Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Fwd: Early registration for Rick Wormeli extended until November 7!

Great news for those who still want to attend!

- Dr. Gary Ackerman


Begin forwarded message:

From: nelms@nelms.org
Date: October 31, 2012, 9:25:16 AM EDT
To: "Dr. Gary L. Ackerman" <gary@hackscience.net>
Subject: Early registration for Rick Wormeli extended until November 7!
Reply-To: NELMS <nelms@nelms.org>

October 31, 2012 - Early Registration extended for Rick Wormeli
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We at NELMS hope everyone stayed safe during Hurricane Sandy. And for those that suffered damage may your recovery be quick and uneventful.

Early registration extended until November 7th!

Register now and save…picture of rick w.

Common Core Common Sense:  
Mastery, Assessment, Reporting, and Reality

November 13 & 14, 2012

UMass Lowell's Inn & Conference Center
Lowell, MA

Some think if we just had clear, rigorous standards, such as the Common Core, all of our students would improve test scores and go to college. This hasn't happened in states who already have such standards, however, so there must be something more to it. Our professional responses to the Common Core and their assessment are key. Teachers and principals need the skills and insights to break down the Common Core, and any other curriculum that comes their way, and identify evidence they will tolerate as indicators of mastery.  They need practicality on reporting that evidence of mastery as well as how to handle awkward assessment and grading situations that arise in increasingly diverse classrooms that are all  supposed to make the same gains in the course of a single year. 

As differentiation expert, Carol Ann Tomlinson, alludes, standards are the ingredients for dinner laid out on the kitchen counter, but they are NOT the meal itself.  The meal is made by talented teachers knowing the ingredients well and understanding the academic, dietary needs of their students.  These teachers proportion, mix, and cook those ingredients into something meaningful and serve the meal in such a way as students will eat wisely, and maybe, eagerly.

Join us for a provocative two-day seminar that explores these elements of highly effective teaching in the Common Core world.  We'll also examine the roles of formative, summative, and common assessments, as well as how to set up a standards-based gradebook and many, "What do teachers do if…?" scenarios that arise when implementing any curriculum with standards-based grading, such as whether or not we can scaffold student learning when using the Common Core, what to do if students achieve the standards earlier than classmates, and what to do if students can express satisfactory evidence of standard but only through alternative assessment.  Bring your questions and your wisdom to share – It's going to be a productive two days! 

For more information and/or to register please click here.

Connecticut Association of Schools &
New England League of Middle Schools Present

"Meeting the Demands of CCSS in the Middle(CCSS 101)"

December 7, 2012
CAS Offices, 30 Realty Drive, Cheshire, CT 06410

Presenters: Jerry Belair, Charlene Tate Nichols, Amy Radikas, Cristi Alberino and Gail Pagano
Description:Using a backwards design approach, this conference is targeted to teach the substance of the CCSS as well as connect the standards to middle school philosophy and practice. Sample assessments will be used to demonstrate what the CCSS expects students to know and demonstrate on the SBAC assessment.
For more information and/or to register please click here.

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NELMS 2012 Literacy Summit
Common Core Strategies For All
Middle School Teachers

Literacy Summit Day 1-November 2, 2012

Wyndham Andover Boston
123 Old River Rd., Andover, MA 01810

Literacy Summit Day 2-December 7, 2012

Location same as Day 1

How to Implement the Common Core in Your
Middle School Classroom

With the common core, literacy instruction is the responsibility of all content teachers - it is no longer an option, it is a necessity. At the summit you will learn practical comprehension, vocabulary and writing strategies that all teachers can implement immediately to meet the Common Core standards. In addition, you can learn a practical and effective framework to develop a district or school wide literacy plan that will help guide Common Core instructional implementation.

NELMS is partnering with Keys to Literacy to bring you the Literacy Summit. We selected Keys to Literacy because their programs are an effective way to implement the Common Core in the classroom. We have organized the Literacy Summit around these programs to provide participants a practical, easy to implement and effective way to meet the Common Core objectives.

Summit Presenters

Elissa Arndt, Ph.D.

Elissa is a speech-language pathologist and reading specialist with experience providing instruction and intervention in language and literacy to students Prek-8th. She received her bachelor's degree from Gordon College, her master's degree from MGH Institute of Health Professions and her doctorate degree in Reading and Language Arts from Florida State University. Prior to working at Keys to Literacy, Elissa was a curriculum and intervention specialist at the Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) at Florida State University. She serves as an adjunct faculty member in the graduate education department at Gordon College teaching graduate classes on reading foundations, adolescent literacy, instruction, assessment, and intervention.

Lisa Klein, M.Ed

During Lisa's 15-year career as an educator, she has been a classroom teacher in private and public schools, a literacy trainer, and a Reading Specialist. She has held several positions in both urban and suburban schools in the Palm Beach County, Florida school system. Lisa is a literacy consultant providing guidance on both Reading and Writing curriculum. In addition, she also worked for a publishing company presenting teacher training for district-wide adoptions across the state of Florida. Lisa graduated from Rivier College with a M.Ed. in Reading and B.A. in Elementary Education and Special Education.

For more information about the agenda and/or to register please click here.

Save the date for the NELMS 32nd Annual Conference

April 4 & 5, 2013 • RI Convention Center • Providence, RI

Tom Burton - Keynote - Thursday April 4, 2013

Carol Ann Tomlinson - Keynote - Friday April 5, 2013

 

Rick Wormeli
Nov. 13 & 14, 2012

Literacy Summit
Day 1 - 11/2/12
Day 2 - 12/7/12

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Find free audio books...

edudemic.com/2012/10/10-sites-to-download-free-audio-books?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

You won't find the latest releases here (or anywhere unless you have visual impairment, library card, or a credit card), but why not listen to some classics? Some Poe would be great for today, and an old English teacher colleague used to have students read along with audio books of Shakespeare-- and he claimed they connected with the text better than if they simply read. 

- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Emerging tech trends (@dtapscott)

Don Tapscott (@dtapscott)
Gartner's Top 10 IT Trends: Hits And Misses ow.ly/eTdsB

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- Dr. Gary Ackerman

There are some great lessons... (@TechHive)

TechHive (@TechHive)
Along with Hurricane Sandy itself, plenty of fake pictures of the storm bombarded the Internet yesterday. hive.rs/T0E3vH

... On information literacy in this tweet.


- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Math, science... Wow! (@fivethirtyeight)

Nate Silver (@fivethirtyeight)
CAN'T BELIEVE METOROLOGISTS USED MATH AND SCIENCE TO PREDICT THIS STORM. THEY MUST BE MAGIC WIZARDS.

Not real sure where thus came from, but the insight makes me... Smile and chuckle. 


- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Monday, October 29, 2012

Good advice for brain-friendly classrooms (@edutopia)

edutopia (@edutopia)
[Free Guide] Understand how the brain works & help #K12 students focus attention & increase retention: bit.ly/vnL323

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- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Fwd: NEERO Extension

A note from our NEERO friends. 

- Dr. Gary Ackerman


Begin forwarded message:

From: NEERO Conference <neero.conference@gmail.com>
Date: October 28, 2012, 8:26:00 PM EDT
To: NEERO Conference <neero.conference@gmail.com>
Subject: NEERO Extension

In consideration of the approaching storm, the NEERO submission deadline has been extended to Sunday, November 4, 2012 at 11:59PM.  Please submit your proposal electronically to NEERO at http://neero.org/call-for-proposals/.  

 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at mgrassetti@framingham.edu or neero.conference@gmail.com.  

Take care,

 

Mary Grassetti

Membership Director

 

 

Mary T. Grassetti, EdD.

Assistant Professor

Education Department

Framingham State University

Crocker 211

mgrassetti@framingham.edu

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Passwords

These articles ate becoming more common... They do raise the question, however, "What do you do if a principal is using a password in the list?"

That account would be easy to hack, and threaten all kinds of sensitive data!



- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Friday, October 26, 2012

Fwd: NEERO Reminder

 Note from friends in education...

- Dr. Gary Ackerman


Begin forwarded message:

From: NEERO Conference <neero.conference@gmail.com>
Date: October 26, 2012, 1:10:51 PM EDT
To: NEERO Conference <neero.conference@gmail.com>
Subject: NEERO Reminder

Dear NEERO friends,

This is the final reminder that proposals for the 2013 New England Educational Research Organization Annual Conference are due by Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 11:59pm. The conference will be held Wednesday, April 17 through Friday, April 19, 2013 at the Sheraton Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth, NH.  All proposals must be submitted electronically at http://neero.org/call-for-proposals/.  

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at mgrassetti@framingham.edu orneero.conference@gmail.com.  We are looking forward to seeing you in Portsmouth!

Mary Grassetti
Membership Director


Mary T. Grassetti, EdD.
Assistant Professor
Education Department
Framingham State University
Crocker 211
mgrassetti@framingham.edu

Read this! (@willrich45)

Will Richardson (@willrich45)
Posted to the NY Times: Three Starting Points for Thinking Differently About Learning nyti.ms/P5Kyiv #edchat #teaching #learning

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- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Insightful Observation of reading (@SecretHQTweets)

Secret-HQ (@SecretHQTweets)
If you haven't learned to read for pleasure, how can you ever learn to read for mastery?

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- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Tweet from HuffPostEducation (@HuffPostEdu)

HuffPostEducation (@HuffPostEdu)
Today's teaching force is less experienced, but more open to change huff.to/QIbxPA

This may be worth a closer look, as it seems contrary to my experience. 


- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Fwd: Early Registration for Common Core Common Sense ends October 30th!



From: nelms@nelms.org
Date: October 25, 2012, 8:54:16 AM EDT
To: "Dr. Gary L. Ackerman" <gary@hackscience.net>
Subject: Early Registration for Common Core Common Sense ends October 30th!
Reply-To: NELMS <nelms@nelms.org>

October 25, 2012 - Time is running out for Common Core Common Senseearly registration
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October 30th is the deadline for early registration!

Register now and save some money…picture of rick w.

Common Core Common Sense:  
Mastery, Assessment, Reporting, and Reality

November 13 & 14, 2012

UMass Lowell's Inn & Conference Center
Lowell, MA

Some think if we just had clear, rigorous standards, such as the Common Core, all of our students would improve test scores and go to college. This hasn't happened in states who already have such standards, however, so there must be something more to it. Our professional responses to the Common Core and their assessment are key. Teachers and principals need the skills and insights to break down the Common Core, and any other curriculum that comes their way, and identify evidence they will tolerate as indicators of mastery.  They need practicality on reporting that evidence of mastery as well as how to handle awkward assessment and grading situations that arise in increasingly diverse classrooms that are all  supposed to make the same gains in the course of a single year. 

As differentiation expert, Carol Ann Tomlinson, alludes, standards are the ingredients for dinner laid out on the kitchen counter, but they are NOT the meal itself.  The meal is made by talented teachers knowing the ingredients well and understanding the academic, dietary needs of their students.  These teachers proportion, mix, and cook those ingredients into something meaningful and serve the meal in such a way as students will eat wisely, and maybe, eagerly.

Join us for a provocative two-day seminar that explores these elements of highly effective teaching in the Common Core world.  We'll also examine the roles of formative, summative, and common assessments, as well as how to set up a standards-based gradebook and many, "What do teachers do if…?" scenarios that arise when implementing any curriculum with standards-based grading, such as whether or not we can scaffold student learning when using the Common Core, what to do if students achieve the standards earlier than classmates, and what to do if students can express satisfactory evidence of standard but only through alternative assessment.  Bring your questions and your wisdom to share – It's going to be a productive two days! 

For more information and/or to register please click here.

keys to literacy logo

NELMS 2012 Literacy Summit
Common Core Strategies For All
Middle School Teachers

Literacy Summit Day 1-November 2, 2012

Wyndham Andover Boston
123 Old River Rd., Andover, MA 01810

Literacy Summit Day 2-December 7, 2012

Location same as Day 1

How to Implement the Common Core in Your
Middle School Classroom

With the common core, literacy instruction is the responsibility of all content teachers - it is no longer an option, it is a necessity. At the summit you will learn practical comprehension, vocabulary and writing strategies that all teachers can implement immediately to meet the Common Core standards. In addition, you can learn a practical and effective framework to develop a district or school wide literacy plan that will help guide Common Core instructional implementation.

NELMS is partnering with Keys to Literacy to bring you the Literacy Summit. We selected Keys to Literacy because their programs are an effective way to implement the Common Core in the classroom. We have organized the Literacy Summit around these programs to provide participants a practical, easy to implement and effective way to meet the Common Core objectives.

Summit Presenters

Elissa Arndt, Ph.D.

Elissa is a speech-language pathologist and reading specialist with experience providing instruction and intervention in language and literacy to students Prek-8th. She received her bachelor's degree from Gordon College, her master's degree from MGH Institute of Health Professions and her doctorate degree in Reading and Language Arts from Florida State University. Prior to working at Keys to Literacy, Elissa was a curriculum and intervention specialist at the Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) at Florida State University. She serves as an adjunct faculty member in the graduate education department at Gordon College teaching graduate classes on reading foundations, adolescent literacy, instruction, assessment, and intervention.

Lisa Klein, M.Ed

During Lisa's 15-year career as an educator, she has been a classroom teacher in private and public schools, a literacy trainer, and a Reading Specialist. She has held several positions in both urban and suburban schools in the Palm Beach County, Florida school system. Lisa is a literacy consultant providing guidance on both Reading and Writing curriculum. In addition, she also worked for a publishing company presenting teacher training for district-wide adoptions across the state of Florida. Lisa graduated from Rivier College with a M.Ed. in Reading and B.A. in Elementary Education and Special Education.

For more information about the agenda and/or to register please click here.

Save the date for the NELMS 32nd Annual Conference

April 4 & 5, 2013 • RI Convention Center • Providence, RI

Tom Burton - Keynote - Thursday April 4, 2013

Carol Ann Tomlinson - Keynote - Friday April 5, 2013

 

Rick Wormeli
Nov. 13 & 14, 2012

Literacy Summit
Day 1 - 11/2/12
Day 2 - 12/7/12

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Common Core help is here!

NELMS (@NELMS_info)
October 30th is the last day to get the early registration price for the Common Core Common Sense conference with... fb.me/2108y90bU

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- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Tweet from NELMS (@NELMS_info)

NELMS (@NELMS_info)
Connecticut Association of Schools & NELMS Present Meeting the Demands of CCSS in the Middle (CCSS 101) nelms.org/pdfs/2012/meet… #ed_NELMS

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- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Fwd: Wednesday Live - Denise Pope from Stanford Challenges the Current School Success Model

This looks like a "must-view" webinar for educators, parents, and policy-makers. 

- Dr. Gary Ackerman


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Date: October 23, 2012, 4:29:18 PM EDT
To: "gary@hackscience.net" <gary@hackscience.net>
Subject: Wednesday Live - Denise Pope from Stanford Challenges the Current School Success Model
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Network Email
Join me Wednesday, October 24th, for a one-hour live and interactive FutureofEducation.com interview with Stanford's Denise Pope, co-founder of the Challenge Success program, a research-based organization that develops "refreshingly practical curriculum, conferences and other programs for parents, schools, and kids looking for a healthier and more effective path to success." From the site:
"At Challenge Success, we believe that our society has become too focused on grades, test scores and performance, leaving little time and energy for our kids to become resilient, successful, meaningful contributors for the 21st century...

"We believe that children come with a wide variety of interests, skills, capacities and talents. Children need love, support, limits and a safe environment to develop their full potential. This process of growing up is slow, deliberate and often unpredictable, and therefore requires that children have the time and energy needed to mature into resilient, caring and engaged adults. Challenge Success recognizes that our current fast-paced, high-pressure culture works against everything we know about healthy child development.

"At Challenge Success we believe that the over emphasis on grades, test scores and rote answers has stressed out some students and marginalized many more. We all want our children to do well in school, and certainly there is content that must be mastered, but our singular focus has resulted in a lack of attention to other components of a successful life - the ability to be independent, adaptable, ethical, and motivated critical thinkers."
A Senior Lecturer at the Stanford University School of Education, for the past thirteen years Denise has specialized in student engagement, curriculum studies, qualitative research methods, and service learning. She founded and served as director of Stressed-Out Students (SOS), the predecessor to Challenge Success. She lectures nationally on parenting techniques and pedagogical strategies to increase student health, engagement with learning, and integrity. Her book Doing School: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students (and which she discussed last year on FutureofEducation.com) was awarded Notable Book in Education by the American School Board Journal. Dr. Pope is a 3 time recipient of the Stanford University School of Education Outstanding Teacher and Mentor Award. She has been featured on CNN, World News Tonight, the Today Show, NPR, and several other television and radio programs. Before Stanford, Dr. Pope taught high school English in Fremont, California and college composition at Santa Clara University.

See you online!

Steve

Steve Hargadon
http://www.stevehargadon.com

Date: Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern (international times here)
Duration: 1 hour
Location: In Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). Log in at http://futureofed.info. The Blackboard Collaborate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. To make sure that your computer is configured for Blackboard Collaborate, please visit the support and configuration page.
Recordings: The full Blackboard Collaborate recording and a portable .mp3 recording will be available after the interview at http://www.futureofeducation.com.
Mightybell Space: Resources, videos, links, and conversation about the interview can be found HERE.

From the website:
Responding to an increase in academic and emotional problems among kids in the United States, psychologists, educators, physicians, and public health and policy experts in child and adolescent well-being convened at Stanford University in July 2007 to envision a coordinated approach to helping schools, parents and families develop alternative success models to align with research on healthy child development.

In response to this meeting, Madeline Levine, Ph.D., Jim Lobdell, M.A., and Denise Pope, Ph.D. founded Challenge Success, an expansion of the highly successful SOS (Stressed-Out Students) Project at Stanford University. Utilizing the resources of a prominent advisory board of interdisciplinary experts, the co-founders created a research-based organization that develops refreshingly practical curriculum, conferences and other programs for parents, schools, and kids looking for a healthier and more effective path to success in the 21st century. Challenge Success has become a trusted "voice of reason" for parents and educators and has received significant media attention and tremendous public and private support.

"At Challenge Success, we work every day to provide schools and families with the information and strategies they need to create a more balanced and academically fulfilling life for their kids.  We work with teams of educators, parents and students at schools to identify problems and implement best practices for school policies, curriculum, assessment, and a healthy school climate.  We provide support to parents by giving them the tools to help their children regain their balance, strengthen their sense of self, increase their motivation and critical thinking skills, and learn how to deal effectively with the inevitable challenges of life. And we conduct, collect and synthesize research, so that the public can make informed decisions about educating children."

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Friday, October 19, 2012

Tweet from Susan Ohanian (@susanoha)

Susan Ohanian (@susanoha)
"Not all those who wander are lost."― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring. Nor do they need a map or GPS. Or Standards for walking

Something to make you smile on a Friday afternoon. 


- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Tweet from edutopia (@edutopia)

edutopia (@edutopia)
Today we're celebrating the National Day on Writing. What do you write? Join in the convo via #whatiwrite. #engchat #edchat

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- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Fwd: The Incredible 2012 Global Education Conference - Attend, Present, or Volunteer!



- Dr. Gary Ackerman


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Date: October 18, 2012, 11:22:13 PM EDT
To: "gary@hackscience.net" <gary@hackscience.net>
Subject: The Incredible 2012 Global Education Conference - Attend, Present, or Volunteer!
Reply-To: do-not-reply@classroom20.com

Network Email

The 2012 Global Education Conference is November 12 - 17 this year, and if you haven't been a part of this amazing, online, 5-day, 24-hour-a-day event, we sure hope you will join us this year! There's lots of amazing news about the conference below (really), so skim down below and find that which is important to you:

1. The conference is free to attend. If you join the conference network, you'll be kept informed of the details and new announcements.  


2. You can still submit to present! The deadline to submit proposals for both the Global Education Conference and the affiliated iEARN Annual Conference and Youth Summit are October 29th. This is a highly inclusive event with a focus on participation--we'll have hundreds of sessions from educators around the world, and even if you've never presented before, we hope you will consider sharing your experiences and expertise in connecting educators, classrooms, and students globally. You'll be hard-pressed to find a conference more dedicated to peer professional development, so jump right in!

This also means that we have extended the deadline for film exhibition submissions. If you've got a  digital film to share on a global topic, check out this post for more details

3. Even though we are still accepting proposals to present, the current schedule of accepted sessions has been posted! You'll find the hourly listing of sessions in any one of 36 times zones here. (We're quite proud of how easy it is for anyone in the world to attend and participate in the conference in their own time zone!) More sessions are being added daily.

4. We're starting our drive for volunteer moderators, which also means that we have our first training sessions for presenters and moderators starting next week. We love our volunteer moderators, and you don't have to be an expert to help us with this crucial part of the conference program. To learn more or to sign up as a volunteer moderator, go here. To see the training sessions that are scheduled, go to the session schedule for your time zone.

5. Lucy Gray has done it again this year with another INCREDIBLE set of keynote speakers for the conference. Seriously, you are going to be blown away.  Check them out here. Tell your friends. Email everyone you know. Really, the lineup is THAT SERIOUSLY AMAZING. I don't want to diminish your excitement at seeing the whole list, but (I'm whispering): Dale Dogherty, Karen Cator, Larry Johnson, Dan Russell, and Tony Wagner just to start. Really. Go look...

6. We have a gaming strand this year! We're  thrilled to be working with BrainPOP to highlight game play within a global education context.

7. We're also working with Cisco's GETideas.org and EdSurge on a specialized conference strand that will focus on innovative and collaboration technologies with the potential to transform learning experiences for students around the globe. This strand will focus on companies offering tools and resources that support the mission of the conference and showcase global collaborations between groups.

8. We're still accepting conference sponsors and non-profit partners. Organizations interested in financially supporting the conference, please email me at steve@hargadon.com. Potential non-profit partners can sign up here.

9. We depend on the community to help get the word out about the conference, since this is a free event and built by the community. So please do spread the word! Forward this email, blog or tweet about the conference (#globaled12), or send the conference website link (http://www.globaleducationconference.com) to your own mailing list. Global education has never been more important, and there's really nothing quite like our free and highly-participative online conference to help make a difference in the lives of students, educators, administrators, parents, families, and communities. 

See you online!

Steve

Steve Hargadon
Co-Founder and Co-Chair, 2012 Global Education Conference
http://www.stevehargadon.com

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Teaching for creativity

Some case studies in this article provide evidence that "it" is possible:

- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Tweet from HuffPostEducation (@HuffPostEdu)

HuffPostEducation (@HuffPostEdu)
Student loan debt ranking by state shows continued rise huff.to/Ws0QW4

I'm thinking we might want to talk about this with middle school kids so they can plan accordingly. 


- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Tweet from Scientific American (@sciam)

Scientific American (@sciam)
Future Jobs Depend on a Science-Based Economy bit.ly/U8yfnH

What does this mean for education? 


- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Tweet from HuffPostEducation (@HuffPostEdu)

HuffPostEducation (@HuffPostEdu)
More sleep linked to better school behavior, study shows huff.to/Qq6kvr

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- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Students want tech in schools

Here us a brief summary of interesting stats regarding students perceptions of technology in their classrooms. 

edudemic.com/2012/10/technology-now-please

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- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Monday, October 15, 2012

So true (@willrich45)

Will Richardson (@willrich45)
I'll say it again, if parents expect their kids to get the same education they themselves got, we're all in big trouble. #edchat #edreform

So true if politicians also!


- Dr. Gary Ackerman

21st century education

"If you believe that technology is a distraction and not a way to enhance educational practices, you're probably not using it correctly."

Read the article from which this insightful sentences comes from:




- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Twitter and education

Perhaps it is time to rethink the settings on our Internet filters in schools. 




- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Friday, October 12, 2012

Cyber security (@willrich45)

Will Richardson (@willrich45)
A "Cyber Pearl Harbor" coming? nyti.ms/SW5jPS Eh...legislation would be too "burdensome" to businesses. #killingme

Just in case you don't have enough to worry about. 


- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Homework (@alfiekohn)

Alfie Kohn (@alfiekohn)
If hrs of homewk every nt are gd for the young, why wdn't they be gd for us all, to keep us away from TV & other frivolous pursuits? -J Holt

Ouch... Truth hurts. 


- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Tweet from edutopia (@edutopia)

edutopia (@edutopia)
"#Mobile is the primary portal of social communication. Young people learn best when it's revelevant..." pic.twitter.com/QYao0Lou

Who knew? Other than loads of middle school educators. 


- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Fwd: Literacy Summit and Rick Wormeli coming up



- Dr. Gary Ackerman


Begin forwarded message:

From: nelms@nelms.org
Date: October 11, 2012, 8:34:35 AM EDT
To: "Dr. Gary L. Ackerman" <gary@hackscience.net>
Subject: Literacy Summit and Rick Wormeli coming up
Reply-To: NELMS <nelms@nelms.org>

October 11, 2012 - NELMS Literacy Summit and Rick Wormeli
nelms logo

keys to literacy logoNELMS 2012 Literacy Summit
Common Core Strategies For All
Middle School Teachers

Literacy Summit Day 1-November 2, 2012

Wyndham Andover Boston
123 Old River Rd., Andover, MA 01810

Literacy Summit Day 2-December 7, 2012

Location same as Day 1

How to Implement the Common Core in Your
Middle School Classroom

With the common core, literacy instruction is the responsibility of all content teachers - it is no longer an option, it is a necessity. At the summit you will learn practical comprehension, vocabulary and writing strategies that all teachers can implement immediately to meet the Common Core standards. In addition, you can learn a practical and effective framework to develop a district or school wide literacy plan that will help guide Common Core instructional implementation.

NELMS is partnering with Keys to Literacy to bring you the Literacy Summit. We selected Keys to Literacy because their programs are an effective way to implement the Common Core in the classroom. We have organized the Literacy Summit around these programs to provide participants a practical, easy to implement and effective way to meet the Common Core objectives.

Summit Presenters

Elissa Arndt, Ph.D.

Elissa is a speech-language pathologist and reading specialist with experience providing instruction and intervention in language and literacy to students Prek-8th. She received her bachelor's degree from Gordon College, her master's degree from MGH Institute of Health Professions and her doctorate degree in Reading and Language Arts from Florida State University. Prior to working at Keys to Literacy, Elissa was a curriculum and intervention specialist at the Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) at Florida State University. She serves as an adjunct faculty member in the graduate education department at Gordon College teaching graduate classes on reading foundations, adolescent literacy, instruction, assessment, and intervention.

Lisa Klein, M.Ed

During Lisa's 15-year career as an educator, she has been a classroom teacher in private and public schools, a literacy trainer, and a Reading Specialist. She has held several positions in both urban and suburban schools in the Palm Beach County, Florida school system. Lisa is a literacy consultant providing guidance on both Reading and Writing curriculum. In addition, she also worked for a publishing company presenting teacher training for district-wide adoptions across the state of Florida. Lisa graduated from Rivier College with a M.Ed. in Reading and B.A. in Elementary Education and Special Education.

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The always popular Rick Wormeli will be back in 2012!picture of rick w.

Common Core Common Sense:  
Mastery, Assessment, Reporting, and Reality

November 13 & 14, 2012

UMass Lowell's Inn & Conference Center
Lowell, MA

Some think if we just had clear, rigorous standards, such as the Common Core, all of our students would improve test scores and go to college. This hasn't happened in states who already have such standards, however, so there must be something more to it. Our professional responses to the Common Core and their assessment are key. Teachers and principals need the skills and insights to break down the Common Core, and any other curriculum that comes their way, and identify evidence they will tolerate as indicators of mastery.  They need practicality on reporting that evidence of mastery as well as how to handle awkward assessment and grading situations that arise in increasingly diverse classrooms that are all  supposed to make the same gains in the course of a single year. 

As differentiation expert, Carol Ann Tomlinson, alludes, standards are the ingredients for dinner laid out on the kitchen counter, but they are NOT the meal itself.  The meal is made by talented teachers knowing the ingredients well and understanding the academic, dietary needs of their students.  These teachers proportion, mix, and cook those ingredients into something meaningful and serve the meal in such a way as students will eat wisely, and maybe, eagerly.

Join us for a provocative two-day seminar that explores these elements of highly effective teaching in the Common Core world.  We'll also examine the roles of formative, summative, and common assessments, as well as how to set up a standards-based gradebook and many, "What do teachers do if…?" scenarios that arise when implementing any curriculum with standards-based grading, such as whether or not we can scaffold student learning when using the Common Core, what to do if students achieve the standards earlier than classmates, and what to do if students can express satisfactory evidence of standard but only through alternative assessment.  Bring your questions and your wisdom to share – It's going to be a productive two days! 

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Save the date for the NELMS 32nd Annual Conference

April 4 & 5, 2013 • RI Convention Center • Providence, RI

Tom Burton - Keynote - Thursday April 4, 2013

Carol Ann Tomlinson - Keynote - Friday April 5, 2013

 

Rick Wormeli
Nov. 13 & 14, 2012

Literacy Summit
Day 1 - 11/2/12
Day 2 - 12/7/12

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