future of learning
Not Change for Games, But Games for Change
A non-profit that seeks to use video games to tackle education issues, poverty and human rights is having a four day festival at Parsons School of Design from May 24-27 in New York City.
Ten Things for DQC2.0 to Figure Out
The National Data Quality Campaign made a huge contribution and is now part of federal policy. Given the flood of data from online learning, it's time to start working on DQC2.0.
Video: Gregg Betheil, NYC DOE Describes Ubiquitous Tech in a NYC Learning Environment
Gregg Betheil chats with edReformer after the Startl event in NYC tonight. He talks about his eight year old daughter and what her use of tech means for the quality and the method of education in the nation.
The Spirit of New Jersey and Spirit of Newark
The Spirit of New Jersey is a competitive performing arts & music education organization which participates in the Drum Corps International Summer Music Games Tour. We're an independent, self-sponsored, non-profit corporation which is recognized nationally for excellence in youth programming.
Interview: Emily Dalton Smith, Online Director, SkySong, Arizona State University
Emily Dalton Smith, Online Director at Arizona State University's SkySong program, shares with us her vision of education reform. She says that our national school system is like the railroads in the 1800s -- without true standardization and woefully lacking in entrepreneurial spirit to make it all work seamlessly.
Interview: Chip Kimball, Superintendent, Lake Washington
Dr. Chip Kimball, Superintendent, Lake Washington School District, Washington State
NYC: Hub of the Learning Revolution
Yesterday I attended the NYC Symposium for Social Change. The focus was impact investing. My friends from City Light Capital made the case for investing with a high bar for return and social benefit. Seth Pinsky, NYC EcoDevo, made the case for NYC global hub for the innovation economy and…
Rick Hess: Fueling the Engine (Book Excerpt)
Rick Hess makes the case in his book excerpt, Fueling the Fire, that it's time for venture capital to start the greenfield education hotbeds of the United States.
Metacog: Management, Mode, Motivation, Mastery
Learning to learn: becoming metacognitive of management, mode, motivation, and leading to mastery
Innovation Stack
Big partnerships for learning mash-up space & app store based on research and open API data/assmt/content