Tag: Education
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Disrupting Class-Chapter 7- Improving Education Research
Why include a chapter on research? “Rather than compare the average performance of one set of schools, students, or methods against others, our approach is to examine the state of education through the lenses of (our) theories of innovation in order…to describe the process by which education research can become capable of predicting which innovations…
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Equipping Kids with 21st Century Learning Tools
West Liberty State University made news last week regarding their provision of a laptop for each incoming freshman. In today’s multi-disciplined, team-oriented, task-centric learning environment, a laptop is what a pencil and paper were in prior generations. It’s important to note that technology doesn’t necessarily make kids smarter, but technology facilitates the kind of learning…
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Resources for Creative Projects
Mary Hunt-Lieving of the Benedum Foundation wanted to share the following opportunities for organizations seeking financial support for their creative inititiaves. Thank you Mary! Seed Money for Innovative Projects Sparkplug Foundation The Sparkplug Foundation primarily supports nonprofit organizations that are proposing start-up projects in the fields of music, education, and grassroots organizing. In the Music…
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Disrupting Class-Chapter 6 “Language Dancing”
Dr. Johnson was kind enough to send me a new book so I am back on track with chapter summaries. This chapter discusses changes that must occur before school starts, during ages 0-4. A chapter on early childhood education may seem out of place, more appropriate for a textbook on parenting or child development. But…
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West Virginia Building its Research Muscles
Some exciting announcements on steps forward in West Virginia’s quest to become a more significant player in university research. As many of you are aware, a strong R&D infrastructure is critical to economic growth in today’s innovation economy. First, WVU unveiled its new Health Sciences Learning Center and the WVU Erma Byrd Biomedical Research Center.…
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WV Student Voices Shout Disrupting Class
Read the comments from a just-released survey of WV’s middle and high school students. http://wvde.state.wv.us/tt/2008/survey2008.pdf Compare that to the central themes of Disrupting Class – the customization of learning opportunities made possible by technology, new roles for teaching professionals, making the case for different schools. A match made in (Almost) Heaven
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Education Innovation
createwv.typepad.com Dr. Curtis Johnson, co-author of Disrupting Class, will bring many stimulating ideas to the 2008 Create WV conference in October on how West Virginia schools can begin delivering children with the skills they’ll need for 21st century success. The Charleston Daily Mail recently ran this story about his ideas on how schools need to…
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Disrupting Class-The Charleston Visit
On Aug.5-6, Dr. Johnson, co-author of Disrupting Class, spent some serious face time with individuals and organizations involved with public education in our state. I don’t know if it was his engaging manner, engaging message or just the fact that people wanted to be engaged, but he started a conversation about how WV could begin…
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Disrupting Class = Chapter 5
The System For Student-Centric Learning This is a complicated chapter to read and understand. Education, like a private business, is a “commercial system”. “A commercial system is the context within which a firm establishes its cost structure and operating processes and works with suppliers and channel partners to respond profitably to customers common needs. The…
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Educational Attainment Rankings
The U.S. Department of Education produces a report on educational attainment by state. Here you can view in detail what % of adults 18 years and over have attained high school, two-year, four-year and graduate degrees. Changing the trajectory of a region in this critical arena of life is difficult. Most of the lower-ranking states…