Getting Smart present a nice list of challenges and contests designed to inspire science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning. The list includes the DuPont Science Challenge, the Microsoft Imagine Cup, Moody’s Mega Math Challenge, and the Google Science Fair.
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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February 3, 2012Education Week profiles the expanding use of open educational resources in a diverse array of countries. South Africa’s Education Department is printing math and science textbooks produced from such resources for use in grades 10 through 12. In the Netherlands, the Ministry of Education has developed a platform called Wikiwijs for employing open resources. And in Vietnam, educators are translating such resources and creating their own to build a repository available…
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January 26, 2012This report is the result of Australia’s National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN), for which tests are conducted in May each year for all students in years 3, 5, 7, and 9. All students in the same year level are assessed on the same test items in the assessment domains of Reading, Persuasive Writing, Language Conventions (Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation), and Numeracy. Each year, more than one million students nationally sit the NAPLAN tests,…
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January 19, 2012The Wolfram Education Portal, organized by course, contains dynamic textbooks, lesson plans, widgets, interactive demonstrations, and more built by Wolfram|Alpha education experts. Current courses include algebra and calculus.
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January 11, 2012Engineering education is currently on the verge of a major transformation. However, while the need has been much discussed and several proposals for change have been put forward, relatively little focus has been put on actual implementation of the proposed changes. Shaping Our World examines a program that has a long history of experimentation in engineering education. Written by experts Gretar Tryggvason and Diran Apelian, it describes specific topics with each chapter focusing…
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January 5, 2012This special-education feature from Bright Hub Education discusses SMART Board lessons for math, nothing that learners with specific learning disabilities (SLD) who have difficulties grasping material through traditional instruction often find learning support through touch-screen technology that engages multiple senses. The post provides specific information on animated manipulatives and on games for review and assessment. If you found this resource useful, please Recommend, Comment, Share!
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January 3, 2012This report from the National Center for Education Evaluation/Regional Educational Laboratory (U.S.) presents findings from a randomized control trial designed to inform the decisions of policymakers who are considering using online courses to provide access to Algebra 1 in grade 8. It focuses on students judged by their schools to be ready to take Algebra 1 in grade 8 but who attend schools that do not offer the course. The…
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December 16, 2011In Connecting Students to STEM, author Camille Cole explains how to find science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professionals around the world who are willing to interact with students using technology, such as videoconferencing and Web 2.0 tools. She explains how to set up programs that give students the opportunity to engage in real-world learning experiences, and how to tap into current programs. Through this type of authentic engagement, students may…
