February 2011
Learn to Code: The Full Beginner's Guide →
January 2011
Closing the Incarceration Gap →
Dear Diane,
It’s interesting to imagine what world view drives my enemies. Reading your piece about economists provided an insight! Maybe. Most of the current members of the billionaire’s club make or produce nothing. None of their friends or neighbors are in the producing classes either. I used to try to appeal to them with the book by H. Thomas Johnson and Anders Broms called...
Some people to recommend today
thanks!
world-shaker:
Why can’t this be like Little League T-Ball where you can vote more than once?
</nonsensical simile>
girlwithalessonplan, who put together this list of Tumblr teachers
teachingtoday
positivelypersistentteach
gjmueller
psithinkyousareawesomez
thingsforteachers
adventuresinlearning
:cough: world-shaker :cough:
10 ways to create global connections… →
Via What Ed Said…
Use your imagination….
Picture two boys on opposite sides of the world playing chess in a foreign language. Imagine kids in Australia asking kids in Thailand about conditions where they live. Visualise 5 year olds in different countries singing for each other. Suppose kids in a privileged school could find out from kids in an Indian slum what not having ready access ...
Roger Ochoa: Early Childhood Education: Two... →
The personal experience raises two essential questions about early childhood education and its place in the education reform debate: If early childhood education is considered so crucial, then why do some children thrive without it? After all, there is no shortage of studies testifying to the central need for it. Conversely, why might some children fail despite being exposed to it?
I...
Ask the students « Linda F. Nathan →
'We pauperize education' →
“…The richest nation on Earth has never allocated enough resources to build sufficient schools, to compensate adequately its teachers, and to surround them with the prestige our work justifies. We squander funds on highways, on the frenetic pursuit of recreation, on the overabundance of overkill armament, but we pauperize education.” — From March 14, 1964 speech...
The Pitfalls of Putting Economists in Charge Of... →
I am glad that Diane R. has finally realized that education should not be about tests and business/top down leadership….but at the same time it fell like a she acts like she is the first one to think this…
In Florida, Virtual Classrooms With No Teachers -... →
So it starts! Well I am all for using tech to help expand learning, removing the relationship of people is not going to end up being worth the cost saving….Plus don’t we need more jobs not less.
10 things to do on the first day of school… →
A new school year is about to begin in Australia. It’ll be the first time in nearly 30 years that I don’t have a class to teach and it’s not an easy adjustment! For as long as I can remember, I have started the year by planning the first day for my new classes. Reflecting on all those new beginnings, I realise how much teaching and learning have changed… and how much I have changed.
What...
What would fair trade education look like? →
When Good Words Become the Enemy →
Dear Diane,
I ran across this wonderful book title in The Nation’s book review section: “What Technology Wants.” It seems “wants” are becoming separated from human “want’ers.” Like the “marketplace”—which has a strong mind of its own, too. Behind such “wants” are people who want something even more dangerous than riches. ...
@adventuresinlearning and GJMueller
Thanks for the shout out…. somehow I missed it…. until now.
Getting my masters from Goddard College in Holistic Elementary Education and Art Education.
Currently teaching/subbing with preschool ages and nannying with a couple families.
Glad to be a Tumblr Teacher!
-David Loitz aka Adventuresinlearning and Humanscaleschools and CoopCatalyst.org
positivelypersistentteach:
you...
Girl with a Lesson Plan: Tumblr Teachers: Roll... →
I am in a teaching program at Goddard College for elementary grades and art education and working as a sub at a Reggio Preschool!
girlwithalessonplan:
Pre – Fourth:
lefty jenkins : Media Specialist, Primary School
positively persistent teach : Title 1 / Reading Specialist K-8
cannat: 1st and 2nd grade, austism
don’t eat the paste: elementary exceptional education teacher
who’s...
Watchpoptech:
Amishi Jha is a brain scientist who is working on ways to train brains to pay better attention. How can mindfulness training help people in high-stress situations – from medical staff to soldiers – better navigate their challenging environments?
Cooperative Catalyst Week in Review:... →
Technology: Instant Translation Through A Video... →
Thompson: The Axis Of Accountability, Revealed →
The Michelle Rhee/Jeb Bush/Rick Scott/Tea Party, /Chris Christie/Joel Klein school of reform are showing their true colors. Their true love - battling other adults - is now unmistakable. These “reformers’” common denominator is sharing the values of the patriarch’s Klein’s boss, Rupert Murdoch. Now that the axis of accountability has formed an united front, it will be...
Cooperative Catalyst Week in Review:... →
What a great first week of 2011 for the Cooperative Catalyst, 12 new posts and 2,225 views! Please welcome all our new members as we gained a handful of amazing change agents this week! Don’t forget to join our facebook page!
enjoy!
Cooperative Catalyst!
WatchChildren of Haiti | Independent Lens | PBS
Two of my friends Directed and Produced this great film on Haiti. Playing on PBS this week!
Why Scale It? « Cooperative Catalyst →
It seems that the more control the government wants to have over schools the worse off everyone is. In a district as big as Philadelphia, with over 200 schools, we have the federal government telling us what to do thanks to Race to the Top, and we are run by the state rather than an elected school board. We have programs that are mandated across the board for all low-performing schools...
‘Metaphoria’ and Digital Literacy « Cooperative... →
I have often used a technique with kids that I have called Metaphoria! You can see some examples of this in Deep Understanding and the Issue of Transfer. But basically I might give them sentence starters such as “Programming in Logo is like…” or “Finding a bug in a program is like…” Students have said such things as the following. “Programming in Logo is like playing tennis. First, I take a...
Paradox of Creativity « Cooperative Catalyst →
Creativity is becoming a buzzword in education circles. From Daniel Pink fans to those who wax eloquently about the New Economy to unschoolers and home schoolers and reformers that recognize how the lack of creativity has dehumanized children. Yet, in doing a simple project with students, I am seeing how creativity is often forged through mystery, held in tension through paradox and...
If tumbler sends bloggers to fashion week, I want...
I am right there with you!
girlwithalessonplan:
Starting with me, of course. ;)
And I can’t think of 20 without leaving someone kickass off.
Mass Animal Deaths - Google Maps →
This is a bit crazy to say the least….makes the opening scene of Magnolia seem more real.
Coalition for Better Education →
Don Perl, and the Coalition for Better Education have posted three billboards in Colorado telling parents they can opt their children out of that state’s standardized tests! Yay Don!!! Hey Californians, we could do this too. Consider contacting Don about how he went about this.
Expect More. . . | Reflections of the TZSTeacher →
Great piece about how we assess what we think we need to know about students.
Condition Of School Buildings Affect Grades →
34years:
This is a no-brainer for teachers, but perhaps the public needs to understand that working/learning conditions do impact student achievement.