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September 2008 Blog Posts (3)

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Clay Shirky on Information Overload and Filter Failure

I just watched and was thinking on Shirky’s video I have embedded below (and in the video section) in which he identifies the new problem isn't information overload, it is filter failure. 23 minutes long around these basic ideas:



Start - a historical perspective on the beginnings of info overload witht he Gutenberg press and the filter systems that kept it uder conrtol

5:30 - new problems with internet - to much info coming to you - filters are a problem example of… Continue

Added by Mark Hines on September 27, 2008 at 5:35pm — No Comments

Brainstorm for our grant.

Hey Marc, Rick, Pat, Nic and Mark

Please share your thoughts, findings, goals, plans, ideas or general musings on this blog. Also keep updated by checking in and reading the posts of others.

Added by Scott Sveiven on September 22, 2008 at 11:17am — 2 Comments

Critical thinking and Assessment

In Tony Wagner’s book “The Global Achievement Gap” he talks about the problems with standardized tests (SAT, AP, etc) and the fact that they don’t measure the critical skills that colleges and workplace are asking for. He then gives an example of an instrument that has been developed for colleges (initially) and secondary schools to measure critical thinking, problem solving and written communication. The college version is called the CLA (College Learning Assessment) and the secondary version… Continue

Added by Mark Hines on September 10, 2008 at 9:47pm — 1 Comment

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Grant Possibility - Next Generation Learning Challenge

Here is an interesting grant possibility to design a module for middle school students to improve their ability to successfully learn core content standards. Information about the script is here: http://nextgenlearning.org/

they do give two examples of the kind of projects they are looking for:
 A modularized online course of study that may be composed and sequenced with a variety of other materials and deployed in a variety of learning environments. Note: there is not an expectation that an entire year-long course of study be completed.
 An online, collaborative environment in which students are asked to practice and show mastery of literacy Common Core Standards within the context of solving biology problems.

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There is a Hawaii ISTE affiliate now! Please join, as the more members we have the larger our opportunity for advocacy for Technology In Education. Visit http://www.hste.org for information and registration (free!). There is a membership flyer attached here:

 

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