November 4, 2008 – 2:27 am
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October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
Working Moms Get Ahead Using Online Education
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October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
Freshmen go to school on drinking
Pennsylvania State University trustees passed a resolution requiring all incoming freshmen systemwide to take AlcoholEdu for College, an online education program about alcoholic beverages and their effects on the body. — GoErie.com, PA
Public Demand Prompts University of Minnesota to Make Online Class on Alcohol Use Available to All Parents
With tragic [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
Department of Education Asks Kids to Critique Schools
Last week, the department launched an online student survey, asking students to log on and give their opinions on the state’s 21st century learning initiative and what they expect from it. The 21st century learning initiative integrates problem solving, critical thinking, communication skills and new technology into basic [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
Kim Flintoff drew the attention of readers of the fantastic West Australian eChalk email list to this video - eSN TechWatch: Preparing Kids for 21st-Century Success. Kim observed:
Yet another smart person (Daniel Pink) recognises what needs to be done in education – why don’t things change? Interesting that embedded arts is identified as [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
I’d like to conclude my review of last Friday’s eLearning Network Thinking Synch event by expressing my surprise at just how inventive people are becoming at using synchronous e-learning technologies. I’ve seen some really good web conferencing sessions but more often than not they’re simple presentations with slides, sprinkled with interactions. Now, when you have [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
I’m re-examining the work of Nel Noddings, so I’m reading The Challenge to Care in Our Schools, so that’s what is informing this post. On a personal note, It’s exciting to reexamine her work after a few years away from it, especially since her work has been so formative in the way I think about [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
Last week, four of our upperclassmen raced each other down a very public flight of stairs. I smiled and waved them on, despite the many important eyes that turned to follow their movement. There would be no stopping them anyway these students were drawn by the irresistible light of celebrity. When they reached the [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
[Cross-posted at Leader-Talk.]
This is an extension of some thinking I was doing in this entry — Citizenship, Workforce and the Ethic of Care.
Nel Noddings writes a great deal about the ethic of care — the idea that our relationships with students should be grounded in “receptivity, relatedness, and responsiveness” — and her work has been [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
I’ve been in Philadelphia for three years, and the School District has had three different leaders. There is not a single cabinet level position that is held by the same person that was holding it when I start. The district has absorbed over a quarter billion dollards of cuts in that time. One of the [...]
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