Have the skills teachers need for success changed or evolved over time, particularly as we dig in to the 21st century? Certainly, many are the same, but perhaps some are unique to our current tech savvy age. Andrew Churches, a head of the tech department at his school in New Zealand, offers eight essential skills [...]
Last month the National Governor’s Association for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) released the Common Core State Standards, an attempt to standardize K-12 education across the U.S. To date, 48 of the 50 states have adopted the standards, Alaska and Texas electing not to adopt. The final [...]
An outstanding and comprehensive slide show by SlideShare’s tcooper66 on introducing and integrating web 2.0 technologies into the classroom. One of the best I’ve seen. Integrating Web 2.0 Tools Across the Curriculum View more Microsoft Word documents from tcooper66.
“The origin of the fissure between lower and higher education in the United States stems, in part, from the laudable way the nation created education systems to deliver curriculum for both K-12 and higher education.” Thus begins Dr. Michael Kirst’s interesting brief history of the curricular chasm between high school preparation and university expectations. [...]
My interest in Twitter continues unabated. David Hopkins posts a nice slideshow highlighting Twitter’s usefulness and application to teaching. Twitter in Education View more presentations from hopkinsdavid.
I found the following graphic on a nice website called 21st Century Classrooms. It draws an interesting comparison between 20th and 21st century education. While I’m on board with most of the philosophies and dynamics of the right side of the column, I’m wondering if a couple of the characteristics on the left side of [...]
Are we as educators placing more emphasis on standardized testing and content delivery, or focusing on teaching students how to learn? I think in most schools it is a combination of the two, but are most schools too top-heavy in the former direction? This ongoing discussion in education is a centerpiece of Will Richardson’s musings as [...]
Why is it that some teachers embrace new approaches in a professional development, and others are resistant, even before the session begins? In the classroom, why do some students salivate for a new direction or the introduction of a new tool or skill, while others are more comfortable sticking to the status quo? Part of [...]
There continues to be resistance among some in education who see learning social networking skills and online publishing as somehow outside of the framework of the set curriculum. I could not disagree more. I have seen my learners’ writing skills improve astronomically via use of our classroom blogs, and recognize that so much of social [...]
Is the Chinese educational system as high-stress as one might think? You’d better believe it. Wan Lixin provides a startling view of the extreme competition inherent in the system and suggests that a return–at least in part–to the moral education of the past may be the solution. From the article, here is a taste of [...]
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