Comments for Middle School Principal http://blogs.cds.ed.cr/msprincipal Sharing Life in the Middle School Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:15:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Facebook: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Emilio Zevallos http://blogs.cds.ed.cr/msprincipal/2012/01/23/facebook-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Emilio Zevallos Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:15:10 +0000 http://blogs.cds.ed.cr/msprincipal/?p=1177#comment-220 I recommend this short article about Key competences for lifelong learning. I consider necessarily to introduce students to this key competences. http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/education_training_youth/lifelong_learning/c11090_en.htm I recommend this short article about Key competences for lifelong learning. I consider necessarily to introduce students to this key competences.

http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/education_training_youth/lifelong_learning/c11090_en.htm

]]> Comment on Facebook: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by chris little http://blogs.cds.ed.cr/msprincipal/2012/01/23/facebook-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-218 chris little Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:53:13 +0000 http://blogs.cds.ed.cr/msprincipal/?p=1177#comment-218 I am curious about the Jeff Dunn article. He suggests students are less focused on learning and retaining because they have immediate access to information so they don't remember it. While I would guess that is true about memorization, (he doesn't cite any research) I think he is confusing learning with memorization, which is much more narrow. As technology evolves, some skills and knowledge become irrelevant and new skills emerge as critical. Today, it is probably far more useful for students to know how to find information and assess its accuracy than it is to remember lots of facts. They may perform poorly on tests. And there, a good question to ask is whether the tests are measuring relevant learning. I am curious about the Jeff Dunn article. He suggests students are less focused on learning and retaining because they have immediate access to information so they don’t remember it. While I would guess that is true about memorization, (he doesn’t cite any research) I think he is confusing learning with memorization, which is much more narrow. As technology evolves, some skills and knowledge become irrelevant and new skills emerge as critical. Today, it is probably far more useful for students to know how to find information and assess its accuracy than it is to remember lots of facts. They may perform poorly on tests. And there, a good question to ask is whether the tests are measuring relevant learning.

]]> Comment on Facebook: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Irene Soto de Castilla http://blogs.cds.ed.cr/msprincipal/2012/01/23/facebook-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Irene Soto de Castilla Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:03:19 +0000 http://blogs.cds.ed.cr/msprincipal/?p=1177#comment-217 In my conclusion, the responsability is always on the parents. Time is now an issue, the reality is that we do not have enough time to check on everything our family do, so as much as we restrict the dangerous doors, is better. It can be demostrated that more and more the children are being parenting lack and what they receive instead is what they have easy access; if it is bad or good we could never know. Youth are in serious development mentally and fisically and that gives us a reason to focus on being responsable of parenting and guiding their social relationships as close as we can. In my conclusion, the responsability is always on the parents. Time is now an issue, the reality is that we do not have enough time to check on everything our family do, so as much as we restrict the dangerous doors, is better. It can be demostrated that more and more the children are being parenting lack and what they receive instead is what they have easy access; if it is bad or good we could never know. Youth are in serious development mentally and fisically and that gives us a reason to focus on being responsable of parenting and guiding their social relationships as close as we can.

]]> Comment on Facebook: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Beatriz Luján http://blogs.cds.ed.cr/msprincipal/2012/01/23/facebook-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Beatriz Luján Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:58:38 +0000 http://blogs.cds.ed.cr/msprincipal/?p=1177#comment-205 Thank you Dr. Nolan for the information, and for sharing it with us , it's very useful and we really apreciate your concern in those topics. Thank you Dr. Nolan for the information, and for sharing it with us , it’s very useful and we really apreciate your concern in those topics.

]]> Comment on Words and Purpose by Anamaria Castillo http://blogs.cds.ed.cr/msprincipal/2011/11/25/words-and-purpose/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Anamaria Castillo Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:24:53 +0000 http://blogs.cds.ed.cr/msprincipal/?p=1144#comment-183 Dear Dr. Nolan, Thank you very much for such a great article!!!! It was a fantastic eye opener!!! I read it twice since I did not want to missed any of the great content of it. It provided a great understanding on how things work at CDS and confirmed, to me... this is the reason why we picked this school for our kids education. Thank you very much. Anamaria ( Sofia 6B & Santiago 3B) Dear Dr. Nolan,
Thank you very much for such a great article!!!! It was a fantastic eye opener!!!
I read it twice since I did not want to missed any of the great content of it.
It provided a great understanding on how things work at CDS and confirmed, to me… this is the reason why we picked this school for our kids education.
Thank you very much.
Anamaria ( Sofia 6B & Santiago 3B)

]]> Comment on Supporting Your Middle School Child at Home by Anamaria Castillo http://blogs.cds.ed.cr/msprincipal/2011/10/09/supporting-your-middle-school-child-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Anamaria Castillo Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:09:55 +0000 http://blogs.cds.ed.cr/msprincipal/?p=1136#comment-181 What a great article... it took me a while to sat down and read it but now that I did I found it extremely interesting and practical! Thank you for sharing it with us !!! and thank you for helping us through these years! What a great article… it took me a while to sat down and read it but now that I did I found it extremely interesting and practical! Thank you for sharing it with us !!! and thank you for helping us through these years!

]]> Comment on Supporting Your Middle School Child at Home by María Eugenia Posada http://blogs.cds.ed.cr/msprincipal/2011/10/09/supporting-your-middle-school-child-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-169 María Eugenia Posada Sun, 16 Oct 2011 03:32:06 +0000 http://blogs.cds.ed.cr/msprincipal/?p=1136#comment-169 Qué buen artículo! me gustó muchísimo y voy a ponerlo en práctica, definitivamente el CDS es una maravilla!!! Qué buen artículo! me gustó muchísimo y voy a ponerlo en práctica, definitivamente el CDS es una maravilla!!!

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