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Bad teaching should bother teachers, not just because they make the profession look bad, but because it's bad for kids.
But even in the midst of the insecurity and the exhaustion, it's not a bad thing for teachers to be outraged by stacks of mindless packets. We need to be advocates for great teaching.
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Gust MEES's insight:
Learn from those how have achieved the BEST actually ;)
AnnC's curator insight,
April 11, 2013 10:56 PM
What keeps us from learning from those who have better results? 
Julia_Ryu's curator insight,
May 15, 2013 5:10 AM
Finland has a good school system! I want to share this information with you if you interesting about education or Finland look more seriously. |
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Well-behaved educators rarely make history but where do they begin when they want to change educational reform that is bad for kids?
Gust MEES's insight:
A MUST read...
's comment May 12, 2013 10:52 AM
i teach in sc, they test here too, our schools really suck- like 49th in the nation. and now some counties are proposing measuring teachers salary based on test scores. COME ON PEOPLE we all know it start in the HOME!! this too shall pass
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Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner.
"What's past is prologue," wrote Shakespeare. We must begin to think far more seriously about what our current education is prologue to—and whether that's now enough. No longer is the unenhanced brain the wisest thing on the planet. Students who don't have technology's powerful new capabilities at their command at every turn are not better 21st century humans but lesser ones.
Via Ana Cristina Pratas
Gust MEES's insight:
+/- 30 years ago I started with Home-Computers, a TRS-80 from Radio Shack with ONLY 8K Memory and a Monochrome Monitor (YOU can laugh...) and I followed the progress of Technology by upgrading, Commodore C-64, Commodore C-128, and so on... Till I got used to PC's, upgrading again + again... Lots of experience behind...
And with PC's and Mac's came ALSO the RISK's, the what WE call NOW Cyber-Security, Attacks and so on...
And as Ana Christina PRATAS says (I agree completely to that): So technology isn't something we need in addition to mental activity; technology is now part of mental activity. And we need to use it wisely.
WE need ALSO to use it in a Community Mentality, thus meaning:
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/learning-basics-of-cyber-security-by-easy-to-follow-steps/
- http://gustmeesen.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/beginners-it-security-guide/
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/bring-your-own-device-advantages-dangers-and-risks/
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/07/11/cyberhygiene-hygiene-for-ict-in-education-and-business/
Ana Cristina Pratas's curator insight,
March 8, 2013 9:27 PM
The fact that many adults would dispute this statement illustrates how few understand the extent to which the world has changed in our kids' lifetimes, and the role technology now plays. Let me clarify: Technology isn't about new "stuff." It's not about laptops, iPads, cell phones, or the software kids use. It's not about different ways to do what we do now. And it's certainly not about what we should or shouldn't allow kids access to. All those ways of seeing technology are misleading. Technology, rather, is an extension of our brains; it's a new way of thinking. It's the solution we humans have created to deal with our difficult new context of variability, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. The human mind, as powerful as it is, is no longer powerful enough for our world; the old "tried and true" human capabilities just aren't enough. Technology provides us with the new and enhanced capabilities we need. So technology isn't something we need in addition to mental activity; technology is now part of mental activity. And we need to use it wisely. |
Bad teaching should bother teachers, not just because they make the profession look bad, but because it's bad for kids.
But even in the midst of the insecurity and the exhaustion, it's not a bad thing for teachers to be outraged by stacks of mindless packets. We need to be advocates for great teaching.
Learn more:
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/is-your-professional-development-up-to-date/