A Curriculum for Cybernetics and Systems Theory. Alan B.
Scrivener abs@well.com FIRST DRAFT (c) 1 March 1990 by Alan Scrivener SECOND DRAFT (c) 22 August 2002 by Alan Scrivener MINOR EDITS (c) 4 March 2012 by Alan Scrivener Note: Albert Ward of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, has graciously done the work to translate this document into Bulgarian What This Is This is a list, with reviews, of suggested books, periodicals, television shows and computer programs for a classroom curriculum or individual study in cybernetics and systems theory. What’s being done to save STEM Education? 11 Celebrities, Non-Profits, Libraries and Businesses Making a Difference. Almost everyone agrees comprehensive Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education is important to the economic future of this country.
STEM advancement and discovery leads to innovation and new industries that will drive the American economy of tomorrow. The need for change is apparent as U.S. education is not producing the talent demanded by the job market. According to USNews: “there are 2 million to 3 million unfilled positions because companies can’t find workers with basic technical skills. We’ll have about 10 million such openings before the end of the decade.” Furthermore, in a separate article, USnews reports that the National Assessment of Educational Progress stated “roughly 75 percent of our nation’s high school students are not proficient in mathematics when they complete 12th grade, even as the primary driver of the United States’ economy will be in STEM fields.
Action Research Journals. All Educational Apps for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Technology in the Classroom: Helpful or Harmful? Kids gravitate towards technology—if your child heads straight for the video games or Facebook after school, you know what we’re talking about.
With a world of information at their fingertips nowadays, it seems like kids should be finding it easier than ever to succeed in school. However, as more classrooms invest in the latest technology, test scores remain the same, bringing its effectiveness into question. Technology and Teaching “Incorporating technology into the classroom requires a double innovation,” says Shelley Pasnik, director of the Center for Education and Technology, Educators who receive new technology must first learn how to use the equipment and then decide whether or not it supports the class objectives and curriculum.
Role of Technology. By Meagen Pollock, The College of Wooster Emerging technologies are entering mainstream use in undergraduate research.
The growing abundance of online resources and tools is changing the way that researchers find information, process data, collaborate, and disseminate results. Www.bestevidence.org/word/elem_science_Jun_13_2012.pdf. Www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget13/crosscuttingissues/stemed.pdf. Reinventing Science Education in the 21st Century. Government and business leaders are worried about STEM education.
There is a growing shortage in the United States of teachers and students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Hundreds of million are invested in public-private initiatives to retrain STEM teachers and to recruit and prepare new STEM teachers. The initiatives rightly recognize the importance of STEM professionals to our future economic wellbeing, environmental health, and national security.1 However, after six decades of enormous public and private investments in science and math educational reforms, perhaps we need to rethink our approach.
Alfred North Whitehead, one of the twentieth century’s great mathematicians, turned philosopher and educational reformer, provides a useful analysis of our educational malaise. Duiker/Spielvogel Interactive Maps. Online Interactive Simulations. South America Travel Guide. Geosense: an online world geography game. Games of the 18th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition. 1st place Andromeda Apocalypse Marco Innocenti Floating in space on a strange vessel, sole survivor of a world... and maybe of the entire human race, Ektor Mastiff must find a way through the cosmos, on a voyage that can change the history of mankind forever.
Play, download, or learn more about this game on the IFDB. Go Back in Time with 12 World History Apps. History is one of those subjects where it is easy to get your students engaged once they have connected with the narrative.
Here are a couple of Apps that will help your students jump right into the era that you are studying. Obviously we can't cover every area of historical study but these apps give you an idea of some of the tools available on the iPad. Some of the more interactive apps like War World 11 or Virtual History: Roma lend themselves to individual research projects or even students negotiated activities, other could be used just as starters or as warm up activities. However you use them, these apps give you a set of tools that you can now use in your iPad classroom. Back in Time: $8.49 AU I loved this as a website, now it is an app. Bridging World History. Unit 1.
Travel Back in Time with Interactive Timelines. One of the things I like about the internet, is it allows resources to become interactive.
There are many interactive timelines which are available now, which provide an engaging way to look at history. Teachers can use them on Interactive whiteboards and they can cater for a range of subject areas. World History : HyperHistory. Ancient Civilizations.