thinktanK12 Blog ED.gov Blog “This is remarkable leadership in action,” Secretary Arne Duncan told the press at the Hollywood FamilySource Center, following a roundtable with community stakeholders of the East Hollywood Promise Neighborhoods project. (Official Department of Education photo) Cross-posted from the OII blog. A small youth and family resource center is tucked away in the corner of a strip mall at the intersection of Western Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard in warm, sunny Los Angeles. On March 19, Secretary Arne Duncan, along with representatives from the U.S. Our day began with an administrative meeting that involved ED, HUD, YPI staff, partner organizations, local residents, and youth. Secretary Duncan listens to youth, parents, local teachers and school administrators, and representatives of community-based organizations during the March 19 roundtable. After the initial morning meetings, Secretary Duncan participated in a roundtable discussion, followed by a press conference.
ISTE Connects Blog Teaching and Learning News provide by Expert Educational Consultants In this episode, Alan speaks with Ewan McIntosh, Founder of NoTosh, out of Edinburgh, Scotland. The two begin with a discussion about Ewan’s work with design thinking for developing a new learning ecology within an International Baccalaureate school in Barcelona, Spain. This leads in to a conversation about the emotional process teachers go through in relinquishing some of their established control within the classroom. Finally, they discuss the role of school leaders and the key shifts they must make in order to jump into the design thinking process within their schools. Ewan has been a keynote speaker, a pre-conference master […] Podcast: Play in new window | Download
The Most Annoying Things About the Most Popular Smartwatches Few new product categories have received the amount of attention and hype garnered by the smartwatch. To hear some of the tech pundits talk, you’d think you’re living in the age of black and white TVs and rotary dial phones if you don’t have one. The fact of the matter is that smartwatches are here, and if you don’t mind putting up with some odd quirks there are plenty to choose from. FixYa, a popular Q&A site, mined comments and troubleshooting request from over 6,000 of its users to give you a sense of what problems plague owners of five popular smartphones. (Note: When the site reports that 25 percent of the complaints about the Martian Passport, for example, related to speaker problems, that doesn’t mean that 25 percent of all of those devices have that problem. Here’s a brief look at the highlights of the report; you can see all of it here. The I’m Watch Smartwatch boasts a touchscreen, audio speakers for making phone calls, Bluetooth connectivity and 4GB of memory.