District to test calamity-day alternative | The Columbus Dispatch
Ohio school district plans to implement online learning for snow or other calamity days. Many educational institutions (mostly in higher education) are considering online learning for similar situations – the most recent being the possible avian flu outbreak.
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Gazette » 50 Web Applications for Teachers
50 Web Apps for Teachers by Allison Gray of Rasmussen College. 50 Web tools to help you with
lesson planning, research and productivity.
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Gazette » Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Education – Simple, Powerful Tool to Transform Education?
Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Education – Simple, Powerful Tool to Transform Education?
By
Stephen McClard
Excerpt from Article:
“What is NLP?
It is hard to really lock down a good definition for NLP. Originally co-developed by John Grinder and Dr. Richard Bandler, this area of psychology has grown to become immense and complicated. If I were to give it a short definition, I would define it like this: NLP is the art of using response and stimuli for the express purpose of constructing desired outcomes. This can be done in a conscious manner or an unconscious manner. NLP attempts to find reproducible methods that anyone can use for success.
Let me give you a real world example. Teacher ‘A’ has a class that is out-of-control. When the same go to teacher ‘B’, they behave well. It stands to reason that a method exists to control the students. If teacher ‘A’ can discover the method that teacher ‘B’ uses, then teacher ‘A’ can control her class. NLP attempts to study the method and find commonalities and best practices for controlling behavior.
Over the last few decades, many common methods for success have been found in every area of endeavor. Name the behavior and NLP has the answer. It will be impossible for me to cover the entire territory of NLP in one article, so I will merely give you a good start. My best advice for you would be to purchase Neuro-linguistic Programming for Dummies by Romila Ready and Kate Burton. It is a fantastic read and can give you a great start into the subject.
Presuppositions
The world of NLP revolves around a few presuppositions. A presupposition is an implicit assumption. In other words, it is assumed that there is implied truth in what is stated and can be viewed as correct in every way. As we jump into this topic as it applies to education, prepare to dive deep and stretch your mind wide.
1. The map is not the territory. Have respect for the individual’s map.
Each of us has a map of the territory (world around us) that will be different depending on our perspective and frame of reference. Our map of the world represents our unique view of the world, while the territory represents actual objects and events. Your perception as an educator belongs to you and does not accurately represent the territory or the map of the student. If you realize this difference and respect the map of your students, you are prepared to make NLP work for you.
2. People respond according to their map of the territory.
All students operate in the world according to their perception of the territory. Since each map is different, each response will be unique. Your responsibility as an educator is to discover the student’s map and act accordingly. Change the map and you change the student.
3. Meaning depends on context.://teachers.net/gazette/wordpress/stephen-mcclard/neuro-linguistic-programming-and-education-prepare-to-be-amazed/2/
Texas District Changes Classrooms with Wireless Technology
By Tanya Roscorla
on July 8, 2010 IT Infrastructure
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Each school in Texas’ North East Independent School District provides laptops and iTouches for students to use. And in the future, the students may be able to bring in their own devices.
But because of all the mobile devices, the infrastructure takes a beating. One access point serves three classrooms. If each room has more than 15 or 20 devices, connectivity goes down or disappears altogether. Dead zones and slow access to the Internet also cause problems.
“With our current solution, we just couldn’t support the density of 30 devices per classroom,” said Brandon Platt, assistant director of Management Information Services for the San Antonio district.
And because video and multimedia communication is a top priority, the district decided to switch to Motorola Inc.’s wireless local area network and infrastructure management solution. With the new network, students will move around instead of being tied to one spot, said Andrea Tondre, executive director of Management Information Services.
“What we’re really pushing toward is changing up the way our classroom looks.”
Instead of rows of desks, the classroom will have stations. Three or four students will collaborate around a station by using their mobile tools to research, finish assignments and communicate with each other.
Full article://www.convergemag.com/infrastructure/Texas-District-Changes-Classrooms-with-Wireless-Technology.html
Forest Lake blends online and classroom learning
Advocates say “hybrid learning” holds the promise of a stronger, and more efficient, education.
By GREGORY A. PATTERSON, Star Tribune
Forest Lake High School could double the number of online classes it offers students next year, as it searches for ways of blending the efficiency of online learning with the educational benefits of human interaction.
Last school year only three of the school’s 150 high school courses had a substantive online component, but next year, it could be six.
http://www.startribune.com/local/east/97994924.html
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SearchCredible – educational exploration site
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Learnosity Voice SMS
Learnosity Voice SMS enables teachers to send text messages directly to their students’ mobile phones. This is currently being used by the Irish government to deliver vocabulary to students daily, in the Irish language which the students then use in their lesson that day.
Education Reconceived 