student teaching/teacher education

Sounds like a great partnership! University of Kentucky College of Education helps innovate Kentucky schools

On 08/16/2012, in education reform, higher education, innovation, K-12 related, student teaching/teacher education, by Daniel Christian

College of Education helps innovate Kentucky schools –– from uknow.uky.edu by Amanda Nelson

Excerpt:

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 1, 2012) — Several Kentucky school districts have started working with the University of Kentucky College of Education in a unique partnership to innovate and improve schools. The districts are participating in the college’s Next Generation Leadership (NxGL) Academy, an output of its Kentucky P20 Innovation Lab.

From DSC:
It seems like there would be a lot of WIN-WINs here:

Better/closer collaboration between K-12 and higher ed
Enhanced student teaching experiences
Better pulse checking on where the changing K-12 student is at
More informed teams — bringing a variety of perspectives to the table — to look at the best ways to reform education
and more

Tagged with: education reform • higher education • innovation • K-12 • student teaching/teacher education

We need a “Fab Lab for Education” [Hernandez]

On 05/17/2012, in A/V -- audio/visual, education, education technology, emerging technologies, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, learning spaces, smart classrooms, student teaching/teacher education, by Daniel Christian

We need a “Fab Lab for Education” — from innosightinstitute.org by Alex Hernandez

Excerpt:

In my dreams, [insert city] would open a Fab Lab for Education.

The Fab Lab for Education is a place where educators with big ideas can prototype new approaches to education and operate them for six weeks at a time with real kids. In other sectors, fab labs are mini-workshops where inventors can make “almost anything” without re-tooling an entire factory. Educators should have a place to try amazing, new ideas without “re-tooling” a whole school.

For educators, getting selected to prototype their big idea is a huge honor and people travel across the country to see their work. By the way, they don’t have to quit their jobs to do this and everyone knows that not all the programs will succeed.

The Fab Lab for Education is a highly flexible and customizable space, kind of like the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Philanthropists stock the lab with all the things needed to test out new ideas: 3-D printers, legos, amazing books, art supplies, post-it notes… basically whatever the educators need.

…

The Fab Lab for Education team has five jobs…

Additional reflection from DSC:
Great, innovative thinking Alex on this posting. Speaking of such dreams, it’s my dream to have such a place here on campus where folks could “kick the tires” on various technologies — where educators, faculty members, etc. could collaboratively work with each other and with educational technologists. Before a “standard” gets put into place (i.e. such as an implementation of an interactive whiteboard), such a facility could help people test out a variety of potential pathways. Ideas emerge and they morph into something else. Innovation could occur. Emerging technologies could be identified and tested out.

Other thoughts:

This would be a great place for our future educators/student teachers to have access to as well
Ideas/innovations arising from some of these facilities might be eligible for patents and additional income streams to keep such facilities open/sustainable
Successful approaches could be shared with other school districts, colleges, universities
Human Computer Interaction (HCI)-related work could be a piece of this vision — esp. in regards to developing the next gen Smart Classroom and learning spaces

Tagged with: A/V • education • educational technology • emerging technologies • higher education • human-computer interaction (HCI) • innovation • learning spaces • smart classrooms • student teaching/teacher education

CBS’ 60 Minutes asks, “Khan Academy: The future of education?”

On 03/19/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, accessibility / UDL, analytics, blended learning, change, data related items, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, distance education, education technology, elearning, future, global / globalization, homeschooling/homeschoolers, innovation, internet, K-12 related, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, more voice more choice more control, online learning, online media, online tutoring, open courseware and systems, personalized/customized learning, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, teaching online, trends, virtual tutoring, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
Arguably, Sal Kahn has become the most famous, influential educator on the planet today — his videos are watched millions of times a day now. The question — which Eric Schmidt answers in the piece — I couldn’t help but ask was, “Why didn’t this type of innovation come from someone who was working in education at the time of their innovation?”

My thanks to Dr. Kate Byerwalter and her colleagues for passing along this resource.
The tags/associated categories for this posting point out the relevant areas covered.

Also see:

Khan Academy: The future of education?
(CBS News) Sal Khan is a math, science, and history teacher to millions of students, yet none have ever seen his face. Khan is the voice and brains behind Khan Academy, a free online tutoring site that may have gotten your kid out of an algebra bind with its educational how-to videos. Now Khan Academy is going global. Backed by Google, Gates, and other Internet powerhouses, Sal Khan wants to change education worldwide, and his approach is already being tested in some American schools. Sanjay Gupta reports.

From DSC:
A relevant graphic comes to mind with what Sal is trying to achieve with analytics:

i.e. Highly-effective diagnostic tools for the educators and trainers out there!

Tagged with: 1:1 • 21st century • 24x7x365 • accessibility • analytics • blended learning • change • customized learning • data mining • digital audio • digital learning • digital video • distance ed • e-learning • educational technology • future • Global learning • homeschooling/homeschoolers • hybrid learning • innovation • internet • K-12 • learning • learning ecosystem • learning from the living [class] room • lecture recording • more choice more control • online learning • online media • open • personalized learning • student teaching/teacher education • student-related • teachers • teaching & learning • trends • virtual tutoring

Reflections/questions re: the Common Core State Standards

On 02/23/2012, in curriculum, leadership, legislatures / government / legal, student teaching/teacher education, teachers, by Daniel Christian

Willing but not yet ready: A glimpse of California teachers’ preparedness for the Common Core State Standards

Excerpt:

California is on the precipice of implementing the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), which were developed through an initiative of the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers to reflect the knowledge and skills needed for success in college and careers. In California, one of 45 adopting states, the standards represent a significant shift in expectations for both teaching and learning, not just in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics, but also in literacy related to science and history/social science. The newly adopted standards call for a deep conceptual understanding of the content in ELA and mathematics and, also, for the ability to apply this content to other disciplines. New assessments aligned to the standards are due to be implemented in 2014-15. It all sounds good. But are teachers ready to teach to the new standards?

From DSC:
Due to my lack of knowledge, the jury is still out for me re: what I think about the Common Core State Standards. The crux of my struggle has to do with:

Who determines which courses/topics are included in the standards — both now and in the future?
How often will they be updated to insure the foundations are truly foundational to our students’ futures?
Are such large swaths of standards helpful and effective or are they an extension of a one-size-fits all approach? (For example, I look back on some of the items that I took in K-12 — many of which I’ve forgotten and I never use — but I’ll bet are still in the standards. )

I would like to see some solid foundations being built as well — as I assume that’s what the standards seek to implement. I just hope we can provide places for students’ wide variety of passions to be identified, explored, and strongly nurtured as my economics training taught me that we all win when each of us does what we do best.

Can someone educate me on these standards? What are the upsides and downsides — the pros and cons — of these standards? Thanks!

Addendum on 3/2/12:

Common Core State Standards: Not Your Father’s Standards

Tagged with: Common Core State Standards • curriculum • K-12 • leadership • legislation • student teaching/teacher education • teachers

Blackboard launches solution to improve developmental education
Fully online courses now include built-in assessment, analytics tools

Excerpt:

WASHINGTON – February 22, 2012 – Blackboard Inc. today announced the official launch of Blackboard Developmental Education™ (Blackboard DevEd), an innovative approach aimed at improving student outcomes and increasing completion rates in an area where many institutions have struggled. The solution, which was first piloted by several institutions in the fall, now includes built-in assessment and analytics tools that enable course instructors to further personalize their instruction.

Early reflections from DSC:

First of all, my congratulations go out to Blackboard for innovating! Nice work.
This is another example of the innovation occurring in the online/digital learning world — yet more tools and diagnostic powers are being made available to online-based teaching and learning environments
This should be another shot across the bow of how institutions of higher education are training our future teachers — student teachers NEED to know how to teach online!!!
Too early to tell how such endeavors will affect career paths (for teachers, administrators, counselors, nurses, and such)

Also see:

Innosight’s Michael Horn on how ‘blended learning’ and technology can bridge the education gap — from knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu

Tagged with: 1:1 • 21st century • 24x7x365 • analytics • Blackboard • career development • customized learning • disruption • e-learning • education • educational technology • emerging technologies • K-12 • leadership • online learning • organizational change • personalized learning • strategy • student teaching/teacher education • student-related • vendors • web-based collaboration

Some colleges slow to prep education majors for how to teach online [Reeger]

On 12/29/2011, in career development, online learning, student teaching/teacher education, by Daniel Christian

Some colleges slow to prep education majors for how to teach online — by Jennifer Reeger

Excerpt:

“They’ve all grown up in the face-to-face classroom, and they come into teaching thinking that’s what they’re going to do,” said Ent, chairwoman of the education department. “When you say to them there’s a chance you’ll be doing online delivery, they’re shocked.”

A somewhat-related item:

Online classroom support pre-service teacher education — from Learning in vivo by Thomas Groenewald
Excerpt:
Teaching is complex, requiring in excess of 3000 decisions each day in the classroom, reports Ferry and Kervin (2007). This poses serious challenges to pre-service teacher education, aggravated by the theoretical education often fail to prepare students for the practicalities of the classroom. Simulated (virtual) classrooms are seen as a means to prepare students for their future role as teachers.
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Ferry and Kervin (2007: 190) reports that a team of five University of Wollongong lecturers and two research students work together for a year to produce a funding proposal. A further six months got devoted to plan the development of the simulation. The development of the simulation comprises a number of stages/processes:

Tagged with: career development • online learning • student teaching/teacher education

YouTube for Schools

On 12/14/2011, in collaboration, digital learning, digital video, Google, innovation, open courseware and systems, professional development, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, teachers, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: collaboration • digital learning • digital video • Google • innovation • open • professional development • student teaching/teacher education • student-related • teachers • web-based collaboration

Innovation’s breakneck speed — what does this mean for higher education?

On 12/12/2011, in 21st century, curriculum, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, education reform, engineering, future, student teaching/teacher education, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
The pace of innovation continues — what does this mean for our current engineering programs? For the future curriculum of engineering-related programs? How does this rapid change of pace affect our schools of education? Should we be introducing more courses on pulse-checking/trend watching/courses in futurism? In robotics? Other?

Example:
Mitsubishi shows off what car interfaces will look like in 10 years — from dvice.com

Image credit: DigInfo

Tagged with: 21st century • curriculum • dangers of the status quo • Daniel S. Christian • education reform • engineering • future • pace of change • student teaching/teacher education

The Promise and Potential of Personal Digital Learning [Vander Ark]

On 11/14/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, blended learning, change, digital learning, education technology, elearning, future, game-changing environment, hybrid learning, innovation, K-12 related, online learning, personalized/customized learning, productivity / tips and tricks, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, by Daniel Christian

Also see:

A comprehensive look at the promise and potential of online learning
In our digital age, students have dramatically new learning needs and must be prepared for the idea economy of the future. In Getting Smart, well-known global education expert Tom Vander Ark examines the facets of educational innovation in the United States and abroad. Vander Ark makes a convincing case for a blend of online and onsite learning, shares inspiring stories of schools and programs that effectively offer “personal digital learning” opportunities, and discusses what we need to do to remake our schools into “smart schools.”

— Examines the innovation-driven world, discusses how to combine online and onsite learning, and reviews “smart tools” for learning
— Investigates the lives of learning professionals, outlines the new employment bargain, examines online universities and “smart schools”
— Makes the case for smart capital, advocates for policies that create better learning, studies smart cultures

Addendum on 11/29/11:

Getting Smart envisions a smarter system of schooling — from innosightinstitute.org by Michael Horn

Tagged with: 21st century • 24x7x365 • blended learning • change • customized learning • digital learning • e-learning • educational technology • future • game-changing environment • hybrid learning • innovation • K-12 • online learning • personalized learning • productivity • student teaching/teacher education • student-related

Keeping Pace with K-12 Online Learning — 2011

On 11/11/2011, in 21st century, K-12 related, online learning, personalized/customized learning, policy, strategy, student teaching/teacher education, teachers, teaching & learning, trends, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: 1:1 • 21st century • best practices/tips • customized learning • K-12 • online learning • personalized learning • policy • strategy • student teaching/teacher education • teachers • teaching & learning

TeachingChannel.org: “Now you can see great teaching on TV!”

On 11/02/2011, in A/V -- audio/visual, digital learning, digital video, K-12 related, online media, student teaching/teacher education, teachers, teaching & learning, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
I don’t know much about this, but it looked interesting…I thought I’d post it in case it’s helpful to someone out there.

Tagged with: A/V • digital learning • digital video • K-12 • online media • student teaching/teacher education • teachers • teaching & learning

Studying teacher moves [Goldstein]

On 11/02/2011, in education, K-12 related, personalized/customized learning, research, student teaching/teacher education, teachers, teaching & learning, by Daniel Christian

Studying teacher moves — educationnext.org by Michael Goldstein
A practitioner’s take on what is blocking the research teachers need

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):

But there is almost nothing examining the thousands of moves teachers must decide on and execute every school day. Should I ask for raised hands, or cold-call? Should I give a warning or a detention? Do I require this student to attend my afterschool help session, or make it optional? Should I spend 10 minutes grading each five-paragraph essay, 20 minutes, or just not pay attention to time and work on each until it “feels” done?

…

My point is simply that relative to education policy research, there is very, very little rigorous research on teacher moves. Why? Gates knows it’s more than a lack of raw cash; it’s also about someone taking responsibility for this work. “Who thinks of it [empirical research on teachers] as their business?” he asked. “The 50 states don’t think of it that way, and schools of education are not about [this type of] research.”

I agree, but I contend there are a number of other barriers. The first is a lack of demand.

…

A second issue is that researchers don’t worry about teacher time. Education researchers often put forward strategies that make teachers’ lives harder, not easier. Have you ever tried to “differentiate instruction”? When policy experts give a lecture or speak publicly, do they create five different iterations for their varied audience? Probably not.

Tagged with: customized learning • education • K-12 • personalized learning • research • student teaching/teacher education • teachers • teaching & learning

teachscape expands product line

On 10/12/2011, in A/V -- audio/visual, communities of practice, digital video, distance education, education technology, higher education, K-12 related, student teaching/teacher education, tools, vendors, by Daniel Christian

With Teachscape Reflect Video, educators can store, organize,
share, collaborate, and comment on classroom videos.

From DSC:
This could possibly be a very solid tool for:

Assessing oneself — watching yourself teach and analyzing it
Professional development — for use by teaching and learning centers across the country
Remote student teacher support
Education related courses

Also see:

teachscape reflect video website
Teachscape Reflect Video Expands Classroom Recording Support — from The Journal by David Nagel

Tagged with: communities of practice • digital video • distance ed • educational technology • higher education • K-12 • student teaching/teacher education • tools • vendors

From Daniel Christian: Fasten your seatbelts! An accelerated ride through some ed-tech landscapes.

On 08/25/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, adjunct faculty, analytics, art, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, attention, Augmented Reality (AR), blogs / blogging / vlogging, change, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, colleges, communities of practice, community colleges, computer science, convergence, creativity, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, drama/theater, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), economics, education, education reform, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, engineering, expectations, faculty, game-changing environment, generational differences, global / globalization, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, innovation, intelligent tutoring, internet, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning theories, liberal arts, lifelong learning, machine-to-machine communications, memory, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, music, Near Field Communication (NFC), New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new media literacies, online learning, online media, pace of change, passions, pedagogy, presentations, productivity / tips and tricks, publishing, reading, reinvent, robotics, RSS, social learning / networks, social media, society, staying relevant, storytelling, strategy, streams of content, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, surviving, tablets, teachers, teaching & learning, teaching online, technologies for your home, technology (general), telepresence, television, textbooks, tools, transmedia, trends, ubiquitous learning, United States, universities, videoconferencing, virtual K-12 schools, virtual tutoring, vision/possibilities, visualizing information, web-based collaboration, writing, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
Immediately below is a presentation that I did for the Title II Conference at Calvin College back on August 11, 2011
It is aimed at K-12 audiences.

From DSC:
Immediately below is a presentation that I did today for the Calvin College Fall 2011 Conference.
It is aimed at higher education audiences.

Note from DSC:

There is a great deal of overlap here, as many of the same technologies are (or will be) hitting the K-12 and higher ed spaces at the same time. However, there are some differences in the two presentations and what I stressed depended upon my audience.

Pending time, I may put some audio to accompany these presentations so that folks can hear a bit more about what I was trying to relay within these two presentations.

Tagged with: 21st century • 24x7x365 • A/V • adjunct faculty • AI • analytics • art • attention • augmented reality • change • cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related • colleges • communications • communities of practice • community college • computer science • cross-disciplinary assignments • dangers of the status quo • Daniel S. Christian • digital audio • digital citizenship • digital learning • digital photography • digital storytelling • digital textbooks • digital video • disruption • drama/theater • e-books • e-learning • e-publishing related items (EPUB and more) • economics/business • educational gaming • educational technology • engagement • future • game-changing environment • games • generational differences • higher education • human-computer interaction (HCI) • ideas • illustration • information overload • innovation • intelligent tutoring • internet • K-12 • Keeping students engaged • learning from the living [class] room • learning spaces • learning theories • Lifelong learning • machine-to-machine communications • memory • mirroring / multiple devices • multi-touch • multimedia • Near Field Communication (NFC) • new media literacies • online learning • online media • pace of change • participation • passions • personal learning networks (PLNs) • reading • reinvent • robotics • ROI • social learning • social media • society • staying relevant • story • storytelling • streams of content • student expectations • student teaching/teacher education • student-related • surviving • tablets • teachers • teaching & learning • teaching online • technology (general) • telepresence • textbooks • tools • ubiquitous learning • United States • universities • visualizing information • wikis • Wimba • writing

Abilene Christian U supports teachers through Digital Learning Institute [Roscorla]

On 08/18/2011, in digital learning, leadership, mobile learning, mobile technologies, new media literacies, strategy, student teaching/teacher education, by Daniel Christian

Abilene Christian U supports teachers through Digital Learning Institute — from convergemag.com by Tanya Roscorla

Excerpt:

This summer, Abilene Christian University in Texas hosted its first K-12 Digital Learning Institute for teachers. And this school year, the university will observe teachers’ lessons as they apply what they learned about mobile technology to their classes.

Tagged with: digital learning • leadership • Mobile learning • mobile technology • new media literacies • strategy • student teaching/teacher education

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We need a “Fab Lab for Education” [Hernandez]

Reflections/questions re: the Common Core State Standards

Some colleges slow to prep education majors for how to teach online [Reeger]

Innovation’s breakneck speed — what does this mean for higher education?

Abilene Christian U supports teachers through Digital Learning Institute [Roscorla]

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