Google. Digital text books open a new chapter. South Korea, one of the world's highest-rated education systems, aims to consolidate its position by digitising its entire curriculum. By 2015, it wants to be able to deliver all its curriculum materials in a digital form through computers. The information that would once have been in paper textbooks will be delivered on screen. South Korea's Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Ju-Ho Lee, said that his department was preparing a promotion strategy for "Smart Education", focusing on customised learning and teaching. The project, launched during the summer, will involve wireless networks in all schools to allow students to learn "whenever and wherever", as well as an education information system that can run in a variety of devices including PCs, laptops, tablets and internet-connected TVs.
He said the government would support an open content market containing a variety of learning materials, aimed at keeping up quality while keeping down costs. Tech-friendly teenagers Teaching gap. How tablets are being used in business; listed by industry. Tablets are seeing major uptake from business professionals. Here's Gartner's list of the business functions for tablets, broken down by industry. I don't put a whole lot of stock in Gartner's prognostications, as I've mentioned before (and my friend Om Malik reminded me on Twitter on Tuesday). The main reason is that, as Yoda said, "Always in motion is the future. " But, Gartner talks to a lot of IT leaders, especially at the biggest organizations across the globe and so they get a lot of intelligence about what's happening out there and they do solid analysis of the trends. Photo credit: Jason Hiner The list itself is consistent with what I've seen and heard from IT and businesses professionals throughout 2011.
How consumers use tablets Media consumptionTouch to actPicture/video captureSocial collaborationWeb browsingCommunicationGamesMapping and route planning Business uses, by industry My take As I said, this is a pretty good list. Your take How is your company using tablets? Mobile Learning Toolkit - Jenni Parker. Play-Think-Learn. Pearson + Google Apps = OpenClass. One of the world’s biggest education publishers has joined with one of the most dominant and iconic software companies on the planet to bring colleges a new—and free—learning-management system with the hopes of upending services that affect just about every instructor, student, and college in the country.
Today Pearson, the publishing and learning technology group, has teamed up with the software giant Google to launch OpenClass, a free LMS that combines standard course-management tools with advanced social networking and community-building, and an open architecture that allows instructors to import whatever material they want, from e-books to YouTube videos. The program will launch through Google Apps for Education, a very popular e-mail, calendar, and document-sharing service that has more than 1,000 higher-education customers, and it will be hosted by Pearson with the intent of freeing institutions from the burden of providing resources to run it. Mr. Still, Mr. Return to Top. Using Twitter In Classrooms. Teachers have been taking advantage of Twitter’s format to keep their classes engaged for years now. Taking the time to learn how to use Twitter has proved worth the return for teachers throughout the world. Here is a collection of dozens of projects and ideas to get teachers started using Twitter to build a better learning experience for everyone, divided into five categories: Expand Learning Possibilities Build Writing Skills Use Twitter’s Research Potential Get Creative!
Improving Classroom Efficiency Bonus #1: Infochart—A Matrix For Teaching With Twitter Bonus #2: Infographic—Beyond The Classroom: How Scholars Are Using Twitter 1. Expand Learning Possibilities Make Instant Connections Monica Rankin (University of Texas-Dallas) has students tweet their questions during lectures for greater engagement.
Other teachers have used Twitter to poll students and display results in real time using SurveyMonkey or similar tools. Collaborate Beyond The Classroom 2. Create Reports Stories and Poetry 3. 21st Century Teachers. I was reading a post today from Derek Keenan on the Developing Education blog. Derek lists 5 traits that are essential for teachers who are working with changing students and practices. I am copying these from his blog post below, please click on the link to read his full post and the interesting comments made about it.Driven to Learn - Educators absolutely must be driven to learn in order to teach effectively in the 21st Century.
It is no longer acceptable to teach only from a textbook, to rely on the same worksheets an methods year after year without at least questioning them and researching why they are the best resource available. There is simply too much new information, too many new strategies, and new learning available to us to ignore the implications it may have for students in our classes.A Media Creation Expert - Whether posted online or simply used in the classroom, our materials must be highly engaging and effective.
Some reflections on these: iPads in school example.