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• Podcast333: Reflections on Social Media, School Change, 21st Century Learning Skills, and China

  
  Moving at the Speed of Creativity — Authority: 576
  This podcast is a reflection I recorded on a flight back to the United States from the October / November 2009  21st Century Learning Conference in Hongzhou, China. There are some issues about which I am reticent to blog, given their poliltical sensitivity in China, but want to share and reflect upon because of the ...
  3 days ago

• Creativity and Innovation in Chinese Society and Schools

  
  Moving at the Speed of Creativity — Authority: 576
  Yesterday our international group (composed of educators from the UK, Australia, and the US) had the opportunity to visit both Hangzhou Normal University as well as Zhejiang University here in Hangzhou, China , just outside of Shanghai. ( full panorama: 4154 x 976 ) Hangzhou currently has a population of ...
  5 days ago

• Professional Association and Publication Potentials for ICT and 21st Century Learning in the Asia / Pacific Region

  
  Moving at the Speed of Creativity — Authority: 576
  These are my notes from the closing panel, “Professional Association and Publication Potentials for ICT and 21st Century Learning in the Asia / Pacific Region,” at the 21st Century Learning @ the West Lake Expo held Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2009 at Xi Hu, China, also known as West Lake . West Lake is in the center of ...
  1 week ago

• Leading, Learning, Loving It, Leading Tomorrow’s Schools Today by Jenny Lewis

  
  Moving at the Speed of Creativity — Authority: 576
  These are my notes from Jenny Lewis’ presentation “Leading, Learning, Loving It, Leading Tomorrow’s Schools Today” at the 21st Century Learning @ the West Lake Expo held Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2009 at Xi Hu, China, also known as West Lake . West Lake is in the center of Hangzhou, China , which is about an hour by ...
  1 week ago

• ISTE’s Global Digital-Age Learning, Teaching, and Education Leadership Skills by Don Knezek

  
  Moving at the Speed of Creativity — Authority: 576
  These are my notes from the opening speeches and Don Knezek’s opening keynote address at the 21st Century Learning @ the West Lake Expo, titled “ISTE’s Global Digital-Age Learning, Teaching, and Education Leadership Skills.” This conference is taking place at Xi Hu, China, also known as West Lake . West Lake ...
  1 week ago

• Learning about Netbooks in 1 to 1 Learning Projects from Maine Educators

  
  Moving at the Speed of Creativity — Authority: 576
  Sharon Betts , Nick Azzaretti , Scott Bourgoin , Colleen Akerman, Cheryl Oakes , and David Trask published an excellent article in the September 2009 issue of ACTEM’s “Electronic Educator” newsletter titled, “Netbooks: Another Solution for Maine Students.” I recommend you read the full article, but ...
  1 week ago

• Want kids to learn more? Teach their parents

  
  Florida Blog — Authority: 152
  Its obvious, right? Parents are critical to a kids success in school. But while people everywhere complain about "bad" parents, some school districts are doing something about it. Theyre expan ding efforts to teach those parents how to be better engaged in their childs education - and better partners with classroom ...
  2 weeks ago

• A weekend interview with Nikolai Vitti, deputy chancellor of school improvement for the Florida Department of Education

  
  Florida Blog — Authority: 152
  Schools all over Florida are in the process of completing their improvement plans, which are supposed to guide their academics for the year. Nikolai Vitti, deputy chancellor of school improvement for the state, spoke with reporter Donna Winchester about how the plans are created, some of the best things to include in ...
  2 weeks ago

• TED SIZER 1932-2009

  
  SmallTalk — Authority: 520
  "Good schools focus on habits, on what sorts of intellectual activities will and should inform their graduates’ lives. Not being clear about these habits leads to mindlessness, to institutions that drift along doing what they do simply because they have always done it that way. Such places are full of silly ...
  2 weeks ago

• New Havens teacher contract

  
  SmallTalk — Authority: 520
  Seen as a reform model “This is an incredibly progressive contract,” said Joan Devlin, a senior associate director in the American Federation of Teachers’ educational-issues department. “It addresses teacher voice, and it gives the district the flexibility to make the changes they need to make [these ...
  2 weeks ago

• Marco Torres at ACTEM 09

  
  Moving at the Speed of Creativity — Authority: 576
  These are my notes from Marco Torres ‘ keynote at ACTEM 2009 in Augusta, Maine, on 16 October 2009. MY COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. The last time I was able to hear Marco speak and hang out a bit with him was in February 2009. See my post, “ Marco Torres Keynote: ITSC 2009 Portland ” for those ...
  3 weeks ago

• Again, U.S. federal funds used to strong arm state legislators

  
  Moving at the Speed of Creativity — Authority: 576
  Is federalism in the United States dead? Perhaps so. Do you remember how the federal government strong armed the states to raise the legal drinking age to 21 back in the 1980s? They did it by withholding federal highway funds. Unless you raised your drinking age, you didn’t get the cash. Money talks, and as ...
  3 weeks ago

• Social Media Change Agents Must First Enlist the Support of Top Leaders

  
  Moving at the Speed of Creativity — Authority: 576
  Josh Bernoff, co-author with Charlene Li of the book “ Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies ,” has specific recommendations for organizational revolutionaries who want to use social media in transformational ways to change cultures of work and service. In this ten minute interview , ...
  3 weeks ago

• Educon 2.2 in Philly: January 29 – 31, 2010

  
  Moving at the Speed of Creativity — Authority: 576
  Chris Lehmann posted the “EduCon 2.2 — Call For Conversations and Registration” about a week ago. I have not been able to attend EduCon in person yet, but the presentations I’ve seen online and experienced vicariously through the blog post reflections and notes of others have been phenomenal. If there’s ...
  4 weeks ago

• 2010 will be an interesting year for Oklahoma educational politics

  
  Moving at the Speed of Creativity — Authority: 576
  In the state of Oklahoma in the USA, where I live, as voters we elect our state’s top official for public education. This position is officially known as the “ Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction ,” but more commonly called the “Oklahoma State School Superintendent.” When our family moved to ...
  5 weeks ago

• Chicagos miracle up in smoke--poooof

  
  SmallTalk — Authority: 520
  Duncans legacy Sometime over the past week, CPS officials quietly posted the 2009 Prairie State and ACT test scores. They didn’t hold a press conference or even issue a release, as is the custom. And it is no wonder. Scores on both exams stagnated this year. And the scores for juniors who have been part of the ...
  7 weeks ago

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