Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

CORE 24 – Washington State Board of Education

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

What is Core 24? Core 24 is the new set of credit requirements for high school graduation being considered by the Washington State Board of Education. Core 24 will require students to develop a high school and beyond plan and choose courses to help them achieve their goals. Core 24 requirements will ...

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008View more documents from Jane Hart.

Web 2.0 Slam

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

A Web 2.0 Slam View more presentations from Nitin Parmar. This is a great overview of Web 2.0 tools and concepts applied to education.

Theories Discussion Chart

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

Please download a chart to record your understanding of the educational theories Theories Discussion Chart (Word)

School AUP 2.0

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

I was looking at David Warlick's 2 ¢ blog today and came across School AUP 2.0.  It's a wiki dedicated to creating a discussion and resources for student acceptable use of  online resources.  It's incredible.  A must see.  Two thumbs way up!  Our school district is grappling with the idea ...

SETDA Technology Report Released

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) has released its annual National Trends Report, revealing new data on the power of technology to increase student achievement and describing the need to equip American children and teachers with the knowledge and technological proficiency necessary to make America a leader within the ...

ARISE and Manage Your Classroom Technology

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

Great article addressing technology adoption, management and innovation for education in the March 2009 edition of Tech and Learning Now that digital technology is an integral part of many of our classrooms, we have a new challenge: How can we manage this essential technology? How can we maximize the school district’s ...

Building A Good Teacher Web Site

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

Teacher Web Page Component Suggestions Communicate with Parents Make it More People Want to See It Student Presentations Safety Privacy Wiki Blog Podcasting and Mediacasting Linking Finding and Being Found Paperless Communicate with Staff Moodle Student Web Sites Suggestions Links Video Unit Work Student Work Blog Communicate Collaborate Wiki Greatest Hits of Teacher Sites Links to Alumni of Class Virtual Classroom Links Study guide Practice Quizzes, etc. Class Help Podcast Activities Student Scribe One student per day Resources Free Forums Bravenet.com Student Media Publishing Book Discussion Via Blog Ideas ...

Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

Sir Ken Robinson is author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, and a leading expert on innovation and human resources. In this talk, he makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. (Recorded ...

Cultures on the Edge with Wade Davis

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

I watched Wade Davis' Cultures on the Edge presentation yesterday and it has impacted me tremendously. I in one fell swoop have changed my view of story telling and it necessity in the world. Wade is a persuasive and polished presenter. His simple stand and deliver approach is ...