February 27th, 2008
Streb Extreme Action
STREB's PowerPoint presentation at the Teaching & Learning Celebration will depict the particular concerns that STREB EXTREME ACTION has brought to the presentation and invention of action over the last 20 years.
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Mathematics Education for a Flat World
No Child Left Behind got it badly wrong for providing the society and workforce we need in the 21st century. It did so not only because it took a narrow, "fill the bucket and measure its contents" view of what education is about, it also focused on the needs of an America that will soon cease to exist. This is particularly true for mathematics, my subject.
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Me and YouTube
Back in 1988, I had an idea that I thought was revolutionary. What if there was a way of getting any movie (from the silent or sound era), TV show or film clip delivered to your home, school or office, via computers?
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Fantasy Sports in Math Class
America needs more scientists and engineers, yet a staggering amount of intellectual capital is wasted because millions of students are turned off by traditional math programs and drop out of school. I created the fantasy sports math programs to give students opportunities to acquire a love for mathematics so they can pass algebra, graduate from high school, and attend college.
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With certainty. Maybe.
As I write this, there are 22 days until the Celebration of Teaching and Learning; too early to be sure about what my presentation will include. Nonetheless, here’s some of what I think I’ll be talking about: Magic; Defiance; Common Sense; Expectations; Failing; Accessibility; Technology.
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Young Indiana Jones
This entry is going to get me in trouble. There are more than 100 workshops scheduled for this year’s Teaching & Learning Celebration and another 65 or so speakers and panelists doing other sessions. Because I’ve had a hand in lining up all of them, deciding to shine a light on one is like choosing among one’s children.
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Amy Winehouse and Education
Amy Winehouse was brilliant on the Grammys, via satellite -- she’s an amazing performer. Tough and vulnerable, she manages to radiate genuine talent in a way that transcends her retro-jazzy sound, beehive hairdo and Egyptian eye makeup (though they add something, too).
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iTunes University
I am very proud to say that rich educational content for use at home, in classrooms and on the go are up on itunes University. We currently feature content for the Teaching & Learning Celebration and for WIDE ANGLE. We will be expanding this list soon.
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Who Are We Celebrating?
I remember the first time I went to a meeting called by the Carnegie Corporation -- to start the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). I was shocked at the luxury -- a huge platter of shrimps, elegant meals, in an elegant hotel! I kept thinking—more money was spent on those appetizers and drinks than I have to spend on my whole school! But I grew to appreciate it. But not so much that we gave up having our own chintzy staff retreats, at children\'s camps, with outdoor toilets and bunk beds!
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What Is a PLC?
It has been interesting to observe the growing popularity of the term “professional learning community.” In fact, the term has become so commonplace and has been used so ambiguously to describe virtually any loose coupling of individuals who share a common interest in education, it is in danger of losing all meaning. As our friend Michael Fullan concludes, “terms travel easily but the concepts underlying those terms often do not.” This lack of precision represents a very real obstacle to implementing PLC concepts. If you hope to become proficient in building PLCs, you must first develop clarity regarding what the term represents. Therefore, we have opted to devote this first entry to clarifying the term, “professional learning community (PLC).”
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