digital learning
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.
Enriching Online Education through E-Service-Learning
While the physical separation of online students from the campus poses a significant challenge to participating in service-learning opportunities, pioneering educators are attempting to offer equivalent learning experiences to online students.
EdTech 10: ISTE, Legs, Reach, Tabs & Texas
The flurry of edtech announcements leads to increased excitement over the trip many will take to San Antonio for ISTE13 next week.
STEMbite: Transforming Video Lessons with Google Glass
Two months ago, I received Google Glass. No, I don’t work for Google, and I’m not a software developer. I am an online science teacher, one of the only teachers in the world to have the highly coveted device.
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.
10 Ways Smart Cities Develop & Support Teachers
10 strategies are outlined that cities are using to make teaching more attractive and to better support teachers and expand their opportunity set.
EdTech 10: Dads, Dollars & Digital Learning
Before you run to the store for a bottle of cologne and the usual golf polo for your Dad take a few minutes to catch up on this week’s edtech happenings.
Let the Learning Commence
Tom shares his commencement speech that he gave to the students of the International Connections Academy, the second generation of graduates from online high schools.
A Proposal for Better Growth Measures
We create better growth measures by developing a system of comparable growth rates. It would require that an independent scale and a method of describing growth on that scale be adopted, along with a simple mechanism for conducting linking studies.
EdTech 10: The countdown is on
If your home is anything like mine, it’s ringing with the joyous sounds of children counting down the days until summer vacation.