Jim Flowers: Blogs and EducationEfforts by K-20 educationEmpty Words- April 14, 2005 Secretary spelling testified recently to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (an interesting grouping -- cradle to grave -- no). Anyhow, she says all the right things about transforming our current model of education : Technology is changing the world faster than our imagination can predict it. Our high schools may be very different places a decade or two from now. The old, regimented "factory"-type model, based on time spent in classrooms, may give way to a new.http://radio.weblogs.com/0113212/categories/blogsAndEducation/2005/04/14.html#a1233 Back to the bad ol' days- April 14, 2005 Amid all the negative stories concerning the Cobb County School Board decision to put laptops in the hands of all middle schoolers (see AJC and MDJ today), here is one that speaks, anecdotedly at least, of the success of such a program, one funded by Governor Barnes for three years. Yet, despite all the evidence given by the Clarke-Athens school board that giving students a laptop to take home, to work with personally as their own can and does produce a positive impact on the quality of...http://radio.weblogs.com/0113212/categories/blogsAndEducation/2005/04/14.html#a1231 UGA doing some blogging- April 12, 2005 Saw this while rummaging through news websites this am Blogging provides classrooms another route to Web UGA Red and Blackhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0113212/categories/blogsAndEducation/2005/04/12.html#a1228 A natural born blogger- April 7, 2005 Kevin stepped right into blogging and hasn't looked back. Just scanned a few days of his latest posts. You will want to follow the link to Cathy Henson's article on the state of Georgia Schools.http://radio.weblogs.com/0113212/categories/blogsAndEducation/2005/04/07.html#a1219 |