Learning
McDonalds, Schools, Learning & Standardization
So as I lay in bed reading and thinking, I can’t help but wonder what it is that the education system is trying to accomplish. We are constantly hammered with quotes touting the need for students who will become “21st century learners,” “problem-solvers,” and “collaborators” yet we inundate our students with one standardized test after [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Results Now!
In a recent op-ed in Education Week, the author spoke about it’s not what we teach, it is what the students learn. This is the crux of the matter for many educators and in the book, Results Now! by Mike Schmoker. Now one can sit and complain about testing, leadership (or the lack thereof), instruction [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Elasticity
I am reading a book by Victor Canto entitled Cocktail Economics-Discovering Investment Truths from Everyday Conversations. I came across these couple of lines that I keep coming back to in my head. I don’t know if I have an “oceanic issue” with my writing but I keep thinking about whether or not education [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The 2.0 Riptide
Web 2.0. I get it (I think). Our students are using it outside of school. We need it inside our schools. The question is how. I was reading the blog post, The Embedded Practitioner, from the blog “blog of proximal development” by Konrad Glogowski. He posed three questions that [...]
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