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Steve Bowen

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  • Profile picture of Virginia Mott

    Virginia Mott replied to the discussion topic Just checking in… in the group Group logoDigital Learning Advisory Group 3 weeks, 1 day ago

    Hi Everyone,
    I, too, was unable to attend and also wonder what I missed. Is the next meeting scheduled?
    Thanks!
    Ginny

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    Chris Toy started the discussion topic Just checking in… in the group Group logoDigital Learning Advisory Group 3 weeks, 6 days ago

    Hi all!
    I was unable to attend the last gathering and was wondering if some folks who were there in person or online could provide an update on what transpired?

    Thanks!

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    Don Siviski posted an update in the group Group logoLearner-Centered Education 2 months, 2 weeks ago

    Here are the permanent addresses for our latest two videos — recorded at a Western Maine Educational Consortium event — showing how 11 districts are working collaboratively on learner-centered education:

    http://www.maine.gov/doe/cbp/videos/wmec.html

    http://www.maine.gov/doe/cbp/videos/wmec2.html

    The case study explains the stories in more…[Read more]

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    Jay Collier posted an update in the group Group logoMaine Learning Support 2 months, 2 weeks ago

    Folks-

    Later this month, I’ll be leaving the DOE in order to join Educate Maine as project director for a new initiative called Project Login. That means my last day supporting MaineLearning.net will be Friday, March 15.

    Since my federally-funded contract was already nearing completion, I’ve been working with David Connerty-Marin and Jeff Mao…[Read more]

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    Jay Collier posted an update in the group Group logoMaine Learning Support 2 months, 3 weeks ago

    Friends-

    MaineLearning.net will be offline for 15-30 minutes between 12 and 1 pm today (Tuesday, February 26) as we continue to make improvements. No big changes, just keeping everything up to date and secure.

    Please wrap up your work. During the maintenance time, you’ll see a notification screen. We’ll go live again as soon as we’re done, and…[Read more]

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    Jay Collier posted an update in the group Group logoMaine Learning Support 3 months, 3 weeks ago

    Friends-

    MaineLearning.net will be offline for 15-30 minutes between 1 and 2 pm today (Tuesday, January 29) as we continue to make improvements. No big changes, just keeping everything up to date and secure.

    Please wrap up your work. During the maintenance time, you’ll see a notification screen. We’ll go live again as soon as we’re done, and…[Read more]

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    Don Siviski posted an update in the group Group logoLearner-Centered Education 3 months, 4 weeks ago

    John

    Thank you for presenting the argument before us since it seems to surface in every community where these discussions are occurring which is indeed healthy and essential to the process of public discourse and the cultural change of public education we are embracing and documenting.

    My first premise is that “people only know what they know”…[Read more]

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      Gary Chapin replied 3 months, 4 weeks ago

      It feels paradoxical but it isn’t. OUR ”growth” mindset means that we believe that even people who BELIEVE in a ”fixed” mindset continue to learn vibrantly through life. We all have experience of facing a ”fixed” opponent … only to have them come around.

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    Don Siviski posted an update in the group Group logoLearner-Centered Education 3 months, 4 weeks ago

    Resources from Competency Works (a series of Webinars)

    Learning from the Cutting EdgeHome Resources Looking for Innovators About JOIN OUR E-LIST
    SEARCH THIS SITE
    RESOURCES

    COMPETENCY EDUCATION WIKI

    New! The Learning Edge: Supporting Student Success in a Competency-Based Learning Environment, a CompetencyWorks Issue Brief

    Developing Rigorous…[Read more]

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    Gary Chapin started the discussion topic DOE LCE Glossary Draft: Please read and comment in the group Group logoLearner-Centered Education 4 months ago

    We’ve created a draft of a DOE Proficiency-Based/Learner-Centered Glossary of terms. This isn’t an attempt to impose terminology on the field, just to make it clear what we mean when the DOE is talking about […]

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    Gary Chapin uploaded the file: MDOE Glossary DRAFT to Group logoLearner-Centered Education 4 months ago

    Please read and comment.

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    John Armentrout posted an update in the group Group logoLearner-Centered Education 4 months ago

    I had a very interesting, challenging and perhaps disturbing exchange with another group of educators recently. The question was “Do you really believe that all students can learn to proficiency through what you’ve identified as the learning targets required for graduation?” (Just in case you are wondering we all agreed identified students had…[Read more]

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      Christine Koch replied 4 months ago

      It’s a bit intimidating to respond to this comment, as the correct answer is spelled out for me. But perhaps the teachers’ prevarication came from a place of frustration that I share. Sure, all students can learn. But can all students learn everything you want them to at the same rate and finish a standard in tme to graduate with physics…[Read more]

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        John Armentrout replied 3 months, 4 weeks ago

        Thanks for your feedback Christine. I understand your frustration, and perhaps there is no “correct answer”, yet the alternatives are difficult to accept. To lower or remove the requirement bar for individual students without an identified disability seems like giving up on them, and might set a precedent that becomes more about the adults…[Read more]

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          John Armentrout replied 3 months, 4 weeks ago

          I should add that I believe that clear, transparent curriculum as defined by common core, Next Gen Science standards, etc and the implications of a standards-based transcript cause additional anxiety as perhaps we can’t teach favorite topics and ignore others and average deficiencies at a course level any longer. We are shining the flashlight into…[Read more]

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    Michael Richards posted an update in the group Group logoDigital Learning Advisory Group 4 months, 1 week ago

    Are the recommendations being released this week?

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    Gary Chapin started the discussion topic What does 2013 look like for PB/LC education? in the group Group logoLearner-Centered Education 4 months, 2 weeks ago

    What are your dreams, plans, and, dare I say it, resolutions around proficiency-based/learner-centered education in 2013? What are your next steps?

    Interesting thing from Competency […]

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    Susan Jennings posted an update in the group Group logoMaine Learning Support 4 months, 2 weeks ago

    Greetings, all – Resource
    The 2013 Engineering Expo/Celebration of Engineers Week will be Saturday, March 2. Saturday, March 2, 2013 • 9 am – 2 pm
    University of Southern Maine, Gorham Campus
    $2 per person donation at the door suggested
    For more details visit: http://www.EngineeringME.com
    Maine Engineering Promotional Council

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      Jay Collier replied 4 months, 2 weeks ago

      Hi, Susan! I added this to the events list:

      http://mainelearning.net/events/

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    Don Siviski posted an update in the group Group logoLearner-Centered Education 5 months ago

    The title to the last post should have been
    The Learning Edge
    not my name
    apologies to all

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    Don Siviski uploaded the file: Don Siviski to Group logoLearner-Centered Education 5 months ago

    The iNACVOL and CompetencyWorks writers have collected significant data and recorded interesting and beneficial observations for Learner Centered districts to consider. The “paper” provides multi-state examples of such initiatives and also highlights Maine educators who have embraced this concept.

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    Don Siviski posted an update in the group Group logoLearner-Centered Education 5 months, 2 weeks ago

    Gary raises some very interesting and compelling points. Proof of Concept does not always and only suggest test scores since most test are memory based on recall of facts figures names dates and places. This same concern was raised with the advent of the MLTI program and student laptops. Scores in writing did indeed increase because the tech-based…[Read more]

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    Gary Chapin replied to the discussion topic Evidence, Proof, Research in the group Group logoLearner-Centered Education 5 months, 2 weeks ago

    So I would be interested in how you all — in your districts, in the field — answer when faced with this question? Over time, do folks stop asking it, just as they stopped asking about “proof of concept” […]

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    Gary Chapin started the discussion topic Evidence, Proof, Research in the group Group logoLearner-Centered Education 5 months, 2 weeks ago

    The “proof of concept” question around standards-based/customized-learning issues have hovered around our work since the beginning. “How do we know this works? Where’s the proof? Where are the […]

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    Jay Collier posted an update in the group Group logoMaine Learning Support 5 months, 3 weeks ago

    Friends-

    MaineLearning.net will be offline for 10-15 minutes between 2 and 3 pm today (Wednesday, November 28) as we continue to make improvements. No big changes, just keeping everything up to date and secure.

    Please wrap up your work by 2 pm. During the maintenance time, you’ll see a notification screen. We’ll go live again as soon as we’re…[Read more]

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