What Schools Will Look Like In The Year 2020 The Current State Of Technology In K-12 7.46K Views 0 Likes What is the next device most students will soon purchase? How many schools have a digital strategy? Find out in the current state of technology in K-12. How Online Education Has Changed In 10 Years 11.37K Views 0 Likes We all know that education, specifically online education, has come a long way in the last few years. 3 Ways To Find Technology Mentors In Your School In the age of personal learning and pro-d much is written about the benefit of Twitter and other web-based collaborative forums. At the same time many schools and districts have established programs for new teachers in their schools. But what if yours doesn’t? What if you aren’t ‘new’ – just new to some aspect of your teaching? When I was beginning my foray into technology I faced the same issue. Ask your librarian! Think about how you teach – not what you teach! Smile – and get walking! Finding your in-school mentors requires you to be active, involved and have some personal initiative.
iPad fury: Parents furious after school tells them to buy tablet for children Headteacher of Rossett School in Harrogate, North Yorks, causes anger with requestSome parents say they can't afford the £300 tablet and fear 'two-tier' inequality By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 12:37 GMT, 8 December 2012 | Updated: 12:37 GMT, 8 December 2012 Hard-up parents were left furious after a school asked them to fork out hundreds of pounds on iPads for lessons and homework. Staff at Rossett School in Harrogate, North Yorkshire told children to ask their parents to buy them the £300 tablet for their work. But the request has infuriated parents, hundreds of whom attended a showdown meeting with the headteacher over the cost. A row has broken out at Rossett School in Harrogate, North Yorkshire after parents were asked to buy iPads for their children One parent at the 1,400-pupil co-educational, which has academy status, said: 'This could create a two tier system. 'We can probably afford one, but not everyone can, especially if you have more than one child.
Moving From Institutional Learning To Entrepreneurial Learning Outside of a handful of textbook conglomerates, entrepreneurship was not a concept connected to education until recently. In late 2012, start-ups are populating the educational landscape, and changing its tone completely. These start-ups, who often begin as a single platform, are altering the way people think about learning, and helpfully disrupting existing power sets in education in the process. In the video below, Jeff Brazil from the Digital Media and Learning discusses entrepreneurial learning, making more concrete the abstraction that has in the past been called, among other labels, “informal learning.” “How do you constantly look around you, all the time, for new ways, new resources, to learn new things? “As we move into the 21st century, we have to completely rethink the works-cape and the learning-scape. “You can now expect the half life of a skill…to have about five years.
How To Search For Extraterrestrial Life Ever wanted to search for E.T. but didn’t know where to start? Got a computer just laying around that isn’t doing anything? Then you’re in luck! Based at the University of California, Berkeley, SETI@home is a scientific experiment that uses Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). BOINC is a program that lets you donate your idle computer time to science projects like SETI@home, Climateprediction.net, Rosetta@home, World Community Grid, and many others. After installing BOINC on your computer, you can connect it to as many of these projects as you like. You may run this software on a computer only if you own the computer or have the permission of its owner. Click here to go to the BOINC download page.
25 Ways To Use iPads In The Classroom by Degree of Difficulty In case you haven’t heard the news, we’re putting out a special mini-issue early next week. It’ll be available in the Edudemic Magazine iPad app and, best of all, FREE to subscribers! If you’re not (yet) a subscriber, it’ll be just $0.99. The following is an excerpt from just one of the articles in the mini-issue. It’s all about iPads in education, Apple’s role in the future of learning, and much more than that. Want to get the mini-issue free when it comes out? So you’ve got one or a few iPads that you want to use in the classroom. What does it mean to be a digital native? The war between natives and immigrants is ending. The natives have won. It was a bloodless conflict fought not with bullets and spears, but with iPhones and floppy disks. Now the battle between the haves and have-nots can begin. The post-millennial "digital native," a term coined by U.S. author Marc Prensky in 2001 is emerging as the globe's dominant demographic, while the "digital immigrant," becomes a relic of a previous time. The digital native-immigrant concept describes the generational switchover where people are defined by the technological culture which they're familiar with. Prensky defines digital natives as those born into an innate "new culture" while the digital immigrants are old-world settlers, who have lived in the analogue age and immigrated to the digital world. Although not Luddites, the immigrants struggle more than natives to adapt to hi-tech progress. The human race and its struggle to keep up with technology The new norm Digital poverty The call of the developing world
Why Students Should Run Professional Development For Teachers Today’s students are surrounded by technology. From laptops to smartphones to tablets, students use devices and apps for personal entertainment, communicating with friends and family, and even for education. Not only is technology easy for them to use, giving them a central place where everything important is located, they also enjoy using these devices. That’s why when it comes to education, teachers need to listen to students. In my technology class, students are creating video tutorials that explain how their teachers can use various technologies and platforms (currently we’re making tutorials for Google Apps). Students are given a voice in deciding what technologies and apps they want to use in school. While professional develop courses are still valuable for teachers to attend, our student-produced videos allow teachers to get the majority of their technology training without having to miss classes. Students also love having input on their education.
5 Innovative Mind-Mapping Tools For Education What do you do when you have an elaborate project, assignment, or paper that needs to be quickly organized? Do you fire up Microsoft Word and whip up an outline? Do you pull out a pen and paper and start sketching? What if you could have the best of both options with a free online tool? It’s called ‘mind mapping’ (“Mind Map” is a trademark of the Buzan Organization .) and it’s basically a fun and intuitive way to visually organize your thoughts. XMind Definitely one of the easiest ways to embed a mind map into your blog or website. The biggest feature to me is the ‘Pro’ feature which lets you record what an audience (or your classroom) says directly into the mind map as an .mp3. MindMeister MindMeister is a powerful tool that is great for mind-mapping on the go. The software is now at version 6.0 which brought on the ability to ‘theme’ your mind maps so they look all the snazzier. The killer tool is far and away the ability to collaborate, though. iMindMap Sample From ThinkBuzan Google Docs
8 Simple Tech Tips For Teachers Looking for some practical ways to get more out of your classroom tech? Check out these eight tips for ideas on how to use technology to enhance your students’ learning: 1. Take a virtual field trip – You may not be able to take your students to the Louvre in person, but you can use the web to find photos, videos, articles, and guides that let them go there virtually. What are some tech tips that you’ve found useful? About the Author: Brian Jensen works with Dell. The 12 Most Popular Ways College Students Use Smartphones The Importance Of The Evolution Of Education 7.58K Views 0 Likes Over the past century, the modes of both imparting and receiving education have undergone a paradigm shift. How Teachers Feel About The 10 Biggest EdTech Trends 16.40K Views 0 Likes Figuring out the biggest edtech trends is a great first step. Why Should You Go To College? 2.45K Views 0 Likes Why should you go to college?
K-5 iPad Apps According to Bloom's Taxonomy An elementary library media specialist reviews iPad apps as they map to an updated version of Bloom's Taxonomy in this six-part series. Diane Darrow is an artist, Reading Recovery teacher, and library media specialist at Bel Aire Elementary in Tiburon, CA. You can follow her on Twitter at @dianedarrow. In this six-part series, I will highlight apps useful for developing higher order thinking skills in grades K-5 classrooms. Part One: K-5 iPad Apps for Remembering Part Two: K-5 iPad Apps for Understanding Part Three: K-5 iPad Apps for Applying Part Four: K-5 iPad Apps for Analyzing Part Five: K-5 iPad Apps for Evaluating Part Six: K-5 iPad Apps for Creating