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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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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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2006 report on real dropout rates in the United States
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Summer 2008 article series from Dissent magazine
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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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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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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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Part 3 of 3 focusing on school dropout issues
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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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This is Stanford University's center focused on leadership, equity and accountability in school districts
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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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presentation by Marion Ginopolis with the Michigan department of Ed on 6 March 2008 (linktribution: Ben Rimes and iNavis)
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The America’s Promise Alliance is the nation’s largest multi-sector collaborative dedicated to the well-being of children and youth. Our Alliance partners dedicate themselves to working together for the success of our young people, using the Five Prom
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Post on our need for a school reform roadmap, how learners should synthesize ideas and add meaning, by David Truss
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March 2008 article about school change and technology
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Project K-Nect is designed to create a supplemental resource for secondary at-risk students to focus on increasing their math skills through a common and popular technology – mobile smartphones.
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Great summary of ways convergence can impact teaching and learning
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