Social discussion of CS in K-12

[Charles Schultz <sacrophyte AT gmail.com>]

This is awesome, thanks for sharing. I love the "leave basement" readiness concept.

On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Reese, George Clifford <reese AT illinois.edu> wrote:

You can get the flavor of the NPE Conference from this talk by U of I alum Yong Zhao. He’s an amazing speaker. -George

https://vimeo.com/126604445

 

 

From: imte-bounces AT lists.mste.illinois.edu [mailto:imte-bounces AT lists.mste.illinois.edu] On Behalf Of Jerry Becker
Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2015 5:39 PM
To: Jerry-P-Becker-SIU-L AT siu.edu
Subject: [IMTE] Interesting talk by Prof. Yong Zhao

 

I.  Prof. Yong Zhao gave an interesting and entertaining talk on present developments in education at the recent 2nd Annual Conference of the Public Education Network [PEN]. Here is some bio information for Prof. Zhao.

 

Presidential Chair

Department of Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership

University of Oregon

 

B.A., Sichuan International Studies University, English Language Education, 1986
M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Education, 1994
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Educational Psychology, 1996

Yong Zhao, Ph.D., is the university's first Presidential Chair. In January 2011, he joined the College of Education faculty as a full professor in the Department of Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership. He is a fellow of the International Academy for Education.

Zhao has extensive international experience consulting with government and educational agencies and speaking on educational issues in many countries on six continents. His current work focuses on designing 21st century schools in the context of globalization and the digital revolution

Prior to joining the University of Oregon College of Education, Zhao served as professor of technology in teaching and learning in the Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education at Michigan State University since 1996, where he was also founding director of the US-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence and University Distinguished Professor.

 

More information is given at  https://education.uoregon.edu/users/yongzhao

 

He has a new book:  Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon: Why China Has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World [see http://www.amazon.com/Whos-Afraid-Big-Bad-Dragon/dp/1118487133/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1430513343&sr=8-2&keywords=yong+zhao ]

 

 

II. A video of Prof. Zhao's talk is given at  https://vimeo.com/126604445

 

 

This is for your information.

 

 

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Jerry P. Becker
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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