For those who enjoy lists: The top 100 tools for learning. This is the 3rd year learning professionals from all over the world have been invited to share their top 10 online tools for learning to help build the Top 100 list. Check out the emerging list and compare rankings.
navigating anew
Josie Holford
Poughkeepsie Day School News
- PDS Middle School Play "Cases of Mistaken Identity!"May 30 and 31. Everyone is welcome. […]
- Middle School Head George Swain Talks About The PDS Annual FundTake a look! […]
- The 2012-2013 Yearbook is Coming!Place your order today to take advantage of early bird pricing […]
- Jazz Camp & Summer Camp Now EnrollingPrograms available for all ages! […]
- Athletic Fields Project Under Way!Ball field, soccer field and enhanced practice field slated for use in 2013‒2014 school year […]
Top Posts & Pages
Independent Perspective: Peter Gow
- Education Department Launches Overhauled Education DigestThe National Center on Education Statistics this morning releases its annual education data digest. […]
- Study: Of NCLB Sanctions, Restructuring Spurred Most ImprovementWhile the No Child Left Behind Act's threat of sanctions for low-performing schools can goose test scores, substantial school improvement comes from the law's ultimate sanction, wholesale restructuring, according to a new analysis of the law's effects in North Carolina. […]
- AERA To Add Open-Access Research JournalThe American Educational Research Association is joining the ranks of open-access research with a new journal, AERA Open, expected to begin publishing early next year. […]
Edutopia
- Building Social and Emotional Skills in Elementary Students: Share Your GiftsIn Part 9, the final post of her elementary student SEL series, filmmaker Randy Taran talks about what it means when students start using their gifts and passions to make a difference. […]
- Do BYOD Programs Encourage Bullying?Teacher Albert Roberts, while generally supportive of BYOD programs, looks at potential problems with this approach and offers a few ways to address them. […]
- A Curriculum of ConcernsEdutopia blogger Mark Phillips suggests building engaging curriculum around not just what interests students, but around what concerns them. […]
Leading and Learning
- Educational Readings -' shonky' standards dataBy Allan AlachThe big issue in New Zealand before the end of May will be the government’s release of data that will supposedly show children’s achievement against the set national standards in the 2012 school year. For many reasons this is a very dubious exercise of minimal value. One of these reasons is the lack of validity of the national standards proces […]
- New Zealand's Got Talent? The role of schools in talent developmentIt has been a wet weekend and by chance I have watched parts of talent shows on TV. What impressed me were the individuals that, until they begin their presentation, are often discounted by judges and viewers. One young man had a debilitating lisp which disappeared as he began to sing.Contestants are judged by what they can demonstrate.This ought to be the b […]
- Educational Readings - Sir Ken Robinson, Kelvin Smythe,Diane Khan,Bruce Hammonds et allBy Allan Alach One of the zillions of overseas websites that I follow includes a weekly ‘Secret Teacher’ blog. It strikes me that there maybe many teachers out there who have very strong feelings about educational matters in their own country, but who are naturally afraid to speak out due to employment matters. Having been hit by the clobbering machine mysel […]
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