John Hardy's Bookmarks
F.I.L.M. - Finding Inspiration in Literature & Movies
categories: film curriculum literacy service
FILM is curricula for youth that uses movies to promote literacy, learning and service.
submitted by John Hardy on Jun 10 2008 | report problem w/link | 1 save
Hoover Institution - Education Next - How Do We Transform Our Schools?
www.hoover.org/publications/ednext/18575969.html
categories: online_learning disruptive_innovation ed_reform online_education
“The way to implement an innovation so that it will transform an organization is to implement it disruptively—not by using it to compete against the existing paradigm and serve existing customers, but to let it compete against “non-consumption,” where the alternative is nothing at all.”
submitted by John Hardy on Jun 4 2008 | report problem w/link | 1 save
NACOL Forum -> By 2019, half of high school courses taught online
www.nacol.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=8163&st=0&#entry9610
categories: online_learning disruptive_innovation ed_reform online_education
“Author and Harvard Business Professor Clayton Christensen and his colleagues are predicting that 50% of high school courses will be taught online by 2019.”
submitted by John Hardy on Jun 4 2008 | report problem w/link | 1 save
Education Week: Online Education Cast as ‘Disruptive Innovation’
www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/05/07/36disrupt_ep.h27.html?qs=di...
categories: edweek disruptive_innovation ed_reform online_education
“Technology-based forces of ‘disruptive innovation’ are gathering around public education and will overhaul the way K-12 students learn – with potentially dramatic consequences for established public school.”
submitted by John Hardy on Jun 4 2008 | report problem w/link | 1 save
Education Week: How 'Disruptive Innovation' Will Change The Way We Learn
www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/06/04/39christensen_ep.h27.html?p...
categories: edweek disruptive_innovation ed_reform
EdWeek article on theory of “disruptive innovation” (from the business sector) and how it can be applied to the education sector.
submitted by John Hardy on Jun 4 2008 | report problem w/link | 1 save
NECC Takeaway: Great Science Web Sites and Programs | Edutopia
www.edutopia.org/great-science-web-sites-and-programs
categories: science science_resources
While wandering the exhibit hall at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) last week, I found some new (as well as tried-and-true) science resources. They’re worth checking out! My criteria follow:
* high quality and interestingly displayed
* easy to use
* free
* clear of advertising
* provide online safety of school-age learners
submitted by John Hardy on May 15 2008 | report problem w/link | 1 save
FLUG REVUE June 1999: Cryogenic rocket engines
www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRheft/FRH9906/FR9906c.htm
categories: cryogenics engines rocketry
Great site on cryogenic engines
submitted by John Hardy on May 15 2008 | report problem w/link | 1 save
Virtual Schooling » glossary
virtualschool.wikispaces.com/glossary
categories: virtual_schools
The purpose of this project was to create a glossary and definitions of virtual schooling.
submitted by John Hardy on May 12 2008 | report problem w/link | 1 save
TeacherXpress - The Education Web - All in One Place - For Busy Teachers: Welcome
categories: education_portal teacher_resources teacher_tools
A great tool for aggregating a bunch of websites and making them easily available.
submitted by John Hardy on May 8 2008 | report problem w/link | 2 saves
Chronik 1918
www.dhm.de/lemo/html/1918/index.html
categories: in_german weimar_republic
Great site – in German
submitted by John Hardy on May 8 2008 | report problem w/link | 1 save
