Posted on May 27th, 2008 by AG
Beginning teachers have it tough. Despite the growth of mentoring programs, it is a time when many find themselves “out on a limb” where they struggle to deliver curriculum, maintain good classroom management as well as a healthy rapport with students. Many fear for their jobs if their classes are not “under control”. Others fear [...]
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Posted on May 26th, 2008 by AG
This blog was recently added to the International Edubloggers Directory (thank you, Patricia!). During the review process, I had to identify what the blog is about. Which got me thinking. Unlike the other blog I keep which is specifically related to music education technology , Educational Paradigms is more Big Picture.
Seth Godin’s admonishment about being [...]
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Posted on May 23rd, 2008 by AG
At the beginning of one’s career, it’s all about theory. We are even asked to develop our theories of “education” in undergraduate education classes. I recall this assignment and having no clue what to write, so I wrote from the heart. What I came up with was a whole bunch of ideological “touchy-feely” mumbo jumbo. [...]
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Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by AG
Did you notice something different about Google’s website today?
Today, Google announced the winner of its What If competition where K-12 students were asked to re-design the Google logo in any way they wanted by answering the question, “What If?”
The winning logo (above) was created by Grace (Suryung) Moon, a 6th grader from Canyon Middle School [...]
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Posted on May 21st, 2008 by AG
You’ve been working without a contract for a year. Morale is low. Money is tight. And yet, it is your job to contribute to the education of the children before you (in positive ways) period after period, day after day.
During these trying times, here’s what has kept me optimistic:
Pretending that my [...]
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Posted on May 21st, 2008 by AG
This is most thought provoking short film I have seen this week. My reaction was powerful and it started me thinking about what I want to be in my boy’s imagination. If you follow the post to You Tube and read the comments, you’ll see that the irony was completely lost on some [...]
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Posted on May 21st, 2008 by AG
I love the term “Changelog” because of what it implies:
“Something was changed to make things better”.
“This is a work in progress”.
“We’ll evolve to make the experience better”.
“We’ll be completely transparent about this process-in fact we’ll publicly post our changes so the evolution of our product/program/system is widely known-faults included.
What would your changelog look like? Is [...]
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Posted on May 21st, 2008 by AG
Taped to the clock in the classroom where I teach is a circular “memo”. It is taped to the glass that shields the hands and numbers of the clock. This is the only clock in the classroom where I teach. As such, it gets looked at. A lot. By about 100 pairs of eyes a [...]
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Posted on May 18th, 2008 by atg
Image by TaranRampersad via Flickr
Here’s a succinct prescription for aligning educational practices to 21st century workforce needs. These represent the new realities and presence of global networks, increased technological proficiencies, new modes of engagement and the reality of interconnectivity in all aspects of life.
Curricula
must be created that do a better job of preparing students to [...]
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Posted on May 18th, 2008 by AG
I don’t teach the kids that Education’s bad. I say that Schooling’s bad. Education is a personal thing: you develop your powers and your singularity to the utmost
But Schooling is NOT Education. Schooling’s an attempt to write the one right way for everybody.
-John Taylor Gatto
Bingo! Exactly my point when I [...]
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