Weekly Tech Tip - The Third Teacher

Weekly Tech Tip:

I really wish I had more time this week to devote to a better production of this video because I do think it is a very important topic. But, I also think it is an important message to address now as teachers are setting up their classrooms.

• The Third Teacher Website
  

Additionally, and on a slightly related topic, this very interesting, thought provoking, and important video was published this week on TED. I highly recommend you take the 17 minutes to watch as the work Dr. Mitra is doing may dramatically transform how we do education globally in the years to come. It is a topic I hope to discuss in the district over the coming weeks.



Blog Carnival:

• A Parent 2.0’s Back to School Dilemma By Will Richardson on Weblogg-Ed
• 16 of the Best Internet Safety Sites for Kids by Kelly Tenkley on iLearn Technology
• NCLB Lies by John Fitzgerald on Minnesota2020
• What KIPP Academies do... by Ira Socol on SpeEdChange
• Follow the money and wake up (or there’s gonna be a shakeup) by Scott McLeod on Dangerously Irrelevant
• The Assessment Problem By Will Richardson on Weblogg-Ed
• Old and New By Will Richardson on Weblogg-Ed
• Barack Obama's Belief in the Least by Ira Socol on SpeEdChange
• It’s Complicated by Clarence Fisher on Remote Access
• The New Story…Who’s Doing It? By Will Richardson on Weblogg-Ed
• Lord of the Flies: How Adults Create Bullying by Ira Socol on SpeEdChange
• Are School Reforms More Like a Pendulum Or a Hurricane? by Larry Cuban on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
• A Big Margin for Error by Diane Ravitch, NY Times Article
• Learning to Blog Using Paper by Karen McMillan on Notes from McTeach
• Problems with the use of student test scores to evaluate teachers by Alfie Kohn on Economic Policy Institute: Research and ideas for shared prosperity
• Proof that teachers matter by John Merrow on Taking Note
• I hate science fair by Tyler Rice on Wisdom Begins with Wonder