February 2012
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7 steps to raise a geek child →
Seven tips for raising well-balanced proto-geeks, progeny who keep their nerd heritage and don’t wind up living in your basement until age 38…
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What to Ask—and Not to Ask—in Your Interview →
Begin by clicking the “about” button on the main menu. You might be surprised at how much you can glean from that one page.
Instead of neglecting such resources, spend a considerable amount of time doing research about the college, both online and, if possible, by talking with friends or acquaintances (or friends of acquaintances) who work there.
Then formulate two or three...
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“Researchers in the University of Toronto’s neuroscience department are planning...”
– Connecting Teachers With Neuroscience Research (via teachersworldwide)
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WatchBlack male teachers becoming extinct
Take a moment and think of all the teachers you had between pre-K and twelfth grade.
Now, how many of them were black men?
For most people, this question won’t take too long to answer. That’s because less than two percent of America’s teachers are black men, according to the Department of Education.
That is less than 1 in 50 teachers.
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Should Engineering Students Pay More Than English... →
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Somebody flocked Milwaukee last night
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Tumblr Staff: A New Policy Against Self-Harm Blogs →
amyvernon:
Kudos to the Tumblr staff for addressing an important issue, and sensitively.
staff:
One of the great things about Tumblr is that people use it for just about every conceivable kind of expression. People being people, though, that means that Tumblr sometimes gets used for things that are just wrong. We are deeply committed to supporting and defending our users’ freedom of...
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Crime at US public schools on the decline →
Violent crime at the nation’s schools is declining, and students and schools are reporting less bullying and gang activity. But new government data reports an increase in cyber bullying and youth suicides.
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“Developing a systematic way to help teachers get better is the most powerful...”
– Bill Gates in Shame Is Not The Solution
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Education Doesn’t Increase Support for Affirmative... →
Wodtke’s study finds that while being better educated does not increase the likelihood that whites and minorities approve of affirmative action in the workplace, it does increase the probability that they support race-targeted job training. “The distinction between those two policies is that one is opportunity enhancing and the other is outcome equalizing,” Wodtke said. “I think that some of the...
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Are Librarians Encouraging Public Libraries to... →
Why are some libraries choosing to restrict children’s access to public information?
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Do you prefer to be collectively referred to as...
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“Children learn so much on their own. Most of what they need to learn from riding...”
– Rick Ackerly in Children Have Empathy. 3 Ways We Can Help Them Use It
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How to Remove Your Google Search History Before... →
world-shaker:
On March 1st, Google will implement its new, unified privacy policy, which will affect data Google has collected on you prior to March 1st as well as data it collects on you in the future. Until now, your Google Web History (your Google searches and sites visited) was cordoned off from Google’s other products. This protection was especially important because search data can...
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Google faces Norwegian public sector ban →
Norwegian public sector organisations will be banned from using Google Apps after the Norwegian data protection authorities ruled that the service could put citizens’ personal data at risk.
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How to Set Up a Classroom Blog: 10 Essential Steps →
world-shaker:
There’s some outstanding advice in here, but this is one of the most important steps:
2) Understand why and how you’ll use it in your class. This may sound obvious, but poor lesson planning will result in problems including misbehavior, technological breakdowns, and angry administrators and parents. My advice for beginners is to look at blogging as 10% of your syllabus – use a...
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“If we (parents) are going to be a key part of the development of a new vision of...”
– Paul Lorette in Important Conversations
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Panel to Assess Methodology for Judging Teacher... →
A variety of methods for evaluating teacher education programs will be weighed for their methodological rigor, accuracy, and utility as part of a new research project recently launched by the National Academy of Education and George Washington University.
The new project is at least partly a reaction to a controversial review of every teacher education school in the country that is now...
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Autonomy in Teacher Training? →
“What would happen if a student teacher was passionate about technology in education but had a sponsor teacher and/or school that was opposed?”
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What Does Teaching Creativity Look Like? →
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Web 2.0 Projects, the Lesson I Never Learn →
Is the question, “What NET-S are we hitting with this project?” Nope. “Does this type of project translate into real-world skills?” Nope! “Can I print it so I can grade it?” Yep! Oh man, that question gets me every time!
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Can Khan Move the Bell Curve to the Right? →
Khan’s strength became clear a few minutes later when the students opened their laptops. Cadwell strolled the room with an iPad in hand, tracking the youngsters as they moved through problems and modules, and intervening with a quick one-on-one when the data identified a student who was stumped. “I’m getting data in real time about each student instead of assuming the entire class needs...
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What's one practical thing you would do to improve...
world-shaker asks for your advice:
Let’s assume:
Large course with at least 100 students
Primarily taught via lecture
Stadium-style seating
College-level course
And you can offer more than one idea
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Google's Apps for Education and the New Privacy... →
In late January when Google announced that it was replacing 60 different privacy policies across its multiple sites and services with a single one, you might have thought Congress had taken up SOPA and PIPA again. That’s how loud the outrage was from much of the social galaxy, as reflected in this Gizmodo headline: “Google’s Broken Promise: The End of ‘Don’t Be...
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