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Please add comments to these ideas for our meeting. Joyce and I appreciate your input.

Agenda for the meeting:

1. welcome and intro

2. What is everyone doing about STEM workforce development objective in their institutions?

3. What is the status of STEM in the next generation science standards? - show the three dimensions - what is status of teacher education in this regard?

4. How prepared are we with NAEP - engg and technology literacy in 2014? How do we prepare…

21st Century Education Requires Distributed Support for Learning…

Quite a conference. It featured  some outstanding ways of communicating within a conference and there was a stellar array of presenters.  The United States has an opportunity to reform education in a way that will truly prepare our students to compete in the global economy. Mobile technology has a critical role to play in this effort by equipping students and teachers with 24/7 access to learning communities and information. We went to this conference to learn, to teach, to be informed and…

Fixing the STEM problem by Asking the Right Questions

Bonnie Bracey SuttonTeacher Agent of ChangePOSTED ON 9/23/2011…

Today learning happens anytime, anyplace, at any age. How can 21st century learners demonstrate their knowledge and skills? Digital badges can…

I attended a workshop at the Brookings Institute on this subject. The press reported it , but they did not give it much space or report some of the new ideas that are in place in thinking about STEM education. It is not just the US that has this problem. I know this from working in many countries as a part of WSIS, and the role of science in the information society.

While we have many kinds of new technologies that people take time to learn, the culture of learning in the US…

There was  a recent headline that concerns me.

Do ‘top’ college graduates really make better teachers?…

Race to the Top Leaves Many Floundering at the Bottom

Not Reform, Transform Schools, Look Toward the Future, Not the Pastby bonniebraceysutton on January 25, 2011

Not Reform, Transform, Here be Dragons.. I think not….Dragons may be the people stuck in ancient practices.

Bonnie Bracey Sutton, Power of US -

Reflections from a Truthout Article…

Not Reform, Transform Schools, Look Toward the Future, Not the Pastby bonniebraceysutton on January 25, 2011

Not Reform, Transform, Here be Dragons.. I think not….Dragons may be the people stuck in ancient practices.

Bonnie Bracey Sutton, Power of US -

Reflections from a Truthout Article

http://www.truth-out.org/lets-not-reform-public-education67006

Who can disagree…

Employees work inside an office managed by a boss. Tasks are divided into mundane custom paper works and Excel spreadsheets. Essentially, they're all tied within company rules and regulations. No slacking allowed or you'll…

My research interest is laid on principals’ technology leadership and how to make use of technology enriched environments to enhance students’ learning.…