Post-Secondary
Post-secondary is a shifting space — four year degrees may not always be the fit and new alternatives are being created at an alarming rate. This topic encompasses everything from higher ed to adult learning and workforce pipelines and development.
The Value of Market Experiments in Economics Classes
With Moblab, it’s easy to design your class so that a variety of different experiments can be conducted over the term, allowing students to learn, first-hand, important economic principles based on their own decisions and experience in these experiments.
Infographic | Pearson on College Readiness
In order to better understand the state of college readiness, Pearson has released a series of infographics, which explores three critical areas of college readiness: pre-college, entry/assessment/placement, and developmental education.
Museums & MOOCs
Earlier this month, I wrote about museums and alternate models of accessibility, from mobile brain science museums to portable pop-up hands-on STEM ‘museums’. These models, although mobile, still exist in a physical space – and there’s nothing wrong with that. The Think Tank is filled with brain science technology that just isn’t available to the average person, and the whole point of the Foundation for Early Learning’s Uni project is to bring hands-on science-related activities into public spaces.
Book Review: Education Transformation
K12 CEO Ron Packard recently released his newest book Education Transformation: How K-12 Online Learning is Bringing the Greatest Change to Education in 100 Years in hopes to discuss why technology is critical for the future of education.
Using Stories to Teach Evolution
Evolution is often a difficult subject for students to grasp, even putting aside politics and religion. It’s also a very important concept to understand biology.
Bigger and Better: How Schools Can Increase Admission While Maintaining Quality
How can schools let more students in while still maintaining educational quality? Is it possible for students to feel connected, inspired, and accountable for their education – to really excel – in a large school with large classes?
An Update on Apple in Education
Apple in Education has come a long way with over 8 million iPads purchased by schools and colleges - 4.5 million by K-12 schools in the U.S. and with more than 75,000 learning apps now in the Apple store.
HotChalk Education Index: A Guide to the Future of EdTech
Amy Chu explains that the mission behind the HotChalk Education Index is to make a difference in the lives of students and teachers by helping them solve problems with innovative, data-driven, technological education products.
Florida Policymakers Innovate with Online Learning
Affordable online college courses and expanded access to K-12 online courses and blended schools top the recently concluded 2013 Florida legislative session. Digital Learning Now report cards suggest that Florida has one of the best education codes in the country.
Campus Tech: Improving Collaboration with Interactive Whiteboards at King’s College
King’s College in Pennsylvania has had huge success with Steelcase Education’s Eno Markerboard — these devices allow users to save, store, and quickly display the work they’ve done with others.