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Conversations about Professional Development Review the self-assessment rubric used to facilitate "Powerful Conversations." This rubric was adapted by the Best Practices Center from the National Staff Development Council's Professional Development Standards.  These are referenced links from my NECC 2007 presentation on School 2.0: Reinventing Education for the 21st Century. Presentation slides and an audio podcast are also available.
A little mood music: "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" by Pink Floyd from their 1979 album, "The Wall." (Via iTunes. I bought a DRM-free version!) Also "John Deere Green" by Joe Diffy.
  ThinkeringSpaces are interactive environments that encourage school age children to tinker with things, both physical and virtual, reflect upon what they discover, and elaborate their ideas in ways they can share with others.
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www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/03/05/administrator... As proposed last week (and inspired by Marco Torres) we planned and shot a movie we titled “Administrator Video.” Thanks to everyone who provided additional ...
Theories of innovation diffusionFrench sociologist Gabriel Tarde originally claimed that sociology was based on small psychological interactions among individuals, especially imitation and innovation. Diffusion of innovations theory was formalized by Everett Rogers in a 1962 book called Diffusion of Innovations. Rogers stated that adopters of any new innovation or idea could be categorized as innovators (2.5%), early adopters (13.5%), early majority (34%), late majority (34%) and laggards (16%), based on a bell curve. Each adopter's willingness and ability to adopt an innovation would depend on their awareness, interest, evaluation, trial, and adoption. Some of the characteristics of each category of adopter include:
    What is School 2.0? School 2.0 is a brainstorming tool designed to help schools, districts and communities develop a common education vision for the future ...
Podcast160: Alan Kay’s EduComm 2007 KeynoteWednesday, June 20th, 2007This podcast is a recording of Alan Kay’s wonderful keynote presentation on June 19, 2007, at the EduComm 2007 conference in Anaheim, California. Alan is an amazing thinker, inventor, teacher and innovator. His presentation, shared in Squeak, a programming language he invented, powerfully demonstrated how many adults around the world need to elevate their expectations about the high level thinking and learning which children are capable of doing. Alan challenged attendees to not permit schools to merely teach math and science appreciation courses for students, but rather to immerse students in the active process of experimentation, questioning, and ongoing inquiry which characterizes the true work of scientists and mathematicians. Alan’s anecdotes were both eye opening and touching, as he related through stories and videos a variety of ways curious and passionate teachers continue to challenge and elevate the learning conversations they have with their students, and that students have with each other. At the conclusion of his presentation, Alan showed the audience a prototype of the One Laptop Per Child device, which represents a key milestone in decades of work by Seymour Papert, Nicholas Negroponte, Alan himself, and many others. What an exciting day of promise for learning we live in! As Alan challenged us, we need to replace the “air guitar” performances which pass for learning in many schools today for “real guitar.” Alan’s message was inspirational. Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) refer to the aggregation of ... This learning network plays an important role in learners being able to filter ...
Teacher Movie | Lesley University ATI | Registration Portraits | Teacher Tips! | ATI Boston Snaps. Lesley Lead Team A parody of the monster.com commercial. ...
Monday, June 25, 2007Leadership/District support of school 2.0In one to three sentences, describe how you think educational leaders on school boards, serving as superintendents, serving as principals, and serving as elected officials can best support an instructional vision of "school 2.0." posted by Wesley Fryer at 7:09 PM | 2 comments How can teachers support school 2.0?In one to three sentences, describe how you think teachers can best support an instructional vision of "school 2.0?" posted by Wesley Fryer at 7:08 PM | 3 comments What does school 2.0 look like?In one to three sentences, describe what you think "school 2.0" SHOULD look like or DOES look like. posted by Wesley Fryer at 7:07 PM | 1 comments Amazon.com: Where Have All the Leaders Gone?: B...
www.amazon.com/Where-Have-All-Leaders-Gone/dp/1416... Amazon.com: Where Have All the Leaders Gone?: Books: Lee Iacocca by Lee Iacocca.
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