Friday, September 11, 2009

Experts: Test focus driving education wrong way, not preparing college-bound NYC students

Experts: Test focus driving education wrong way, not preparing college-bound NYC students

Some of the state-mandated Regents tests have been dumbed down in the past eight years, experts say, and many students' SAT scores leave them unprepared for college.


David Wiley's Open Course on Open Education

Here's the link the to wiki syllabus for David Wiley's Fall 2007 course about Open Education. There's still time to sign up for this online course. "The goals of the course are (1) to give you a firm grounding in the current state of the field of open education, including related topics like copyright, licensing, and sustainability, (2) to help you locate open education in the context of mainstream instructional technologies like learning objects, and (3) to get you thinking, writing, and dialoguing creatively and critically about current practices and possible alternative practices in open education." Those who don't want to participate in the course will still find value in the online readings and the links to OER sites. ____JH Read the rest ...

Developing The Mind Of A Lawyer

People pursue legal careers for different reasons, of course. For some, the dream of becoming a famously successful - and well-paid - litigation attorney motivates them. Others are inspired by the opportunity to make their mark as a civil advocate, fighting for others’ rights. Still others simply want a dependable income and respectable career. Regardless of the motivation, an interesting things happens to aspiring lawyers: they begin to develop a new way of interpreting the world around them Read more ...