Silicon Valley understands the value of computer science, and more related education initiatives seem to be emerging from Northern California, perhaps because of an increased emphasis on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education in the United States. Previously, GETIdeas.org has pointed to resources such as Stanford’s Makers in Residence program, SparkFun’s National Tour, Code.org and Code Summer+. Now comes an initiative geared towards the elementary school set, Tynker, a…
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 25, 2013GETideas.org hosted another Google Hangout on Air focused on one of our four Learning Trends: Technology-Driven Innovation on March 20, 2013 GETideas.org’s Executive Director, Mary Anne Petrillo and distinguished thought leaders pondered current trends in educational technology and computer science education. Show notes can be found here: http://goo.gl/Ld2Kh Our panelists included: Anna Hu is the Director of Information and Learning Technologies (ILT) at both Presbyterian Ladies’ College and…
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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 6, 2013In January, Codeacademy and the White House announced a joint initiative to encourage youth to learn computer programming called Code Summer+. Codeacademy’s co-founder, Zach Sims, declared that “coding is the new literacy” and this seems to be part of a larger movement to cultivating awareness of the importance of computer science. Code Summer+ is part of a larger youth jobs initiative from the U.S government, and is designed to prepare more…
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March 5, 2013Inspired by the Educate to Innovate Campaign, President Obama’s initiative to promote a renewed focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education, the National STEM Video Game Challenge is a multi-year competition whose goal is to motivate interest in STEM learning among America’s youth by tapping into students’ natural passion for playing and making video games. The challenge is open to middle and high school individual students and…
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March 4, 2013Code.org is a new non-profit aimed at improving computer science education. The main goal of this organization is to make sure that every student in every school has an opportunity to learn to code. Computer programming is today’s “superpower” in education. Check out their web site and this promotional video featured a variety of celebrities.
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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.
