Writing in the SmartBlog on Education, Vicki Davis thoroughly and thoughtfully explains the concept of flattening the classroom into a project-based environment wherein teachers and students connect around the world as co-creators of learning. Davis is a full-time teacher, author of the award-winning Cool Cat Teacher Blog, and co-founder of the Flat Classroom project. For a more in-depth discussion of this topic, check out Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds, which Davis co-authored…
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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August 23, 2012Skype offers some unique opportunities for tech-savvy educators to get their students learning in exciting new ways. In this blog post, OnlineDegrees.org shares a plethora of tips and tools for the use of Skype in the classroom to connect, communicate, and collaborate.
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August 17, 2012Content curation is a great way to find, organize and share useful knowledge efficiently. There are many free digital tools available to help manage web content in flexible ways allowing us to quickly share resources that are accessible online. Use of curation tools is social and will connect us to the ideas of others and help build our professional learning networks. Here are three efficient and effective content curation tools…
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August 13, 2012As part of Connected Educators Month, Nicholas Provenzano discusses how being a connected educator brings value to students. Writing for Edutopia, Provenzano discusses how connection not only enables long-distance collaboration among teachers but also allows engagement with students via real-time and asynchronous connections, publishing and sharing, and pen-pal correspondence.
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August 8, 2012Writing for the SmartBlog on Education, teacher, blogger, and #Edchat cofounder Tom Whitby acknowledges the U.S. Department of Education’s declaration of Connected Educator Month with background information on social media as a professional-development tool. The focus of his post is Twitter, hashtags, and #Edchat, the long-running biweekly Twitter event known for connecting its thousands of participants around timely education topics.
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August 8, 2012As Darrell West makes clear in Digital Schools, today’s educational institutions must reinvent themselves to engage students successfully and provide them with the skills needed to compete in an increasingly global, technological, and online world. Otherwise, the American education system will continue to fall woefully short in its mission to prepare the population to survive and thrive in a rapidly changing world. West examines new models of education made possible by…
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August 7, 2012This month, the U.S. Department of Education kicked off Connected Educator Month (CEM), during which educators in the U.S. and globally will have opportunities to connect themselves and their communities, online and in person, to support their professional practice. In the spirit of CEM, Edutopia details five educator “be” attitudes for new or pre-service teachers: Be able to define what it means to be a connected educator. Be knowledgeable about…
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August 3, 2012Writing for the SmartBlog on Education, finance/economics teacher Brian Page addresses the U.S. Department of Education’s Connect Educator Month by discussing the value of being a connected educator as well as a connecting educator with his students.
