Steven A. Levy, BSME, MBA: 2011

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Lesson Plans for Developing Digital Literacies

Lesson Plans for Developing Digital Literacies - Paperback (Nov. 30, 2010) by Scott Sullivan and Mary T. Christel

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Constance Kamii

math education

articles-available-for-printing

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Social Networking: Facebook? Twitter?

What problems are we trying to solve?

Staying "connected" students, staff and stakeholders even when their phone numbers and addresses change. Probation officers and judges might find it useful? Visual record of student attendance?

Keeping people informed about who is coming and what is happening at school and events.

Posting assignments for students.

Sharing with other GED programs.

Improve student interest and attendance in obtaining a GED

Getting "share of mind" from 16-24 population

Establish a long term relationship?

Get more students?

Build a body of knowledge?

Create a "learning" community that will help our learners into the future. To provide them support during their next stage.

Provide longitudinal data. Valuable data. Should we give incentives? Can we sell data?

Students can post a question for other students or teacher to answer?

Promote more social connections?

Issues?

Permissions? Who should see what?
Administration of the site? What rules are needed?
What material is acceptable to post?
Where are the boundaries between students and faculty?
In the future, what material might not be acceptable to post?
How many students use Facebook? How often?
What types of photos can be posted? Can we do it weekly?

How to proceed?

Describe functions of the site
Decide which are the most valuable
Estimate cost of each function
Do easy items first. "Low hanging fruit"
Define these roles: administrator, teacher, student

What other GED programs have a Facebook page? Are they using other social networking?

"Social Networking", Reverence 3

Blaine High School in Minnesota's Anoka-Hennepin District 11 considers social networking. Someone created a bogus imitation and made mean postings. "40,500 students in 13 communities". Site services parents, teachers, and administrators. LinkExtend is a tool that helps students avoid dangerous sites.

Edmodo, a more secure social network, is used by 17,000 schools. (but it lacks the obliqueness of Facebook, which may be what we need to keep track of students)

Facebook vs. Twitter: Reference 4

Twitter is better for people who have simple cell phones. Facebook may end up being more successful.

Faculty on Facebook, Most successful

References

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Cool Cat Teacher

Faculty on Facebook: Confirm or Deny?. C. Michael Sturgeon. Faculty Coordinator of Instructional Technology. Lee University; Cleveland, TN msturgeon@leeuniversity.edu
Social Networking: Keeping It Clean By: Waters, John K., T.H.E. Journal, 0192592X, 20110101, Vol. 38, Issue 1. Found on ERIC
Facebook vs. Twitter: Battle of the Social Network Stars By: Tagtmeier, Curt, Computers in Libraries, 10417915, 20100901, Vol. 30, Issue 7
Faculty on Facebook: Confirm or Deny?Online Submission, Paper presented at the Annual Instructional Technology Conference (14th, Murfreesboro, TN, Mar 29-31, 2009). 20 pp.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Abbot Memorial Library

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How to Improve Commitment of GED Students

GED Research by Steven Levy, May 2011
How to Improve Commitment of GED Students

A key factor in learning is commitment. I have seen adult learners make rapid progress in GED math. For this to happen, they must be committed. Speed is important. If it takes too long, adult learners give up maybe for many years.

Gopal1:
Fewer than 20% of adult learners in GED programs graduate in 12 months. 65% of these individuals stay away from continuing education for three or more years. Most GED students are under 25. Whites account for 27% while minorities are 9%. The first few weeks are critical. This is when students drop out. 71% will never return. Learners who are close to passing the GED are more likely to stay.

GED learners need multiple learning options, for advanced and basic students
Learners attain early success
Re-evaluate periodically

Gopal2:

Three phone call attempts and one letter, got 25% to return for at least one class.

Wilson:
Drop outs are more hostile, yet need more support. They are more dependent.

References

Learner Retention in Adult Secondary Education: A Comparative Study, by Ajit Gopalakrishnan Connecticut Department of Education, Fall 2008. Found in the ERIC database.
Learner Retention in Adult Secondary Education: Contacting Students A Comparative Study, Ajit Gopalakrishnan, Connecticut Department of Education, 1999
Personological Differences Between Enrolled GED Students Who Drop Out and Who Retain, Wilson, Russell, Paper given at the Adult Education Research Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 1977.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Learner Retention in Adult Secondary Education

Learner Retention in Adult Secondary Education:

A Comparative Study

Ajit Gopalakrishnan

Connecticut Department of Education

Friday, April 22, 2011

Steven A. Levy, Teacher Link to Linkedin Profile

This is my current Linkedin page. link

Thursday, March 31, 2011

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Monday, March 21, 2011

mctest142

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Standard Deviates - excellent movies

Standard Deviates - excellent movies

Link to a listing from my library catalog:

http://innopac.noblenet.org/search~S50?/tstandard+deviants/tstandard+deviants/1%2C45%2C101%2CB/exact&FF=tstandard+deviants+dvd&1%2C19%2C

Title Basic math [videorecording].
Publisher [S.l.] : Cerebellum Crop., c1999.
Description 1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

LOCATION CALL NUMBER STATUS Saugus: Children's RENTAL/j/DVD/Basic Math (Not available for interlibrary loan) ON SHELF
Performer Standard Deviants. System DVD. ISBN 1581983018 :

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Dr. John Breeding, Ph.D. psychologist discusses how mental disorders are created

Dr. John Breeding, Ph.D. psychologist discusses how mental disorders are created by the American Psychiatric Association and listed in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical manual of Mental Disorders.

Disorders such as bipolar, ADHD, OCD, Anxiety Disorders, etc. are voted into existence by APA committees.

The underlying assumption of biological psychiatry is that mental illness is biologically based despite the fact that no solid science has been able to identify biological markers for mental illnesses.

"Manufacturing of madness" malise falifacarum?