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Browse our library of over 2,100 educational videos...

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OER Commons

Open Educational Resources are all about sharing.

In a brave new world of learning, OER content is made free to use or share,
and in some cases, to change and share again, made possible through licensing,
so that both teachers and learners can share what they know.

Browse and search OER Commons to find curriculum, and tag, rate, and review
it for others.

Use the Tutorials
as a guide. Join and contribute to the global Open
Education community.

 

More at: http://www.oercommons.org/

Turning Student Data into Intelligence

No matter how many students a school or district has, one thing
remains the same--the vital importance of tracking student attendance,
grades, standardized test scores, school or district transfers, and
more. Administrators, teachers, students, and parents all depend on a
reliable Student Information System (SIS) to give accurate reports and
updates.

And the U.S Department of Education's announcement that it will
require schools to use a uniform method to calculate graduation and
dropout rates highlights the need for easy-to-use products that can be
seamlessly installed and quickly learned.

With the generous support of Pearson School Systems, we've compiled
stories from the eSchool News archives, as well as some best practices
and additional resources to help your school staff make the most
informed decision as possible when considering SIS implementation.

Measuring 21st-century skills

To remain competitive in an increasingly global, knowledge-based
economy, today’s employers need graduates who are adept at so-called
“21st-century skills” such as using information and communications
technology (ICT) to gather and assess information, collaborate,
innovate, think critically, and solve problems. Yet, in meeting this
need, educators face a few key challenges: How can they teach these
skills to students in the context of the core curriculum? And, how can
they measure students’ attainment of these skills?

With the generous support of Learning.com, the editors of eSchool
News have compiled this collection of stories from our archives, along
with other relevant resources from around the web, to help you and your
staff best answer these questions in your own schools.

Seven skills students desperately need!

Today's students could fail at life, says Harvard's Tony Wagner, because their schools are too busy teaching to the test  

Wagner said the problem is that you can have all the equipment
and technology you want, but "if you don't teach kids how to think, how
to think beyond multiple choice, you've got a problem."

He told another story illustrating this same problem:

Student Skills

Student skills for 21st Century society

Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)

 

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The BIE has responsibility for 184 elementary and secondary schools
and dormitories as well as 24 colleges, and our Bureau-operated Haskell
Indian Nations University and Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute.
Our post-secondary institutions, schools and dormitories are located on
63 reservations in 23 states across the United States serving
approximately 60,000 students representing 238 different tribes.

Open Learning Exchange

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Ensuring every child a quality basic education by 2015 by creating networks of nation-based Centers that demonstrate the power of free and open educational content using low-cost technologies and that motivate governments to make the essential financial investments.
 
More information at: http://ole.org/

Palmeto Project & Laptop SC

One Laptop Per Child/South Carolina is a statewide partnership between the South Carolina Department of Education and the non-profit Palmetto Project.

More information at:  http://laptopsc.org/

Conforming Learners

Conforming Learners like routine, structure, supportive relationships, and stability. They generally are more compliant and will more passively accept knowledge, store it, and reproduce it to conform, complete assigned tasks (if they can) and often please and help others. These learners typically prefer to leave the holistic, critical, or analytical thinking to others.

More information at: http://training.trainingplace.com/loq/pop_conf1.htm

Successful Learning Strategies: http://www.trainingplace.com/loq/strategies.htm

 

 

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