An iPhone OS Lesson for Edu Apps
On our way to solving the $750 billion education applications puzzle, have we stopped to think about whether we are creating more of the same, or new ways of packaging information, that completely alter education deliverables? It's not the latter.
Mobile Learning Maturing (Slowly)
Article worth reading in EdWeek on mobile learning. I particularly like what Seth Weinberger at Innovations for Learning is doing with the $100 TeacherMate, a cool primary reading and math handheld game pad. See feature in next months Fast Company. Getting close to the device and price point…
Big Picture Wins Communicator Award
Congratulations to Big Picture Learning for winning an award at the 2010 Communicator Awards.
EdTech 10: It’s March Madness Baby
Be it in your bracket or your inbox, knowing the most relevant and important information, in March Madness or in EdTech, is fundamental to understanding how you can advance as a learner on and off the court.
Use Google Drive as a “Stepping Stone” to 3D Learning
Craig Roberts, assistant director of education at the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, believes his students learn better when they explain things visually. So, he has them build fruit fly brains out of Play-Doh, and construct human brain cells out of miscellany from The Scrap Exchange, a local nonprofit creative reuse center. More often, he sends them to the whiteboard to illustrate core concepts using a splash of color and lots of lines.
John Dewey to Farmville: 3 Decades of Learning
More children are learning from Farmville and other games, which is becoming the "new normal". Bing Gordon, a leader in the gaming industry believes that games are becoming a source to connect and engage with students in a way that is constantly teaching them new lessons.
Better Tools and Better Schools
We ask teachers to do an impossible job. Digital learning will make it easier for teachers and schools to be successful.
Great ConnCAN report unpacks CT's bizarre school funding
ConnCAN, the best state education advocacy organization in the country, continues to beat the drum for equity and excellence in Connecticut. The Tab is a hard hitting report on the bizarre state funding model that rewards failure rather than promoting accountability and school choice. Here’s summary recommendations:…
Something for Teachers to Consider: Act Machiavellian, Earn More
Indeed, individuals who care about personal relationships and social benefits more than their own pay represent quite a bargain for the economy as a whole. They provide valuable services at a lower cost than those who work for money alone.
New Job Opening: Policy Analyst at Education Sector
Education Sector seeks a policy analyst to extend and build on our work across the areas of productivity, technology, and innovation in both K–12 and post-secondary education.