Center for Self-Organizing and Intelligent SystemsĮnter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.20 iPad Apps to Teach Elementary Reading.National Library of Virtual Manipulatives.IXL-Math for Right and Left Brain (subscription).Shodor Modeling And Simulation Tools for Education Reform.Expected to be about $200-$300 per student. In NY public schools it costs $1400 per student for instruction, including staff. Districts will have to decide on policies such as students that are capable of progressing much faster that standard grade gateways, and whether teachers can add content.A new web site is operational,, and we could ask for a demo login.I asked Amy Anderson from the foundation how a district would be considered for the pilot and she handed me her card. Rewrite will take about a year and a half after which additional pilots will be sought perhaps through the Donnell-Kay Foundation which sponsored the presentation.Computer system was written as a prototype which proved fortunate as it was discovered a “Field Trip” key was needed to remove students that would be absent on a given day.Four new schools will be added this year out of twenty-three that applied.Program is being used as in-school math program in three schools.Saved an equivalent of 2 weeks per year of instructional time moving stations rather than rooms. Seven week long after school math program with 6th graders from three schools.įive hundred and one students had one-half to two-thirds year of gains during seven week program. Have students and teachers work in big open spaces such that they move stations rather than rooms with new groupings throughout the day based on Playlist.Teachers specialize in certain lesson topics such that rather than teaching a topic only once or twice a year, they teach it to each student that lacks that skill and needs the teacher led modality.Around fifty publishers are participating though some of the larger ones are resisting. Move to iTunes model for textbooks and buy only that lessons/sections that are effective.“Prove It” button provides pre-testing can move on if get 100%.Collect data on actual sessions needed and use to inform choices in instructional material.Teachers can see how many lessons student has had.Each skill has a “Par” or the typical number of instructional sessions it takes to learn that skill.Assess at end of day and if unsuccessful, computer generated Playlist will include teaching student with different modality tomorrow.Current skills on playlist could be from different grade levels. Call what a student doesn’t know their Playlist.Create a map of key skills with all dependencies and determine what each student does and doesn’t know.Determine prefered modes of learning for each student, including group, multimedia, small group teacher led, and more.Integrate modalities of learning into a common environment for personalized learning.Leverage modalities where teacher led instruction is just one mode.Teachers waste an astonishing amount of time teaching to the middle which does not meet the learning style of many students.About 12-13% of teachers create 80% of students’ AYP.Forty percent of those that stay are disheartened.Nearly half of all new teachers are gone in five years.
United States was the first country to provide free education for all but it really does not educate everyone.The classroom hasn’t changed much since the 1800’s. (Added 6 hours ago) ROBOTC Intermediate Programming: VEX IQ More Information: View Curriculum: VEX Cortex Video Trainer using ROBOTC More Information: View on CS2N: VEX Curriculum 2.0 More Information: ROBOTC Intermediate Programming: LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 More Information: View Curriculum: Introduction to Mobile Robotics - Robotics Engineering I.The presentation was sponsored by the Donnell-Kay Foundation. On February 10th I had the good fortune to be invited to hear the founder, Joel Rose, speak at the Denver School of Science and Technology. Although it is too soon to tell due to only having run 3 pilots, School of One is worth consideration. Mixing successful ideas from the past four years with new challenges and interesting twists, we expect that this year will generate even more student excitement than last.Last summer I ran across School of One while searching the internet for educational models with proven success in raising academic achievement. The details for 2015 Online Challenges are now available. Students from all over the world have participated in past challenges, and we are proud to announce the challenges for this season. Going beyond in-person robotics events, the Online Challenge program gives students a chance to participate in engineering competitions without traveling in subjects such as robot construction, sustainable engineering, robotics game animation, and video production.