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| Dangerously Irrelevant Updated : Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:51:22 +0000 Keeping Students Engaged in a 1:1 Project-Based Classroom [guest post] Image approved for copy by Creative Commons. Source: http://bit.ly/vYUkXB When laptops first arrived in my classroom, I worried about classroom management. How could I create an environment where students used their computers as tools rather than toys? I was worried for nothing. The following are suggestions for keeping students engaged in a project and accountable for [...] Publ.Date : Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:55:32 +0000 Flawed, ideological, non-peer-reviewed studies should not rebut decades of anti-retention research Iowa Governor Terry Branstad's recent remarks about retaining 3rd graders confirm both the potential positives and the many negatives of in-grade retention in elementary school. First, the potential positives: in-grade retention sometimes leads to short-term (1 to 2 years out) - and maybe even mid-term (3 to 5 years out) - academic gains. The peer-reviewed [...] Publ.Date : Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:41:39 +0000 Digital Learning Day: The aftermath Well, yesterday was Digital Learning Day. By all accounts, it was a busy day across the country. Lots of conversation and high-profile events and demonstrations of students doing cool stuff with technology... Should every school day be Digital Learning Day? Nope. We still need down time from these electronic and virtual spaces of ours, times [...] Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:51:21 +0000 Of course you can’t do that [SLIDE] As soon as you say 'failure is not an option,' you've just said 'innovation is not an option.' - Seth Godin, The Flip Side Download this file: png pptx See also my other slides and the Great Quotes About Learning and Change Flickr pool. [cross-posted at Education Recoded] You might also like Largest U.S. [...] Publ.Date : Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:00:46 +0000 High school students know that their learning isn’t relevant As was so aptly said just a few days ago: It is hard to make an argument that there are many desirable post-secondary educational or career scenarios for current high school students that will not require the use of computer technology on a daily basis. The kids have known this for quite some time now. [...] Publ.Date : Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:47:17 +0000 Reflecting on two years of 1:1 [guest post] Beginning in the 2010-2011 school year, our school went through a number of transformations and changes, all aimed at enhancing the quality of the learning and teaching within our building. We adapted a 5 x 3 trimester schedule providing longer class periods and a lower student-to-teacher ratio. We added a house system separating the student [...] Publ.Date : Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:00:54 +0000 New technologies v. new behaviors Revolution doesn’t happen when society adopts new technologies - it happens when society adopts new behaviors. - Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody, p. 160 I visit many schools that have 'new technologies,' but not enough of them also have 'new behaviors.' It's time for us educators to raise our game (leaders, I'm pointing to you [...] Publ.Date : Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:53:18 +0000 Announcing our new School Technology Leadership courses: Get a graduate certificate, Master’s, or Ph.D. Short version We're relaunching our online School Technology Leadership courses and programs today! Woo hoo! (This is all pending final approval by Faculty Senate) Long version It's Digital Learning Day here in the U.S. As I said in my guest post for the event: We ... need school leaders who can begin envisioning the implications of [...] Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:48:41 +0000 Education, the Internet, and the ignorance of policymakers Yesterday, along with thousands of other web sites, Dangerously Irrelevant shut down for the day to protest two bills, SOPA (House) and PIPA (Senate). I don't think my little blackout had any major influence, of course, but I wanted to express my solidarity with the larger concerns. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the [...] Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:32:55 +0000 Nominate a principal for NASSP’s new Digital Principal Award The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) has created a new Digital Principal Award to 'honor principals who exhibit bold, creative leadership in their drive to harness the potential of new technologies to further learning goals.' NASSP also will use the award process to 'showcase models of leadership that encourage the use of technology in [...] Publ.Date : Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:09:26 +0000 |
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