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30 Nov 09

It’s not about tools. It’s about change. « Connectivism

It’s the change underlying these tools that I’m trying to emphasize. Forget blogs…think open dialogue. Forget wikis…think collaboration. Forget podcasts…think democracy of voice. Forget RSS/aggregation…think personal networks. Forget any of the tools…and think instead of the fundamental restructuring of how knowledge is created, disseminated, shared, and validated.

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19 Aug 09

movingforward - home

The Moving Forward wiki houses a collection of resources to help presenters and change agents as they help move schools and universities forward into the 21st century.

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14 Jun 09

Internet Archive: Free Download: Podcast 40: Defining and Telling the New Story

An international skypecast from March 2006 including Darren Kuropatwa, Ewan McIntosh, Mark Ahlness, Jeff Allen, Miguel Guhlin, and Wesley Fryer

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08 Jan 09

Oklahoma education system improving, study says | NewsOK.com

7 Jan 2009 article. Read carefully: In the "K-12 achievement category" Oklahoma had a D grade. This is good? This is improving? There's much more to quality than test scores, but this is educational public relations spin if I've ever seen it.

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12 Dec 08

Beware of School "Reformers" by Alfie Kohn

Thoughtful editorial for THE NATION on 29 Dec 2008, regarding options for US Secretary of Education

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23 Oct 08

Professional Oklahoma Educators | Professional Security. Personal Service. Oklahoma Values.

Professional Oklahoma Educators is a non-union, nonpartisan professional association for all school personnel. Members receive professional liability insurance, legal services and lobbying representation.

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25 Aug 08

Podcast174: Relevance in the Attention Economy Part 1: Key Ideas » Moving at the Speed of Creativity

This podcast is the first in a two part series focusing on Michael Goldhaber’s 1997 article, “The Attention Economy and the Net.” In this first part, which I have subtitled “Key Ideas,” I review some of the major points Goldhaber makes about the era of the attention economy he contends we are entering.

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Podcast187: Implications of the Attention Economy for Schools (Part 2 of 3) » Moving at the Speed of Creativity

This podcast is the second of a three part podcast series focusing on a 1997 article published by Michael Goldhaber on “The Attention Economy.” In this episode I explore the first three of six implications I see of the attention economy for schools, teachers, students, and learners of all ages.

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22 Jul 08

Mike Schmoker - School and District Improvement, Assessment, Curriculum and Staff Development

Mike Schmoker argues convincingly that if student achievement is to improve, especially in the higher-order proficiencies, instruction will necessarily have to change and improve simultaneously. He sets out a clear but simple agenda to achieve such a transformation in American schools. He has just published another book: RESULTS NOW: How We Can Achieve Unprecedented Improvements in Teaching and Learning.

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30 Jun 08

Fosbury Flop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dick Fosbury "popularized and perfected" the Fosbury Flop as a completely new way of high jumping. This type of creativity and inventiveness is needed as we reinvent schools, just as Fosbury reinvented high jumping.

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23 May 08

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Winning button for the "I am here for the learning revolution" contest sponsored by Scott Mcleod and Wesley Fryer in April and May of 2008 in advance of NECC 2008.

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17 Apr 08

Podcast142: Rethinking Teaching: How Online Learning Can and Should Completely Alter Your View of Education (Roger C. Schank) » Moving at the Speed of Creativity

A fantastic keynote presentation (audio podcast) by Roger Shank about school reform, his role as an educational revolutionary, and the ways online learning should fundamentally change our perceptions of learning and school

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Google vs. brain

Good post by Kevin Honeycutt about our reduced need for memorization in schools. Paul (a commenter) also shared a good book recommendation on brain research and learning.

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