Educators at colleges and universities use many tools to assess their students’ grasp of academic subjects, including traditional paper-and-pencil quizzes and tests taken in the classroom. Similarly, many organizations offer training and certification programs that require assessment. Now a number of computer software and Web-based programs have been added to teachers’ tool kits for evaluating learning outcomes, whether their classes are conducted in person or online. In this Emerging EdTech vlog…
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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July 30, 2012As popular as certain social networking sites and platforms may be, some educators may not be aware of all that social media can bring to the education space. This EdTech Digest inforgraphic illustrates some of the may ways that educators can incorporate social media into the classroom.
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July 26, 2012Connected principal George Couros explains how education administrators should leverage social media–Twitter and blogs–to build and grow a professional learning network (PLN). He concludes, “ By opening up your own learning to the world, you will be surprised not only how your knowledge elevates, but how your passion for teaching and learning will benefit as well.” Well said.
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July 26, 2012Fast Company’s Co.Exist blog shares predictions for how the next 15 years are going to change how children learn, at school and at home. The post divides the timeframe into waves, with the first wave (0-5 years from now), which will see teachers become more efficient in their jobs by adopting Web-based tools. By the third wave (10-15 years out), Co.Exist predicts that “high schools–and maybe even middle schools–will begin to…
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July 26, 2012K12 Inc. enrolls more public-school students than any other private education management organization in the U.S. This report from the National Education Policy Center provides a new perspective on the nation’s largest virtual school provider through a systematic review and analysis of student characteristics, school finance, and school performance of K12-operated schools. Using federal and state data, this report provides a description of the students served by K12 and the…
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July 24, 2012Edudemic presents an thorough, astounding list 100 recommended resources for managing feeds, finding followers, and tackling classroom groups on Twitter, from Tweet Deck to Twepe, from WeFollow to Tweepz, from TweetCube to Instagram.
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July 24, 2012In this brief video from Greg Whitby, Lyn Sharratt, coauthor of Putting Faces on the Data, speaks about the work of principal James Bond and teachers at Park Manor Public School, who have collaborated to create a “data wall” with students’ faces.
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July 24, 2012A new generation of students is surrounded by digital technologies, leading scholars and teachers to consider virtual worlds to engage students. By bringing together human-computer-interaction theories with social theory, Socializing the Classroom by Susan B. Barnes creates a theoretical foundation for future research in the area of social media, online learning technologies, and the development of social networks. Readers will gain a better understanding of how students use online learning environments to…
