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Dennis Richards’ Introduction?

Dennis Richards — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:35:45 +0000

I decided to have some fun using xtranormal as the platform for my introduction, the first assignment for #etmooc. This Massive Open Online Course has over a thousand people registered, last count. Looking forward to any comments you might have about my video!

Time to Begin Using MOOCs to Harvest and Aggregate Our Collective Knowledge for an Educational Technology and Media Knowledge Base for Teaching

Dennis Richards — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:18:06 +0000

In gold mining, I’ve heard miners use terms like “overburden,” “pay gravel,” “gold pan,” “sample,” “bedrock,” “gold path,” “color,” “gold flakes,” gold nuggets,” “we got gold!” The miner scrapes away the overburden or soil on a claim until they reach pay gravel which lies on top of the bedrock. “Pay” gravel is a rather hopeful [...]

New 2011 Standards for Professional Learning

Dennis Richards — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:19:57 +0000

Standards for Professional Learning (Learning Forward, 2011) is the third iteration of standards outlining the characteristics of professional learning that lead to effective teaching practices, supportive leadership, and improved student results. Learning Forward, with the contribution of 40 professional associations and education organizations, developed the Standards for Professional Learning. (See the Standards Revision Task Force [...]

Leading with your Ears for Parent Engagement

Dennis Richards — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:08:14 +0000

How do you feel about parents of your students? In the May 2011 issue of ASCD’s Educational Leadership, Larry Ferlazzo discusses parent “Involvement or Engagement?” He claims that often how a teacher feels about parents often falls into one of four categories: We should contact them when there is a problem, it’s good when they [...]

Free Tools Challenge: 23 Ideas for Using Wallwisher – Teacher Challenge | Edublogs.org

Dennis Richards — Thu, 05 May 2011 06:00:36 +0000

I am impressed by the Free Tools 30 Days Teacher Challenge series of blog posts supported by Edublogs. In the Wallwisher post, which is #1 in the series and written by Noeleen Leahy, the 30 Days challenge is introduced. (Noeleen Leahy is a second level teacher from Ireland. She teaches Geography, Religion and IT to [...]

On Being Wrong & Embracing the (as yet) Unimagined

Dennis Richards — Wed, 04 May 2011 12:43:46 +0000

In schools we teach students the importance of being right and the embarrassment and humiliation of being wrong. Kathryn Schultz speaks about the importance and inevitability of being wrong. Who is right? Who is wrong? And what should you do about it?

The Economics of Inequality. AFT: American Educator

Dennis Richards — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:52:03 +0000

I am impressed by the work of James Heckman as reported in the Spring 2011 issue of AFT’s American Educator. Heckman concludes The Economics of Inequity with this comment. The logic is quite clear from an economic standpoint. We can invest early to close disparities and prevent achievement gaps, or we can pay to remediate [...]

What Isn’t Working? Alfie Kohn

Dennis Richards — Mon, 02 May 2011 13:27:43 +0000

What Isn’t Working? Alfie Kohn | American School Board Journal, April 2011, 35-37 Alfie Kohn knows intelligent people will respectfully disagree on many educational issue, but he can’t understand how we regularly betray what we know is best practice. “If we all agree that a given principle is true, then why in the world do [...]

Taking on the Rubrics Crowd | 3 Steps to Deep Learning

Dennis Richards — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:36:10 +0000

The best rubrics are designed by learners who are investigating and defining quality work. Rubrics allow learners to articulate criteria based on this discovery. The rubrics they design can then guide their own work and inform the feedback that they provide to peers. Angela Stockman If you think I am challenging every teacher (including myself) [...]

The Finland Phenomenon: Inside the World’s Most Surprising School System

Dennis Richards — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:42:03 +0000

via youtube.com Posted via email from dennisar’s posterous