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Bassett asks, "What are your demonstrations of learning?" The Fall '09 issue of Independent School magazine is about school mission. Pat Bassett, head of NAIS, established a committee of college ... Started by Demetri Orlando in General Interest Discussion Latest Reply
Introductions Please take a moment to introduce yourself by posting a "reply" in the box below. Please always keep in mind that this is a public net... Started by Demetri Orlando in General Interest Discussion Latest Reply

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Bassett asks, "What are your demonstrations of learning?"

The Fall '09 issue of Independent School magazine is about school mission. Pat Bassett, head of NAIS, established a committee of college ...

Started by Demetri Orlando in General Interest Discussion Latest Reply

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Please take a moment to introduce yourself by posting a "reply" in the box below. Please always keep in mind that this is a public net...

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Introductions Please take a moment to introduce yourself by posting a "reply" in the box below. Please always keep in mind that this is a public net... Started by Demetri Orlando in General Interest Discussion	197	Nov 17 Reply by Stephen Middlebrook
"Disrupting Class" Brainstorming Clayton Christensen is arguably the world's foremost expert on the impact that disruptive innovation can have on existing organizations. ... Started by Fred Bartels in Book Discussions	129	Mar 17 Reply by Keith Gillette
Starting a Virtual Independent School The "Disrupting Class" discussion has led some of us to seriously consider the possibility of creating a virtual independent school (VIS)... Started by Fred Bartels in Philosophic Discussions	78	Apr 11 Reply by Hadley Ferguson
Google Apps implementation I am planning to pilot Google Apps to our 5th grade students this fall. Does anyone have experience with an implementation? If you are p... Started by Susan Smith in Technology-Educational Discussions	67	Mar 17 Reply by Bridget Looney
New Netbook, and Implications? I'm happily working away this afternoon on a new Netbook-- a Samsung NC10 that was the top rated model in a recent review of 12 models. ... Started by Jim Heynderickx in Technology-Educational Discussions	54	Sep 17 Reply by Jim Heynderickx
Twittering? Are any independent school teachers twittering? I've found the Twitter network to be helpful in providing resources, links, and contacts... Started by Susan Carter Morgan in Technology-Educational Discussions	42	Nov 24 Reply by Curt Lieneck
AP Computer Science online While reading Disrupting Class, I got to thinking about how we can offer some courses to support those few students who may want to take ... Started by Barbara Jansen in Technology-Infrastructure Discussions	33	Jul 31 Reply by Jeremy Woodward
Call for a Conversation: Online Teacher Academy (Beta) Fred Bartel's Starting a Virtual Independent School thread morphed recently. As we discussed the topic, what resonated in me was the imp... Started by Alex Ragone in General Interest Discussion	32	Apr 24 Reply by Laurie Bartels
Why will you, or won't you, wind up posting to this NING? Hopefully the title caught your eye and you're now reading this! I am curious why you will or will not wind up making posts to this Ning,... Started by Laurie Bartels in General Interest Discussion	31	Oct 19 Reply by Liz Thomas
"if you were starting a 1:1 program from scratch, what would it look like?" This discussion title is based upon one of Jim Hendrick's excellent posts over at the "New Netbook and Implications" thread. I'm quite in... Started by Matt Montagne in Technology-Educational Discussions	28	Mar 10 Reply by Jim Heynderickx

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Engaging Teachers with a Streamlined Version of Understanding by Design

I am haunted by more failure than success because of failing to adjust my professional development design to match current personal and system realities. But these failures have created opportunities as well. Here's how. Excitement filled the roo...

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Here are the three short blurbs for the AIMS Technology Retreat program. Feed, a Must Read Anyone who works with or knows a teenager, a tweenager, or a pre-teen absolutely must read Feed by M. T. Anderson. Set in the near future, the author convin...

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Preston Webster replied to Liz Davis's discussion 'Rethinking Professional Development'

Laurie, You are at the heart of what motivates adults to learn. Excellent. Most of my failure had to do with my inability to connect meaning, purpose, and passion to learning that helped teachers improve teaching (this means doing something diffe...

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Laurie Bartels replied to Liz Davis's discussion 'Rethinking Professional Development'

Hi Preston, I think that PD – and this refers to all types of PD, not just PD related to technology – should encourage and support learning: • within one's area of expertise • within one's area of passion • that complement's one's area of experti...

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Laurie Bartels replied to Liz Davis's discussion 'Rethinking Professional Development'

Thanks, Preston, for sharing the article on finding time. ~Laurie

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Preston Webster replied to Liz Davis's discussion 'Rethinking Professional Development'

Time is our enemy, for sure. Sadly too much PD is designed around time and budgets. But honesty is encouraged here as well. Time is required as teachers deconstruct and construct ideas while creating predictability and control in ready-to-use mat...

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Curt Lieneck replied to Liz Davis's discussion 'Rethinking Professional Development'

Thanks, Liz. We just haven't had much luck with getting teachers to give up those blocks, at least not on a consistent enough basis to make any real progress. I hope you see some real success in making this paradigm shift.

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Liz Davis replied to Liz Davis's discussion 'Rethinking Professional Development'

It would come out of their free block. I'm planning to meet with them every two to three weeks for a semester.

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Curt Lieneck replied to Susan Carter Morgan's discussion 'Twittering?'

I used it pretty actively for about two years and ultimately found it more annoying than useful. Keeping a decent signal to noise ratio took too much care and time. I'm glad others find it wonderful, but it didn't really work for me.

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Curt Lieneck replied to Liz Davis's discussion 'Rethinking Professional Development'

Where is the teacher's time coming from to engage in these more personalized approaches to PD? We would gladly do more of this sort of thing with teachers, but even those motivated to do so have a lot of trouble making time for them.

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Making it Real: A Workshop on Multicultural Competency Development in Every Classroom at Beaver Country Day School

December 14, 2009 from 1:30pm to 4:30pm

Making it real: A Workshop on Multicultural Competency Development in Every Classroom MONDAY, DECEMBER 14TH. 2009 1:30 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. Beaver Country Day School, Chestnut Hill, MA. Please spread the word - administrators (grades 6-12) will benef...

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