January 2013 Archives
How to Develop Students into "Problem-Finders" and why it matters
Designing for Great Learning: Moving Beyond Project-Based Learning Read more
"Revolution Hits the Universities": MOOCs
"Nothing has more potential . . . " -NYTimes Columnist and Author (The World is Flat) Thomas L. Friedman Read more
Rethinking College
"I believe that we are in the midst of a major transformation in the human experience." - Dr. Joseph Ganem Read more
New Steve Jobs movie: Where Fun and Money Collide
Woz vocal about inaccuracies in new biopic: Jobs didn't get social value of tech until later Read more
How Intelligent is the House of Representatives? Barney Frank explains (or . . . doesn't have to)
Video Below (1.5 Minutes):... Read more
21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2020
Desks, Language Labs, Computers, Homework, Standardized Tests in College Admissions . . . . Read more
Stephen Colbert's Sound Advice: How To Ace The SAT's
Tip #1: "Spend A Lot Of Money . . ." Read more
Two-time Pulitzer Prize Winner, Harvard Professor did not take Algebra until College (!)
Are we too obsessed with Math requirements? by CJ Westerberg Read more
Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Questions
Now, here were college grads looking for jobs, and not recognizing that showing curiosity and asking engaging questions could show MORE about WHO they were than reciting some resume paragraph to interviewers in a random interview. -C.J. Westerberg Read more
Conversations that happen in the middle
"We (parents and teachers) really don't get into a conversation . . ." Read more
Hacking School Ratings & Test Scores
"Recognizing that their students learn best when actively engaged, Consortium Schools typically use inquiry-based methods of learning . . ." Read more
This is your child's brain on homework. Or, is it?
Homework: Too much, too little, or the wrong kind? Read more
21st Century Skills: A "thorny problem" in the classroom
. . . .most high schools' science "experiments" are really "demonstrations," because they are "rigged" for the right answer, thereby disqualifying them as true experiments where outcomes are unknown. Read more
Schools and Parents: A Kabuki Dance?
We asked then, why do some schools still play a kabuki dance when it comes to parental/family engagement? Read more
Campbell's law in education: test scores vs. accountability
"A society in which decisions are based solely on numbers instead of sound judgment is one in which no one is truly accountable." Guest post. Read more
Why Testing Fails: How Numbers Deceive Us All
"Tests fail because of an effect I call the "Numerical Outcome Principle". . .Our leaders need to look beyond the numbers..." Guest Post By Joseph Ganem, Ph.D. Read more
Wanted: Teacher, Coach or both?
"The coach is the boss of you, but they're not the boss." Read moreIn fact, educators and administrators cannot justify giving the arts an important position in the curriculum unless they understand that the arts are the most powerful means of strengthening the perceptual component without which productive thinking is impossible in any field of endeavor.Rudolf Arnheim, Visual Thinking
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