Comments on: 10 Questions for Arne Duncan http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/ Learning with the Read/Write Web Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Revisiting NCTE Position Statement on 21st Century Literacies | Creating a Path for Learning in the 21st Century http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/comment-page-1/#comment-82860 Revisiting NCTE Position Statement on 21st Century Literacies | Creating a Path for Learning in the 21st Century Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:26:00 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/#comment-82860 [...] thought I would share this and I copied directly from Will Richardson’s blog post titled “Ten Questions for Arne Duncan.” I encourage you to read the post, but most of all notice the position statement from NCTE on 21st [...] [...] thought I would share this and I copied directly from Will Richardson’s blog post titled “Ten Questions for Arne Duncan.” I encourage you to read the post, but most of all notice the position statement from NCTE on 21st [...]

]]> By: Mark Ahlness http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/comment-page-1/#comment-82854 Mark Ahlness Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:08:36 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/#comment-82854 10. Can you tell me why I should feel good about closing our elementary school computer lab for ONE THIRD of the school year so our kids can take high stakes tests on computers? 10. Can you tell me why I should feel good about closing our elementary school computer lab for ONE THIRD of the school year so our kids can take high stakes tests on computers?

]]> By: Gary Stager http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/comment-page-1/#comment-82833 Gary Stager Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:34:24 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/#comment-82833 Will, Why engage him on the grounds of “edtech?” 1) He can always just respond with pablum or feign ignorance. 2) What Duncan/Obama are doing is much bigger than edtech. It’s an assault on democracy and civil society via the destruction of public education. 3) This national edtech plan is as useless and foolish as the last 94 others that have led to little of constructive value. 4) As much as I hate to admit it, the edtech community has little to be proud of. Will,

Why engage him on the grounds of “edtech?”

1) He can always just respond with pablum or feign ignorance.

2) What Duncan/Obama are doing is much bigger than edtech. It’s an assault on democracy and civil society via the destruction of public education.

3) This national edtech plan is as useless and foolish as the last 94 others that have led to little of constructive value.

4) As much as I hate to admit it, the edtech community has little to be proud of.

]]> By: Gary Stager http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/comment-page-1/#comment-82832 Gary Stager Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:33:34 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/#comment-82832 The pedagogical model of testing you're referring to is not CENTURIES old. It is years or perhaps two decades old. The pedagogical model of testing you’re referring to is not CENTURIES old. It is years or perhaps two decades old.

]]> By: Gary Stager http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/comment-page-1/#comment-82831 Gary Stager Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:32:43 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/#comment-82831 Why engage him on the grounds of "edtech?" 1) He can always just respond with pablum or feign ignorance. 2) What Duncan/Obama are doing is much bigger than edtech. It's an assault on democracy and civil society via the destruction of public education. 3) This national edtech plan is as useless and foolish as the last 94 others that have led to little of constructive value. 4) As much as I hate to admit it, the edtech community has little to be proud of. Why engage him on the grounds of “edtech?”

1) He can always just respond with pablum or feign ignorance.

2) What Duncan/Obama are doing is much bigger than edtech. It’s an assault on democracy and civil society via the destruction of public education.

3) This national edtech plan is as useless and foolish as the last 94 others that have led to little of constructive value.

4) As much as I hate to admit it, the edtech community has little to be proud of.

]]> By: Joanne Hopper http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/comment-page-1/#comment-82819 Joanne Hopper Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:15:32 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/#comment-82819 10. The National Ed Tech Plan recognizes the challenges imposed by E-Rate and other policies and laws. "In some cases this requirement creates barriers to the rich learning experiences that in-school Internet access should afford students"(p. 54). What action are you prepared to take to eliminate these barriers? 10. The National Ed Tech Plan recognizes the challenges imposed by E-Rate and other policies and laws. “In some cases this requirement creates barriers to the rich learning experiences that in-school Internet access should afford students”(p. 54). What action are you prepared to take to eliminate these barriers?

]]> By: Matt K http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/comment-page-1/#comment-82818 Matt K Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:50:45 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/#comment-82818 10. Wouldn't it make more sense to eliminate the federal department of education budget and send the operating funds down to the local schools so they can acquire the tools and information links they desperately need? Do we really need 3 levels of oversight for education with each holding the lower level hostage with funding and grants? 10. Wouldn’t it make more sense to eliminate the federal department of education budget and send the operating funds down to the local schools so they can acquire the tools and information links they desperately need? Do we really need 3 levels of oversight for education with each holding the lower level hostage with funding and grants?

]]> By: Steven Barber http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/comment-page-1/#comment-82816 Steven Barber Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:43:38 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/#comment-82816 10. Why is there such emphasis on the centuries old pedagogical model of testing, testing, testing by the DOE versus a more useful & appropriate approach rewarding schools for creating innovative learning based communities? 10. Why is there such emphasis on the centuries old pedagogical model of testing, testing, testing by the DOE versus a more useful & appropriate approach rewarding schools for creating innovative learning based communities?

]]> By: Greg Thompson (@akamrt) http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/comment-page-1/#comment-82802 Greg Thompson (@akamrt) Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:27:10 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/#comment-82802 10. How would you go about flipping the DoE on its head so that it ceased being a top-down driven entity and drew its direction from a collaboration of teachers, administrators, students, and parents sitting at the table with those already there (corporate leaders and politicos)? 10. How would you go about flipping the DoE on its head so that it ceased being a top-down driven entity and drew its direction from a collaboration of teachers, administrators, students, and parents sitting at the table with those already there (corporate leaders and politicos)?

]]> By: Sean Nash http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/comment-page-1/#comment-82797 Sean Nash Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:46:31 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/#comment-82797 10. What element of our current system of accountability in schools is intrinsically motivating for children? We're still begging for new generations to be motivated by the "carrot" that someone else owns. Personally, I couldn't be more anxious to engage locally in a discussion over what is essentially the same set of questions. I admire the focus of the post... and I think it is a terribly valid one. However, you've also nailed down a pretty nice little set of ten questions here for any school system to ask inwardly. A slight bit of modification would deliver a great document for an exercise with leaders of any school system. I am especially humbled by #8. There are things present in the NCTE standards that truly defy the creation of more typical "learning objectives." They're not foreign. They're not impossible. Yet, tackling these standards -and the processes required within- are delightfully rigorous and relevant. 10. What element of our current system of accountability in schools is intrinsically motivating for children?

We’re still begging for new generations to be motivated by the “carrot” that someone else owns.

Personally, I couldn’t be more anxious to engage locally in a discussion over what is essentially the same set of questions. I admire the focus of the post… and I think it is a terribly valid one. However, you’ve also nailed down a pretty nice little set of ten questions here for any school system to ask inwardly. A slight bit of modification would deliver a great document for an exercise with leaders of any school system.

I am especially humbled by #8. There are things present in the NCTE standards that truly defy the creation of more typical “learning objectives.” They’re not foreign. They’re not impossible. Yet, tackling these standards -and the processes required within- are delightfully rigorous and relevant.

]]> By: Scott McLeod http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/comment-page-1/#comment-82796 Scott McLeod Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:14:16 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/10-questions-for-arne-duncan/#comment-82796 10. How do you reconcile the national common content standards with the end of "one size fits all learning?" 10. Do you see any conflicts between the content-driven pedagogical model that currently dominates day-to-day classroom work in K-12 education and the workforce skills that future Americans will need? 10. What investments is the Department making to prepare future-focused, rather than compliance- or status quo-oriented, school leaders? 10. How do you reconcile the national common content standards with the end of “one size fits all learning?”

10. Do you see any conflicts between the content-driven pedagogical model that currently dominates day-to-day classroom work in K-12 education and the workforce skills that future Americans will need?

10. What investments is the Department making to prepare future-focused, rather than compliance- or status quo-oriented, school leaders?

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