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Instructor-Made Videos as a Learner Scaffolding Tool
instructor-made videos (IMVs) of three to 10 minutes in length on problematic topics or subject matter areas were produced for business, chemistry, and mathematics courses.
Initial findings revealed that multimodal IMVs involving the demonstration, illustration, and presentation of key terms, knowledge, skills, and resources can help students understand important procedures, structures, or mechanisms in previously problematic content. Simply stated, IMVs can have a positive impact on student learning.
69% of Internet users and 52% of adults in the United States have watched or downloaded videos online (Purcell, 2010).
38% of adult Internet users watch educational videos online, and that number is expected to rise significantly (Purcell, 2010)
Video incorporates multimedia resources, including text, images, sound, and speech, that when integrated effectively, form a powerful teaching and learning tool.
When a student processes and later reprocesses information, each medium reinforces the others while adding to the authenticity and reality of the learning context (Brown, Collins, & Duguid, 1989). As a result of their visual and auditory messages, videos extend learning to visual or episodic memory and help foster students' dual coding of information (Bonk, 2011; Paivio, 1986)
Video is also believed to have a nurturing value for instruction and to serve as an effective way to motivate learners, maintain their attention, and provide learning satisfaction (Choi & Johnson, 2005, 2007; Koumi, 2006; Mackey & Ho, 2008).
Learners become active in the video learning environment, able to pause, stop, skip, and/or rewind sections to review problematic content until understanding is achieved. Stated another way, video delivery of content allows students to choose what to watch, when to watch, and where to watch.
By enabling students to access and make use of the course content at their own pace, the online initiatives transformed the role of the instructors from that of demonstrators to a facilitative role in which they assisted the students in just-in-time learning. As such, video is an ideal vehicle for self-paced and self-directed learning. Hartsell and Yuen (2006), in fact, argue that learner control is the main advantage of incorporating streamed videos into distance learning courses.
online courses emphasize just-in-time learning and a customer-oriented approach by assisting students in better organizing and managing knowledge (Keengwe & Kidd, 2010; Mason, 2001; Hall, 2000)
Easy availability of online learning materials through portable devices like laptops, iPads, or iPods enables just-in-time learning for modern day students that often have to study in between work breaks or during commutes (Evan, 2008).
Videos are believed to capture a student's attention more effectively than other media.
beneficial aspects of videos also include attention-grabbing moving images, easy and repeated access to content, and the capability of modeling different ways to explain the same content (Branigan, 2005; Rose, 2009).
Hove and Corcoran (2008) reported that students with unlimited access to video capture of lectures performed significantly better than those without such access.
In a study on streaming video of captured lectures, Veeramani and Bradley (2008) found that 82% of more than 7,000 students preferred courses with an online lecture option because the captured lectures were deemed either "very important" or "somewhat important" for improving the retention of class content (78%) and improving their test scores (76%).
A key problem is that streamed videos used for teaching and learning are often 40 minutes or longer.
Poorly designed videos may not align well with course objectives or explicitly delineate key course concepts and principles (Williams, 2007).
videos produced on educational budgets rarely approximate the quality that students are accustomed to viewing on television or in motion pictures.
IMVs are videos that offer introductions to the instructor and other aspects of the course. In an IMV, the instructor might discuss weekly topics, detail course assignments, highlight aspects of the syllabus, offer test reviews, address discussion forum questions, or model difficult procedures and skills (Rose, 2009).
IMVs are brief and concise, typically less than 10 minutes in length.
What makes IMVs stand out is their scaffolding role – addressing those concepts that are the most difficult and typically cannot be resolved independently when students first encounter them.
Scaffolding is a supporting structure, base, or outline for learning. It is the "process through which learning efforts are supported" (Hannafin, Land, & Oliver, 1999, p. 131) by various means.
"conceptual scaffolding" can be provided to help learners identify key conceptual knowledge related to a problem.
With conceptual scaffolding, students may find that some tools are recommended for addressing the problem at a particular time.
The Adventures of Jasper Woodbury (video) series produced by John Bransford and the Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt (CTGV, 1990, 1991) was an early attempt to use videos as scaffolding tools. In the Jasper Woodbury series, students were provided with multiple opportunities to solve complex mathematical problems as well as communicate their thinking strategies and findings. Controllable variables (also called "crucial factors") were embedded in the series for students to reflect on and change (Chen & Hung, 2002). By solving these problems, students learned to manipulate the variables, observed how each variable interacted with the others, and gained an understanding of the relationships between the variables and outcomes (Chen & Hung, 2002). Student learning was facilitated through the process of scaffolding where the students' control of the number of variables was "systematically reduced in order to increase the complexity" and, consequently, student problem-solving capability (Chen & Hung, 2002, p. 151). To foster interdisciplinary thinking and more richly connected learning, students in the Jasper Woodbury project were also encouraged to make connections to other content areas and domains such as science, social studies, literature, and history (Vanderbilt University Peabody College, 1992).
Bonk (2011) used short YouTube videos in his courses to present behavioral concepts, motivation, cognitive theory, and other related course concepts. Situating learning in context, modeling certain skills and procedures, and accompanying instruction with visual and auditory messages, he found that web-based videos enable instructors and students to "personalize learning and make ideas come to life" (p. 153)
online videos represent helpful interactions between novice students and a more capable other. In effect, they provide the "process through which learning efforts are supported" (Hannafin et al., 1999, p. 131). As a result of such scaffolded support, students become capable of doing something beyond their independent efforts (CTGV, 1992).
IMVs appeared to play a highly positive role in terms of scaffolding student learning as well as instructor reflection on their own pedagogical practices. IMVs enabled students to see and hear their instructors. Such direct connections immediately bridged the gap that exists between students and their instructors in many online courses.
The instructors' demonstration, illustration, and presentation in the IMVs consisted of key terms, knowledge, skills, and resources that helped reveal related procedures, structures, or mechanisms for coping with and resolving problematic cases that the students encountered.
more students were able to grasp content that previously was beyond their reach.
Not too surprisingly, such just-in-time learning support was highly valued and long remembered. Learner emotions (i.e., high degree of satisfaction) and cognitions (i.e., enhanced conceptual learning) were intertwined. Stated another way, affect was tied to cognition. This is also in line with the findings of Evan's (2008) study, wherein students valued the flexibility available from the podcasts, which enabled them to study whenever and wherever they wanted.
The students might not have known what scaffolding meant, but their testimonials revealed deep appreciation for it. In fact, many stated that the instructor demonstrations, illustrations, and presentations in the IMVs offered "more clarification and in-depth information" about the topics and subject matter areas in question. In addition, these videos "added to the mix" of resources in their learning environment and helped them to "learn things that [they] might be confused about." As a result, with timely scaffolding from the IMVs, students were able to complete labs and comprehend readings that might otherwise have seemed impossible.
The findings show that the length of IMVs was not a decisive factor in student satisfaction. In contrast to expectations arising from the pilot study, whose findings suggest videos of 10 minutes or less are ideal, short videos were not necessarily the most popular. The responses from students show that sometimes it took longer than 10 minutes to clearly present an idea. When the concepts were clear, many of the students did not mind how long it took. Yet, it is always recommended to effectively portray an idea within the student's attention span.
Pan, G., Sen, S., Starrett, D., Rodgers, M., Tikoo, M., & Powell, D. (2010). The effectiveness of video component: An expanded follow-up investigation. In J. Sanchez & K. Zhang (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (pp. 2067-2072). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. Retrieved from Ed/ITLib Digital Library. (35857)
Stretching Your Technology Dollar
As district budgets shrink, technology departments will most certainly be affected. Here are 10 strategies to help you make the most of your technology dollar.
1. Use effective budgeting techniques.
Budgets ought to be a subset of a larger technology plan that's tied directly to district and school goals.
do zero-based budgeting every year. This means starting from scratch and itemizing every technology expense that the district needs to cover in the coming school year.
stakeholder input.
Did expending funds in this way have the anticipated result?
Take advantage of the (buying) power of groups.
A sustainable technology practice means
Not purchasing more technology than a school can regularly maintain, upgrade, and replace.
Rotating the technology. Let's give almost everyone a new computer for the price of a single computer lab.
Purchase the right tool for the right job.
To prevent overbuying, I consider these questions:
Is this a job for technology at all?
What exactly will users do with the equipment?
Where will the machine be used?
Will a reconditioned machine serve as well as a new one?
Could families rather than the school provide this item?
Take advantage of free software.
take a serious look at some high-quality software that's now available at no cost. There are basically three types of no-cost software:
Open-source software uses code that the creator has placed in the public domain and that a large body of users then rewrites and extends. The Linux operating system is probably the most famous open-source product available.
Minimally featured versions of commercial products are made available by a producer who then hopes that features or capacity available only in the purchased version will sell the software. Animoto and Dropbox work this way.
Web-based software applications that derive revenue from advertising are growing in popularity. Yahoo mail uses this economic model.
Head to the cloud.
Tools such as Google Apps for Education often have a surprisingly full feature set and are compatible with commercial programs.
I estimate that by using Google Apps for Education, our district of 7,300 students and 3,000 computers saves about $200,000 a year in hardware, software, storage, printing, and support costs.
Enforce standardization through single-point purchasing.
I've yet to see one activity, one teaching style, or even one type of schooling that works for everyone.
The only way to create such standardization is by having an enforced policy that states that all technology purchases need to be made through a single department.
Maximize your E-Rate funding.
Use an E-Rate consultant.
Work with regional telecommunication consortiums.
Save everything.
Take the process seriously.
Lobby your U.S. representative and senators.
Stop supporting obsolete technologies.
You should also be phasing out these obsolescent technologies:
desktop, rather than web-based, software
Provide sufficient training.
- Why it's useful.
- How to use it.
- How to use it to support teaching and learning.
Technology training has three simple but important components. Every device, application, and system needs to come with instructions on
If serious, formal training isn't part of your technology budget, don't worry much about the rest of it. The shiny things won't get used well anyway.
Doug Johnson is director of media and technology at Mankato Area Public Schools, Mankato, Minnesota.
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There's Arsenic in Your Kids' Apple Juice| Wed Nov. 30, 2011 11:08 AM PST
The FDA currently does not regulate arsenic levels in fruit juices, CR reports. But for bottled and tap water, the agency enforces a standard of no more than 10 parts per billion of arsenic.
Samples were drawn from juice in both concentrate and ready-to-drink forms, including juice boxes. All of the samples contained discernible arsenic samples; nine of them, or 10 percent of the total, were found to have arsenic levels that exceeded the drinking-water limit of 10 parts per billion. The samples were also tested for lead—and 25 percent showed levels higher than the FDA's lead standard for bottled water, which is 5 ppb.
"most" of the arsenic it found in juices was of the toxic inorganic variety. And while in an online Q&A about apple juice and arsenic, the FDA calls organic arsenic "essentially harmless," it adds a few paragraphs later that "some scientific studies have shown that two forms of organic arsenic found in apple juice could also be harmful, and because of this, the FDA counts these two forms of organic arsenic in with the overall content for inorganic arsenic."
the FDA is in fact "seriously considering" setting limits on the amount of arsenic it will allow in juice and is "collecting all relevant information to evaluate and determine an appropriate level."
And steady exposure to low levels of arsenic is linked to reduced intellectual capacity. Consumer Reports points to a 2004 study by Columbia University researchers showing decreased intellectual function in children exposed to drinking water with arsenic levels above 5 ppb as well as a 2011 study by Texas researchers finding that low-level arsenic exposure is "significantly related to poorer scores in language, visuospatial skills, and executive functioning" and "poorer scores in global cognition, processing speed, and immediate memory."
"Recent studies have shown that early childhood exposure to arsenic carries the most serious long term risk," researcher Joshua Hamilton of the Marine Biological Laboratory told Consumer Reports. "So even though reducing arsenic exposure is important for everyone, we need to pay special attention to protecting pregnant moms, babies, and young kids."
The brands that fared worst (again, I should stress the caveat about sample size) were Walgreens grape juice, Welch's grape juice, Walmart's Great Value apple juice, and Mott's apple juice in juice boxes. Samples of the two organic brands in the test, Whole Foods' 365 Everyday Value organic apple juice and Gerber Organic apple juice, had arsenic content of around 7 parts per billion (Whole Foods) and 5 parts per billion (Gerber)—well above Consumer Union's desired threshold, but below the FDA's drinking-water standard.
Tom Philpott is the food and ag blogger for Mother Jones. For more of his stories, click here. To follow him on Twitter, click here. Get Tom Philpott's RSS feed.
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Houston ISD libraries have slipped into further disrepair, despite a $10 million investment over the last three years.
More than 80 percent of HISD libraries fail to meet state guidelines for staffing and book collections, and an additional 20 percent of the district's 289 schools don't even have functioning libraries, according to Houston Independent School District data.
"It's incredibly disheartening when the largest district in Texas has librarians at less than half of its campuses," said Gloria Meraz, Texas Library Association spokeswoman.
Stepping Into the Breach
By Sue Marquette Poremba
almost every school has suffered a breach or an exposure at some point.
breaches are not only inevitable but will occur more than once.
schools should do whatever they can to secure their networks, but
Critical components of a plan include alerting potential victims that their information may have been compromised, explaining the situation to the public, and internal steps for identifying and analyzing the damage and re-establishing a secure system.
institutions must also have a plan in place to deal with the aftermath of a breach.
The first step, though, is to come clean.
"If you let the media control the message, it is going to be a painful experience," says Jeremiah Grossman, chief technology officer with WhiteHat Security. "It has to be all about honesty and transparency to make sure there remains a level of trust in the institution."
One strategy is to give the communications departments a prepared script about the breach.
one of the biggest mistakes that organizations make is trying to quickly shut down any malicious activity.
If this is an accidental breach, then you will need to understand what happened and how. If this is a malicious breach, then it is imperative that the systems involved remain active--any attempt to cut off the attackers will only alert them and may destroy any evidence on the breached systems. If it does appear to be a malicious breach, you should call in a forensic team and law enforcement before you change anything.
the clock is ticking. "As soon as we discover the significance of an exposure or breach, we have 45 days to notify the people whose sensitive information may have been exposed
Having a website dedicated to the problem is also valuable. The website should include basic information about what happened, what the school might be offering (like free credit monitoring for a prescribed amount of time), and an FAQ that is regularly updated with any new questions that come in. The help center should also include the website address as part of any recorded phone message.
there is a window of opportunity to respond to a breach. It just happens that that this window comes before the breach ever occurs. Drawing up a clear incident-response plan with well-defined responsibilities can save your organization millions of dollars in costs and a lot of embarrassing publicity.
In data security parlance, there is a subtle--but important--difference between a breach and an exposure. An exposure is an incident where someone obtained access to your data but you aren't sure if anyone actually looked at it. In a breach, you know someone looked at it.
Sue Marquette Poremba is a Central Pennsylvania-based writer who specializes in security and technology.
The New Einsteins Will Be Scientists Who Share
From cancer to cosmology, researchers could race ahead by working together—online and in the open
In January 2009, a mathematician at Cambridge University named Tim Gowers decided to use his blog to run an unusual social experiment. He picked out a difficult mathematical problem and tried to solve it completely in the open, using his blog to post ideas and partial progress.
The discussion ignited, and in just six weeks, the mathematical problem had been solved.
they have pioneered a new approach to problem-solving. Their work is an example of the experiments in networked science that are now being done to study everything from galaxies to dinosaurs.
These projects use online tools as cognitive tools to amplify our collective intelligence. The tools are a way of connecting the right people to the right problems at the right time, activating what would otherwise be latent expertise.
Ventures such as the Polymath Project remain the exception, not the rule.
If you're a scientist applying for a job or a grant, the biggest factor determining your success will be your record of scientific publications. If that record is stellar, you'll do well. If not, you'll have a problem. So you devote your working hours to tasks that will lead to papers in scientific journals.
Consider, for example, the open scientific wikis launched by a few brave pioneers in fields like quantum computing, string theory and genetics (a wiki allows the sharing and collaborative editing of an interlinked body of information, the best-known example being Wikipedia).
Specialized wikis could serve as up-to-date reference works on the latest research in a field, like rapidly evolving super-textbooks. They could include descriptions of major unsolved scientific problems and serve as a tool to find solutions.
most such wikis have failed.
We have to overthrow the idea that it's a diversion from "real" work when scientists conduct high-quality research in the open.
we must first choose to create a scientific culture that embraces the open sharing of knowledge.
Mr. Nielsen is a pioneer in the field of quantum computing and the author of "Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science," from which this is adapted.
The End of Isolation
This research study provides new insight into how teachers use social networking sites, such as Twitter, as professional learning networks.
The K-12 educators in this study engaged in true dialogue, where evidence of actual conversation occurred in Twitter over 61% of the time. Additionally, over 82% of the time, the educators in this study chose to follow other educators or content experts related to their field of teaching so they were able to create a personal learning network meaningful to their professional needs. Analysis of data shows that a majority of tweets were educationally focused and were primarily in the categories of practice/philosophy, questions, and sharing of resources.
As professionals collaborate and construct knowledge together, communities of practice are formed (Wenger, 1991, 1998: Wenger, White, Smith, & Rowe, 2005), which is viewed as a valuable practice that supports professional learning and development. Teachers need to be able to engage in dialogue with others who can give support and advice so they can try new and different techniques. These experiences in turn allow for knowledge growth and for a person's cognitive schema to assimilate and change. There have been significant benefits found in relation to the power of continual collaborative professional development (Musanti & Pence, 2010).
No longer is it necessary for collaboration and learning to take place in face-to-face settings, or even within the same building, city, state or country.
Instead, interactions may take place in various online settings such as Twitter (in the form of short 140 character interactions) as members ask questions, formulate responses, or make statements, which instantaneously allows for the end of isolation, even as a teacher sits alone in a classroom.
- construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system,
- articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and
- view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system.
the concept of social network sites (SNSs) has emerged and such sites are now seen as a venue for collaboration to transpire. Boyd and Ellison (2007) have defined a social network site as a place on the Internet where people are able to:
SNSs offer the opportunity for people to find "significant others that can help them in their personal development" (Harrison & Thomas, 2009, p. 121).
Others have found that SNSs such as Twitter are a way to give a group or network a sense of itself (Thompson, 2007) as people are in contact with each other.
There is also a growing body of research to show that the use of backchannels has positive results for students, including increased engagement, empowerment, increased collaborative interactions, and enhanced learning (Toledo & Peters, 2010). Additionally, Reinhardt et al. found that conference attendees could communicate, share resources and be active participants in the conference along with the ability to view and learn from streams occurring in other sectionals (2009). These positive backchannel results have prompted the need to look at individual teachers and their personal use of Twitter rather than just during a professional development opportunity.
"I think that about 90% of those I network with are related to my job in some way. I really don't use Twitter for my personal life. I follow many teachers who are science/ biology/marine science teachers, educators, or other sources of such information because it pertains for my job."
- Access to resources
- Supportive relationships
- Increased leadership capacity
- Development of a professional vision
In the survey, participants were asked how using Twitter has benefited them professionally. Four unique themes emerged from their responses:
"I have been able to implement ideas from others in my own classroom, and share my own ideas which people have helped me improve."
"It's great to be able to connect with people who are useful resources. They can point me to activities, lessons, etc. that will directly impact my students." Participant 1 describes the importance of this type of networking in the face of decreasing school budgets:
"I am the only biology teacher at my school. Collaboration is a bit difficult when others don't know the subject or don't understand the content because of the level that I teach…Twitter has provided me the means to connect with others and help me find answers that I would have trouble obtaining otherwise."
Little (1993) claims that "the test of teachers' professional development is its capacity to equip teachers individually and collectively to act as shapers, promoters, and well-informed critics of reform" (p. 130).
Additionally, Richardson (1997) suggests that the main objective of professional development should be to foster changes in teachers' knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes because these components of teacher cognition are closely tied to teaching practice.
The K-12 educators in this study engaged in true dialogue, where evidence of actual conversation occurred in Twitter over 61% of the time. Additionally, over 82% of the time, the educators in this study chose to follow other educators or content experts related to their field of teaching so they were able to create a personal learning network meaningful to their professional needs.
Darling-Hammond and McLaughlin (1995) state that teachers need professional development that extends far beyond the one-shot workshop. They need opportunities to learn how to question, analyze and change instruction to teach challenging content.
Loucks-Horsley and colleagues (Loucks-Horsley, Love, Stiles, Mundry, & Hewson, 2003) argue that effective professional development should: provide opportunities for teachers to build content and pedagogical content knowledge; be research based and engages teachers in the learning approaches they will use with their students; provide opportunities for teachers to collaborate; supports teachers to serve in leadership roles, links with other parts of the education system and; is based on student data and is continuously evaluated.
Professional learning networks created through social networking, like Twitter, can provide these opportunities. However, collaborative conversations alone are often not enough to promote teacher learning and change.
Teachers must try complex innovations in their classroom and reflect upon these implementations in order to extract from experience the knowledge that leads to improved teaching (Ladewski, Krakcik, & Harvey, 1994).
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Pearson Debuts Free LMS with Google Apps Integration
Publishing and education tech behemoth Pearson has introduced a new, free, cloud-based LMS for higher education. OpenClass, as the LMS is named, is expected to appear in the Google Apps Marketplace for Education Oct. 18.
Users will be able to launch OpenClass from within Google Apps or access their Google applications from OpenClass, which, the company declared, has no hardware, licensing, or hosting costs.
"OpenClass has huge potential for higher education," said Adrian Sannier, senior vice president of Learning Technologies at Pearson. "OpenClass accelerates what technology will do for learning with a free, open and innovative platform that easily scales and lets students work via social media, with an intense focus on learning that elevates achievement."
OpenClass, the application will eventually provide tools to enable an instructor to import existing materials from "most of the major LMSes."
Once inside OpenClass, both student and faculty users can access e-mail, documents, and calendars.
The program has two primary feeds, "Activity" and "People," which show up within an individual's workspace, representing all of the courses he or she is in.
the main reason for our 9.1 percent unemployment rate is the steep drop in aggregate demand in the Great Recession. But it is not the only reason. "The Great Recession" is also coinciding with — and driving — "The Great Inflection."
The connected world was a challenge to blue-collar workers in the industrialized West. They had to compete with a bigger pool of cheap labor. The hyperconnected world is now a challenge to white-collar workers. They have to compete with a bigger pool of cheap geniuses — some of whom are people and some are now robots, microchips and software-guided machines.
this rising global army of freelancers the way he describes his own team: "They all have Ph.D.'s. They are poor, hungry and driven: P.H.D."
In the hyperconnected world, there is only "good" "better" and "best," and managers and entrepreneurs everywhere now have greater access than ever to the better and best people, robots and software everywhere. Obviously, this makes it more vital than ever that we have schools elevating and inspiring more of our young people into that better and best category, because even good might not cut it anymore and average is definitely over.
Texas Schools, Publishers Adjust to Power Shift
A new state law that decentralizes the selection and purchase of instructional materials for public school students has sparked significant discussion about how it will affect the power of the politically charged State Board of Education to control what's taught in Texas classrooms.
School districts are also using the same money to support technological hardware like iPads and salaries for technology training and support staff.
While the Board of Education still approves textbooks for students to use, Texas' 1,237 districts and charter schools are free to ignore its recommendations and purchase what they want in order to teach to the state's standards. The intent of the new law, its proponents say, is to give more local control to parents and administrators and to free districts to update their technology more frequently and as they see fit.
On Aug. 3, the Texas Education Agency distributed $750 million among the state's districts and charter schools to spend on textbooks of both the ink-and-paper and digital variety. That sum also includes money for technology hardware and salaries. Districts received 70 percent of these funds for the biennium this year, with the remaining 30 percent to come next year.
According to an analysis from Texas Curriculum, a group sponsored by the Association of American Publishers' School Division, as of last week only 33 percent of districts had placed orders for 9th grade English materials, and only 40 percent of this year's allotment had been spent.
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Online enrollment drops
State funding cuts chip away at programsPosted: September 26, 2011 - 10:55pm
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State cuts totaling $4 billion over two years are taking a bite out of online learning programs and eating into budgets for traditional classrooms.
Enrollment in the district's online classes through the Texas Virtual Schools Network plunged to 50 this fall from 1,300 students across the state last year, said Jay Barrett, principal of Amarillo ISD's Online School.
The state had provided a "virtual school allotment" since the 2009-10 school year that paid $400 for each student who took online network classes, Barrett said. The state is not funding the allotment this year and students' families must pick up the cost, Barrett said.
"The decline in enrollment is directly because of that," he said.
Enrollment in classes on the Texas Virtual Schools Network decreased by more than 2,400 students compared to last year's fall semester, according to the online network.
That barely covers paying the teacher for the work he or she does with the kids," he said.
"We're not making any money on it. It's bare bones."
Encouraging Innovation
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In 2008, Scarborough Research named El Paso, Texas, the top texting market in the United States among cell phone users age 18 and older. As director of instructional technology for the 65,000-student El Paso Independent School District, I find this statistic telling.
If you count cell phones and other Wi-Fi–capable devices, K–12 may be close to achieving a one-to-one student-to-computer ratio — the Holy Grail of educational technology. We've gotten there, in large part, through no concerted effort of our own.
Will Richardson, author of the influential educational technology blog Weblogg-ed, likes to hold up his cell phone and tell his audience that students have access to "the sum total of human knowledge in a device the size of a deck of cards."
Most schools prohibit the use of personal electronics on campus. But this ban rarely applies to faculty and administrators. Students see the hypocrisy of these policies, of course, and bring their gadgets anyway, betting that teachers are too preoccupied to catch them while they text under their desks — the 21st century equivalent of note passing.
Planning and training are key to any implementation of a "bring your own technology," or BYOT, initiative. IT departments, for example, need to learn how to come to peaceful terms with devices they have fought against for years. Here are a few pointers to make the transition easier:
Consult with your curriculum department to determine where student-owned devices would be used most often. Should these devices be allowed districtwide, restricted to certain grade levels or available only in select locations on each campus?
Expect resistance from your network staff. How will you deal with their concerns about bandwidth, filtering and other related issues? Have a plan in place before you embrace BYOT.
Pilot the program at select campuses to identify and eliminate unforeseen bugs. Start small, then go big. Expect to encounter a few bumps along the way; setbacks are learning experiences, not roadblocks.
Remember: You aren't the first to try this. Seek out other districts that have made the switch to BYOT and ask for their advice.
Students must be taught how to use their electronics for education instead of entertainment.
administrators must collaborate with technology and curriculum personnel to develop acceptable-use policies that allow for the influx of student-owned devices.
Parents must be educated about what their children's schools will and will not allow.
Kevin Honeycutt, a fellow educational technology blogger and industry speaker, likes to say that at the electronic buffet of knowledge that is the Internet, our students are eating the napkins because no one is showing them where the meat and potatoes are located.
Tim Holt, director of instructional technology for the El Paso (Texas) Independent School District, speaks frequently about technology integration in schools. Follow him at timholt.net or plurk.com/timholt.
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Can spending time on sites like Facebook actually help kids in school?
That's what new research from the University of Maryland suggests. Professor Christine Greenhow has found that students build important bonds when they connect with school friends on social networking sites.
"When kids feel connected and have a strong sense of belonging to the school community, they do better in school," said Greenhow, an education professor. "They persist in school at higher rates and achieve at higher rates. ... It's pretty promising that engaging in social networking sites could help them to develop and deepen their bonds over time."
Greenhow surveyed about 600 low-income high school students and concluded that in addition to deepening friendships, some students use the sites to get tips about college and career options.
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She has studied adolescent Internet habits since 2007, and found that high school students are boosting their creativity and technical skills through the sites.
educators who incorporate social media into the classroom can make lessons more relevant and meaningful.
"The big advantage is kids can be authors, they can add links and pictures and comments and it's very familiar to them," said Domanico, who teaches at La Jolla Country Day School, a private nursery-12th grade school in San Diego County. "It gave them more resources and made it a little more interesting."
Last year, the U.S. Department of Education released its National Education Technology Plan, which includes a proposal to use social networking as a platform for learning.
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England managed to sneak a morale-boosting seven-wicket victory over an Australia Invitational XI between the showers at the Sydney Cricket Ground ahead of first Ashes Test.
Michael Carberry, in particular, can head to the Gabba with a spring in his step for his second Test cap after reaching 50 in all three warm-up matches and helping England pass a target of 148 with 16.2 overs to spare but in the nick of time as more rain threatened.
The other notable 'winners' included Jonny Bairstow, who took seven catches in the match as the injured Matt Prior's deputy, doubtless enhancing confidence should England's first-choice wicketkeeper fail to recover from a calf problem in time for next week.
Boyd Rankin finished with 3-46 and Steven Finn 3-88 as the Invitationals mustered a second-innings 261 all out at lunch.
England then lost Alastair Cook, bowled trying to cut a leg-break from James Muirhead, to be 40 for one when forecast rain arrived and brought an early tea.
But Carberry, who hit 50 and seems assured of adding to his solitary Test cap as Cook's opening partner, dug in admirably.
On a pitch showing significant signs of wear - especially for Muirhead, who found some alarming bounce at times - Carberry's was a telling contribution.
Promoted to open last week in Hobart in preference to Joe Root - who will now almost certainly be deployed in the middle order next week at Brisbane - the left-hander completed his 69-ball half-century with a cover-drive off Muirhead for his eighth four.
He got himself out, without further addition, when he mistimed a pull at the leg-spinner and was caught in the leg-side ring to end a stand of 51 with Jonathan Trott.
Carberry had already put England within striking distance of a first win of the tour after draws in Perth and then rainy Tasmania.
The final straight was not without its complications, however.
Trott would have been run out by 12 yards or more on 17 had wicketkeeper Peter Nevill's shy at one stump hit the target after Kevin Pietersen set off for a single off Muirhead to short square-leg.
Moments later, Trott was dropped at slip off Muirhead by Aaron Finch - and then Pietersen played across a straight ball from Chris Tremain to be bowled off his pad.
Trott and Ian Bell ensured, however, that the wobble got no worse, the latter ending proceedings with a straight six just before the heavens opened once more.
After heavy overnight rain, Cook had given Rankin and Finn the first opportunity as the Invitationals resumed on 153 for four on a pitch which had spent several hours under cover again.
The two seamers were unable to take immediate advantage, and it was not until Stuart Broad was summoned that Kurtis Patterson opened the door to England with a poor shot - a front-foot pull at a delivery that was not short enough and bowled the left-hander off an under-edge.
Ryan Carters was joined by Nevill, the partnership which had held England up for 58 overs in the first innings.
This time, they managed only 12 overs before Nevill edged Finn behind on the back foot - and Bairstow, who did little wrong throughout, claimed a low catch.
The wicketkeeper was neat and safe again in the next over when Carters got a thin edge down the leg-side off Graeme Swann.
The second new ball, and Rankin's extra bounce, was too much for Josh Lalor – who, with only eight to his name at number eight, became the first batsman to go for a single-figure score in the innings.
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The objective of this research project is to study new methods to effectively incorporate the public, and their views, into meaningful participation in the environmental policy process. To accomplish this objective, the social forces that influence community perceptions will be researched, as well as the techniques of policy development and implementation. My initial work, therefore, will take place in the classroom, followed by hypothesis development. Validation and ultimate refinement will be accomplished using current data from an ongoing environmental project at the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR). The MMR site was chosen for this study because it is a sizable project, the public has been actively involved in the policy process for several years, and there exists substantial documentation of past public participation efforts.Supplemental Keywords:
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee Republicans are calling for the rejection of a United Nations agenda on the environment and poverty.
The resolution, which "recognizes the destructive and insidious nature of United Nations Agenda 21," was approved 72-23 in the House on Thursday.
Rep. Kevin Brooks of Cleveland says the resolution is similar to one that the national GOP passed and "encouraged all their state Republican parties to follow suit."
Brooks said the agenda is a veiled attempt to take away property rights.
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A decision at the end of April to uphold a Florida ban on judges directly soliciting campaign funds should be win for progressives. But like almost everything from the Roberts Court, the ruling still favors conservatives.
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Federal Judge Rules Obama Administration Didn't Go Far Enough to Accommodate Opponents of Birth Control Benefit
A federal judge in Florida ruled Ave Maria University did not have to comply with the Obama administration's latest accommodation process for religiously affiliated nonprofits that object to coverage of contraception in insurance plans.
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Upcycle 55 Gallon Black Rain BarrelItem # HN-UPI002
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These were four and five of our properties rain barrels and they are much worse quality than our other three. Neither have the pictured spout. One arrived without the top stuck askew. We've never been able to unscrew it. That same one did not have a cap to the little spouts where a spigot should go and the other leaks through two of the spouts. Skip these! There are so many great rain barrels out there. No need to settle for these hastily put together ones.
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i had purchased several rain barrels from a city semi sale a few years ago and they suited me quite well until this last winter was colder than usual and 2 of them cracked - i drain them completely for winter but those were much thinner grade plastic - i purchased this one to see how i liked it and the quality is much better, much thicker plastic and food grade to boot - i personally did not want one that had a flat back as does not sit up next to my house and i need ones that i can take the top off readily as i scoop a watering can to fill rather than wait for it to fill via the spout or hose - i also need ones that can drain the downspout right on top of the lid for ease of installation - this one suited my needs so well i went ahead and bought a 2nd one - the price is reasonable for the quality - the city semi sale ones i bought years ago were about half the cost but as mentioned 2 of them did not last the last winter - recommend highly if this style works for you
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In Vivo Control and Visualization of Stem Cell-Driven CNS Regeneration
Stem-cell mediated therapy is a promising candidate for an extensive array of central nervous system (CNS) diseases including, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke, and spinal cord injuries. The ability of stem cells to potentially regenerate non-dividing cells such as neurons holds great promise for the development of new therapies to restore damages caused by such debilitating diseases. Recent development of induced pluripotent stem cells (IPSC) further increased the societal viability of such therapeutic strategies by removing the ethical concerns inherent with embryonic stem cells (ESC). IPSCs are derived from cells that form the bodies of organisms as opposed to sperm or egg cells. They also offer the advantage of the possibility of being derived from the patients receiving the treatment, and therefore remove the risk of rejection, requiring no immunosuppressive drugs.
However, despite such great potential and the urgency of the calls for cure, the actual number of approved stem cell therapies to date remains insignificant. Primary reasons for this under-utilized potential include the highly varying therapy efficacy, and the possibility of serious side effects resulting from interference with normal CNS functions. One of the main difficulty lies in the fact that the CNS, mainly consisting of the brain, is a highly complex structure which consists of approximately 100 billion neurons and 300 billion cells supporting the function of these neurons with various cell types and dense connections. Without a way to precisely monitor how these stem cell transplantations perturb the complex CNS system, proper placement of these regenerating elements (stem cells) in the brain and spinal cord becomes an extremely difficult task.
In this proposal, we seek to provide a break-through in a search for the development of stem cell mediated therapies by developing a method to directly visualize the effects of the stem cell transplantation. This will be achieved by combining genetic techniques that will introduce modulatory capability to neural cells based on its cell type. We will strategically introduce capabilities for the underlying neural circuit as well as transplanted stem cells to be modulated by light. For stem cells, we expect our proposed technique to allow modulatory capability from only those developing into specific cell types. This cell-specific modulation capability will then combined with a novel imaging technique called passband b-SSFP fMRI, permitting non-invasive and high-resolution visualization of the regeneration processes. This project, upon its success, will provide direct functional assessment capabilities for the regenerated nerve tissue. This in turn will provide key guidance for developing novel stem cell therapies for CNS diseases.
Stem cell mediated therapy is a highly promising technology that gives us hope for a cure of many debilitating central nervous system (CNS) diseases that do not have an alternative for cure. With recent outstanding developments in stem cell biology, we are accelerating towards the search for a viable therapy. However, one of the main road blocks in developing a full blown therapy utilizing these advances in stem cell biology is the lack of tools to quantitatively monitor the direct effects of the stem cell transplantation. We seek to be instrumental in this search for a cure by introducing a completely novel way of directly assessing the functionality of stem cell driven neural circuitry in vivo. This project, upon its success, will allow accelerated development of novel stem cell therapies for a wide range of brain and spinal cord diseases that include Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke, and spinal cord injuries.
This technology will function as a bridge between the many outstanding efforts in stem cell biology and the development of stem cell mediated therapy, accelerating the search for a cure. Such accelerated development will not only provide help for many patients in urgent need for care in California, it will also greatly help the California economy by placing the state at the leading edge of the therapeutic method development. This technology will lead to accelerated search for new reagents, protocols, and technologies associated with cell therapy, which will stimulate the economy through patents, royalties, licensing fees, formation of new businesses, and adaptation of the technology by existing biotech companies, increasing California tax revenue and creating new jobs for Californians. The high impact of the proposed research will provide the much needed care for the Californians with debilitating diseases while holding a great promise for placing California at the leading edge of stem cell therapy and care.


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(Photo courtesy of D. Lordkipanidze)BURGOS, SPAIN—A controversial new study reported in Science News claims that two species of human ancestors are present at the nation of Georgia's site of Dmanisi. The partial skeletons, which display disparities in several skeletal features, including jaw sizes, had all been categorized as Homo erectus individuals living some 1.8 million years ago by the excavators. But a team led by José María Bermúdez de Castro of the National Research Center on Human Evolution claims that small-jawed individuals were related to early African Homo populations, while the larger-jawed individuals belonged to Homo georgicus that lived at the site several hundred thousand years later.
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Gay Marriage Debate - Monroe, NC
Discuss the national Gay Marriage debate in Monroe, NC.
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#1 Jan 17, 2012
Two consenting adults should be able to do as they please without the whole world interfering. Its not like their private life is affecting anyone else in any way, so why the hell not?
#2 Jan 17, 2012
I support same-sex marriage because I would like to get married some day to the woman I love.
All through out high school and even now, I deal with a lot of discrimination based on my sexuality. It's mostly for religious reasons. Many people who immigrated here came to escape religious persecution and today I am being persecuted for my sexuality due to religious reasons. I am being told I'm going to hell, given death threats, and have even been physically assaulted due to loving another woman.
That in itself is immoral. Marriage is a basic human right that is between two (or more) consenting human adults. Given that it is a human right, it is not something it should be voted upon. I should already have this right.
When you claim that you need to protect "traditional marriage", I'm not sure which marriage you mean. Is that marriage where a woman is your property? How about marriage between a woman and her rapist? A child and her adult husband? A dead corpse to another dead corpse (China)? Two people of the same race marrying? Marriage has changed over the years, so have the traditions that are rooted in pagan traditions.(Carrying the bride through the door way, and throwing rice for example.) Marriage has been around far longer than Christianity has been.
I want equality and liberty... I want America to be what it proclaims to be: a land for justice, freedom and liberty for all. I want America to be the home of the brave instead of being nestled in deep seated fears on any non-heterosexual person out there, and backing it up with religion.
#3 Jan 17, 2012
Who am I to say what anyone else can and cannot do? The 'sanctity of marriage' argument is ridiculous, and really, are we still living in ancient times? I wasn't aware that we lived in a country that everyone's religion views affected any one else.
#4 Jan 17, 2012
The only people affected by gays getting married are the gays. Everyone has the right to be happy and marry the person they love
#5 Jan 19, 2012
Everyone should have the right to marry the person he or she loves!
Since: Dec 12
#6 Dec 9, 2012
man and a woman!!!!!!!!!!
#7 Dec 9, 2012
How would same sex marriage change or have any effect at all on your life
#8 Dec 9, 2012
Liberalism is absurd.
#9 Dec 10, 2012
Same sex marriage isnt about 2 loving people spending their lives together, NO ONE cares if they do that. What gays want is to force people to call them married, and that aint happening.The marriage part is to attempt to force religous people to recognize their union as godly, and it isnt.
Homosexuality may come to people naturally, but that doesnt make it normal, any more than pedophilia or beastialty, or any other abnormal mental condition.
#10 Dec 10, 2012
"Same sex marriage isnt about 2 loving people spending their lives together"
This is the only statement in your post that is true. Cohabitation, both ss and os has been going on, is going on, and when (not if, but when) ssm is law, it will continue to go on without many people caring. Which is ironic when you consider most people against ssm use the Bible to defend their stance, yet do not say word one about mf living together before marriage. They want laws against ssm because the Bible says it is wrong... yet Do not ask for laws prohibiting cohabitation before marriage, which the Bible says is wrong also. I think that is, at best, called having a double standard, at worst being a hypocrite.
"What gays want is to force people to call them married, and that aint happening."
And here is where your argument goes off the track. The homosexual community does not want to "force" anyone to call them married. They want equal rights as american citizens. They want the right to enter into a civil contract between two consenting adults. Such contract the government gives certain benefits, both legal and monetary. This contract is offered to a certain group of citizens yet not to all citizens. To do t his the government must show overwhelming states interest in denying the citizen that right... The government has yet to do that... why because there is no interest .
"The marriage part is to attempt to force religous people to recognize their union as godly, and it isnt."
Wrong again. When, not if but when, ssm becomes law of the land, religions will NEVER be force to recognize it as "godly". Called seperation of church and state. The government can not tell a church what to believe. The church will have EVERY right to deny marrying a ssc. So ssm has no effect on the church what so ever... but nice strawman you put up.
"Homosexuality may come to people naturally, but that doesnt make it normal"
You were so close to being right on this one...
Homosexuality does, not may, come to people naturally. No one chooses their sexuality. No one chooses to be attracted to the opposite sex, or the same sex.
Now while homosexuality is not common... it does not make it abnormal. Since homosexualty has been found in literally hundreds of animals, it is not abnormal... just not common. Major difference.
Now if we go by your "not normal" stance... what rights do you want to deny someone who was born blind, or with a deformaty? These people were not born "normal". So obviously you believe that if you were not born "normal" it is ok to treat you differently and not with the same rights as American citizens.... so what right do you want to deny them?
#11 Dec 11, 2012
Call it what it is, sexual retardation.
United States
#12 Dec 11, 2012
No by gods way.you ever seen a gay dog , cat. Cow ,and so one . Your not born that way you chose to be like that.but to each ,own
#13 Dec 11, 2012
Whats right... you are wrong.
A) here is a list of animals (mammals, as the entire list is MUCH longer) that have been DOCUMENTED to have homosexual in them
Brown Bear[17]
Brown Rat[18]
Cat (domestic)[20]
Cattle (domestic)[21]
Common Dolphin[26]
Common Marmoset[27]
Horse (domestic)[33]
You will notice how dogs, cats and cattle (cows)... make the list....
B) You say "Your not born that way you chose to be like that."... when did you choose to be hetero?.... Not when did you first start noticing the opposite sex and get all tingly in your nether regions... but when did you sit down, look at all the posibilities, weigh the pros and cons, and then come to a life altering decicision that from that point on you would be attracted to the opposite sex and be a hetero sexual?....
I have asked this to all people who claim homosexuality is a choice....yet no one has told me the date and circumstances under which they chose to be hetero..... wonder why....
#14 Dec 11, 2012
If you don't like gay marriage..don't get gay married. Otherwise, let everyone else do as they please. I wish someone cared that much when I married my ex. Somebody should have held a protest outside of THAT event!
#15 Dec 11, 2012
how can a man look at another mans hairy ass and find love?
#16 Dec 11, 2012
if god thought it was right don't you think all could reproduce . And how many of these animals have you talked to ? Lmao or do you spend your time watching
#17 Dec 11, 2012
No just reading facts (I know a concept which is foreign to you) from various scientific proven studies. Funny, people like you want the world to follow what is said in a book which has no proof whatsoever, yet when confronted with proven facts... you laugh....
So tell me again why you believe it is ok to not allow two sets of citizens the right to enter into a civil contract with the person of their choice, one which the government gives certain perks, both monitary and legal, all the while allowing two other people to enter into it. Per the 14th the state must show an overwhelming interest when denying rights given to one group to another ... so what is the overwhelming interest here.
#18 Dec 11, 2012
The answer is civil unions not marriage. Let the Christians have the term "marriage" in their little old worship churches where they believe in demons, spirits, angels and messiahs and a meaner than hell God who just wants to control your life. Total Bullsh-t. No modern person believes those pagan fairytales. Given a few more generations and Christianity will die out. Already there are churches closing in every city. Bible colleges are closing down for lack of students. Look at where people are going on Sunday morning. It's not to church! Modern people like us like to live our own lives without the restrictions of some religion telling us how to live. If I want to have sex with my girlfriend I'm not bothering a goddamn soul. Even the messiah of our generation Barrack Obama supports the gay life. You old fools can go striaght to your hell. Lisa
#19 Dec 11, 2012
" The answer is civil unions not marriage."
Sorry wrong answer. Until the laws change making civil unions equal in ever way shape and form to marriage c.u. are not the answer. I hope you are aware of the MANY MANY inequities between c.u. and marriage. If not I will be glad to point them out.
"Even the messiah of our generation Barrack Obama supports the gay life. You old fools can go striaght to your hell. Lisa"
First of all the messiah of our generation... only if you worship the devil.
Second are you really that naive to believe the Big O supports ssm? In 08 he announced he was against it. In 4 years of president he did nothing to repeal DOMA. Yes he told his justice department not to defend it... which is unconstitutional at best. That is what the doj of for defending the laws of the land bad as they may be. So in 2012, when his poll #'s were as low in not lower than ANY incumbat president in recent history, he all the sudden has a "change of heart" and is not supporting ssm. Shored up the gay vote and many liberal votes. My bet is, if SCOTUS does not knock it down before the end of his term, the big O will do NOTHING about DOMA. At best he was pandering for votes.
#20 Dec 11, 2012
If you want to eat outgoing ahead .suck a a pole so what .but you will answer .just as I will be to lol see you there
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