Category: schoolreform
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Openness is the only means of doing education
Open education, open educational resources, and open source software should be household names. I just finished watching David Wiley‘s TEDxNYED talk on YouTube via my iPad, and I am inspired as a result. I loved his image of the 2 year old having a tantrum, and comparing that to our tendency as educators and citizens…
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Podcast343: Reflections on Race to the Top, State Charter School Laws, and Linking Teacher Performance to Student Test Scores
This podcast is an excerpt of the April 1, 2010 Seedlings webcast on EdTechTalk, featuring commentary by Wesley Fryer focusing on Race to the Top and current “educational reform” efforts in the United States spearheaded by the Obama administration. Wesley discussed the apparent goals of Race to the Top, which appear to be public funding…
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Understanding Race to the Top and the Obama Education Reform Agenda (deja vu, GW Bush)
A week ago Thursday (on April Fool’s Day) I was honored to be the guest on the Seedlings webcast. Among other much more lighthearted topics, Bob Sprankle asked me to share some of my thoughts and perspectives on Race to the Top. I plan to share just that portion of the archived webcast here soon…
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Results in learning: What are ways we can assess the impact to teaching and learning? #i11i #vanmeter
These are my notes from Jen Sigrist‘s presentation, “Results in learning: What are ways we can assess the impact to teaching and learning?” at the Iowa 1 to 1 Institute on April 7, 2010. MY THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Jen is with Van Community Schools in Iowa. Results in learning: What are…
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PD at Wells Junior High School (Maine)
Yesterday I had an opportunity to share a presentation with the faculty at Wells Junior High School, in Wells, Maine. Cheryl Oakes webcasted the presentation on UStream. I shared a modified version of my presentation, “Tales of Digital Magic.” The Ustream recording is 1 hour, 18 minutes long. The most amazing thing about this day…
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Tales of Digital Magic presentation resources #pbtechconf
This are my presentation slides and resources for my opening keynote Friday at the Palm Beach County Schools’ annual technology conference. My session was initially titled “CCC in the 21C,” but I tweaked the name to be, “Tales of Digital Magic: gallant heroines, evil villains, and words of power.” Resources: Moving at the Speed of…
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Charting a Course for Technology in Florida by Dr. Kate Kemker #pbtechconf
These are my notes from Dr. Kate Kemker’s presentation, “Charting a Course for Information & Communication Technology in Florida’s Schools” at the 12th annual Palm Beach County Schools Technology Conference. MY THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Information and communication technology (ICT) has become a ubiquitous and indispensable part of the way we work and the…
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Creating Immersive Learning Environments with Mixed Media by David Jakes #pbtechconf
These are my notes from David Jakes’ presentation “Creating Immersive Learning Environments with Mixed Media” at the 12th annual Palm Beach County Schools Technology Conference. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Official session description is: This session provides participants with an understanding of how to design interactive and immersive learning environments by blending…
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19 Oklahoma Schools Receive 2010-2011 1:1 laptop grant funds via ARRA
Congratulations to the following nineteen Oklahoma public school districts, who were awarded ARRA grant funds by the Oklahoma State Department of Education on Thursday, March 26, 2010. Anadarko Public Schools Briggs Public School Catoosa Public Schools Cordell Public Schools Crescent Public Schools Depew Public Schools Drumright Public Schools Gage Public Schools Grand View Public School…
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Open licensing of educational media content is KEY
The April 2010 issue of Wired Magazine includes an outstanding article by Stephen Levy titled, “Rise of the Machines: How Tablets Will Change The World.” I highly commend it to you. The release of the iPad in a few short weeks is going to be a BIG deal for literacy, communication, and digitally powered learning–…