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This book is written by a consultant and veteran educator/administrator Harold Kwalwasser. He uses real experience to assemble data and predict where education is going. Trends in education are explained and developed with frightening believability. Most importantly, he concludes, in light of data, the way it ought to go in the 21st century.
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Another educator I follow on Facebook posted a link to an article on this topic. I want to thank him for posting it. Since a comment would have been too long for Facebook, this is my response:
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I have been hearing about the common core standards approach to assessment and I must say I am very excited. Instead of bubbling the kids will be thinking critically and answer through written reflection. It sounds like the GATE concepts of “depth and complexity” will be fostered instead of rote strategies including how to make an educated guess. The common core sounds like what our kids really need to enter the job world. What good is a young adult who can pass a test (like an IQ test even) and yet cannot synthesize many aspects of their knowledge to solve a complex problem on the job. I plan to report here what I find about Common Core as I learn it. I have a feeling I will be learning and sharing a lot of new information that can be used to create more dynamite lesson plans.
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Chimpanzee is a documentary film released by Disney. It was directed by renowned BBC nature film creators Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield. Only true specialists in this genre could have created such a sad yet inspiring and touching movie. This … Continue reading
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This is such a great article. This is an excerpt, read it all at the link below. Be curious. “When we’re hungry, love will keep us alive.” -The Eagles. “Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.” ~Bryant H. … Continue reading
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I’ve been using Twitter for several years now and I can say it has enhanced my online presence. It has gained me traffic and attention as a Blogger and that is what you should get from social media. I may not use it as deftly as some of the Twitter pros I see out there, like my buddy Dragonblogger, but it definitely has begun to play a part in my blogging endeavors. Besides that, it can be a heck of a lot of fun meeting people and chatting all over the world. I basically use Twitter three ways:
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Teaching can never be described as a simple endeavor. Planning lessons is a challenge that will always stupefy the greatest teaching minds. That doesn’t mean we give up though! Humility is a necessary ingredient in the dynamite teacher. If we ever reach a mental place where we feel we “have it wired” I think we will never reach our potential as educators. Through difficulty and yes, failure, we become great. Anyone who tells you failure isn’t a requisite for teaching greatness is not a great teacher in my opinion.
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Wrote this one way back in 2007 when I was first learning about blogging:
Occasionally on this blog, you’ll have private access to the inner workings of a very complex and simple and often quite Bozo-like blog author’s brain. I try to be real, and sometimes I achieve it. (LOL) This is one of those posts, I hope you can relate, maybe learn what I have from it, and hopefully get a chuckle or two as you go.
This guest post from Werner Rogers
Thinking back on the time before my husband started his own business, it seems like a lifetime ago. I can’t believe we’ve been running this company for over 5 years and things have turned out the way they have, you know? I love my husband and I’m so proud of the way he’s learned how to manage this company all on his own. I got him interested in all the stuff on smallbusiness.xo.com because I knew upgrading the technology was important for the success longterm of the business. I can’t believe it’s been so long and that we’ve been through so many part time workers and lawyers and even the stuff with the IRS but at the end of the day we’ve gotten through it all and I think my husband would tell you he loves his job! Working for yourself beats working for someone else any day no matter how hard things get or what kinds of odds are stacked against you, you know? I can’t believe everyone doesn’t do it.
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When you have gone through all the steps of EDI you arrive at closure. But wouldn’t you know it? There is still another step after closure but it doesn’t involve the teacher. It’s called Independent practice. This is where you release the kids independently to do a test or a worksheet. They show they learned the concept through that assessment piece.