Some of my colleagues at @RelayGSE didn’t know who Boz Scaggs is! So had to put together this GooveShark playlist ASAP, which includes two of Boz’s classics, plus a bonus track from Orleans. http://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/Boz+Et+Al/89509193
Month: August 2013
Recommended Reading – My Presentation for Deloitte about #EdTech
Today I’m doing a presentation for Deloitte Consulting’s Strategy Practice, and in particular the Technology Sector (i.e., strategy practitioners who serve tech companies; the area of Deloitte where I used to work).
Here is some recommended reaching on the topic of #EdTech and #onlinelearning. Note this is a complex topic about which there are different (and sometimes opposing) viewpoints – I’ve tried to include a representation of the spectrum of perspectives:
- http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2012/11/napster-udacity-and-the-academy/
- http://www.theawl.com/2013/01/venture-capitals-massive-terrible-idea-for-the-future-of-college
- http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2013/02/video-of-the-week-going-to-the-blackboard-to-talk-about-online-higher-education.html
- https://www.edsurge.com/n/2013-04-30-nyc-parents-raise-questions-about-inbloom
- http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324082604578485283238292500.html
- http://fora.tv/2013/05/07/Education_Innovators_on_Creating_Better_Ways_to_Learn
- http://dianeravitch.net/2013/08/04/should-moocs-replace-professors/
- http://brooklynrob.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-nourishing-dinner-at-general-assembly.html (A wrap-up of a dinner I hosted at GA in October, about which these topics were front and center).
CEC13/D13 BACK TO SCHOOL JAMBOREE! Saturday September 7, 2013. 10AM-2PM. M.S. 113, 300 Adelphi St, Bk.
CEC13/D13 BACK TO SCHOOL JAMBOREE! Saturday 9/7. 10AM-2PM. M.S. 113, 300 Adelphi St, Bk. @NYCSCHOOLS @INSIDESCHOOLS #FB
The District 13 CEC & Superintendent Freeman are hosting a “Back to School” celebration! Come bring your family and friends to help kick off District 13’s new year with our BACK TO SCHOOL JAMBOREE!
M.S. 113
300 Adelphi St and DeKalb Ave
Saturday September…
NEW YORK STATE ELA & MATH EXAMS: Log-on and Learn Week. BROOKLYN SESSION 8/27, Sunset Park Library
NYS ELA & MATH EXAMS: Log-on and Learn Week. BROOKLYN SESSION 8/27, Sunset Park Library, 3-7pm. @NYCSCHOOLS #FB
Courtesy of our friend Margaret Kelley, Education Policy Analyst at the Boro President’s Office — your opportunity to view your child’s test results and talk with DOE staff:
LOG ON & LEARN WEEK
DID YOUR CHILD TAKE THE NEW YORK STATE ELA AND MATH EXAMS IN…