Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 01/03/2012

• Columbia University to Offer ‘Occupy 101′ Course

  "Columbia University is offering a new course on Occupy Wall Street next semester — sending upperclassmen and grad students into the field for full course credit. "

  tags: news highered occupy socialmedia currentevents

• Gov. Cuomo to announce state education commission to reform schools: A.M. News Links | SILive.com

  On Wednesdain in New York state, education reform turns up a notch...". Gov. Cuomo, in his second state-of-state address Wednesday, will accuse New York's schools of being unaccountable and announce a commission to come up with reforms, the Daily News has learned."

  tags: edreform news education New York politics

• The Best of Open Culture 2011

  If you like open and free resources, you won't want to miss this humdinger of a post.

  tags: news opensource open free

• A Difference: The Difference Between Curriculum and Pedagogy

  Darren Kuropatwa writes about some of the current controversies in Manitoba Canada as they grapple with being ranked 10 out of 11 in a recent government benchmark. Again, it is troubling when governments get more into ranking than in to comparing how you did this year versus last year.

  tags: education curriculum pedagogy thoughtleader canada news

• The annual social network lynching mob arrives

  Ewan McIntosh bemoans another round of social media critics in Scotland and the guidelines they are drawing up for educators. Some things are ubiquitous and this misunderstanding of social media and the role in education is just one of them.

  tags: education news socialmedia digiteen facebook twitter

• My 2012 Goal: To Embrace Ipukarea

  Ss the Free Range Librarian heads to New Zealand, I am completely fascinated with the theme of this conference. ".Ipukarea (from the Māori language – Te Reo Māori) refers to the ancestral homeland, a significant water or land feature which relates to identity and source of livelihood. It is a place that represents New Zealand history and emotional attachment, a place to go to be rejuvenated, a place that represents the hopes and aspirations of the people and the life-giving waters from which they drink."

  tags: news librarian themes interestingwords

• A New Year: A New Learning Journey Begins

  Beth Kanter is one of the leaders in managng a nonprofit and using social media. her upcoming booknaounds exciting. if you are a nonprofit or fundraiser you need to rewd her blog. here is her announcement anout what 2012 holds for her. ". As Visiting Scholar to the David and Lucile Packard Foundation this past year (my 3rd), one project I worked on was facilitating peer learning groups to test and develop case studies and frameworks for my next book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit” that I co-authored with KD Paine and editor, Bill Paarlberg. The book will publish in the second half of 2012. The book is a how-to guide for using measurement and learning to improve networked nonprofit practices."

  tags: education news nonprofit

• The Best Space Stories of the Year

  The top space stories of the year including amazing phooe you will want to use. (Except for the pic of the Russian cosmonaut Bresnev sent into space knowing he would die.)

  tags: news space earth science_teacher

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