Role of Technology is Spurring Student Achievement, Supporting Education Reform Efforts

Posted on June 29, 2012 by DrEMiller

Today’s U.S. Department of Education Daily Digest Bulletin in my inbox included a link to an educational event. Few of us will make it to Aspen to attend, but here are the highlights of one session addressing the role of technology by scaffolding student achievement, which in turn supports efforts in education reform. Although the presentation specifically addresses technology at the post-secondary level, I believe there may be clear implications for K-12 education. The opening blurb on the event says

U.S. Department of Education Chief of Staff Joanne Weiss will highlight the role of technology in transforming educational outcomes during discussions at the Aspen Ideas Festival this week.

The full event announcement can be read at the link below. Updates from this session will probably be added to the same general site area.

http://www.ed.gov/news/media-advisories/education-department-chief-staff-highlight-role-technology-spurring-student-ac

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Free Professional Development on Technology in Education

Posted on June 29, 2012 by DrEMiller

Here is a great way to get some free professional development on technology uses in education. There is even a lot of helpful information for parents and simply people interested in learning more about technology. Be aware that you will have to join Edutopia to participate, but the information is worth the registration!

Web Tools Blog Series: Collecting, Organizing and Making Sense of Information | Edutopia

Here’s the URL, if the link doesn’t work. Just copy and paste it into your browser.

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/collecting-organizing-information-summer-professional-development

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U.S. Department of Education Provides Guidance to Help School Bus Drivers Combat Bullying | U.S. Department of Education

Posted on June 29, 2012 by DrEMiller

According to the U.S. Department of Education, school bus drivers don’t feel they have the skills or knowledge to deal with bulling behaviors on the part of the riders. According to the National Association for Pupil Transportation, materials were published in 2011 that addressed bullying as well as other safety measures. Despite these efforts, 52.2 percent of school bus drivers feel unprepared to handle bullying.

Read the full (but short) report here:

U.S. Department of Education Provides Guidance to Help School Bus Drivers Combat Bullying | U.S. Department of Education.

URL: http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-provides-guidance-help-school-bus-drivers-combat-bullyin

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High School and College Dropout: A Report from ETS and an Interview with Bill Gates

Posted on June 29, 2012 by DrEMiller

Earlier, I came across a post from ETS in LinkedIn. The post pointed to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education that was an interview with Bill Gates on college dropout. At the end of the article was a link to an ETS R&D report on high school dropouts. Find the links to the sites here:

http://blog.emillereducation.com/2012/06/29/rd-connections-18-dropping-out-of-high-school/

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Posted on June 28, 2012 by DrEMiller

“As you enter the room, those already there watch you; they learn something about your professionalism, your openness, your style, your desire to be there, your energy.”

How do you enter a class, and what does it say about you?

http://teachingmanagement.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/always-learning-one-key-rule-for-teaching-and-training/

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Always Learning Something

As you enter the room, those already there watch you; they learn something about your professionalism, your openness, your style, your desire to be there, your energy.

As you scan the room before making your opening comments, they soak up knowledge about you; they learn your agreeableness, your enthusiasm, your hesitation.

With every word, with its intonations and inflections, with the comments you make, with the notes you put on the board and the far-off or engaged look when others are speaking, with the slight nod or slight frown as someone interrupts you to ask a question–there is no time when they are not learning.

This is probably the key underlying truth that drives all our other understandings, and all my other rules and tips, about teaching and training.  They are always learning something.  They may not–perhaps they are often not–learning “the material” or “today’s…

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Posted on June 28, 2012 by DrEMiller

An olio of information here from the Alliance for Excellent Education. Just sharing…

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From the inbox earlier today (a little something for the neo-libs out there)…

Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress

Volume 12, No. 13
June 25, 2012

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In This Issue:

EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS: U.S. Department of Education Would Receive Slight Funding Increase Under Senate Committee Bill; Final Action Not Expected Until After November Elections

The U.S. Department of Education would receive $45.7 billion in discretionary funding in Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 under…

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How to Inspire Your Students to Read this Summer | Edutopia

Posted on June 28, 2012 by DrEMiller

This blog is from Edutopia, a supported by the  George Lucas Educational Foundation. Whether you are a parent or a teacher, this particular post  is a great source for getting students to keep reading during the summer.

In general, Edutopia is a wonderful place to get ideas on involving students in both reading and technology.

How to Inspire Your Students to Read this Summer | Edutopia.

(URL: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/inspiring-summer-reading-students-rebecca-alber)

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8 Questions to Inspire Teaching and Training Moments

Posted on June 27, 2012 by DrEMiller

This morning I came across this blog. There are some wonderful ideas for teachers, regardless of experience–although the post is aimed at newer teachers. How we ask and thing about questions is an important aspect of teaching that is often overlooked. Read on and enjoy!

8 Questions to Inspire Teaching and Training Moments.

URL to copy and paste into your browser if the link above does not work:

8 Questions to Inspire Teaching and Training Moments

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Duncan Kicks Off “Let’s Read! Let’s Move!” | ED.gov Blog

Posted on June 26, 2012 by DrEMiller

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is touring the kicking off the Let’s Read! Let’s Move! initiative for the summer with a bang. He has merged the reading improvement with First Lady Michelle Obama‘s campaign to prevent childhood obesity, and is taking it to schools who are participating in the SIG (School Improvement Grant) program in St. Louis. Read what he’s up to in his official blog.

Duncan Kicks Off “Let’s Read! Let’s Move!” | ED.gov Blog

URL: http://www.ed.gov/blog/2012/06/duncan-kicks-off-lets-read-lets-move/

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Posted on June 25, 2012 by DrEMiller

Another point of view on the discussion of escalating education costs… “And that explanation rests on a simple and plausible economic hypothesis.” Read for yourself and decide where this blog’s contents fall…
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From StrategyProfs.net. Via Marginal Revolution.

“By now, you may be getting sick of reading articles and blog posts about the crisis in higher education. This post is different. It proposes an explanation of why students have been willing to pay more and more for undergraduate and professional degrees at the same time that these degrees are becoming both less scarce and more dumbed down. And that explanation rests on a simple and plausible economic hypothesis.”

Read the rest here.

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