Comments on: Memorization, the mind, and making connections http://school20.siglersite.com/2008/01/29/memorization-the-mind-and-making-connections/ What should school look like in the 21st Century? Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:02:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Digital Camera News and Reviews » Opening minds about cell phones for learning http://school20.siglersite.com/2008/01/29/memorization-the-mind-and-making-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-3313 Digital Camera News and Reviews » Opening minds about cell phones for learning Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:51:49 +0000 http://school20.siglersite.com/2008/01/29/memorization-the-mind-and-making-connections/#comment-3313 [...] only learn content knowledge but also how to MAKE CONNECTIONS between knowledge domains (something James Stigler contends should be a hallmark of school 2.0) and develop their capacities and dispositions for ethical decision making, then utilizing cell [...] [...] only learn content knowledge but also how to MAKE CONNECTIONS between knowledge domains (something James Stigler contends should be a hallmark of school 2.0) and develop their capacities and dispositions for ethical decision making, then utilizing cell [...]

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]]> By: Opening minds about cell phones for learning » Moving at the Speed of Creativity http://school20.siglersite.com/2008/01/29/memorization-the-mind-and-making-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-3312 Opening minds about cell phones for learning » Moving at the Speed of Creativity Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:29:14 +0000 http://school20.siglersite.com/2008/01/29/memorization-the-mind-and-making-connections/#comment-3312 [...] only learn content knowledge but also how to MAKE CONNECTIONS between knowledge domains (something James Stigler contends should be a hallmark of school 2.0) and develop their capacities and dispositions for ethical decision making, then utilizing cell [...] [...] only learn content knowledge but also how to MAKE CONNECTIONS between knowledge domains (something James Stigler contends should be a hallmark of school 2.0) and develop their capacities and dispositions for ethical decision making, then utilizing cell [...]

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://school20.siglersite.com/2008/01/29/memorization-the-mind-and-making-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-3311 Wesley Fryer Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:40:02 +0000 http://school20.siglersite.com/2008/01/29/memorization-the-mind-and-making-connections/#comment-3311 James: I really like this idea of school 2.0 being all about making connections. As you indicate, focusing on the connections automatically ups the ante of thinking expectations beyond the lower levels of Blooms, to the arena of synthesis and evaluation where we should want students to go. I agree there is a place for memorization in school 2.0, but the focus is BEYOND memorization, to those higher order connections-- rather than remaining limited on fact recall. Connection making is much harder to assess in a "standardized" way, of course, but it is certainly not overly difficult to measure. Assessing connections requires a much more individual and differentiated approach to assessment, I think, which is also exactly what we SHOULD be seeing in school 2.0. Thanks for the thoughts on connections as a principal focus for school 2.0! James: I really like this idea of school 2.0 being all about making connections. As you indicate, focusing on the connections automatically ups the ante of thinking expectations beyond the lower levels of Blooms, to the arena of synthesis and evaluation where we should want students to go. I agree there is a place for memorization in school 2.0, but the focus is BEYOND memorization, to those higher order connections– rather than remaining limited on fact recall. Connection making is much harder to assess in a “standardized” way, of course, but it is certainly not overly difficult to measure. Assessing connections requires a much more individual and differentiated approach to assessment, I think, which is also exactly what we SHOULD be seeing in school 2.0.

Thanks for the thoughts on connections as a principal focus for school 2.0!

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