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"ED's new tech chief previews national plan
Learning, teaching, assessment, and productivity will provide the framework for the National Education Technology Plan scheduled for release in January "
State Opts Out of Applying for Coveted Education Grant
"The U.S. Department of Education is meting out shares of a $4 billion grant called "Race to the Top," which rewards states that can show that their reforms have improved student performance. California and Florida could each receive up to $700 million this next year, but Maine won't be included in the first phase of the two-year program -- largely because it failed to meet criteria laid out by the Obama administration..."
Quotes from Secretary Duncan:
"The biggest thing is that we're competing in an international and a global economy today, and children aren't competing for jobs just in the district or the state, they're competing obviously nationally and internationally."
"We haven't challenged the status quo, we haven't pushed to get dramatically better," he says. "And as a country, we have a drop-out rate that approaches 30 percent -- that's 1.2 million students dropping out each year. That's an education and economic catastrophe. Of those students who do graduate from high school, far too many don't have the skills to compete in the world of higher education, they have to take remedial classes. And so we feel a real sense of urgency."
100 Featured Learning Professionals Online
In September 2008 Jane Hart created a list of 100+ learning professionals to follow on Twitter. This grew into the Twitter Directory (now renamed Connexions: Directory of Learning Professionals Online). This selection of 100 learning professionals will provide you with information on a range of educational and workplace learning topics from around the world - via their blog, on Twitter or on other social networks. Listed in alphabetical order by surname together with their Top 10 Tools for Learning (where contributed).
Whole Brain Teaching
Whole Brain Teaching: basics, videos, resources, etc.
Review backs later formal lessons -- BBC
Children should not start formal learning until they are six, a review of primary education in England says.
Back to School: Top 10 iPhone Apps for Students
Mashable article lists ten of the "must-have" iPhone applications for students to stay organized, take notes, and study better.
Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
A recent 93-page report on online education, conducted by SRI International for the Department of Education, has a starchy academic title, but a most intriguing conclusion: “On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.”
50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Education by Blog By Carol
50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Education
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Free Technology for Teachers
A review of free technology resources and how teachers can use them. Ideas for technology integration in education.
Tweeting Your Way to Better Grades - US News and World Report
Twitter can actually be a helpful study tool.
The Twitter Experiment at UT Dallas
Some general comments on the “Twitter Experiment”
by Monica Rankin (UT Dallas)
There has been a lot of interest in the “Twitter Experiment” video posted by Kim Smith chronicling my U.S. History class at U.T. Dallas and our use of twitter in the classroom. I have fielded a number of inquiries from educators across the United States and even overseas who are interested in finding ways to use social networking in an educational setting. This write-up is intended as an informal summary of my use of twitter in the classroom. I hope it will help to clarify my experience and I welcome additional questions and commentary, particularly suggestions for how to improve this type of classroom interaction.
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Human Factors and K-12 Education | The Human Factor Advocate
Human Factors and K-12 Education
April 24, 2009 by Eric Shaver · Leave a Comment
Filed under: built environment, design, education, human factors
According to the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD, 2008), in 2005, the United States spent, on average, $12,788 per student for their education - more than any of the other 29 member countries (p. 218). Even with such a substantial investment, the high school graduation rate was only 70.6 percent for the same year (Swanson, 2009 April, p. 1). Moreover, when compared with the scholastic performance of 15 year old children from 57 countries, the US ranked 29th in science (p. 58) and 35th in mathematics (p. 318) (OECD, 2007). Given such disappointing statistics, it’s obvious that better innovative solutions are needed to increase the effectiveness of the U.S. elementary and secondary education system. One way is to utilize solutions from the discipline of human factors and ergonomics.
changelearning.ca
"Find out about key issues in education, learning, human development and what we really know about how our brains are shaped by evolution, genetics and experience. Explore what motivates learning, what encourages creative thinking and how home, school and community can create the best opportunities for meaningful learning."
Facing the Future | Education on Sustainability and Global Issues
It's all connected!
Climate change. Population growth. Poverty. Environmental degradation. Conflict. Global health crises. Intractable global problems? We don’t think so. At Facing the Future we believe in the transformative power of widespread, systemic education to improve lives and communities, both locally and globally. Our positive, solutions-based programming is designed by and for teachers, and brings critical thinking about global issues to students in every walk of life. We work within the education system to help teachers help students achieve academic success, while preparing them to create and maintain positive, healthy, and sustainable communities. We provide curriculum resources, teacher workshops, and service learning opportunities used by teachers, schools, and districts in all 50 states and over 60 countries. By 2020, Facing the Future programming will reach over 12.5 million students each year.
Flickr: Discussing Flickr in the classroom in Flickr For Education
Flickr For Education / Discuss
The Teaching Files: X-rays - a set on Flickr
The Teaching Files: X-rays
bobsprankle.com
My name is Bob Sprankle. I’m a Technology Integrator for grades K-4 in Wells, Maine. Please check out the links on the left to learn more about me and the work I’ve been doing. Please join in the conversation on my blog, “Bit by Bit.”
What You Should Consider Before Education Graduate School - On Education (usnews.com)
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If you're thinking about going into teaching, take heed of this message from Katherine Merseth, a senior lecturer and director of the teacher education program at Harvard University: "The dirty little secret about schools of education is that they have been the cash cows of universities for many, many years, and it's time to say, 'Show us what you can do, or get out of the business.'"
Merseth, who spoke at an event in Washington, D.C., this week as part of a panel about how to improve teacher quality, was not trashing her employer, to be sure. Nor was she discouraging aspiring teachers from going to graduate school. Merseth was taking aim at institutions that produce ill-prepared teachers and yet insist on holding a monopoly in awarding teaching degrees. "It's high time that we broke up the cartel," she said. "We need to hold graduate schools of education more accountable." Merseth says that of the 1,300 graduate teacher training programs in the country, about 100 or so are adequately preparing teachers and "the others could be shut down tomorrow."
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