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| Dangerously Irrelevant Updated : Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:43:21 +0000 Should we absolve Diane Ravitch of her earlier decisions? [I’m going to state up front that I’m just thinking out loud here. Some of you are not going to like that I even dared to ask this.] Diane Ravitch: eminent educational historian, former United States Assistant Secretary of Education, New York University professor, and policy-influencer. Diane Ravitch: author of The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What [...] Related posts:
Publ.Date : Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:07:34 +0000 ISTE 2010 – Some early takes on the opening keynote (and on conference attendees’ behavior) Here are some excerpts from blog posts about last night’s opening keynote by Jean-François Rischard for the ISTE conference… Joanna Bobiash: The keynote was disappointing. It did nothing a keynote was suppose to do. The speaker only depressed us with the world ending in 20 years and making fun of government. His slides were only [...] Related posts:
Publ.Date : Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:14:35 +0000 Slide – How many decisions did you make yesterday that reinforced the status quo? Dear school leader, Please complete the following for the past day/week/month/year (choose one): Did you make enough decisions in Category B? Didn’t think so. Now what are you going to do about it? Yours truly, The students Download this file: png ppt pptx See also my other slides and the Great Quotes About Learning and [...] Related posts:
Publ.Date : Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:43:20 +0000 Should we require school employees to have RSS readers? – Part 2 (more questions) Last week I posted some questions that have been swirling in my head about RSS readers, including the thought that perhaps school employees should be required to have and use them. There were many thoughtful comments (thank you!), and I now have some additional questions whirling inside my cranium… Many commenters commented on the undesirability [...] Related posts:
Publ.Date : Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:53:05 +0000 Calling all bloggers! – Leadership Day 2010 Since the past three have been so successful,* I am putting out a call for people to participate in Leadership Day 2010. As I said three years ago: Many of our school leaders (principals, superintendents, central office administrators) need help when it comes to digital technologies. A lot of help, to be honest. As I’ve noted [...] Related posts:
Publ.Date : Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:53:32 +0000 If you’re not at least 50% face-to-face, you’re no good I had a conversation recently with some folks from another state’s educational administration licensing board. This is the board at the state department of education that oversees educational leadership preparation programs and accredits them. This state apparently has experienced a wave of institutions that have come in from outside the state and are offering preparation [...] Related posts:
Publ.Date : Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:01:32 +0000 A Denominator of Many – Teacher Professional Partnerships [This is a guest post from Carl Anderson. If you’re interested in being a guest blogger, drop me a note. Happy reading!] By now it is an old story but still a pressing contemporary issue. Industries that have traditionally relied on a top-down hierarchy of power distribution are folding. We see it today most readily [...] Related posts:
Publ.Date : Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:00:40 +0000 ISTE 2010 – Resources to help you navigate the conference Here are a few resources to help you navigate the ISTE conference: Official conference web site Conference Ning Changes in the conference program ISTEVision Edubloggercon Exploring Excellence lounges (including ISTE Unplugged) The Daily Leader (conference newspaper) - Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Want to keep up with the absolute latest breaking news and information? Follow the #iste10 [...] Related posts:
Publ.Date : Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:49:34 +0000 ISTE 2010 – Pictures from Edubloggercon Two pictures of the Edubloggercon group this year at the ISTE conference (Henry was our youngest participant): The folks who weren’t able to make the first picture (aka the “straggler group”): More pictures are on Flickr at the ebc10 tag and/or the iste10 tag and/or the ISTE10 Flickr group. Related posts:ISTE 2010 – Resources to help [...] Related posts:
Publ.Date : Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:05:19 +0000 Should we require school employees to have RSS readers? Last summer many of you helped create our wonderful lists of grade-level and subject-specific blogs that other educators could load into their RSS readers. I’m bouncing around a few thoughts in my head about those lists: Should we require school employees to have loaded RSS readers (with a concurrent expectation that they spend time checking [...] Related posts:
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TESOL Certification for teaching english abroad in non-native English speaking countries.
