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Monthly Archives: November 2007
Quirk Applauds Recommendations for Revised NCTM’s Standards
William G. Quirk applauds a welcomed step away from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) constructivist model of Math Reform. He and other mathematicians disagree with NCTM’s fuzzy math K12 standards, and give kudos to NCTM’s step toward … Continue reading
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Nearsourcing of Information and Mobile Learning
I’ve been thinking about implications nearsourcing of information has for mobile learning, including in and out of schools. The term nearsourcing has origins in economics, in the past several decades in discussing location of manufacturing and trade of goods and … Continue reading
Ultra Portable Computers Go to Schools
Meris Stansbury summarizes results of the recent webcast about one to one computing in schools with Ultra Portable Computers. The Consortium for School Networking hosted by the event. “The first thing you have to do,” said Bob Tinker, chief executive … Continue reading
Voicethread in 6th Grade Classroom
Bill Ferriter, a class act 6th grade teacher in NC, describes how he plans to use VoiceThread in a new class project. What I like the best about Voicethread is that it allows teachers to seamlessly integrate digital collaboration into … Continue reading
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Mobile PCs and Teacher Performance Pay
Barnett Berry of the Center for Teaching Quality offered another thoughtful essay about values of teacher performance pay.He explains why he thinks public policy makers should give priority to recommendations for merit pay by an aggregate of “best” U.S. teachers. … Continue reading
Globalization of K12 Tutoring
STEVE LOHR reports that a wave of offshore tutoring exists, mainly through India. Concerns about the quality of K-12 education in America and the increased emphasis on standardized tests is driving the tutoring business in general,(and its globalization). Have you … Continue reading