Stick figures included!
I love the focus on moving beyond the 'Yeah but's. Great design as well.
The one job that should be in every school
The job role that should be available in every school is: Drumroll please…Digital Literacy Coach. The job entails teaching digital literacy, technology integration, and teaching both students and teachers how to safely harness the power of the Internet and technology to boost the end result, student engagement and achievement.
Leadership 2.0 | Michael Hyatt
1 Leadership 2.0 embraces change. 2 Leadership 2.0 demonstrates transparency. 3 Leadership 2.0 celebrates dialogue. 4 Leadership 2.0 employs collaboration. 5 Leadership 2.0 practices sharing. 6 Leadership 2.0 welcomes engagement. 7 Leadership 2.0 builds community.
Langwitches » Changing- Shifting a School Culture- Train of Thought
What if we are dealings with the issue of learning that is two levels deep? Each level, of course, bringing their own sublevels and issues?
What if there are two levels?
1. Teachers need to shift to teach, so students are actually learning
1. not to the test
2. not to get a grade
3. not to recite facts
4. learning to learn
5. higher level thinking skills
2. Teachers need to shift and recognize that learning has changed
1. changed from the way they have learned in the past
2. the brain is wired differently for students of today
3. the skills and demands of a future we don’t know how it will look like.
Dangerously Irrelevant: It's not 'the tests.' It's us.
We must take ownership of our own culpability...
It's not ‘the tests.’ It's our unwillingness and/or inability to do something different, something better.
It's not ‘the tests.’ It's us.
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It's not ‘the tests.’ It's our unwillingness and/or inability to do something different, something better.
It's not ‘the tests.’ It's us.
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In my state, students don't take standardized tests until third grade, but test preparation was a major focus in K-2.
Students did little but complete worksheet after worksheet in kindergarten. The block corner was gone, there was no snack time, the dress-up box was taken away, and recess was reduced to just a few minutes. My son and his classmates sat at their little tables and silently filled out worksheets for the majority of the day. Talking, laughing or getting out of your seat was frowned upon.
In first grade, the timed math tests began. Shortly after students learned how to add and subtract, they were given daily math facts timed tests in order to "prepare" them for the ITBS math computation tests in third grade. Those lucky enough to pass the tests had their names posted on the winners wall in the classroom. Those who couldn't pass, were sent to the hallway to do flashcards with parent volunteers.
In second grade, the timed oral reading tests began. Each week, all students were required to read aloud as fast as they could while they were timed with a stop watch. Those that could spit the words out quickly enough to meet the benchmark number were rewarded with free reading time. Those that were deemed too slow, were given practice pages to read aloud, over and over again.
In third grade, they started timed writing tests. His classroom held a weekly contest to see who could write a paragraph the fastest using that week's vocabulary words. The vocabulary words were test prep for ITBS. The fastest child's paragraph was posted on the wall for all to admire.
Kids learned very early on that faster meant smarter and that slower meant stupid.
NCLB plays a part in the way school has been reduced to test preparation, but teachers chose to use all of these truly awful methods in the classroom. Teachers could have chosen different, more engaging, and more developmentally appropriate teaching methods, but they didn't.
Durff's Blog: Do You Enable Your Students to Fly?
Project Based Learning across the curriculum.
Doing away with individual subjects and teaching integrating real-life experiences with technology seamlessly.
IDEO’s Ten Tips For Creating a 21st–Century Classroom Experience
Good conversation starter for those new to these ideas
In recent years, IDEO has spent a lot of time and effort thinking about education. The firm’s work with Ormondale Elementary School, in Portola Valley, California, helped pioneer a special “investigative-learning” curriculum that inspires students to be seekers of knowledge. We spoke to Sandy Speicher, who heads the Design for Learning efforts at IDEO. Her insights provide powerful lessons for architects and designers creating the schools of tomorrow:
open thinking » Visualizing Open/Networked Teaching
Open teaching is described as the facilitation of learning experiences that are open, transparent, collaborative, and social. Open teachers are advocates of a free and open knowledge society, and support their students in the critical consumption, production, connection, and synthesis of knowledge through the shared development of learning networks.
Remote Access: I'm Done with Edtech
Not about the tech or the tools, it's about the learning!
NetSavvy: Building Information ... - Google Book Search
This easy-to-follow guide can help students and teachers ' even the most technology-resistant ' learn to solve problems from sources like Internet sites, news groups, chat rooms, e-mail, and other Internet resources. Topics include: Creating your own lesson plans using sample lesson planners Applying frameworks for grade-level objectives and skills Dealing with information-technology overload Solving any information challenge with six critical steps Helping students harness the web with simple tips An important resource for today's classroom, Net Savvy can help educators become leaders rather than followers in the new high-tech, high-speed, digital era.
LeaderTalk: A 21st Century Professional Development Proposal
A 21st Century Professional Development Proposal
Nothing has promised so much and has been so frustrating wasteful for teachers and leaders as the thousands of workshops and conferences that led to no significant change in practice.
Stop the Posturing About Government 2.0 and Do It Already | Social Media Strategery
Be an agent of change rather than complaining!
Stumbling Blocks: Playing It Too Safe Will Make You Sorry | Edutopia
Content filters and firewalls are great for keeping kids away from pornography, as required by the Children's Internet Protection Act, or preventing them from updating their Facebook status during class. But the same filters can stop teachers from accessing cutting-edge widgets and digital materials that have enormous potential for expanding learning.
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"We need to create places where teachers can take chances," Honeycutt says. “Every district needs to anoint some teachers to play with Web 2.0 tools in a safe, hypothetical environment. I call it taming the tool. Teachers need time to consider, 'Under what conditions would we allow this tool into the classroom?'"
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“We realized that students don't see these as impediments, but rather as challenges,” Canuel says. "Students find ingenious ways to go around them." Rather than fighting to stay a step ahead of tech-savvy pupils, the district emphasizes online safety and digital citizenship.
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Top News - 'Digital Disconnect' divides kids, educators
"The ‘digital disconnect' is alive and well," Evans added. "Kids tell us they power down to come to school."
Students who took the survey said the major obstacles to their use of technology at school include filters that block the web sites they need and administrators who impose rules that limit their technology use.
Education Innovation: The Belief and Faith Equation For School Change
“It is merely about developing faith that it’ll work.”
“Faith is critical to all innovation.”
“Faith, as we’ve seen is the cornerstone that keeps our organizations together. Faith is the cornerstone of our humanity; we can’t live without it.”
Remote Access: What Business are we In?
So if we view our resource in education and schools as being information, we will find ourselves more and more as one option among many. So I think that we need to ask the question: what is our core mission? What can we offer in classrooms and schools that can be gained nowhere else? What makes our spaces different?
Innovative Educator 2.0: Top Videos to Showcase to Administrative Leaders
This video collection will highlight the best administrative leadership videos to assist and guide our leaders of the importance of why we need to meet the needs our 21st century learners, infusing Web 2.0 technologies, and transformative solutions to assist our students to be competent self-directed learners.
Top Ten Web 2.0 Must-See Videos that Superintendents & Other School and District Leaders Must See? | innovation3
Dennis Richards
The Schools We Need Presentation at Ignite Philly 2 - Uploaded by tdlifestyle
Chris Lehmann is brilliant in this video!
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