Charting the Course of Teaching and Learning in a Networked World
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Do schools kill creativity?
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Alvin Toffler on Education
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Good morning my friend … my name is Mr. Keen … Nice to meet you … Today I wanna talk to you about coffee … if you don’t mind … can I discuss with you …?
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Posted by Mr.Keen on November 4, 2009 at 10:38pm
The Mobile Teacher
Posted by Pat Jewett on November 4, 2009 at 11:30am
Implementing Response to Intervention… a conversation
Join the Global Association for Teaching Excellence (GATE) and national expert, Dr. Howie Knoff for a conversation on Response to Intervention systems and his new book: Implementing Response-to-Intervention at the School, District, and State Levels: Functional Assessment, Data-based Problem Solving, and Evidence-based Academic and Behavioral Interventions
Response-to-Intervention (RtI) involves evaluating the degree that students (a)… Continue
Posted by Teresa Roebuck on November 2, 2009 at 4:30pm
Flatclassroom09-3 - Sounding Boards
5 countries will research trends in information technology and globalizatio… Continue Posted by mrsdurff on October 30, 2009 at 7:25pm
2010 Trends in Teaching - by Lance Winslow
By Lance Winslow
Oct. 23, 2010
Due to massive budget cuts, many teachers were laid off during this last global recession. In some states like California many teachers who had nine years worth of tenure were cut from the payroll. Imagine a second grade school teacher who had taught for nine years being laid o… Continue
Posted by Lance Winslow on October 23, 2009 at 12:00pm
Future of Education Interview Series
(Also included in the Google Calendar--be sure to check the time zone).
- November 9th, Monday (10:00am Pacific / 1:00pm Eastern): NotSchool.net - a Proven Successful Alternative to Traditional Education
- November 10th, Tuesday (5:00pm Pacific / 8:00pm Eastern): Henry Jenkins (at Conversations.net)
- November 11th, Wednesday (5:00pm Pacific / 8:00pm Eastern): Richard Halverson and Allan Collins on Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology.
- November 12th, Thursday (3:00pm Pacific / 6:00pm Eastern): Larry Cuban on on School Reform and Classroom Practice.
- November 19th, Thursday (5pm Pacific, 8pm Eastern, 12am GMT): "Howard's Brainstorms!" with Howard Rheingold (at Conversations.net).
- December 1st, Tuesday (1:00pm Pacific / 4:00pm Eastern): Dan Willingham on Why Students Don't Like School
- December 2nd, Wednesday (5:00pm Pacific / 8:00pm Eastern): Bob Compton on 2 Million Minutes.
- December 3rd, Thursday (5:00pm Pacific / 8:00pm Eastern): Curtis Bonk on The World Is Open.
- December 8th, Tuesday (5:00pm Pacific / 8:00pm Eastern): Angela Maiers on Classroom Habitudes
- December 9th, Wednesday (5:00pm Pacific / 8:00pm Eastern): Cheri Toledo Reports on Her Web 2.0 in Education Survey
- January 14th, Thursday (5pm Pacific, 8pm Eastern, 12am GMT): "Howard's Brainstorms!" with Howard Rheingold (at Conversations.net).
- February 3rd, Wednesday (5:00pm Pacific / 8:00pm Eastern): James Paul Gee
- POSTPONED: Dennis Littky on Big Picture Schools
Coming Up:
- Tim Magner, former director for the Office of Educational Technology for the U.S. Department of Education
- David Thornburg
- School 2.0: Are We Ready for This Discussion?
- What Traditional Education Can Learn from Homeschooling
- Self-generated Student E-Portfolios
- Students as Journalists (with PBS staff)
- Administrators in the 21st Century (Administrator 2.0)
- Educational Social Networking and Its Impact on the Learning Experience
- Postponed: "Virtual School Models That Really Work" with Liz Pape and John Watson, hosted by Chris Walsh
Previous Events (Click Through For Full Recordings or See .MP3 Feed to the Left):
http://feeds.feedburner.com/K12opensourcesmp3?format=pcast
Podcast iTunes Channel:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=219875737
Delicious Feed:
http://delicious.com/edtechlive
- November 2nd, 2009: Michael Horn / Innosight on Florida Virtual School
- October 21st, 2009: Esther Wojcicki on Creative Commons and Open Education
- October 20th, 2009: Judi Fusco and Patti Schank from SRI on Tapped In, Educational Networking, and the Future
- October 19th, 2009: Angela Maiers leads a panel discussion on Adolescent Literacy
- October 15th, 2009: "Howard's Brainstorms!" with Howard Rheingold (at Conversations.net).
- October 8th, 2009: The Learning Games Network on Computer Games as Educational Tools
- October 1st, 2009: Allan Weis on The Business of Changing Lives
- September 30th, 2009: Howard Rheingold, Joyce Valenza, and Frances Jacobson Harris: Librarians and Truth Detection
- September 29th, 2009: John Seely Brown (at Conversations.net)
- September 24rd, 2009: danah boyd (at Conversations.net)
- September 23rd, 2009: Jane Nelsen on Parenting 2.0 (at Conversations.net)
- September 17th, 2009: Michael Horn starts a series on Innosight's online case studies, starting with Leland Anderson and Alpine Online School
- September 15th, 2009: Anne Gilleran on the eTwinning Program
- September 10th, 2009: Global Awareness Panel hosted by Lucy Gray with Shari Albright, Kim Cofino, Westley Field, Carol Anne McGuire, Diane Midness, Rita Oates, Sharon Peters, Julene Reed, and Michael Searson. (90 minutes)
- September 8th, 2009: Educational Social Networking with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
- August 20th, 2009: Gary Small Discusses His Book: iBrain (at Conversations.net)
- August 18th, 2009: Howard Rheingold (at Conversations.net)
- August 4th, 2009: "Social Networking in Education" with Dave Tosh from Elgg
- July 16th, 2009: "Liberating Learning" with Terry Moe and John Chubb
- July 8th, 2009: "Where is Math 2.0?" with Maria Droujkova
- June 18th, 2009: Joyce Valenza and Friends: "Is There a Place for Media Specialists Who Don't Know Social Media?"
- June 17th, 2009: Panel Discussion on the Future of Books and Reading with Will Richardson, Bob Burg, Travis Alber, Aaron Miller, and Maggie Tsai
- June 17th, 2009: Frontline's Digital Nation Project with Producer/Director Rachel Dretzin
- June 4th, 2009: Maya Frost on the New Global Student
- June 3rd, 2009: Student Participation in Building the Learning Environment (Panel: Susie Boss, Connie Weber, Sylvia Martinez, Marcie Hull, Jane Krauss, and students)
- May 27th, 2009: Garry Putland: Web 2.0 and a Social Networking Platform for Australian Educators
- May 26th, 2009: Michael Wesch, A Cultural Anthropologist Looks at Digital Technology
- May 21st, 2009: Chris Dede - Emerging Interactive Media: What to Use, When, and How?
- May 19th, 2009: "The Future of Online Learning" with Susan Patrick (iNACOL) and Dr. Thomas Cook
- May 14th, 2009: Mark Treadwell, "School 2.0"
- May 7th, 2009: Michael Horn: Disrupting Class, Web 2.0, and More.
- May 6th, 2009: Don Tapscott Talks about Education, Grown Up Digital, and the Net Gen Education Project.
- April 21st, 2009: "2020 Forecast: Creating the Future of Learning" with Chad Wick and Andrea Saveri.
- April 9th, 2009: "Student (and Teacher) Authentic Contributions -- The Long Tail in Education." Karen Greenwood Henke, Ruth Reynard, and Jim Beeghly and his daughter Sarah.
- March 31st, 2009: Erin Reilly from Project New Media Literacies (NML) - Helping Young People in the New Participatory Culture.
- March 25th, 2009 (8pm Eastern / 5pm Pacific): What We Heard/Learned at the CoSN 2009 Conference
- March 27th, 2009 (9am Eastern / 6am Pacific): Presentation/panel discussion from NEBHE Conference in Boston on "Web 2.0: Vision and Possibilities for Outreach to Low-income and Minority Students."
- March 24th, 2009: Panel Discussion--Open Source in Education. Mike Huffman, Laura Taylor, Sheila Gatling, Jeff Elkner, & Kathryn Moyle.
- March 11th, 2009: Thomas Frey: "The Future of Education - Radical Shifts Are About To Begin"
- March 5th, 2009: Diana Kimball and Alex Leavitt, Harvard students and interns on the book Born Digital.
- March 2nd, 2009: Gary Stager: Thoughts About Education
- Feb. 26th, 2009: John Palfrey on his book Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives. (In conjunction with the PBS - Classroom 2.0 Webinar Series.)
- Feb. 23th, 2009: Keith Krueger from CoSN.org: Learning to Change, Changing to Learn: Global Lessons
- Feb. 11th, 2009: Julie Evans from Project Tomorrow - "Top Ten Things We Learned from K-12 Students About Educational Technology in 2008"
- Feb. 4th, 2009: Carol Broos - How the Obama Administration Is Looking at School Reform.
- January 2009: Flat Classrooms Debates and Tom Friedman / Don Tapscott Interviews
Forum
Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Date: Thurday, November 12th, 2009 Time: 5:00m Pacific / 8:00pm Eastern / 4:00am GMT next day (international times here) Duration: 1 hour Location: In Elluminate. Log in at http://tr.im/futureofed...
Started by Steve Hargadon 12 hours ago.
Richard Halverson and Allan Collins - Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology
Date: Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 Time: 5:00m Pacific / 8:00pm Eastern / 4:00am GMT next day (international times here) Duration: 1 hour Location: In Elluminate. Log in at http://tr.im/futureof...
Started by Steve Hargadon 12 hours ago.
NotSchool.net - a Proven Successful Alternative to Traditional Education
Date: Monday, November 9th, 2009 Time: 10:00am Pacific / 1:00pm Eastern / 9:00pm GMT (international times here) Duration: 1 hour Location: In Elluminate. Log in at http://tr.im/futureofed. The Ell...
Started by Steve Hargadon 15 hours ago.
Please stop by Fireside Learning, browse the educational topics we're discussing...
Fireside Learning is just about two years old now. Many thanks to Steve Hargadon for the constant inspiration and modeling. Hope you come by, and consider joining. Here are some of the recent top...
Tagged: educational+communities, Fireside+Learning
Started by Connie Weber 18 hours ago.
Open Internet exams
Richard Byrne talks about schools in Denmark allowing students to access the Internet while writing exams. I liked his comment that "the questions Danish students are being asked require them to us...
Started by Lesley Edwards Nov 4.
Innosight Report on Florida Virtual School with Katherine Mackey and Michael Horn 2 Replies
RECORDINGS: Full Elluminate: https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2009-11-02. Audio: http://audio.edtechlive.com/foe/innosightflvs.mp3 Log: http://audio.edtechlive.com/foe/innosightflvs.rtf Mon...
Started by Steve Hargadon. Last reply by Steve Hargadon Nov 3.
Welcome! 122 Replies
Please introduce yourself and let us know a little about you!
Started by Steve Hargadon. Last reply by Dianna Rucker Nov 2.
Using Alternate Reality Games in language education
r.e. European Union funded education project ARGuing for Multilingual Motivation in Web 2.0 (ARGuing) is a European Union education project. The project has created the first use of an Alternate ...
Tagged: reality, games, based, Alternate, learning
Started by Joel Josephson Nov 2.
The Billion Dollar Question... "How does Higher Education turn its OER into money?"
Last week I went to Tokyo to meet with a very interesting group that I am hoping to aligning with. For those that don't know me. I'm the rebel looking to make all learning free and accessible to al...
Tagged: open, revenue, trout, michael, higher
Started by Michael j. Trout Oct 31.
French Classes in Paris
I will be working as a caregiver in Paris next year but I need to attend French classes Paris first to learn the French language. Can anyone recommend a school that offers French language courses?
Started by carolyn Oct 31.
HELPING YOUR CHILD STUDY
Dear Parents, Teachers & Principals A new piece titled ‘HELPING YOUR CHILD STUDY’ has just been posted on Inspired Parenting. www.inspiredparenting.co.za As it is exam time for many children ...
Started by CLAIRE MARKETOS Oct 28.
WiZiQ Showcase : Virtual Classroom for Education Online
Experience the leading Virtual Classroom solution in this online demonstration by Mark Cruthers. Mark Cruthers is a high school AP US History and Economics teacher at Rancho Cucamonga, H.S. in sou...
Tagged: virtual, classroom, WiZiQ, Virtual, Classroom
Started by Sukhpreet Kaur Oct 28.
Trading in Textbooks for e-books: How will the digital movement affect students and teachers?
As an avid reader I enjoy having physical copies of books and magazines, which made me take a step back when I read that Google is in the process of scanning existing books from public libraries an...
Tagged: Google, Internet, libraries, electronics, e-books
Started by Kiwi Commons Oct 27.
Conduct an Online Class using WiZiQ's Virtual Classroom
Learn how you can get started with your very own Virtual Classes in this session: Conduct an Online Class using WiZiQ's Virtual Classroom by Nidhi Sehgal Get your own Virtual Classroom
Tagged: Virtual, WiZiQ, Teaching, Online, Learning
Started by Sukhpreet Kaur Oct 20.
Angela Maiers Panel Discussion on Adolescent Literacy 2 Replies
RECORDINGS: Full Elluminate: https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2009-10-19. http://audio.edtechlive.com/foe/timetoact.mp3 Chat Log: http://audio.edtechlive.com/foe/timetoact.rtf Dat Monday, Oc...
Started by Steve Hargadon. Last reply by Peggy Sheehy Oct 19.
SRI on Tapped In, Educational Networking, and the Future
RECORDINGS: Full Elluminate: https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2009-10-20. http://audio.edtechlive.com/foe/srioncommunities.m Log: http://audio.edtechlive.com/foe/srioncommunities.r Tuesday, O...
Started by Steve Hargadon Oct 19.
Education in ©opyright Law
This seminar will endeavor to explain the present laws and theories regarding copyright law. It will prove to be a resource as well as a guide to all those interested in traversing these navigable ...
Tagged: law, copyright, education
Started by Sukhpreet Kaur Oct 19.
WiZiQ's Virtual Classroom - The Face of Online Teaching
In this class, Nidhi would demonstrate how you can schedule your online classes as well as conduct your first online class using the powerful WiZiQ Platform. WiZiQ's Virtual Classroom - The Face o...
Tagged: Virtual, WiZiQ, Teaching, Online, Learning
Started by Sukhpreet Kaur Oct 15.
TEDxFutureEd
TEDxFutureEd will be TEDx event that focus on creating a dialog about the future of Education. the goal is to have TEDxFutureEd events taking place all over the globe. The format would be centered ...
Started by Michael j. Trout Oct 14.
Early Reader v1.1 for iPhone and iPod Touch - Free copies
Early Reader v1.1 is available in the App Store. Now includes 160 audio tracks for a truly independent learning experience. Enjoy helping your child become a confident and enthusiastic reader! iT...
Tagged: phonics, read, literacy, ipod, elearning
Started by iKonstrukt Oct 13.
KnowledgeWorks Foundation 2020 Forecast:
Listen to Chad Wick and Andrea Saveri discuss the new 2020 Forecast from KnowledgeWorks Foundation in a special Future of Education interview called "Creating the Future of Learning." It is a fascinating exploration of key forces of change that will shape the landscape of learning over the next decade, and how we are moving toward a culture of creation and innovation. There is also an interactive website for the Forecast, and an extended 2-hour "drill down" on the Forecast here.About
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