6 Ways Digital Learning is Changing Teaching
I visited Wireless Generation, a leading education technology company, in Brooklyn this week. In a discussion about Getting Smart, a couple dozen employees including teachers and technologists asked great questions about the future of learning. Here are two more. As someone who has, within the last decade, been a…
Questions About Digital Learning
I visited Wireless Generation, a leading education technology company, in Brooklyn this week. In a discussion about Getting Smart, a couple dozen employees including teachers and technologists asked great questions about the future of learning. Your book includes a lot of “in 5-10 years” predictions, but…
MIND Research Institute Releases BigSeed for iPad
MIND Research Institute, the creator of math game ST Math, announced today that it released "Big Seed" for iPad to the iTunes Store. "Big Seed" is the first multistep-thinking game with ST Math's famous Jiji the penguin.
Infographic: Get More Out of Google
Effective researching skills used to be wrapped up in knowledge about libraries, the Dewey Decimal System, and book indexes. Today, it's all about the Google search. Yet surprisingly, not many students today are well versed in effective searching strategies when it comes to the web. HackCollege, a blog focused on improving the habits and lives of college students, published an infographic that shows students how to "Get More Out of Google."
Fund the Child, Not the District
Mike Pettrelli and the Fordham Institute should be commended for starting the conversation on “school governance.” Mike’s two important posts on the topic can be found here and here. This triggered comments from the grande dames of the status quo, Randi Wiengarten and Diane Ravitch,. The discussion brings an important question into focus. Why do we even need “school districts?”
Our 10 Favorite Websites & Blogs
This week, we’d like to showcase some of our favorite websites and blogs for information around innovations and learning. Taking Note Taking Note, written by former PBS and NPR reporter John Merrow, is an extension of Learning Matters, which is an independent media production company…
The Beginning of Something
We are living through an uninspiring policy environment and disastrously bad economy but it feels like the beginning of something extraordinary. Fareed’s interview with Walter Isaacson on Sunday made me think about periods in history where a confluence of forces create extraordinary events and lift unlikely heroes.
Fareed’s Economic Fix
America's problems are not economic, demographic or technological. They are political. Simple policy measures can change our fate. If we built out our infrastructure, kept monetary policy pro-growth and reformed our tax code to encourage business investment, we would have growth, a manageable deficit and a bright future.
Good Work: What Did You Accomplish This Week?
Source: Getty Images After college I started calling my parents on Sunday night. My dad would start the conversation by asking, “What did you accomplish this week?” Simple but frustrating, it called me to account. It made me ask if the world was a better place by an…
Sorry, Talented: Striving Matters
Jonathan Wai wrote an important article in Psycholodgy Today where he noted that "No matter how talented you are, you still have to work like mad to become the very best. If you never do much with your talents, then being smart won't really mean much at all."