Category Archives: education reform

This can’t be done in our school

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Sylvia Martinez

Yesterday I wrote about my session epic fail. Don’t worry, I’m over that! The thing that made me feel the worst, though, was a glimpse of a session evaluation. I know speakers aren’t supposed to look at them, but they … Continue reading →

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Free access – Educational Leadership: Working with Tech-Savvy Kids

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Sylvia Martinez

Working with Tech-Savvy Kids article in Educational Leadership Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic. Powered by WP Greet Box ASCD’s magazine Educational Leadership has opened … Continue reading →

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10 Steps to Smarter Schools

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Sylvia Martinez

Education innovator Dennis Littky — co-founder of The Met school in Rhode Island, Big Picture Learning and College Unbound — knows that we can’t afford to fail our future. His ten steps to smarter schools: Continue reading →

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Educon 2.3 – a new kind of education conference

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Sylvia Martinez

Next weekend in Philadelphia will be the fourth annual Educon conference. I’m happy to say I’ve been to all of them so far, and it’s grown into one of my favorites of the year. There are several things I love … Continue reading →

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Learning @ School – Keynote

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Sylvia Martinez

I’m excited to be heading off to New Zealand next month to keynote the Learning@School 2011 conference in Rotorua (Feb 23-25). It looks like a wonderful conference, with some really interesting themes and strands. I’ll be talking about student leadership … Continue reading →

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Blaming the new new thing for an old old problem

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Sylvia Martinez

In Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction in the New York Times last month, reporter Matt Richtel opened up a gold mine of frustrated parents, educators and brain researchers all blaming digital devices for distracting youth from their real jobs … Continue reading →

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Teacher working conditions are student learning conditions

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Sylvia Martinez

“Teacher working conditions are student learning conditions” – a quick Google search didn’t turn up the source for this quote, but I’ve heard it for years. It’s one of those simple yet profound statements that sums up interconnectedness, yet vast … Continue reading →

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The Internet, Youth Deviance and the Problem of Juvenoia

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Sylvia Martinez

Why do we ignore the many indications of better, healthier, connected, smarter youth and believe all too easily that children today are narcissistic, alienated, and addicted to techno-drivel? Continue reading →

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Buzzword alert. What does formative assessment really mean?

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Sylvia Martinez

Education Week: Expert Issues Warning on Formative-Assessment Uses. Education Week has an excellent (and short!) article about how formative assessment is not a well-understood concept. I seem to be hearing the words “formative assessment” with greater frequency, perhaps moving into … Continue reading →

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The Future of Education interview – Sylvia Martinez

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Sylvia Martinez

Last week I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Steve Hargadon for his Future of Education web event series. It was a great conversation (Steve is an amazing interviewer!) We touched on a wide variety of subjects, including: “myths” … Continue reading →

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