Teacher Pipeline Still Drying Up
But for the education world, the most striking data comes from the survey question asking in what field the freshmen plan to major. The percentage of probable education majors stands at 4.2%, the lowest percentage ever since the question was first asked in 1971. And that 4.1% comes at the end of a fifteen-year decline– at the turn of the century, the figure hovered around 11%.
(I believe the second 4.1% is a typo.)
AUSTIN, Texas – Co-workers who team up to solve problems or work on projects can benefit when they have less in common and take turns spotlighting their different expertise, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin. The findings have implications for how managers can better form and manage teams so all…
Internet Travels Of bits and bytes is my weekly round up of interesting links and ideas I discovered on the internet. It is published on Mondays for the previous week It’s Christmas break! It’s time to rest and recharge, so no commentary on the links this week or any other new articles. Take a moment,…
I’m a big fan of tabs, as is evident by my work computer approaching 200 open tabs. TabCopy is a favorite extension of mine, letting me copy the address of the current tab or all tabs in the window to the clipboard. Installing the extension In your favorite Chromium based browser (probably Google Chrome but…
Digital Literacy: Unlocking Technology’s Potential | The Spark Educators need to embrace the creative and collaborative aspects of digital literacy. So much great learning happens through the creative and collaborative processes. Bridget Burns, Michael Crow, and Mark Becker noted the benefits of collaboration in their article “Innovating Together: Collaboration as a Driving Force to Improve…
Internet Travels Edcerpts are my weekly round up of interesting links and ideas I discovered on the internet. It is published on Mondays for the previous week Apps HistoryMaps | Learn History Visually with Maps and Timelines – A great interface to looking at historical maps. Pedagogy How to Use Comic Strips in a Science…
I have never been a fan of the term digital native. In my opinion, the youth do not have a monopoly on the knowledge of how to use technology. This term popped into my head this week as I was discussing methods on using two large screens in a classroom with a teacher. I showed…