This is the first of two new reports from Project Tomorrow using data from their widely heralded 2012 Speak Up Survey. Part 1 starts out stating the importance of digital considerations in education, “We are at a cosmic moment in K-12 education. The conflux of the impeding implementation of Common Core State Standards (and other new state standards) with the advent of new, high quality, educationally rigorous and innovative digital tools…
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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April 19, 2013Project Tomorrow hosts the annual Speak Up Survey in which school administrators, teachers, students, and parents offer their views on educational technology. The 2012 results are now available, and Project Tomorrow has put together this very useful and informative infographic.
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April 4, 2013A group of graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania recently traveled to Finland to learn more about the much revered education system there. This team has reflected upon this experience through a group blog and this allows us to benefit from their collective thoughts and experiences. Check it out and give them additional feedback by offering a comment or two.
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March 25, 2013Digital Learning Now! is a group run by a council industry expert, policymakers, and educators dedicated to improving digital opportunities for American students. In March 2012, Digital Learning Now! released its second annual report which grades individual states on their progress towards implementing technological innovations. Criteria for these report cards are based on 10 elements of high quality digital learning, and only 6 states received an A or B for…
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March 25, 2013Hanna Rosin of the Atlantic has published a fascinating piece detailing parental concerns and research around young children using technology. Entitled The Touch-Screen Generation, this article summarizes expert findings around the affects of television on children. Rosin also notes that this existing research may inform current practices around early childhood use of technology as there is little existing research on kids’ use of technologies such as iPads. Intertwined in this…
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March 7, 2013Posted on the web site of educational researcher Katy Jordan, this is an interesting visual display of data related to MOOCs (massively open online courses). You can filter data by platform, university, and type of assessment. Jordan work at the Open University and is continuing to collect information related to MOOCs. See this blog post for further details.
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March 5, 2013In this blog published in January of 2013, Mimi Ito announced the publication on a new report on connected learning. Principles underlying this research agenda and learning framework include the following: Learning Principles Interest-powered Peer-supported Academically oriented Design Principles Production-centered Openly networked Shared purpose Core Values Equity Social connection Full participation Download the full report and summary here. Make sure to also check out the Connected Learning web site and…
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March 4, 2013A new paper has been published by CompetencyWorks and the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) which outlines the technological requirements for a competency-based learning model. Competency-based learning means that students learn at their own pace with enough time and appropriate supports in place to ensure mastery. This model calls for explicit learning goals, meaningful assessments, and opportunities for real life applications of skills learned. More detailed descriptions and…
