Edudemic shares more than two dozen ways to use tablets to enhance the learning process, from art to science, from writing to public speaking, from research to testing to social media.
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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December 17, 2012A free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere is the goal of the Khan Academy, a passion project that grew from Salman Khan’s online tutoring sessions with his niece, who was struggling with algebra, into a worldwide phenomenon. Like many innovators, Khan rethinks existing assumptions and imagines what education could be if freed from them. In The One World Schoolhouse, Salman Khan presents his radical vision for the future of education, as well as his…
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December 17, 2012This web page offers a clearinghouse of resources related to Schools of the Future, including resources offered by the National Association of Independent Schools (U.S.) as well as other organizations. Topics include Schools Using Innovative Technologies, Ed-Tech Resources, and Global Education.
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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.”
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December 14, 2012In this FORA.TV video from the Big Ideas Fest, Karen Cator–director of the Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education–shares how to create the conditions for participatory learning, including the adoption of evolved digital-age teaching.
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December 12, 2012EdSurge profiles LearnLaunch, a nonprofit working to foster the growth of ed-tech start-ups in Boston and other parts of the northeast U.S. LearnLaunch host classes for aspiring entrepreneurs, support peer mentoring, and hold events such as an an annual conference.
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December 12, 2012TeachThought presents this post by Paul Glader on Michael Trucano’s realistic approach to ed-tech integration. Trucano, senior ICT and education specialist at the World Bank, says his goal is to help countries avoid worst practices and failure. Among his excellent list of nine worst practices: Dump hardware in schools, hope for magic to happen. Think about educational only after rolling out hardware. Make a big get on unproven technology or vendors. Don’t consider…
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December 12, 2012What Is the Role of Technology in Education?, edited by Judeen Bartos, explores technology’s role in education and in enhancing education for people with disabilities, e-texts’ impact on traditional publishing, and Internet/online-based education.
