The value of a college degree has come under scrutiny
http://www.trendcentral.com/life/a-question-of-degree/
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
How to Raise the Standard in America's Schools
National standards have long been the third rail of education politics. The right chokes on the word national, with its implication that the feds will trample on the states' traditional authority over public schools. And the left chokes on the word standards, with the intimations of assessments and testing that accompany it. The result is a K-12 education system in the U.S. that is burdened by an incoherent jumble of state and local curriculum standards, assessment tools, tests, texts and teaching materials. Even worse, many states have bumbled into a race to the bottom as they define their local standards downward in order to pretend to satisfy federal demands by showing that their students are proficient.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1891468,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1891468,00.html
National Standards
Canada’s Education System and National Standards
Are National Standards Necessary?
Are National Standards Necessary?
Are national standards necessary for good quality, comparable social programs? Or can equal and comparable programs emerge without national oversight?
Sunday, June 26, 2011
The New Bottom-up Authority
The top-down, authoritarian model found in most classrooms today looks very different from the model many students experience when they learn online. The classroom’s hierarchical approach, with the sage on the stage, requires, (and, ultimately demands) passivity and deference on the part of the learner. Informal, interest-driven networked learning, with its access to large stores of information and variety of opinion, on the other hand, takes a much different view of authority. It’s usually peer based, largely democratic, meritocratic, often creates dissonance due to variety and demands evaluation. Knowing what we do about active learning, one would seem clearly superior to the other.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Maria Andersen: Where's the "Learn This" Button?
Learning needs to be more personalized. We all know this. But rarely does anyone describe a practical way actually to accomplish that goal. This presentation will delineate not only how we can (and will) do it, but will up the stakes, arguing that learning could be measured (gasp!) outside of educational institutions, with learners free to gobble up knowledge as they roam the Internet following their changing interests.
Maria Andersen is the learning futurist for The LIFT Institute at Muskegon Community College, as well as a professor of math. She has degrees in biology, chemistry, math, business, and is hoping to defend her Ph.D. in Higher Educational Leadership in March. Andersen's research interests lie in active learning, the study of higher education faculty, interdisciplinary studies, math education, and speculation about the future of education. She writes regularly about education, technology, eLearning, the scholarship of teaching and learning, play, and the future of higher education. Her latest musings can be found at
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
This new school discipline tactic is worrying
Restorative circles
This new approach to discipline may be coming to your school. Here’s why you should be wary
http://lifestyle.ca.msn.com/family-parenting/school/restorative-circles
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
How to Use Kidblog - A Video
If you would like to use KidBlog with your students, my students decided to make a How To video. The students cover how to post, how to be safe, adding images, leaving a comment, and how to change font. mY students wrote the script, directed and acted in this, oh how I love it when kids teach kids
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