Archive for February, 2009

Shifting Our Schools Episode 22: Which Comes First, Shifted Practices or 1:1 Laptop Program?

By David Carpenter, 26 February, 2009, 2 Comments

Introductions

Dianna Pratt of the Singapore American School and Scot Hoffman of Bombay American School joined David and Jeff for tonight’s podcast.


Essential Question

Which comes first, shifted practices or 1:1 laptop program?

Blog Posts of the Week

David: Cynthia Curry’s Blog

Dianna: The book Laptops and Literacy

Jeff: Andy Torres’ blog

Scot: TLT Toys from American School Bombay

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*Next show is Thursday Marth 12th at 7 PM Bangkok time.
*Kim Cofino and Amanda DeCardy will be our guests.
*Essential Question for the show: How to move students from being dependent to independent learners?
*Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Diigo bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Shifting Our Schools Episode 21: How to Make the Shift Systemic and Sustainable in Our Schools?

By David Carpenter, 12 February, 2009, No Comment

Introductions
Jim Reese of the Washington International School and Harvard’s Project Zero joined David and Jeff for tonight’s podcast.

Essential Question
How to make the shift systemic and sustainable in our schools?

Blog Posts of the Week

David:  21st Century Learning: Why Change

Jim: Ron Ritchhart’s Intellectual character: What it is, why it matters, and how to get it

Jeff: Stanford Professional Development Review

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*Next show is Thursday February 26th at 7 PM Bangkok time.
*Dianna Pratt and Scot Hoffman will be our guests.
*Essential Question for the show: Which comes first, shifted practices or 1:1 laptop program?
*Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Diigo bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.