All Blog Posts Tagged 'education' (330)

Interesting New ‘Correlation Report’ Shows Educators How Well Any Two Assessment Scores Correlate to Each Other

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Added by Kimberly Hulbert on June 18, 2010 at 1:25pm — No Comments

Forgetting the game.

When the stuffed crust pizza first came out in my area, like everybody else we tried it. We found out quickly that the pizza makers had became so fascinated with the stuffed crust that they had forgotten the rest of the pizza. It was a lousy pizza.

That is what many makers of "educational games" do. They get fascinated with what they are trying to teach and forget about the "game." Games above all should be fun. On the other side teachers and parents ignore games that… Continue

Added by barry bohannon on June 9, 2010 at 1:00am — No Comments

The 21st Century Music Program

I've written about it already: Music Education must shift (as most… Continue

Added by Andrew on May 26, 2010 at 5:58pm — 1 Comment

Education: Agricultural not Industrial

In class today we watched Ken Robinson's "Bring on the Revolution" on TED in which he calls for a revolution in education. He suggests that we need not reform a broken, outmoded system, but rather we must fundamentally change what we do to/with kids. The metaphor Robinson uses is a shift from an industrial model (factory-like, all kids learn the same things at the same age levels, in preparation for 'university') and move to an agricultural model, where… Continue

Added by Jeff Leppard on May 25, 2010 at 8:01pm — No Comments

Video and Links about Google TV. ( Also- I'm looking for info about Google TV and Education!)

Video and Links about Google TV: Another Flavor of Android - "Google TV brings everything you love about the web to your television"

Thought: If Google TV will bring easy access to the Internet to our large flat-panel HD TV's, it just might mean that the large HD TVs will replace ordinary televisions and shadow-casting interactive…

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Added by Lynn Marentette on May 22, 2010 at 12:13pm — No Comments

Forums to enhance Jewish education through blended learning

To facilitate communication amongst Jewish teachers and teacher educators on how to enhance Jewish education through blended learning see these websites:…

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Added by Richard D. Solomon, Ph.D. on May 1, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Art Contest for Students with Special Needs THIS WEEK

MangoMon is celebrating the launch of their newly redesigned website with an art contest! If you know students who love to draw, this is the contest for them! Expressing ideas through art is a great way to enhance creativity. That's why we want to see how creative your students can be! Submit any artwork from your students for a chance for them to win some great prizes.

The contest is free to…

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Added by Amanda Kenuam on April 26, 2010 at 8:25am — No Comments

Creating A Successful University Class Ning Network

Hello. I just guest posted on Ning’s blog about a great experience we had using a Ning network in our university class this semester. Thought you all may have interest:… Continue

Added by Jack Hadley on April 16, 2010 at 12:41pm — No Comments

Managing Complex Change

If educators plan to transform their schools into institutions that
promote 21st century learning skills, systemic change must occur. This
sort of change will require not only significant resources, but the
type of transformation we are looking for will require highly effective
leadership– leadership that fosters meaningful change. MORE...

Added by Shawn Roner on April 12, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments

A Classroom's Hierarchy of Needs

A Classroom’s Hierarchy Of Needs

I just got home after a morning of observing two classrooms. One was wonderful, a place that all students would long to be in. One was dreadful, a place that students would only just barely tolerate and where one student actually said, when asked to make a metaphor using the word school, “School is jail”.

What made them different? On the face of it they were both… Continue

Added by ddeubel on April 12, 2010 at 6:36pm — No Comments

Do We Trust Our Classroom Teachers?

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Added by Amanda Kenuam on April 5, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Free Workshop: Spanish Language Learning and Technology

Title: Global Communication and Today’s Foreign Language Students

Presenter: Rosa Shely, Spanish teacher, Earl Warren High School

Date: April 10, 2010

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Location: Northside Activity Center, San Antonio, Texas (On Culebra just inside Loop 410)

Contact: Dr. Barbara Pino of UTSA…

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Added by Joseph Chmielewski on April 4, 2010 at 5:25am — No Comments

COMUNITY PICASA IN EDUCATION

Greetings from Spain

I am a teacher of elementary education (6 to 12 years) and I want to introduce the community… Continue

Added by Francesc on March 30, 2010 at 2:57pm — No Comments

Commentary on the State of Education

Tim Stahmer offers his take on the state of education in his recent blog Not Asking the Right Question. It's a quick read, but it does imply that educators and policy makers need to sit down and look at what we want 21st century education to look like and then develop methods to get there.

Added by Gary Latman on March 27, 2010 at 9:09pm — No Comments

eTextbook Update

According to the Columbus Dispatch, some Democratic legislators in state of Ohio are pursuing mandatory e-textbooks for college students. The hope is that it will reduce the cost of textbooks for college students by as much as 50%. Should save a lot of trees and money on chiropractor bills, as well.

Added by Steve Tanksley on March 25, 2010 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Inspiration: a Propelling Power that Urges Man to Dream

Inspiration is the inner encouraging power that can push man to the limit of their abilities as they pursue their own goal in life. It is the inner basis of reach the desired achievements. We all know that a man with inspiration either from external or internal, could lead to the passion of a great character. When a man reaches the point of doing things with passion consistently, there comes the attitude in the level of integrity. But how can we reach the goal in life if we do not have… Continue

Added by Lance Ruch on March 16, 2010 at 5:50pm — No Comments

Thoughts on Student Motivation

Dan Pink delivered an interesting talk on motivation and the problems associated with extrinsic motivation. According to Pink, research has shown that certain sorts of extrinsic incentives or what Pink refers to as “contingent motivators” actually dull thinking and stifle creativity.MORE...

Added by Shawn Roner on March 15, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

Needed: New Expectations

If you were to make a graph of the appropriate closeness of a teacher to a student, it would be inversely proportionate to the academic abilities of the student. Therefore, the more academically capable the student, the more relational distance to their teacher. This could be partially due to the number of students in general education classes, versus a resource room versus a student in a one-on-one situation.

Consider how much a teacher knows about a student's family of home life. The… Continue

Added by Joe B. on March 12, 2010 at 1:15pm — 4 Comments

Looking to expand your ed tech network on Linkedin?

Share your ideas, meet people and build your connection base. Ed Tech Start Ups group on Linkedin has almost 1,550 members already. Our focus is technology and education. Those that are interested in exploring the possibility or are in the process of developing a start up business will find this an outstanding… Continue

Added by Kimberly Hulbert on March 10, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

TIME SENSITIVE - March 12th is Dark Out Day

Please help a great group of middle school students who are learning about social media and trying to make a difference in the world for just one day! Visit our website or Facebook page and take the survey/pledge to turn your lights off on March 12th, 2010! Help us through your Facebook friends, blogs and twitter to spread the word to anyone and everyone you know!!

Visit our facebook page:…