TED: Can kids teach themselves?
Another great talk from TED that looks at how the human brain in built to learn.
Archive for the 'discussion' Category
Staying organized in the face of technology
There was a great post the other day on Cool Cat Teacher about how she uses Remember The Milk (RTM) and a host of other online services to keep herself organized. I have tried RTM before, along with their iGoogle module and Gmail Firefox plugin, and it was all well and fine except for one [...]
Avoid the pitfalls of increasing the web presence of your classroom
An editorial in The Star today by Lee Rimer is a great reminder that as we infuse our schools with computers and innovation we have to be mindful that what we are doing is adding value to the equation. The article critiques the online push of the University environment, with class notes, assignments and tests [...]
Technology in the science classroom
A post today by Brian at ‘Learning is Messy’ has engaged some of my over-arching thoughts on technology in education. I am a strong proponent of technology in the classroom, but I carry a mighty asterisk when I say that, because what I actually support is meaningful technology in the classroom. Brian correctly uses a [...]
Australian schools to collect ‘facebook’ like data from all students
An interesting development out of Australia as students in Queensland may be forced to have their photos, interests, and aspirations profiled in a massive database meant to help educators keep track of their progress. The idea from Queensland’s Education Minister, Rod Welford, is to collect this data so that schools and teachers can track student [...]
The consequences of living your life online
Examples of people not thinking clearly about the consequences of their online life continue to surface in the media. A recent article in the Washington Post looks at a number of teachers who maintain websites, or have other online presences (i.e. Facebook/MySpace), and how they have no clue about the visibility of such sites, or [...]
Helping children create a positive online presence
A great article at Weblogg-ed, and one that hits home for me as I am very googleable, talks about employers performing an Internet search on potential candidates, and how this more-and-more common act should shape how we teach children about their online presence. I often wonder what the next few years will look like, when [...]
The meaningful assessment conversation
An article recently published at Edutopia (the George Lucas education Foundation) examines the history of assessment in schools, then continues to outline new ideas and implementations of assessment that are better designed to yield useful feedback.
“If we differentiate our instruction to meet the needs of all the learners, why aren’t we differentiating the test?” ~Stephen [...]
