Category: schoolreform
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Podcast170: Reinventing Project-Based Learning by Jane Krauss and Suzie Boss
This podcast is a recording of the NECC 2007 presentation “Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age” by Jane Krauss and Suzie Boss, along with several other educators who joined the session via Skype. As the authors of an upcoming book on project-based learning with the same title as…
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The iPhone cometh and inspires inquiry
It has been interesting to track the delivery path of my iPhone the last few days, which is set for delivery on Tuesday of this coming week. When I told my 9 year old it was shipping from Shenzhen, China, his first question was, “Why is the iPhone made in China?” Rather than tell him…
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Podcast168: Reinventing Education for the 21st-Century (Designing School 2.0)
This podcast features a recording of the presentation I shared at NECC 2007 with Katie Beedon titled “Reinventing Education for the 21st-Century (Designing School 2.0).” Click here to listen to this podcast in your web browser! SHOWNOTES: Referenced links from this presentation shared as a public Google Notebook 2007 K-12 Online Conference Presentation slides (PDF…
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Podcast167: From Hand It In to Publish It: Re-Envisioning Our Classrooms by Will Richardson
This podcast features a recording of Will Richardson’s spotlight presentation at NECC 2007 titled, “From Hand It In to Publish It: Re-Envisioning Our Classrooms.” Will provided a thorough list of major points and links on a wiki site he created to accompany his presentation, included in the podcast shownotes. Will continues to challenge educational leaders…
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Challenging Internet search tasks
Have you had the experience of not being able to remember the title of a song you like, or the musical artist? I have been racking my brain to remember the title and author of an accompanying song to an iTunes advertisement I really liked, and at last I found it this evening. I have…
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Humility in the face of dynamical and chaotic forces
Today is the 17th straight day of rain here in Edmond, just north of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Our area has not seen rainfall this frequent since the late 1930s. According to today’s AP article, “More Rain Forecast for Texas, Oklahoma:” The National Weather Service on Thursday recorded rainfall in Oklahoma City for the 16th straight…
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Podcast164: Dr. Tim Tyson’s NECC 2007 Closing Keynote
This is a podcast recording of the closing keynote at NECC 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference description of the session was: Dr. Tim Tyson, principal of Mabry Middle School, has been called “the Pied Piper of Educational Technology” by the School Library Journal … and we agree! Sticking with our keynote theme on creativity…
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95 Theses for New Millennium Learning
According to the current WikiPedia: The Disputation of Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences, known as the 95 Theses, (from 31 October 1517) challenged the teachings of the Church on the nature of penance, the authority of the pope and the usefulness of indulgences. They sparked a theological debate that would result…
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Nuggets from NECC (2)
Wow. NECC 2007 is officially over, and my brain is feeling pretty full. Yesterday was a day full of conversations in the hallways and at the EduBlogger lounge for me (along with my session in the afternoon.) Today was highlighted by several wonderful sessions, more hallway conversations, and a great series of lessons on advanced…
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From “Hand it In” to “Publish it”: Re-envisioning our Classrooms by Will Richardson
THESE ARE MY NOTES FROM WILL RICHARDSON’S SESSION ON WEDNESDAY AT NECC 2007. WILL HAS VERY THOROUGH NOTES ON http://handitinnecc.wikispaces.com/. I’M LIVE BLOGGING THIS AND WILL WRITE “END OF NOTES” WHEN WE’RE FINISHED. I’M RECORDING THIS SESSION AND WILL POST SUBSEQUENTLY AS A PODCAST. The Saturday edubloggercon was a powerful meet-up – it was the…