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Part I of the 2015 Brown Center Report on American Education.
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NPR Interview: Jay Smith And Mary Willingham, Authors Of 'Cheated' : NPR
today, UNC's athletics are also known for something else entirely: a massive academic fraud scheme. In Cheated: The UNC Scandal, the Education of Athletes, and the Future of Big-Time College Sports, UNC history professor Jay Smith and Mary Willingham, who worked with UNC athletes as a learning specialist, detail the scheme and the attempts to cover it up
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Debate over test security vs. student privacy rages in the age of social media - The Washington Post
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Dave Isay shares his TED Prize wish: to take StoryCorps global
From TED Blog - "“Tonight, I’m going to make the case that inviting a loved one, a friend or a stranger to record a meaningful interview might just turn out to be one of the most important moments in that person’s life — and in yours,” says Dave Isay of StoryCorps, stepping to the TED stage to accept the 2015 TED Prize in Session 5 of TED2015."
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Family Success at the Heart of Engagement Efforts in Mass. District
If parents in the Springfield, Mass., school system want to help their children with the college-application process, figure out how to balance the family budget, learn to knit, or even become a certified lifeguard, there’s a class for that, thanks to the district’s Parent Academy.
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Knowing and Wisdom Isn't Enough
More food for thought on marketing schools from Brendan Schneider
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5 Steps to Effective and Transformative Professional Development
From Getting Smart - "At last year’s Learning Forward Conference in Texas, Linda Hammond Darling (the respected Professor of Education at Stanford University and Director of the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future) was asked about the effectiveness of teacher professional development. She said that while she believes some districts are doing a great job and could just tweak it around the edges, about 90% of school districts need to think about starting over and redesigning their PD."
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The Somali woman who's become a global star on Instagram
Another example of social media used to promote a positive message - What's your stereotype of the Somali capital Mogadishu? Whatever it is, chances are it's different from the view you get if you follow Ugaaso Abukar Boocow on Instagram.
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Learners are learning differently; are you changing the way you train and support them?
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Pls vote by RT & Fav for @TEDxFargo @MrsDelz https://t.co/zmwhFK6It4
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Nipmuc Regional High School Principal's Blog: Guest Technology Blogger: Senior Ashley Whitmore
Guest Blogger on Nipmuc Blog - Highlighting benefits of 1:1 at the high school.
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Five-Year Comprehensive Professional Development Plan
- Adult learning inmultiple forms abounds in school districts. However, articulation of focused, coherent professional development is a rarity. A specified path for professional development and training for all employeesserves toclarifyexpectations, evaluations,and the allocation of resources. This requires a school district to clarify its aim as a system and align professional development so that it can have its greatest impact on improving student learning. A school district should organize itself sothat each employee has access to adult learning that affects his or her ability to perform so that every student learns and is able to graduate.
- Continuous improvement is a familiar model, used in much school improvement planning. Killion and Roy‘s Backmapping Model for Planning Results-Based Professional Learning, shown below, complements school improvement planning. Killion and Royobserve that―School improvement plans identify student learning goals, while professional learning helps educators acquirethe knowledge and skills to help students meet those goals‖
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If students designed their own schools... - YouTube
A look at Monument Mountain High School's student-designed program
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After Learning New Words, Brain Sees Them as Pictures |
Interesting study from Georgetown University Medical Center
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Wondering about customer service when it comes to the way educational institutions connect with their stakeholders, mainly parents and students. What connections can we draw here?
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Research Seeks Scale For Measuring Student Engagement
From Teach Thought - "a University of Missouri researcher has developed a scale that quantifies student engagement and could help educators identify barriers to student participation and increase levels of student involvement and learning."
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Collaborative Culture Fuels Meriden's Blended Success
from Getting Smart - A great example is Meriden Public Schools, which hosted a Blended Learning Summit (#MPSblended).
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Scaling Unhangouts: Our First In-District #Edcamp Online
A great idea for an online edcamp which was carried out by Meg Roa
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What's the Perfect Amount of Homework?
Melissa Dahl from NYMag reports that new research published in the Journal of Educational Psychology has found that any amount of homework that surpasses 70 minutes is too much.
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Great set of podcasts on a variety of topics related to literacy
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Flipping the Classroom Explained - YouTube
Great video explaining the Flipped Classroom
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Why We Are Misunderstanding the Chromebook iPad Debate
Good summary of what the iPad can do that laptops cannot from Tim Holt
Sunday, March 29, 2015
My Weekly Diigo Bookmarks (March 29, 2015)
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