In this report for the PBS News Hour, correspondent John Merrow of Learning Matters showcases a school district in Kentucky that has committed to a project-based learning approach in its effort to improve educational outcomes for their students.
A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age
January 24, 2013EdSurge discusses a Bill of Rights and Principles, newly developed by a group of people passionate about learning, serving today’s students, and using every available tool to respond better to the needs of students in a global, interactive, digitally connected world....
Digital Content: What Does the Future Hold for Education Systems?
January 23, 2013GETideas.org hosted this GooglePlus hangout on the future of digital content. The online discussion featured a panel of education experts, including Nicole Allen, affordable-textbooks advocate, Student PIRGS; Una Daly, communication college outreach director, OpenCourseWare Consortium; and Cable Green, director of global...
Explaining Inequalities in School Achievement: A Realist Analysis
January 22, 2013In Explaining Inequalities in School Achievement, author Roy Nash argues that a realist framework for the sociological explanation of educational group differences can, and must be, constructed. A move to such an explanatory framework will allow society to take into account the...
Education 3.0: Seven Steps to Better Schools
January 14, 2013In Education 3.0: Seven Steps to Better Schools, renowned educator and technology expert Jim Lengel provides a refreshing and hopeful picture of what schools should look like, including a groundbreaking seven-step process for envisioning and building them that draws on the...
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March 9, 2013Stanford University’s ‘Makers-in-Residence’ is an initiative designed by researcher Paulo Blikstein to give secondary students more in-depth experience with engineering and design thinking. Now in its third year, a cohort of 12 students participates in a variety of activities and challenges within the university’s Transformative Learning Technologies Lab for approximately 8 weeks. Not only is this experience giving hands-on design experience to students, it is providing fodder for research by…
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March 8, 2013Summer DIY activities are popping up for kids in the United States, First, Maker Education has announced a Maker Corps that will mentor students in Maker Spaces housed in community centers, schools, and libraries. SparkFun is also planning on taking their DIY work on the road, teaching courses across the country on engineering-oriented topics such as computer programming, the PicoBoard Scratch sensor, SparkFun Inventor Kit and e-textiles. Learn more about…
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March 3, 2013The Maker Education Initiative is planning summer Maker Space events for children and families in conjuntion with with various community partners. Maker Education is currently recruiting mentors for paid and unpaid positions. during the summer of 2013 and applications are due March 8th. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age. To apply, visit this web site.
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March 2, 2013GETideas.org seeks to help education leaders understand the impact of environment on learning and to leverage design when attempting to transform education systems. This Google Hangout on Air will dig further into the theme of Designing Modern Learning Environments by exploring Design Thinking with noted education experts. According to IDEO, “It’s a structured approach to generating and developing ideas.” Learn more about this approach can be applied in your classroom and…
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January 2, 2013KQED MindShift discusses project-based versus project-oriented learning with Azul Terronez, who teaches at High Tech Middle School, a public charter in San Diego, California (U.S.). The post also includes a related short video from High Tech Middle art instructor Jeff Robin.
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December 19, 2012While the Khan Academy is well known for its online video lecture, this Edutopia video showcases Khan Academy’s Discovery Lab summer camp, at which academy staff experimented with project-based learning activities to build better student engagement.
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December 14, 2012Writing for Edutopia, Andrew Miller focuses on integrating technology into the classroom for project-based learning (PBL). As Miller states, “It’s not about more technology tools, but about the intentional use of the tools available.”
