EDUCATOR EXPRESSES ANGER OVER EFFECTS OF HIGH-STAKES TESTING ON TEACHER MORALE

Teacher Rog Lucido writes of a meeting with an ex-student who had become a teacher, and how it triggered his “righteous indignation” at high-stakes testing.

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/2012/04/rog_lucido_what_do_we_tell_the.html

“ON-DEMAND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT”

In this piece, educator Peter DeWitt discusses the new opportunities for professional development provided by the Internet and social media. He writes:

This on-site professional development changes the way leaders lead and the way teachers teach. It's closing the gap between educators and their students who used to think they were twenty years behind. Educators are actually using the 21st century skills they preach about in the classroom!

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2012/04/virtual_conferences_and_plcs.html

INTEL OFFERS NEW TABLET– THE INTEL STUDYBOOK

The studybook is a less expensive alternative to the i-Pad:

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2012/04/intel_unveils_new_200_tablet_f.html

AUTOMATED ESSAY-SCORING AND ITS IMPLICATIONS

Eric Robelen reports a recent study suggesting that software designed for scoring essays is accurate, reliable and cost-effective.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2012/04/computer_v_human_who_wins_the.html

NEW “UNDERSTANDING LANGUAGE” WEBSITE LAUNCHED

Journalist Lesli A. Maxwell reports that Professor Kenji Hakuta of Stanford University and a team of experts have crafted online materials designed to help teachers understand language as it relates to the new standards, as well as the steps to teach it.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2012/04/stanford_project_on_common_sta.html

INCREASING THE POTENTIAL OF OER (OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES)

Justin Reich envisions a situation “where students, teachers, curriculum designers, and technology developers can come together to shape learning opportunities drawing upon a rich wealth of existing resources and emerging media production platforms.”

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/edtechresearcher/2012/04/when_teachers_demand_to_be_co-creators_not_consumers.html

PEARSON EXECUTIVE DICUSSES HIS COMPANY’S MATERIALS AND COMMON CORE

Peter Cohen, the CEO of the publishing-and-services company’s K-12 division, says that its materials are ‘coherent with’ the new standards: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2012/04/publisher_addresses_common-cor.html