EdTech
Yes! A Productivity Agenda!
In a recent report (and a wave of blog posts) it is clear that Bruce Baker takes offense at the current discussion around improving productivity in public education.
Online Learning Provides Mastery-Based Learning for Students
“When I tuck my children into bed each night and take the laptops off their beds, I see that they were recently looking at Civil War photos on the National Archives website, playing with a pyramid maze on the British Museum website, or translating their names into hieroglyphs,” says Kelly Gutensohn, a parent of ten Florida Virtual School (FLVS) students ranging from five to 28.
10+ STEM Inspiring Contests & Challenges
The science fair has been around for decades. Yet, today the science fair has evolved to give students and adults multiple expressions of STEM talent. Here, we've compiled more than 10 STEM challenges and contests for you and your students.
White House Announces Second Science Fair Winners
Tuesday, President Obama will host the second White House Science Fair to celebrate winners of its science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) competitions from across the country and announce key steps the Administration and its partners are taking to excel STEM in the U.S.
Budget Cuts Leave Some Students Tongue-Tied
On Jan. 20 the Department of Education announced plans to cut $27 million in funding to foreign language programs around the country. The money comes from the now defunct Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP), which doled out three- or five-year grants to charter schools, school districts and states.
SmartTech Roundup
Learning Platforms The Gates Foundation finally launched a website with a little info on the Shared Learning Collaborative. Five states are expected to pilot something next year, but will it be a full personalized learning platform in the sky or a data warehouse? Instructure, a Salt Lake…
Staff Picks: Digital Playlist, Blended Learning, Mobile Learning
Tom picks digital playlists by Adam Renfro, Karen picks NEA support for blended learning, Caroline picks student Digital Learning Day testimonies, and Sarah picks a presentation iPad app.
TASC Reports After-School Programs Equalize Tech Access For Students
Recently, The After-School Corporation released "Where the Kids Are: Digital Learning In Class and Beyond," a white paper that looks at the benefits of expanding technology-enabled learning time in after-school programs, and a video that reinforces the ways that students can gain access to learning opportunities at school and in community organizations.
RabbleBrowser: Improve Classroom Management With Mobile Learning
“The concept of the 60-minute learning block is broken,” says Chad Udell, the managing director of Float Mobile Learning (Float). “We’re entering an new age where what constitutes learning and what provides learning is changing.”
DJ Your Classroom: The Digital Playlist
Wednesday was Digital Learning Day, and the Renfro Manor celebrated in the traditional manner with high-fructose digitalization: Youtube, Pandora, Twitter, Moodle, Cabanga, Skype, G-talk, Blackboard, Time4Learning, Facebook, LinkedIn, NCVPS, Apple TV, IMs, playlists, and then I dropped the kids off at school.