1. Theme - No Child Left Behind
2. Broad Topic - The Current No Child Left Behind laws need major revision. It’s impossible to have every child in a state at the same learning level, and schools/teacher’s should not be punished financially becasuse of that.
3. Concept Streams:
-the law itself
-teachers/parents/students’ views
-rural vs. surburban areas
-state requirments
-standardized testing
-wealthy […]
I’ve decided to go with No Child Left Behind as my topic. Mainly, why it just won’t work…..
http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml?src=pb
basic information web page, created by the government, obviously pro-nclb
http://www.publiceducation.org/pdf/nclb/state_reports/Ohio.pdf
Pdf article speaking out about Ohio’s public education system’s concerns about nclb, mostly cons of the law
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,230840,00.html
Fox News Story about teacher’s and nclb
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/staiv.htm
“standardized testing and it’s victims”
http://www.education.com
how children […]
Quite frankly, I am extremely disinterested with any essay topic based on: technology, digital stuff, the internet, virtual rape, myspace, facebook, etc. I can’t write on a topic that I’m not interested in. Right now I am considering a few topics: No Child Left Behind, Sex Ed in Schools, Stem Cell Research……..
It’s […]
After spawing a fair amount of controversy on the internet, a legal matter in Belgium is being further investigated. The charges are for an alleged “virtual rape” occuring in the popular gaming website called Second Life. Although it’s somewhat hard to define, the explination of a virtual rape is basically the controller of […]
Can a virtual rape lead to a conviction of “rape” in real life?
http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/04/24/open-roundtable-allegations-of-virtual-rape-bring-belgian-police-to-second-life
http://www.wtfsrsly.com/sl.php
-coding would allow a user to take over another avatar and “rape” them
-however, the second user can just log off
-most coding needs consent, you can’t be raped unless you wanted to be
-coding could be hidden in an object
-not minors, adults
-virtual characters, not real […]
After reading this article, I thought about if these ‘robotics’ are a good idea or a bad idea; if simulated animals can really give people a sense of ‘love, affection, or companionship’; and how they effect the mind of a child.
-I don’t think that they are a bad idea. What are they hurting? […]
After brainstorming with my group on Friday, we came up with a handful of open questions about the Virtual rape article. I began to think more into the topic of Virtual ‘rape’ and how it would happen. Is someone typing vuglar things over an istant messenger? Or are they in a gaming […]
I’m going to start off this blog with a quote from Regina Lynn’s article.
“Some suggest that the best way to deal with a virtual rape is to ignore it, or simply log off and come back as another user.
But in a game, you don’t want to lose the long-term investment you’ve made in your […]
Reading this all the way through until the end, I wasn’t sure where Prensky was going with the message of this essay. I was actually a little suprised to find out that he was a pro-digital immigrants’ (and to read further on that he works for McGraw-Hill developing learning software.) Regardless, I agree […]
After reading and seeing this book, I’m left kind of confused. I can see the similarities between what he is writing about, and what is happening in the present, however I think he was way way ahead of his time. Although most of his points are true (about education, family life, etc), for […]