35 Ways To Build Your Personal Learning Network Online. Personal learning networks are a great way for educators to get connected with learning opportunities, access professional development resources, and to build camaraderie with other education professionals. How To Make Students Better Online Researchers. I recently came across an article in Wired Magazine called “ Why Kids Can’t Search “. How A Classroom Of iPads Changed My Approach To Learning. Recently, my wife and I had the opportunity to take our kids on an overseas family holiday. About a third of the way through our trip as I tiredly walked to yet another airport terminal, I found myself thinking, “I know how check-in works. Someone at a counter will tell me what to do, so I can turn off and just go with it.” On entering the terminal, we found self check-in kiosks and one distinctly disinterested attendant hiding behind a counter at the far end of the hall.
When facts change fast, what should our kids be learning? Is Every Single Subject Taught in High School a Mistake? Can This 17-Year-Old Save America's Education System? Kids Go Gaga Over Tablets [INFOGRAPHIC] We know the iPad has become a major hit with adult tech consumers since Steve Jobs first introduced the gadget back in 2010.
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But did you know tablets have scored big points with kids as well? Humans are becoming familiar with digital technology and devices earlier than ever. In fact, more than half of children between the ages of five and eight have already used tablets to play or learn, according to some research. Investment in K-12 education innovation is soaring, but it’s not all rosy. When it comes to public education, it looks like private investors and entrepreneurs are ready to rally like it’s 1999.
After several years of relative drought, K-12 education, which has long been seen as a tough nut to crack for private business, is starting to draw investment at nearly record levels, outpacing higher education financing for the first time in several years. According to GSV Advisors, a Chicago-based investment firm that specializes in education, in 2011, transactions in K-12 education climbed to $389 million, which is up from a low point of $13 million in 2005 and more than three times the investment in the sector in 2010. By comparison, even though online education startups like Coursera, Udacity, 2tor and others have attracted big buzz for major funding rounds, higher education as a whole received about $271 million in financing in 2011, a decline of 13 percent since 2010. Joel Klein, Sal Khan And Sebastian Thrun On Inventing The Future Of Education, At Disrupt SF.
Three trailblazing figures in educational technology are showcasing the future of learning at our upcoming annual conference, Disrupt San Francisco.
Former New York education Chancellor, Joel Klein, will get into more of the details about the recently announced Amplify project, News Corp’s ambitious venture to create tailored, digital learning for the American education system. Henry Miller on Reading, Influence, and What's Wrong with Education. How Higher Education Uses Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]
Schools are on a short list of organizations that have been notoriously slow to adopt emerging tech.
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But within the last few years, as social media becomes more integral to students' lives, educational institutions are finally catching on, and catching up. When it comes to higher ed, there are not only opportunities for digital learning, but digital marketing too. Some schools have taken the reigns on both sides, with mixed results. SEE ALSO: 5 Free Homework Management Tools for the Digital Student. Nikhil Goyal, Teen Author, Shares Thoughts On How To Reform America's School System.
Fox Business interviewed 17-year-old Nikhil Goyal to get the teen author’s thoughts on how to go about reforming the nation’s school system.
Goyal recently wrote a book about the problems with American schools titled “One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student’s Assessment of School,” due out in September. Included in Goyal’s recommendations for how to fix schools is repealing No Child Left Behind, abolishing Race to the Top and “reinventing the teaching profession.” He also takes issue with testing, referring to it as “harmful and inappropriate.” Goyal spoke to the importance of changing the model of the school system, which he claims still resembles the industrial model of the early 20th century, making it the one American institution that hasn’t changed. (Former Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has also deemed the American school system an artifact of the Industrial Revolution.)
STEAM Ahead: Merging Arts and Science Education. Akua Kouyate, Wolf Trap’s senior director of education (Courtesy of Teddy Wolff) During tough economic times, arts and music programs are often some of the first programs cut in schools.
But at Wolf Trap’s Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts , investing in arts education has been a priority for the past 31 years. A study by the National Endowment for the Arts shows that students from lower socio-economic backgrounds who actively participated in the arts tended to score better in science and writing, and were more likely to aspire to college.
How Duke University Deals With Disruption. This post is the latest in the Visionary Leaders: Transforming Business series.
Unless I had a top brand, I would hate to run a college today. Colleges and universities are about to meet their disruptive hour. Websites such as Khan Academy and Udacity now offer free courses that blow away 99% of courses available in traditional colleges. Use Facebook While Studying, Get Lower Grades. Science education myths that keep us from fixing the system. Photo by Leah Anne Thompson/iStockphoto.
Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education is critical in the high-tech global marketplace that has replaced the industrial economy. Unfortunately, American students perform poorly on international assessments of math and science knowledge. Millennials: They Aren’t So Tech Savvy After All. Conventional wisdom has it that kids and young adults now coming of age have been so steeped in everything from video games to social networking that they bring amazing new technology skills to the workforce.
The truth may not be so rosy. Even as millennials (those born and raised around the turn of the century) enter college with far more exposure to computer and mobile technology than their parents ever did, professors are increasingly finding that their students' comfort zone is often limited to social media and Internet apps that don’t do much in the way of productivity. New York Teachers Discuss Accountability, Pros and Cons of Assessments. JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight, our series on teachers, testing and accountability.
On Monday and Tuesday, we heard from philanthropist Melinda Gates of the Gates Foundation, and Diane Ravitch, a historian and former assistant secretary of education. Tonight, we listen to teachers. Ray Suarez recently moderated a conversation, one of a dozen events in the past year held with teachers around the country. This one was organized by WNET in New York City, featuring educators from each of the city’s five boroughs. The Death Of Shop Class And America's Skilled Workforce. Testing, Testing. Uncategorized Flickr:Casey Serin Speaking of test prep. A reader responded to me by email today about Debbie Stier’s quest to ace the SAT and to motivate her son to do well so he’s accepted to the best college. The reader wrote: “For any student considering college, the key is not the right test prep or cramming for the SAT/ACT but just applying oneself throughout school… There’s a very pronounced ‘something for nothing’ culture in the United States and my concern is that efforts like this only serve to further promote that.
Movement Against Standardized Testing Grows As Parents Opt Out. Teaching Strategies. Noam Chomsky on the Purpose of Education. Public schools: Choose your own misadventure. Assessment Statement. High stakes- Important stakeholders Improving teaching and learning is in the national interest. For individuals and for our nation, higher education opens doors to economic prosperity and civic engagement. It provides the tools to make new discoveries and improve the quality of life. Books and Articles by Stephen D Krashen.
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