Homework?

Alfie Kohn and the great debate regarding homework... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npZ4dkt4e4U&feature=related

Professional Development

A teacher (Doug Reeves) speaking about teacher professional development as well as high stakes testing and Government involvement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-X4qunQrmM

Changing Education Paradigms

Does this thinking go along with the "new blueprint" for education? (Sir Ken Robinson)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U Hold onto your eyes...

Toxic Grading Practices

Below is a link to a speech by Doug Reeves regarding current grading practices. Does it make sense? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jduiAnm-O3w

Let the kids touch the computer

Eric Marcos says:

AUGUST 12, 2011 0 COMMENTS

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Let them touch the computer. That’s how the world changed for me, for all of us. If you give kids a little bit of trust and let them try out some stuff, they’re going to come up with fascinating things that will surprise you.

You can read more about Eric and his students’ Mathtrain.tv project. Beginning this fall (and every year afterward), start asking your child’s teachers - or, better yet, your principal, superintendent, or school board members - this oh-so-important question:

You know, it’s a digital world out there now. How much time per week does the average child in this class / school / district get to use computers as part of his or her learning experience?

If you get an answer of more than 30 to 60 minutes per week (that’s only 6 to 12 minutes per day), you’ll be lucky. And, no, that’s not enough.

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