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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Status Quo 101: It’s a Race to the End
I started this as a response to Clay Burell’s (Blog, Twitter) post, “Barbarians with Laptops: An Unreasonable Fear?” and half way through decided to move it to my blog due to its length. The spark for this train of thought … Continue reading
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Tagged #rethinkschool, Action Research, Andrew Marcinek, Clay Burrell, Collaboration, collaborative learning, Communication, Connecting, content vs. process, curriculum, education, educational reform, Hugh MacLeod, learning, life long learning, McLeod, Nathan Lowell, Pepperdine, reading, research, Scott McLeod, Silvia Tolisano, Twitter
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Thoughts on Assessment 2: A Conversation
Last week #edchat on Twitter focused on assessment, including both formative and summative. Since that conversation there has been a further exchange of ideas. It started with Henrick Oprea (Blog, Twitter) and his post, On Assessment – part 1. His … Continue reading
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Tagged Assessment, Clayton Christensen, collaborative learning, cumulative, Curtis Johnson, Daniel Willingham, Disrupting Class, education, educational change, educational reform, formative, Henrick Oprea, Howard Gardner, Jan Webb, learning, Michael Horn, Rieneke Zessoules, self assessment, shared knowledge, standardized testing, Steven Anderson, Twitter
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Thoughts on Assessment 1: A response
I “met” Henrick Oprea (Blog, Twitter) in #edchat on Twitter last night and enjoyed a conversational exchange with him. Henrick is an English teacher in Brazil. The discussion in #edchat last night revolved around assessment and was lively, informative, and … Continue reading
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Tagged #rethinking school, Assessment, community understanding, creativity, education, educational change, educational reform, formative assessment, Henrick Oprea, learning, new schools, Scott McLeod, shared knowledge, standardized testing, Steven Anderson, summative assessment, Testing, Twitter
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Rethinking School 101: The Changing Human Experience
I recently made a new acquaintance (via Twitter), Venessa Miemis (Blog, Twitter), who is “pursuing a Masters in Media Studies at the New School in New York City, exploring the intersection between technology, culture, and communication. She is a member … Continue reading
Edublog Awards, A First Time Experience
This is the first time I have involved myself in this set of awards. This is also the first time I actually felt qualified to do so. So, here are my Edublog Awards (The Edublog Awards Homepage) nomination suggestions: Best … Continue reading
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Dan Brown: The “Achilles Heel” of Education Reform
Dan Brown, (Blog, Twitter) teacher and author of “The Great Expectations School,” effectively took on the wrong-headed notion that the best way to improve education in the United States is to reduce it to a single numerical value, then apply … Continue reading
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