August 2012
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The Common Core’s Digital-Literacy Gap →
We still need to continue to teach students to sustain their attention and thought on longer texts. But we might be missing an opportunity to create greater balance between traditional literacy skills and interactive competencies with the widespread implementation of these new standards. The language of the common standards is simply not bold or specific enough when it comes to digital-literacy...
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The battle over homework →
A simple idea: give your child a homework hour, and consider modeling the behavior with them.
Every child whose parents or teachers report ongoing resistance to completing schoolwork or homework, whose performance in school is below expectations based on his parents’ or teachers’ intuitive assessment of his intellectual potential, and who complains that he “hates school” or “hates reading” over...
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Don't Hire Substitute Teachers in High School →
The practice of providing a substitute teacher for a short-term absence of a day or two from high school classes, not a long-term absence in which a qualified and certified substitute would be required, is a questionable practice and should be eliminated.
“Can we offer better educational choices to our students than a substitute-led class?”
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Dozens of Plagiarism Incidents Are Reported in... →
Students taking free online courses offered by the startup company Coursera have reported dozens of incidents of plagiarism, even though the courses bear no academic credit. This week a professor leading one of the so-called Massive Open Online Courses posted a plea to his 39,000 students to stop plagiarizing, and Coursera’s leaders say they will review the issue and consider adding...
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Blended Learning Course Design Mistakes to Avoid →
Summary:
Don’t add-on more work for you and your students - integrate it with face-to-face.
Make sure students find a meaningful connection between your online and face-to-face content.
Don’t convert face-to-face content to online content - who awnts to sit there and listen with so many distractions?
(tl;dr):
Integrate it
Make it meaningful
Don’t convert what you do...
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What Measures Success in Your Classroom? →
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Defining the Parent-Teacher Contract →
Calling for more parental involvement in our children’s education will not make things better in schools. It’s not about more or less engagement, but about teamwork. The team that is raising the child needs to get organized, so that everyone on the team “plays position.”
Here is an example that sixth grade teacher came up with many years ago to define these positions.
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New study links LA Unified’s new schools to... →
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, examined the district’s unprecedented school building program, financed by $19.5 billion in voter-approved state and local bonds.
They found that thousands of children moving into new elementary schools over the 2002-2008 construction period enjoyed strong achievement gains that equaled up to 35 additional days of instruction, compared with...
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“We often talk about how we need to personalize and differentiate learning for...”
– One (Learning) Culture
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The Pros and Cons of Gaming and Gadgets in the... →
EWA spoke with Lisa Guernsey, director of the New America Foundation’s early education initiative, and a former reporter for the New York Times and the Chronicle of Higher Education, about how schools are incorporating technology once thought best reserved for entertainment purposes into the classroom.
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“Educators are coaches, personal trainers in intellectual fitness.”
– Don’t Confuse Technology with College Teaching
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“I used to be guilty of TIE. That’s Tweeting Instead of Experiencing. I...”
– Why social media is costing our generation opportunities — a student perspective
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5 Smart Habits to Develop for Back to School →
Move beyond the textbook (g: Moodle!)
Become an expert in ONE tool
Read about all things education (g: or get on Twitter #edchat)
Revisit your homework strategy
Make a professional development schedule
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Becoming an innovative school? My top 10 ideas →
“Technology is an environment for learning, not the driver
This is not about who has the most bright shiny toys
Students live in a world of technology – the school-world needs be relevant”
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“Any technology has potential to be used in education, from pencils to...”
– Google+ in the Classroom, One Year Later
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“So, what are we really teaching our students when we punish them for feeling...”
– The Problem With Punishing Emotions
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“Our major complaint with the AP courses was that it was a race for breadth...”
– Is it Time to Reconsider AP Classes?
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WatchSo proud of local STEM role model and DSHA graduate Dr. Kathryn Weiss! She is the senior flight software engineer on the MSL who celebrated Curiousity’s landing earlier this week!
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What do new teachers need most in terms of...
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