Category: schoolreform
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School 2.0 and the Future of School by Tim Manger
THESE ARE MY NOTES FROM TIM MAGNER’S PRESENTATION AT NECC 2007 ON 26 JULY 2007. TIM IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. AT TIM’S REQUEST I AM NOT GOING TO PODCAST HIS SESSION. Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore (Dorothy Gale) As late…
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School 2.0 and the Future of School by Tim Manger
THESE ARE MY NOTES FROM TIM MAGNER’S PRESENTATION AT NECC 2007 ON 26 JULY 2007. TIM IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. AT TIM’S REQUEST I AM NOT GOING TO PODCAST HIS SESSION. Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore (Dorothy Gale) As late…
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Schools are no longer the knowledge gatekeepers
James Daly, editor in chief of EduTopia, hits the proverbial “nail on the head” with his July 2007 article “Editor’s Note: It’s Time to Catch up to Tech-Savvy Students.” Two key points stand out in my mind. First, our schools have largely not changed although much in our society and economy has thanks to rapid,…
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Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age
THESE ARE MY NOTES FROM THIS SESSION AT NECC 2007. MY THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. By Suzie Boss and Jane Krauss (the session title is other teachers from Ankara, Turkey and London, England We decided a few years ago we wanted to bring together all the things we’ve learned and seen with project based…
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Could the SYSTEM be to blame instead of teachers and principals?
Wednesday’s AP article, “Thousands of failing schools face major overhaul,” reveals many of the challenges involved with school change and high stakes accountability. Instructional challenges and opportunities for students really are the key. As one principal quoted in the article notes: The instruction wasn’t happening,” [Denise] Hallett said, offering an explanation for poor test scores,…
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Reinventing PBL
I am a strong supporter of project-based learning and problem-based learning in educational contexts. On Monday before my flight to California, I was interviewed on the phone by Suzie Boss, Executive Editor of The Learning Innovation and Technology Consortium. The sidebar quotation of the LITC is one of my favorites from Margaret Mead: Never doubt…
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Web cam proctor? Give me a break!
I may be in the minority with this view, but I find the facts and assumptions contained in yesterday’s CNN article “Web cam exam proctors are latest cheating deterrent” ridiculous and sad. The gist of the article is that some universities are requiring students to buy a special web cam which verifies they are not…
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Podcast160: Alan Kay’s EduComm 2007 Keynote
This podcast is a recording of Alan Kay’s wonderful keynote presentation on June 19, 2007, at the EduComm 2007 conference in Anaheim, California. Alan is an amazing thinker, inventor, teacher and innovator. His presentation, shared in Squeak, a programming language he invented, powerfully demonstrated how many adults around the world need to elevate their expectations…
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Notes from Alan Kay’s keynote at EduComm07
THESE ARE MY NOTES FROM ALAN KAY’S KEYNOTE ON 19 JUNE 2007 AT EDUCOMM. ALAN GAVE ME PERMISSION TO RECORD THIS AS AN AUDIO PODCAST, WHICH I WILL PUBLISH HERE LATER TONIGHT. MY THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Alan Kay has an amazing bio: Amazing lifetime achievements. An amazing thinker, creator, and inventor. “the best…
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Prepare now for the 10,000+ channel future
I had some very interesting conversations with folks on the SuperShuttle ride from the airport to the hotel this afternoon/evening in Anaheim. The gentleman sitting next to me was a pastor from Louisiana, originally from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. When I asked him where in Vietnam he was from, he actually identified his city…