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Pat Trotter posted
Owsley County is the only KY county to be part of the League of Innovative Schools. We should be able to add schools from the KVEC region as ARI implementation moves forward. http://www.digitalpromise.org/districts/owsley-county-schools
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Pat Trotter posted
Another useful resource is an initiative led by a group of 12 states working to create comprehensive, high-quality open educational resources (OER) supporting K-12 mathematics and English language arts that are aligned with state learning standards and leverage technology and provide digital content to students. http://k12oercollaborative.org/…Read More
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Pat Trotter posted
Good report on America’s Skills Challenge .
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.ets.org/s/research/29836/ ‘ title=’America’s Skills Challenge: Millennials and the Future’ image=’http://www.ets.org/s/research/29836/ /rsc/img/ets_logo_lg.png’]Recent research reveals an apparent paradox for U.S. millennials (born after 1980, ages 16–34): while they may be o…Read More2 Comments-
One statement in the article shouts out a strong challenge to all educators, “As a country, we need to confront not only how we can compete in a global economy, but also what kind of future we can construct when a sizable segment of our future workforce is not equipped with the skills necessary for higher-level.employment and meaningful p…Read More
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Paul Green posted
Teachers,
Here is a gold-mine for primary sources… Oral-histories for the Appalachian Region. Some of these are amazing!
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/collections/appalachia-oral-history-collection’ title=’Appalachia Oral History Collection | Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History’ image=”]Residents of Appalachia discuss…Read More -
Paul Green posted
Ok… every person that has any dealings with adolescents needs to watch this… Explains so much!!!
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_jayne_blakemore_the_mysterious_workings_of_the_adolescent_brain?language=en#t-239740′ title=’Sarah-Jayne Blakemore: The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain | Talk Video | TED.com’…Read More - Load More Posts
Good Stuff Pat. This reinforces other research I’ve been reading on similar topics.