Stretching Cow http://www.squealingrat.org/cow A Compilation of Links for Educators Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:58:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 stretchingcowhttp://feedburner.google.com Finland, Plagiarism and Gamification http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/stretchingcow/~3/jbOxpuJDr4A/ http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/finland-plagiarism-and-gamification/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:58:37 +0000 max http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/?p=131
  • Ravitch: Why Finland’s schools are great (by doing what we don’t) – The Answer Sheet – The Washington Post
  • Reading, Writing, Empathy: The Rise of ‘Social Emotional Learning’ – Education – GOOD
  • OpenClassroom
  • Why schools should not grade character traits – The Answer Sheet – The Washington Post
  • Winner: ‘Redesign the Report Card’ Project – Education – GOOD
  • Anoka-Hennepin teachers write their own online textbook, save district $175,000 | The Republic
  • More Than 10 Percent of College Papers Plagiarize Wikipedia – Education – GOOD
  • Devlin’s Angle
  • Superwoman Was Already Here: The Montessori Philosophy, Animated | Brain Pickings
  • Teaching Good Sex – NYTimes.com
  • TEDxKids@Brussels – Gabe Zichermann – Gamification – YouTube
    • ]]>     http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/finland-plagiarism-and-gamification/feed/ 0 http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/finland-plagiarism-and-gamification/     Apps, Studio School and YouTube http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/stretchingcow/~3/mx8qmmb7BAc/ http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/apps-studio-school-and-youtube/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:31:47 +0000 max http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/?p=129
  • The Stupid Things You Do at Work (and How to Fix Them)
  • Review: 10 Education Tech Startups from ImagineK12 to Watch | WiredAcademic
  • Can a Facebook App Help College Students Study? – Education – GOOD
  • Clutter can kill creativity and innovation | Unclutterer
  • Geoff Mulgan: A short intro to the Studio School | Video on TED.com
  • Who’s On Top? Color-Coded Maps Rank States’ Education Performance – Education – GOOD
  • Micheal Flaherty: The Latest Crime Wave—Sending Your Child to a Better School – WSJ.com
  • Classes and Scores Soar With Incentives for A.P. Tests – NYTimes.com
  • A Classroom Software Boom, but Mixed Results Despite the Hype – NYTimes.com
  • Why YouTube Videos Will Never Replace Teachers – Education – GOOD
    • ]]>     http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/apps-studio-school-and-youtube/feed/ 0 http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/apps-studio-school-and-youtube/     Humanism, Homework and Startups http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/stretchingcow/~3/wS0IxTZA7AA/ http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/humanism-homework-and-startups/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:37:38 +0000 max http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/?p=127
  • Atheism U? A New Elite University Focuses on Spreading Humanism | | AlterNet
  • Daily Kos: Diane Ravitch at Save Our Schools
  • What Will School Look Like in 10 Years? – NYTimes.com
  • Structured homeschooling gets an A+
  • Teacher’s iPad Experiment Shows Possibilities for Classroom Technology – Education – GOOD
  • Quality Homework – A Smart Idea – NYTimes.com
  • Imagine K12 Graduates Its First Class of Ed-Tech Startups | Hack Education
  • swissmiss | Dear Great Teachers,
  • News Post
  • Why SAT Scores Are Down—And Why it Matters – Education – GOOD
  • What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? – NYTimes.com
  • College undergrads study ineffectively on computers, study finds: Students transfer bad study habits from paper to screen
  • Why Making Creative Schools Requires Radical Change – Education – GOOD
    • ]]>     http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/humanism-homework-and-startups/feed/ 0 http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/humanism-homework-and-startups/     Tunes, Textbooks and Incentives http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/stretchingcow/~3/EWXL59S58og/ http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/tunes-textbooks-and-incentives/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 18:54:10 +0000 max http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/?p=125
  • Skipping School: A Look at Free Higher-Education Alternatives – Education – GOOD
  • Freakonomics » Our Daily Bleg: How Should a Professor Incentivize Classroom Attendance?
  • Why Are Finland’s Schools Successful? | People & Places | Smithsonian Magazine
  • 6 Beneficial Things They Made You Stop Doing in School | Cracked.com
  • Teacher Collaboration Gives Schools Better Results – Miller-McCune
  • Just Google It: How Search Engines Stunt College Students’ Research Skills – Education – GOOD
  • Future of Education: Two Vancouver colleges will make history by giving iPads to over 1,000 new students – Techvibes.com
  • Kno’s Textbooks Is Top Back-To-School iPad App With One Download Every 8 Seconds | TechCrunch
  • Get Rid of Anxiety by Off-Loading Fears on Paper or by Humming a Tune
    • ]]>     http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/tunes-textbooks-and-incentives/feed/ 0 http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/tunes-textbooks-and-incentives/     PISA, Plagiarism and Groupon http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/stretchingcow/~3/qOP9ThApCKg/ http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/pisa-plagiarism-and-groupon/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:02:15 +0000 max http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/?p=122
  • Demystifying International Tests: What Makes the PISA Special? – Education – GOOD
  • Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Are Schools on the Verge of a Mobile-Phone Revolution? – Education – GOOD
  • Why Are Great Teachers Leaving the Classroom? – Education – GOOD
  • blog dds: 2011.07.23 – How I Dealt with Student Plagiarism
  • Groupon helping CPS for back to school – Chicago Tribune
  • Firewall, What Firewall? The Top Four Tech Hacks For Teachers – Education – GOOD
    • ]]>     http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/pisa-plagiarism-and-groupon/feed/ 0 http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/pisa-plagiarism-and-groupon/     Justice, Friends and Future http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/stretchingcow/~3/WTuaTp_2J0U/ http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/justice-friends-and-future/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:20:13 +0000 max http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/?p=123
  • For the Good of All Students: Why I’m Marching for Education Justice – Education – GOOD
  • Could You Modify It ‘To Stop Students From Becoming This Advanced?’ | Cato @ Liberty
  • 19 year-old Stanford Ph.D. dropout Andrew Hsu is Changing Education
  • How to fix higher education. – By William Pannapacker – Slate Magazine
  • Missouri Forbids Teachers and Students To Be Facebook Friends
  • Why Alternative Education Needs to Go Mainstream – Education – GOOD
  • The future of education . . . 100 years ago | Daniel Pink
  • EducateNcare Online Tutoring Educates Kids in Developing Countries
  • Take a 20 Minute Break Between Subjects for Better Memory Retention
  • Video – College Conspiracy  :College education is the largest scam in U.S. history!:  Information Clearing House News
  • Where’s Education 2.0? | Digitizd
  • How Obama’s Education Grants Hinder True Innovation – Education – GOOD
    • ]]>     http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/justice-friends-and-future/feed/ 0 http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/justice-friends-and-future/     Coding, Homework and Google http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/stretchingcow/~3/TFinASuO194/ http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/coding-homework-and-google/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:19:23 +0000 max http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/?p=117
  • How I Failed, Failed, and Finally Succeeded at Learning How to Code – Technology – The Atlantic
  • How Much Homework Is Just Right? – NYTimes.com
  • Free Range: Google It : The New Yorker
  • Fact Is, Students Have Never Known History : NPR
  • The State of Summer School: Teens Are Hitting the Books Year-Round – Education – GOOD
  • A Typeface For Dyslexic Readers
  • Now You Can Tweet Your Way Into an MBA Program – Education – GOOD
  • Imagination Summit Discusses Creativity In Schools – Education – GOOD
  • Systematic Cheating Is Found in Atlanta’s School System – NYTimes.com
  • A History of College Grade Inflation – NYTimes.com
    • ]]>     http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/coding-homework-and-google/feed/ 0 http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/coding-homework-and-google/     Desks, Tracking and Khan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/stretchingcow/~3/iYHd0mZhTc4/ http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/desks-tracking-and-khan/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:59:53 +0000 max http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/?p=119
  • How Khan Academy Is Changing the Rules of Education | Magazine
  • Top 10 Invented Languages | Top 10 Lists | TopTenz.net
  • Desks in the Hallway: A Texas School Takes Learning Out of the Classroom – Education – GOOD
  • Can Schools Educate Kids for an Uncertain 21st Century? – Education – GOOD
  • New York City Halts Teacher Bonus Program: Another Blow to Evidence-Resistant Ideology – Bob Sutton
  • NYC Schools Approve $2.7 Million Deal with Murdoch-Linked Firm to Track Student Performance
  • The Wrath Against Khan: Why Some Educators Are Questioning Khan Academy | Hack Education
    • ]]>     http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/desks-tracking-and-khan/feed/ 0 http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/desks-tracking-and-khan/     Scholarships, Computers and Atari http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/stretchingcow/~3/4Id3a6MwFXA/ http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/scholarships-computers-and-atari/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:45:26 +0000 max http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/?p=116
  • 25 Bizarre Scholarships | Money Talks News
  • College is a waste of time – CNN.com
  • Kids who spot bullshit, and the adults who get upset about it – Bad Science
  • NOT Everyone Should Attend College, BUT Let’s not Give up on it Entirely – Third Year MBA
  • The Computer Delusion by Todd Oppenheimer
  • Mark Zuckerberg To Belle Haven 8th Graders: “There’s No Shortcuts”
  • Mr. Atari Wants To Bring The Video Arcade Into The Classroom (TCTV)

    •  

    ]]>     http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/scholarships-computers-and-atari/feed/ 0 http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/scholarships-computers-and-atari/     Architects, Bilingualism and Games http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/stretchingcow/~3/wiZi5OJFVv8/ http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/architects-bilingualism-and-games/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:20:12 +0000 max http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/?p=114
  • A speech to graduating Harvard architects – TEDChris: The untweetable
  • Debating the Value of College in America : The New Yorker
  • The Bilingual Advantage – NYTimes.com
  • What Your College Major Is Worth – Lifehacker
  • Hey Kids, Build Your Own Video Games With Stencyl
  • 4 “Facts” That Have Changed Since You Were In School
  • Integration and the ‘no excuses’ charter school movement – Ezra Klein – The Washington Post
  • A geek with a hat » Doing a startup taught me the value of staying in school

    •  

    ]]>     http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/architects-bilingualism-and-games/feed/ 0 http://www.squealingrat.org/cow/architects-bilingualism-and-games/