Educational Reform

 

It is not how smart you are that counts today, it is how you are smart!

| Professional Development | Brain Research | Multiple Intelligences | Educational Assessment |
| Problem Based Learning | School Improvement |
 
 
 
Teacher/Professional Development

The ILT has a series of links for Administrators, Leadershipand Counselors.
Understand that jargon! A Lexicon for Learning
SAS inSchool(Curriculum &Training Products)
Professional Development Honolulu Community College Links!
The ENC's Professional Development Guide
An Annenberg Foundation project: Looking at Student Work

NCREL's 21st Century Skills!
The Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development

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The NetSavvy Group
Ian Jukes, Director of the InfoSavvy Group,
some of his presentations, newsletter, handouts.

Total Quality, Mt. Edgecumbe High School
The Thornburg Center,
World-renowned consulting firm that focuses on the impact of emerging technologies
on three main areas: Education, The Corporate and Financial World, School to Career

Mid-continent Regional & Education Laboratory 
Targeting Teacher Development at Student Success, McREL
analyzing the gap between goals for students and student achievement
A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 ed
The Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL) has compiled and synthesized the standards and benchmarks found in 85 national and state level documents into a database containing 201 standards organized into thirteen major categories: mathematics, science, history, language arts, geography, the arts, civics, economics, foreign language, health, physical education, behavioral studies and life skills.
Eight Questions You should ask before implementing Standards-Based Education at the local level
Michigan State University's College of Education LETSNet
Meaningful examples of using the internet to enhance teacher education.
Third Stream Computing
Oberlin College program devoted to developing, writing, and using computer applications by persons who themselves are primarily expert in some specialty other than computer science.
 
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Brain Research
New Horizons for Learning
a virtual community supporting an expanded vision of learning. Enter the "elevator" to see the different "floors" and "offices" that you can enter. It is recommended that you visit  "The Window of the Future", "The Brain Lab", "Restructuring", "Technology & Learning" and "21st Century Learning Initiative" to start. A wealth of information and links.
National Brain Awareness Week (March 15-19, 1999) and Brain Awareness Month
The Dana Alliance Brain Week Materials and the Dana Alliance of Brain Initiatives
Brain Awareness Week!  (don't forget the links at the bottom of their page)
These suggestions thanks to the Dendrite Farmers at Langford International
User's Manual to the Brain
At school we tell what to learn, but rarely how. This site is devoted to showing you some of the ways of using your brain. The World Wide Brain Club is open to those who want to learn how to use their brain.
A Home Page created for elementary and secondary students and teachers interested in neuroscience. Activities and information on the brain.
BEEMNET, the Brain Exchange Electronic Mentorship Network
Activities, drawings, stories by children and adults willing to mentor one another about life.
Musica Research on the nonmusical impact on learning of music education
Dana Alliance of Brain Initiatives
Brain research as it applies to brain disease and disorders.
Funderstanding
continuing the dialogue on learning-related issues.
Seymour Papert
Epistomology & Learning Projects
MIT's Media Laboratory and the Epistemology & Learning Group
Therefore, School Reform
The Elements, the whole position paper (chapter by chapter) from the U.S. Dept. of Ed.
The ILT's School Improvement Links
Constructivism: Constructivist Links from Perry Public Schools, Ohio;  Cheryl Ward
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Multiple Intelligences
Dr. Howard Gardner's comments, MI after 20 years.
The Theory of Multiple Intelligences explained: and Introduction by LiteracyWorks,  through EdWeb ,  Accelerated Learning and by Prof. Gerald Crow, Florida A & M
and test yourself for your own "strengths," a self assessment (how to use this assessment)
Creative Classroom Consulting links to Multiple Intelligences; highly interactive, interviews, definitions
New Horizons links to Multiple Intelligences
  • Their Multiple Intelligences Bookshelf and Reference List.
  • Howard Gardner's theory surrounding Multiple Intelligences
  • Gardner article at New Horizons
  • Project Zero
    • The 8 Intelligences as defined by Dr. Barry Morris.
    Multiple Intelligences Kit
    Active Learning: links, Kinesthetic strategies, Study Strategies
    Visit Key Learning Community, Indianapolis IN; recognized by Howard Garnder
     MI Book list: The Planet Showcase
    Our list of Highly Interactive Sites for visual learning!
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    Educational Assessment
    You don't need to change the way your teach...  from Horace Mann "Reach Every Child."
    Exemplars K-12: Standards-based performance assessment & Rubrics for Science & Math & K-2 Science
    Rockingham Cy. VA School Board links on testing, Standards Of Learning

    The Courage to be a Constructivist!



    Assessment and Constructivism
    MCREL and Assessment (alternative assessments)
    MCREL page, examine GUIDES!!!!
    Data Base of National Standards & Benchmarks 
    Content Standards
     

    Problem Based Learning {PBL}
     
    Dr. Ted Panitz's PBL Links, Cape Cod Community College
    Research     from The George Lucas Foundation
    ThinkQuest: Student reflections on "Youth centered learning on the Net"
    Southwest EdTec Laboratory's PBL Professional Development Modules & TechPlan Toolkit
    Our list of Highly Interactive Sites
    Ford Middle School (Berea OH) Lessons, PBL Projects and more pbl links
    PBL projects/problems: Wrongful Projections, The Buffalo Commons Problem, Model Problems, Exploring The Environment Modules
    The Collaborative Lessons: Thematic & Collaborative links, and an archive.
    Roller Coaster Construction simulation
    The Learning Collaborative, (select PROJECTS link) Learning Architecture, Joel Barker and EFG
    The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
    Center for Problem Based Learning,
    Who Else is Practicing Problem Based Learning?
    Fulmore Middle School, Problem Based Learning,  Austin TX
    Top Ten Mistakes In Education
    Australia
    University of Western Problem Based Leaning
    Griffith University position paper exploring PBL
    San Diego State University PBL
    San Diego State University
    SDSU's Distributive Curriculum and PBL
    Southern Illinois School of Medicine
    in curriculum
    Maricopa Community College PBL Links
    Teacher's role
    Curriculum model at Maricopa Community Colleges
    Curriculum sample problem at Maricopa
    Examine the tutor's & student's role, assessment, template etc. in UBUYACAR
    University of Delaware
    PBL program and PBL Links
    Columbia University's Institute of Learning Technologies Pedagogic Reform and Constructivist Design Guide.
    University of Louisiana Resource Based Learningthrough the College of Education
    The Forum of Applied Educational Research
    Curriculum Projects
    Internet Integration and Problem Based Learning
    Stevens Institute of Technology has developed "Classroom Projects" as part of the New Jersey Networking Infrastructure In Education (NJNIE). Classroom Projects include real time data gathering resources, real time data for science, and collaborative projects.
    Dr. Bernie Dodge has developed the WebQuest concept at the San Diego State University
    The Institute for Learning Technologies at Columbia University has a series of projects devoted to technology integration. Columbia's ILT has a Constructivist Design Project and alternate site, telementoring concept, Discovery Web for Engaged Inquiry for Science Education, a series of readings on Constructivism, Technology and the Future of the Classroom, Technology & School Reform, Technology Pedagogy, and Pedagogic Reform. Texas Christian University's Constructivist Learning Environments.
     
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    School Improvement
    NCREL's 21st Century Skills!
    The ILTLI's Administrative Leadership Page
    Where are your students, your staff, your district, your community headed? And what will you do when you get there?
    EdWeb, Exploring Technology and School Reform.
    EduCom Review,  exploring the changing ways we work, learn and communicate in the information age.
    Total Quality, Mt. Edgecumbe High School
    School Improvement, Ohio Dept. of Education
    NCREL's improvement links
    Twentieth Centry Teachers,
    consortium of businesses, School Boards, & Teacher Associations
    for improving instruction
     
    Alan November's "Educational Renaissance Planners"
    Using Technology to support reform
    Global SchoolNet Foundation Reform Links
    San Bernadino County Superintendent's Office
    Instructional Technology Development Consortium
    Internet Resources
    Information Age Links
    Internet Curriculum
     
     
    Columbia University readings on Constructivism, Technology and the Future of the Classroom, Technology & School Reform, Technology Pedagogy, and Pedagogic Reform.
    Constructivist Links from Perry Public Schools, Ohio;  Cheryl Ward
    Improvement in Ed
    NEA's Foundation for Improvement in Education
     
    Eisenhower Clearinghouse
  • Ohio Dept. of Education
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    National Network of Regional Educational Laboratories
    North Central Regional Educational Laboratories
    NCREL's Center for School and Community Development, Leadership Academy Page
    New Leaders for Tomorrow's Schools
    Learning resources and tools to support school improvement efforts, opportunities to network with researchers and practitioners, and information about future events and resources.  21st Century Skills!
    MidWest Consortium for Math & Science Education
    North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium
    Teachers using technology in the classroom
    Mid-continental Regional Educational Laboratory (MCREL)
    Resources on education and school reform.
    A good source for information on standards is "Content Knowledge: A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education."
    The Eisenhower High Plains Consortium for Math & Science Education (MCREL)
    Math & Science Resources (MCREL)
     
    Center for Educational Reform

    The Thornburg Center,
    World-renowned consulting firm that focuses on the impact of emerging technologies on three main areas: Education, The Corporate and Financial World, School to Career
     
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