Category: schoolreform
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Podcast298: An Interview on Manitoba Morning Radio with Darren Kuropatwa about Numeracy, Literacy, Student Summary Blogging, Digital Learning and the K-12 Online Conference
This podcast features a recording of the January 2, 2009, live morning radio show interview in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on CJOB|68 with Darren Kuropatwa, minus the news and advertisement breaks. The conversation focused on Darren’s utilization of scribe posts by his Calculus and Pre-Calculus students at Daniel McIntyre Academy in Winnipeg, the imporance of numeracy as…
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Paraphrased quotations from today’s radio interviews in Winnipeg, Manitoba
This morning Darren Kuropatwa was on the radio for three hours with Richard Cloutier in Winnipeg, Manitoba on CJOB|68. I am about to publish the audio recording of this interview as a podcast, but before I do I want to share a few of the paraphrased quotations I jotted down today during the radio show.…
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Join Darren and other K12Online Conveners today LIVE on Manitoba radio and online
Please join Darren Kuropatwa along with the conveners of the K-12 Online Conference live today on Manitoba radio station CJOB 68, streamed live over the web, discussing among other things: …education in the 21st Century, numeracy, the impact of rapid technological change on teaching and learning, and the K12 Online Conference. Click the grey “listen…
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Don’t be awed by enhanced access to administrative academic data – Look for pedagogic changes instead!
What is the ideal mobile application for college students armed with iPhones, wanting information related to THEIR college life, courses and interests? According to a telecommunications company like AT&T, the answer may be something similar to iStanford, an application whose development received $10,000 from AT&T as the winner of the “Big Mobile on Campus” contest…
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Podcast297: An Oklahoma One to One Fairy Tale Obstructed By The School Secretary
This podcast features an interview with a teacher from eastern Oklahoma who was ambitious, creative, persistent, and fortunate enough to receive 150 free HP laptops from FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) at the end of the 2007-2008 school year for students in the elementary school where she teaches. Unfortunately, however, the secretary for this…
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Hyperconnectivity and Convergence are coming: Our schools need to embrace digital media NOW
Telecommunications convergence is a topic with which I’ve grown increasingly familiar over the past few years, and I address frequently in blog posts, workshops, and conference keynote presentations. Convergence has BIG implications for learning. As digital devices become increasingly ubiquitous, people of all ages will have opportunities to access digital content (including video) in more…
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Linda Darling-Hammond has my vote for SOE
I’ve been following the announcements of different officials to fill President-elect Obama’s cabinet, and have been paying particular attention to discussions swirling around the post of Secretary of Education (SOE.) Of the short-list contenders for the post, Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond has my unreserved support and vote, as I noted on November 13th. Sadly, of course,…
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Encouraging community conversations about digital learning skills and school reform in Colorado
According to the “about” page of the ColoradoLearns wiki: …the Navigator Project…brought together Colorado policymakers, educators, and other education stakeholders in June 2007 to build a consensus on 21st century learning. Conference participants produced a broad vision for 21st century learning, as well as statements about what 21st century learning looks like and why it’s…
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Differentiated instruction and digital storytelling
I believe we need to give our students choices in the ways they “show what they know.” A hallmark of high-quality education in the 21st century is “differentiated assessment,” as well as differentiated instruction. In making this case to your administrator, consider using the 2001 revision to Bloom’s Taxonomy by Anderson and Krathwohl. New Zealand…