In this video, the Infinite Thinking Machine presents five great science resources featuring the Spangler Effect, Late Nite Labs, the Exploratorium’s cow-eye videos, Fold It puzzles, and an invite to Dr. Ramsey’s Secret Live Show, as well as an extended interview with Steve Spangler.
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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October 24, 2012This is an introduction to the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) video series on the U.S. Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The videos are designed to support states, schools, and teachers in the implementation of the CCSS. The videos were created in collaboration with the states in the Southeast Comprehensive Center region based on their needs for professional development support for the implementation of the CCSS. Each video is an audiovisual resource…
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October 24, 2012Published in partnership with the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL), The Problem with Math Is English by Concepcion Molina illustrates how students often understand fundamental mathematical concepts at a superficial level. Written to inspire “a-ha” moments, this book enables educators to help students identify and comprehend the nuances and true meaning of math concepts by exploring them through the lenses of language and symbolism, delving into such essential topics as multiplication, division, fractions, place…
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October 23, 2012Economic projections point to a need for approximately one million more STEM professionals than the U.S. will produce at the current rate over the next decade. To meet this goal, the U.S. will need to increase the number of students who receive undergraduate STEM degrees by about 34% annually over current rates. Strategies for Effective STEM Education, edited by Valerian Bell and Shioban Gonzalez, provides an overview for strategies to improve…
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October 22, 2012Alex Kajitani, 2009 California Teacher of the Year, and Jan Morrison, president of the Teaching Institute for Excellence, motivate science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers to put ideas into action. This FORA TV video was recorded at California STEM Summit 2012.
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October 19, 2012This FORA TV video captures a panel discussion on how schools can align STEM education with the skills needed to find jobs. The panel comprises Debra Jones, dean in the Workforce and Economic Development Division at the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office; Merrilea Mayo, founder of Mayo Enterprises; Bill Scroggins, president of Mt. San Antonio College; and Greg Till, director at Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems. The moderator is Jamai…
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October 18, 2012Sugata Mitra, professor of educational technology at Newcastle University (U.K.) talks about the critical importance of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. The FORA.TV video was taped at the California STEM Summit 2012.
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October 11, 2012Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields are widely regarded as critical to the U.S. economy. To provide a nationally representative portrait of undergraduate students’ experiences in STEM education, these Web Tables from the National Center for Education Statistics summarize longitudinal data from a cohort of first-time, beginning students who started postsecondary education in a bachelor’s or associate’s degree program in 2003−04, examining their entrance into and attrition from STEM…
