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Comment on Shifting Our Schools episode 13: What Stalls the Shift? by David Carpenter

David Carpenter — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:38:50 +0000

Hi Michael,

I see that you are in Maine. I am in South China for the month of July loving the fresh air and time on the lake. Thanks for your support. We will continue the conversation starting in September.

Comment on Shifting Our Schools episode 13: What Stalls the Shift? by Michael Richards

Michael Richards — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:42:09 +0000

Guys,

This is a podcast every aspiring administrator should hear. Change is such a common philosophy in education but the system lacks the training to support it. Thank you for the great conversation!

Comment on Shifting Our Schools episode 13: What Stalls the Shift? by Paul McMahon

Paul McMahon — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:41:01 +0000

Hey Jeff and David,

Thanks for the comments on Thursday evening. I thought that I should write a brief post to explain why I was suggesting to Andy that moving to a supportive school was not such an easy task. They are quite hard to find, especially if you are tied to a city as your spouse is not a teacher. (Quite common in Hong Kong.)

Posted a few words under Not all International Schools are the Same

Best wishes to all and especially hoping the relocation goes smoothly for you Jeff.

I look forward to seeing you both in Shanghai in September.

Paul

Comment on Shifting Our Schools episode 13: What Stalls the Shift? by Not all International Schools are the Same | An Expat Educator in Asia

Not all International Schools are the Same | An Expat Educator in Asia — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:30:17 +0000

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Comment on Help spread the word about Learning 2.008! by Patricia Donaghy

Patricia Donaghy — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:41:41 +0000

Hi Jeff
I like the ’sound bites’ idea. Great use of the audio! Have added the conference dates and the SOS Podcast calendar to the Edublogger Directory Calendar.
Would love to see you and all you sites added
Patricia

Comment on Shifting Our Schools episode 12: Your Standards or Mine? by Jenny Ashby

Jenny Ashby — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:30:31 +0000

Thanks for the podcast….Standards……the standards shift as soon as they are published. What about the move to web 2.0 apps and apple apps etc Many of the standards are app specific which is not the way to go. The standards should be application independent.

Technology to create, communicate, collaborate, find out, measure, calculate, think, entertain, purchase, navigate etc.

The test is testing for 20th century learners in 20th century dimensions many of our new 21st century skills needed are not able to be tested by these tests.

This is happening in many areas of education and the thinkers know but the governments are still going along the 20th century path. How can we get the governments to see what is happening with these standardised tests?

Cheers from Jenny Ashby

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