I started this blog back in 2008. Strangely, I remember sitting in the exact same spot as I am right now and deciding that I should start writing. 839 posts later, I’m moving.
Thanks to Michael Boardman (yes, he’s also my husband) I have an all new website at brholland.com. This one will stay here, but I won’t be updating it any longer. Come on over to my new digital digs and check it out.
Impressive market scan of organizations and tools in the career exploration and “work based learning” spaces. Investors and educators should take a look. https://t.co/3h5iGB3mBs @KatrinaStevens1 @mattgreenfield @jfftweets #edtech
School types, genotypes and grades | npj Science of Learning Community
School types, genotypes and grades: The key conclusion is that mean differences in exam performance between school types are largely due to the same factors the schools use to select their intake in the first place. A self-fulfilling prophecy. https://t.
ICYMI: My lecture on The Competing Narratives of Digital and…
ICYMI: My lecture on The Competing Narratives of Digital and Media Literacy on #SoundCloud #medialiteracy #mediaecology2018 https://t.co/AHHPGdmub9
Education reforms should obey Campbell’s Law – Frederick M. Hess – Medium
More people need to understand and discuss Campbell’s Law. Relevant for so much of our measurement-obsessed world. READ –> Education reforms should obey Campbell’s Law https://t.co/sCJrSTcPvV #edchat #satchat @erinlynnraab @MurrayLWoodard Thanks, @ric
Turns out one of the biggest stumbling blocks in school dist…
Turns out one of the biggest stumbling blocks in school districts implementing #personalizedlearning is the bureaucracy of the districts themselves. @KateStringer2 takes a look at sobering new @CRPE_UW study. #edchat @The74 https://t.co/xn2nnIm0Tq
How to solve the lack of expertise and objectivity in peer reviews of teaching (opinion)
In this intriguing new piece, @barnettp3 argues for external peer review for teaching just as we do for research. What do you think? https://t.co/qLEceTSnrZ
Ask the Cognitive Scientist | American Federation of Teachers
I review new evidence on learning styles:
Article here: https://t.co/IXPos48WHa
Blog summary here: https://t.co/MoolXuhVHz
Here’s an outstanding HBR article on the 8 dimensions of Tru…
Here’s an outstanding HBR article on the 8 dimensions of Trust – https://t.co/ElaklHkGJc. A big thank you to Mark Davis at St. Luke’s School in Connecticut for passing along the link.
Ed-Tech That Makes Me Want to Scream | Just Visiting
Ed-Tech That Makes Me Want to Scream https://t.co/qPQjSmKOIY via @biblioracle (h/t @audreywatters)
School Visibility Initiative | @mcleod
@the_vade_mecum @gregkulowiec @WickedDecent @brholland @ShawnMcCusker @nat_vaughn @VondaTheTeacher @JillBromen @Mr_Driscoll A few years back, we helped ~70 schools through our School Visibility Initiative. Archived resources are here: https://t.co/sp1riEV
The New Humanism: Technology should enhance, not replace, human interactions
The New Humanism: Technology should enhance, not replace, human interactions https://t.co/DLu3v3A030 via @BrookingsInst @KathyandRo1 https://t.co/dDZioKUwH0
blog & your commentary falls right in line with the crim…
@brholland @gregkulowiec blog & your commentary falls right in line with the criminally underappreciated (in the K-12 space) new #medialiteracy (#literacies) whitepaper from @henryjenkins. The #PLAY framework was excellent, too. https://t.co/64T5iYz3C
Laurene Powell Jobs is investing in media, education, sports and more. What does she want? https://t.co/gEuYlW0kLW #edchat @InsidePhilanthr @XQAmerica Thanks, @washingtonpost!
Why School Shouldn’t Be Designed for ‘Learning’ – Age of Awareness – Medium
This is the most important thing you’ll read today. READ in full –> Why School Shouldn’t Be Designed for ‘Learning’ https://t.co/0r3Dnw7YQ7 #edchat @kalebrashad @brholland @EmilyLiebtag THANK YOU, @erinlynnraab of @REENVISIONED! https://t.co/roP81vNFd
Gaps in students’ networks matter. What …
Gaps in students’ networks matter. What are schools doing to increase student social capital? Estimated that 50% of jobs are found by who one knows. @Christenseninst https://t.co/UmbUMxqlv5 Digest
How Do We Know If Ed Tech Even Works?
EdWeek article that raises quesitons about evaluating tech. Need to mull this one over as there seems to be (1) an over generalization about the notion of tech and (2) an over simplification of outcome.
Six Good Digital Storytelling Tools In One Place
Six Good Digital Storytelling Tools In One Place https://t.co/EPvOKgG0RJ
Critical Feminist Pedagogies Reading List – Digital Breadcrumbs
@EduQuinn @Edu_Historian @brholland @dajbelshaw @rlfreedm @bjfr @Seecantrill @cjacksonj13 @mr_casal In addition to the great works already listed, I’m on a slow read of critical feminist pedagogies. Here’s my list. https://t.co/Zf60QB3OrY
Curriculum for Inner Agility Fabulous share from with 5 or…
Curriculum for Inner Agility https://t.co/tzGfkBRgPh Fabulous share from @cmtbasecamp with 5 organizational behaviors for innovation and learning. #mvifi
Study Exposes Teacher Rift on Digital Device Usage in Schools — THE Journal
Study Exposes Teacher Rift on Digital Device Usage in Schools https://t.co/hJMOSG6ZTN #Edtech #elearning #21stedchat #edutech https://t.co/MO7Ln7SYPO
“‘Googling it’ has become the news equivalent of ‘do your own research.’ But neither Google, nor search terms, are neutral.”
https://t.co/kvk1xjcuz1
“Networked by Design: Interventions for Teachers to Develop Social Capital” – my latest book, co-edited w/ @yoonsa featuring chapters by @bpenuel @Empathetics @FarleyRipple @jamespspillane @nmgillespie
Pre-order at https://t.co/PuGWoTgqX2
@PennGSE @arc
My new book is now available: “World Cla…
My new book is now available: “World Class: Building a 21st-century school system”
Building a Better Course Evaluation Form: Here’s a Template | HASTAC
Building a Better Course Evaluation Form: Here’s a Template https://t.co/ERQ5jhgnTc #FuturesEd #BlackListed #NewEducation
Interesting dissertation by on improvement science methods …
Interesting dissertation by @dsharrock01 on improvement science methods in practice:
https://t.co/q8sijI7LF5 @AKMPeterson
Innovative Staffing to Personalize Learning
Discussion of multiple classrooms to examine how new teaching roles and blended learning helps students succeed.
Brookings created a blueprint to help countries around the world radically improve education
Combating Media Manipulation – News Integrity Initiative – Medium
Our partners @datasociety have just released 2 groundbreaking pieces of research that contribute substantially to our collective understanding of disinformation and polarization. We’re so excited to announce our support for their media manipulation work:
“The main thing I want teachers to under…
“The main thing I want teachers to understand is that they would never send their students to a catalogue of advertisements as a scholarly, legitimate resource. And yet they regularly send their students to the largest ad platform in the country, Google.”
Inspired Learning Convention: Beth Holland Keynote – YouTube
We’re LIVE at the #InspiredLearning Convention. Watch @brholland‘s keynote here: https://t.co/ElXgKhtLvg #EdChat #EdTechChat #EdChatRI #EdChatRI #MAEdu #MURSD
“A Nation at Risk” and the Re-Segregation of Schools | Just Visiting
We were on the way to closing the achievement gap. And then “A Nation at Risk” happened, paving the way to the re-segregation of schools. https://t.co/8YLSZxjGo6
Ending Teacher Shortages with Network Mapping
Stanford researchers used network mapping to understand the root causes of the teacher shortage issue in STEM.
21st century learning design: Course 1 – introducing 21CLD – Microsoft in Education
Just completed the 21st century learning design: Course 1 – introducing 21CLD course on the #MicrosoftEdu Educator Community! You can too at:
https://t.co/VkQhzSkKCD via @MicrosoftEDU
UDTS Resources | University Libraries, George Mason University
@Ms_Cabiness @brholland @iamDrWill @APA_Style @MSword @jonathanwylie @alicekeeler Interactive template on this page: https://t.co/0LPFw7gkND
Must-read paper on , epistemic agency, and epistemic (in)jus…
Must-read paper on #NGSS, epistemic agency, and epistemic (in)justice in science education by @EmilyAdah329, @eveimanz @leemaberland, Rosemary Russ, David Stroupe: https://t.co/tubPzeoSQU
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