Education+Issues

= __Education Issues__ =

__Peer Instruction__
==I recently came across a video entitled "Confessions of a Converted Lecturer". The video features Dr. Mazur, a Harvard Professor, who presents data on how performance in his class changed as his presentation style changed. Though i related to the video as a physics teacher, I know that the challenges are similar in other content areas. He also has a site where you can receive more information on peer instruction and resources to help incorporate peer instruction in your own classroom. Link to the video:@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwslBPj8GgI. Link to the website: @http://mazur.harvard.edu/education/educationmenu.php. I found the resource very useful in for my own classroom, and feel it can be useful for others. I give this site a 4 out of 5 star rating.==

==In 2006, Education Sector began a blog titled The Quick & the Ed. This blog can be located at: []. Although this blog reflects on a variety of issues facing educators today, both in and out of the public eye, there does not seem to be much "traffic" through the site. It is easy to navigate through the collection of podcasts that are accessible by the public, as well as the archived discussion blogs, but what I found to be most beneficial were the Blogroll links available on the site. These links take visitors to a variety of other blog sites which are also dedicated to discussing issues in education. I give this site a 3 out of 5 star rating.==