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Rethinking Computers in the Classroom - BusinessWeek
An interesting Business Week article that argues that more tools doesn't = better 21st Century teaching.
Weblogg-ed » Writing to Connect
An @willrich45 bit on the true nature of blogging----writing to connect and to jointly wrestle with ideas together. It ain't about audience. Instead, it's about participants.
The Safety Of Programs | In Practice
An @bcrosby bit on the crush of collecting data for a thousand different programs.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Online time 'is good for teens'
A summary of a recent research report showing that online time for teens is good for their overall growth and development---and that it teaches important skills that students will need in order to be successful in the future.
BBC NEWS |UK society 'condemning' children
An interesting current event detailing a recent survey about the public perception of children in the United Kingdom---which shows that people are increasingly intolerant of children, describing them as "feral vermin."
Great for teaching bias and emotionally loaded words and phrases to children.
glimpse.org :: real life abroad: explore stories & share your own.
A great National Geographic website that pairs student travellers with geography. Each student traveller writes about the geography of the area that he/she has travelled to in interesting pieces. Has categories that cover all kinds of geographical themes.
Tool Translates Test Scores Into Reading Lists - washingtonpost.com
The service, developed by MetaMetrics, based in Durham, N.C., assigns each child a number, called a Lexile measure, that corresponds to the child's performance on the state Standards of Learning reading test. Parents and teachers can plug the number into an online database for a list of books at the student's reading level.
Is *this* what a PLN is? | The Line
A Dina Strasser bit about a Skype session that she recently ran with a group of teachers in New Jersey around the idea of literature circles where she ruminates on the use of digital tools to build a professional learning network.
Why Reduced Class Size Is A Joke
An interesting dy/dan post about classroom observations that he's doing where teachers rarely move from the front of the room at all---causing him to wonder whether smaller class sizes would make any difference at all. If teachers are going to preach from the front of the room, what's the point?
Dangerously Irrelevant: Competence is the enemy of change
Reading a great quote in an @mcleod bit on change. Talks about how competence makes people less comfortable with change because change requires experiencing incompetence for awhile.
Weblogg-ed » Immersive Learning
An @willrich45 bit about the importance of being immersed in a new sitution in order to promote new learning. My favorite part is the concept that the reason people learn languages is an unrelenting desire to interact. Technology can "lube the wheels" of interaction.
Teachers want to flunk new grading policy - CNN.com
An interesting piece that shows the two divergent perspectives about what to do with students when they don't master content the first time or don't complete homework assignments that are required. Reflects the all too common desire to deliver "consequences" to students who struggle in school.
Dangerously Irrelevant: Sparking some school board discussion
An @mcleod bit on the actions of his school board. Left a comment here that can become a post.
Study of Waukee school technology OK'd
This is a perfect piece showing why educational technology decisions are doomed! When school board members don't even see value in using digital tools for creation, communication or collaboration, how can they possibly make effective decisions about what is needed in their classrooms.
Official Google Docs Blog: It's about communication, not the tool
The Google Docs blog has been sharing thoughts from a British educator who used Docs for a shared project with his students last year. In this post, he talks about an important idea: That tools don't automatically improve a child's ability to communicate---and that communication skills must be taught instead of skills with new tools.
Top News - Obama calls for ed-tech investment
An article about Obama's desire to see our country invest more money into educational technology. Not sure that he understands that investing in technology won't really change instruction in schools. We've been trying that for too long!
Until we change the ways that we assess students, we'll be stuck with teacher driven instruction.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Pupils reveal mobile snapshot
An interesting BBC project where students of British schools used their mobile phones to create content for the web. This particular article covers a study done of student phone use in one particular school. It also includes links to a collection of other articles about the BBC project.
Official Google Docs Blog: Tips for introducing online collaboration to students
An interesting post from the Google Docs Blog that includes suggestions from a teacher in England who introduced collaborative document creation to his students last school year. Specifically, his point is that students need more than introduction to individual tools. They need introduction to the process of collaborating with others.
Weblogg-ed » More Deliciouser and Readerable
An @willrich45 bit on using Delicioius to extend his personal learning. Will argues that delving into tools like Delicious in an attempt to perfect our own learning processes is critical to becoming more intelligent and efficient learners.
New North Carolina Administration Standards
This document outlines the new standards for school administrators in North Carolina. It's interesting stuff to say the least.
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