On The Answer Sheet, cognitive scientist Dan Willingham argues that arts education is more than a luxury, citing a speech by Jerry Kagan, a developmental psychology researcher.
First, he estimated that something like 95% of children are capable of doing the work necessary to obtain a high school diploma, yet [...]
Good news. Starting on this week, longtime education industry insider Marc Dean Millot (pictured) is going to be posting a weekly piece on the education industry on this site. I've been a fan of Millot's for a long time, though we come from different ends of the political spectrum and' [...]
Sorry, applicants. Pasco schools superintendent Heather Fiorentino has decided to go another new direction for the district's communications than the one she initially proposed.
Sort of.
Rather than name a new director of communications from among the dozen applicants, Fiorentino has chosen to freeze the director's job — and its salary [...]
The 2009 K-12 Online Conference starts on Monday! Our presenters continue to share short “teaser” videos giving previews of their presentations. To view all the teasers, you can click the “2009 – Teasers” category on our blog, or view them in the “videos” section of our Ning.
Wall Street Journal (motto: we’ve never met a URL we can’t complicate) looks at the trend for More Scientists Treat Experiments as a Team Sport. I don’t think team is the right term. If you’ve spent time in higher education, you’re likely aware that the only team that exists [...]
University of Oslo has posted a video recording of my talk last week on Directions in Education and Learning
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1872 Portrait photo of John Muir1
As a former history teacher, I think that these conversations with the past — with Tweeple in History — are quite interesting and potentially they are enormous discussion starters in classrooms where discussion is used for learning. A while back I wrote [...]
Orlando Sentinel columnist Mike Thomas gives voice to the many who want Florida's Republican lawmakers to stop trying to subvert the will of the voters when it comes to smaller class sizes:
"The solution here is to leave the amendment alone and inject a little common sense into its implementation. Its" [...]
Many students attend two, three, four or more colleges en route to a degree, writes Chad Alderman on The Quick and the Ed. With AP and online courses, plus low-cost community college options, even more will be rolling their own education. So why not let course-givers provide credits, instead [...]
…in this study from England. From the Telegraph:
Poor boys ‘turned into criminals’ at school
A generation of working class boys are being transformed into “misfits and criminals” by the education system, according to research.
By Graeme Paton, Education Editor
Published: 8:01AM GMT 27 Nov 2009
According to figures, white boys eligible for [...]
Here is the current leaderboard for the ISTE conference keynote crowdsourcing project. As you can see, there’s been a shakeup at the top. Jeffrey Piontek is now slightly ahead of Chris Lehmann (if you don't count Chris' votes in the Universal Design for Learning category). Other folks who have [...]
THANKS: Children at Pine Grove Elementary in Brooksville remind their parents and teachers what they're thankful for. (Times photo, Will Vragovic)
STILL SEWING: Fox Chapel Middle School in Hernando keeps its home ec classes alive thanks to donated sewing machines.
WRONG TARGET: The latest lawsuit against' [...]
The Science on Women and Science, is a collection of essays by researchers who disagree on why women lag behind men in science careers. Is it gender bias? Differences in ability or interest? Sean Cavanagh [...]
This podcast is a recording of a presentation by Shawn Massey and Wynn Draper-Bryant of Flint Community Schools, Michigan, at the One to One Institute’s annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, on November 10, 2009. The title of their session was Classroom Basics for 1:1 Computing. Shawn was the project director [...]
Details: "Film for NZ Book Council; Produced by Colenso BBDO; Animated by Andersen M Studio"
Thanks to Neil Gaimon for this lovely tweet gem:
[...]As we celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday today in the United States, Miguel Guhlin is encouraging others to share software applications for which they are thankful. Here are my picks, both for my Mac and iPhone.
7 Mac Applications for which I’m thankful:
