Actually Going to Class? How 20th-Century. - Technology. By Jeffrey R. Young Washington The first question many undergraduates ask professors on the first day of class is whether they really have to show up. The way they phrase it is a bit more subtle, says Dekunle Somade, a senior at the University of Maryland at College Park. What his fellow students actually ask is: "Will reruns of lectures be available after class, or at least the full set of PowerPoint slides?
" Mr. Somade told me recently that "the general idea is that if I don't have to come to class, I don't want to come to class—and technology is giving students more and more reason not to come. " That leads to a big question: Why even have a traditional college course? That was the provocative notion posed here recently by Randy Bass, executive director of Georgetown University's Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship, during the annual meeting of the Educause Learning Initiative. Mr. Courses won't go away completely, Mr. "Like Bruce Willis at the end of The Sixth Sense," Mr. 50 Free Collaboration Tools That Are Awesome for Education. April 7th, 2010 Whether you are looking for tools that can bring a distance education class together or tools to help students and teachers in traditional classrooms working on group projects, the following collaboration tools will help with any need. From group papers to file sharing to group communication, the following tools will help bring any educational group together seamlessly to produce awesome results.
Group Projects and Papers When working on group projects or research papers, these tools make collaboration a breeze. Nicenet. Discussion Groups and Communication Don’t let a little thing like distance stop your group or class from communicating. MemberHub. Research, Note Taking, and File Sharing Share your research, notetaking, and files with these great tools. CiteULike. Social Networking Social networking provides an opportunity for students and teachers to connect beyond the classroom walls in new and innovative ways. ePals.
Wikis and Blogs Wikispaces. Task Management. Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds. Jan 20, 2010 A national survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that with technology allowing nearly 24-hour media access as children and teens go about their daily lives, the amount of time young people spend with entertainment media has risen dramatically, especially among minority youth. Today, 8-18 year-olds devote an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes (7:38) to using entertainment media across a typical day (more than 53 hours a week). And because they spend so much of that time ‘media multitasking’ (using more than one medium at a time), they actually manage to pack a total of 10 hours and 45 minutes (10:45) worth of media content into those 7 Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds is the third in a series of large-scale, nationally representative surveys by the Foundation about young people’s media use.
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Sugata Mitra shows how kids teach themselves. Ken Robinson: Changing education paradigms. Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity. Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution! Global Homepage. Home | WISE. WISE Prize - Home. The Laureate will be announced at the 2014 Summit to be held on November 4-6, 2014 in Doha, Qatar. Learn more on the nomination and selection process here. About the WISE Prize "It is our aim that this Prize should raise global awareness of the crucial role of education in all societies, and create a platform for innovative and practical solutions that might help alleviate some of the challenges which education faces around the world.”
Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation. Established in 2011 by Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, the WISE Prize for Education is the first distinction of its kind to recognize an individual or a team of up to six people for an outstanding, world-class contribution to education. WISE Prize Laureates since 2011 2013 – Ms Vicky Colbert The 2013 WISE Prize for Education was awarded to Ms Vicky Colbert, Founder and Director of Fundación Escuela Nueva. > More information on Ms Vicky Colbert 2012 – Dr. Dr.