---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Barry Silverberg <barisil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Stannards and Benchmarks, The Flipped Kipa in the Classrom and much more. Some of you who were at the recent ETAI watched in awe as Russell Stannard (of Phraseswithoutblanks.com) demonstrated how teachers, learners and classrooms are taking on new roles in a fast changing digital age. I attended several of his presentations, so I could catch a glimmer of what he and the British council types are talking about. Some of it I follow. Some of it I don’t follow. Some of it seems much ado over nothing. (I just looked at a very slick blog entry about digital badges, which is a way of saying on –line – report cards; is it really worth all the preparation and terminology?) I have a growing suspicion that the more I concentrate on trying to update myself by the bootstraps, hordes of gorillas are crossing the stage and I don’t even see them. ( perhaps I should use my sense of smell.)( Is this what they mean by Gorillas in the missed? This reminds me of myself in ‘85, a new teacher in Kiriat Shmona, who introduced tape recorders, Shlock Rock, Jazz Chants and Beatles; all of which kept the kids amused enough to stay in their seats enough to keep me employed enough. Now I teach the children of those students and my tricks are no longer enough. To the point: Russell recommended a book called “Now you see it, Now you don’t “ by Cathy Davidson. I copied the link, but I couldn’t find the free book. I could order it, through an Amazon (?) maybe even get the Tel Hai library to order it—it they haven’t. (The Kiriat Shmona library has been packed for a year in containers on the Municipality lawn. (? ?) Don’t ask. But I’d like the free book NOW before too many of the terms become out dated. So who knows how to get it? and I don’t mean when the book is streamed through an inch and a half column, so I can read a word at a time. Any help would be APP- reciated. AND... COMING SOON! AN UPDATED ‘BULLSHIT BINGO’ game board FOR THE AGE OF DIGITAL BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! / BARRY ************************************** ** Subscribe/Unsubscribe - http://www.freelists.org/list/etni ** Join ETNI on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/31737970668/ ** ETNI Blog and Poll http://ask-etni.blogspot.co.il/ ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** post to ETNI List - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** help - ask@xxxxxxxx ***************************************