Archive for January, 2009

Shifting Our Schools Episode 20: Once Shifted, Where Do We Go Next?

By David Carpenter, 29 January, 2009, No Comment

Introductions
Chris Lehman of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia joined David and Jeff for tonight’s podcast.

Essential Question
Once shifted, where do we go next?

Blog Posts of the Week
David:  Digital Ethnography

Chris: Measuring UP: What Educational Testing Really Tells Us

Jeff: Horizon Report, David Warlick at EduCon 2.1, Flat Classroom Conference

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*Next show is Thursday February 12th at 7 PM Bangkok time.
*Jim Reese will be our guest.
*Essential Question for the show: How to make the shift systemic and sustainable in our schools?
*Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Diigo bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Shifting Our Schools Episode 19: How to Recruit Shifted Educators?

By David Carpenter, 15 January, 2009, 2 Comments

Introductions

Greg Moncada, HS Principal at the American International School Vienna, joined Jeff and David for the show.

Essential Question

How to recruit shifted teachers?

Blog Posts of the Week

David: David Warlick interviews Chris Lehman for his Connect Learning podcast. David asks Chris what he looks for in new hires in episode 92 & 98 in iTunes. Or go directly to the pages for 92 & 98 in David’s Site. Also, take a look at the tech-oriented questions Jeff and Andy came up with for recruiters to use especially if their schools have 1:1 laptop programs.

Jeff: Michael Wesch writes about the next transformation in education. Kaplan University has a very engaging video sharing their approach to how they work to meet the needs of students.

Greg: Shared a video about students making connections in their learning. The link will soon be posted here.

Note: Those listeners looking to learn more about how to recruit internationally might find David’s article in Edutopia helpful to get you started.

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*Next show is Thursday January 29th at 7 PM Bangkok time.
*Chris Lehman and Brent Loken will be our guests.
*Essential Question for the show: Once shifted, where do we go next?
*Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Diigo bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.