Heidi Hayes Jacobs 2-17-10

Heidi Hayes Jacobs
2-17-10

• "designed obsolescence" --sad
• learning is uncomfortable b/c it’s new; you are out of your comfort zone
• youtube—iSchool
• nings “exporting and importing”
• CCSSO--very important--Council of Chief School Officers
• VLM--virtual learning magnet
• "curriculum" means path to run in small steps in Latin
• major economies: China, India, Brazil, Russia, Viet Nam (very pro-education); should be teaching them
• assessment: easiest to start with; content hardest
• reports are lowest form of learning; use reports and development instead (R & D)
• Steve Wilmarth by teleconference--trends
• foreign lang. teachers are good at teaching speaking (properly) and listening; teach English as if it were FL--interesting
• constantly assess listening
• if kid can't tell you what he's doing in math, he doesn't know
• should be collecting formal samples of work
• http://www.richerpicture.com/ portfolios
• Texas Visioning Institute ning http://www.texasvisioninginstitute.ning.com/
• expand media criticism; Frank Baker is expert http://www.frankbaker.com/
• research=search again
• web 2.0 Strategic Interactive Instruction---interactive is key
• http://www.curriculum21.com/ HHJ's website--full of ideas; take a look
• Visual Thesaurus and Wordle to help kids with better writing--good idea
• http://www.graphs.gapminder.org/
• wonderful time to be an educator!
• upgrading content is most controversial
• recaset content for timeliness
• interdisciplinary issues/themes: sustainablility, media literacy, urban planning, global ambassadors
• http://www.facingthefuture.org/ great free lesson plans, etc.
• Organization for Economic something
• http://www.asiasociety.com/ how to globalize, etc.
• Ohio's electric orchestra: Lakewood Project The Arts are important!
• timely and timeless--curr. should be
• US is isolated; most will never leave country
• we don't teach about the world
• triple time on global studies--better-prepared kids
• we are longest-running democracy--great story
• focus on geopolitics and geo-economics
• study the last 50 years!
• gateway cities: Sydney, NY, etc. cities that have more in common with each other than own countries
• EarthPulse by Nat. Geo
• your location is your political destiny
• youtube: Unfolding the Earth
• http://www.polleverywhere.com/ with cellphones
• http://www.cia.gov/ go to Factbook==great site!
• bring in lots of non-profit groups
• study how to improve neighborhoods
• if you're going to be a teacher, be a public learner
• http://www.ed.voicethread.com/
• great school designs around the world

Very thought-provoking and exciting!

Kathy Sales