Among young adults who regularly use smartphones and tablets, just reading a story or performing a task on a screen instead of on paper led to greater focus on concrete details, but less ability to infer meaning or quickly get the gist of a problem,
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Screen Reading Worse for Grasping Big Picture, Researchers Find - Digital Education - E... - 27 views
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The findings align with other emerging research on how students process information differently in print and digital forms. A 2014 series of experiments found that while taking more notes overall was better than taking fewer, students who typed notes on their laptops rather than writing them on paper tended to take down information verbatim rather than summarizing concepts, and the more students wrote verbatim, the less they remembered a week later.
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For example, she said, teachers should consider the format of information when designing different types of activities, to help students focus on details or overall themes.
Technology as "Hamburger Helper" - Rick Hess Straight Up - Education Week - 32 views
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technology is a powerful tool for driving productivity and quality, in schooling as elsewhere; the problem is not with the technology, but with how we've used it.
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regard technology as the means to the end you'd like to achieve, rather than an end in itself
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99 percent of the time, the biggest impact of technology is optimizing familiar tasks and routines--freeing up talent, time, and dollars for better uses
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"Technology can be a powerful lever for rethinking schools and systems. But it's the rethinking that matters, not the technology. Technology provides tools to help solve problems smarter, deliver knowledge, support students, extend and deepen instruction, and refashion cost structures. Unfortunately, too many educators, industry shills, and technology enthusiasts seem to imagine that the technology itself will be a difference maker."
What's Right With Our Schools? - Rick Hess Straight Up - Education Week - 44 views
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Third grade teacher and Arkansas Teacher of the Year Justin Minkel writes about how we empower every student and every teacher in our school communities to recognize his/her strengths and share them with the community. Powerful and inspiring!
Education Week's Digital Directions: Schools Open Doors to Students' Mobile Devices - 44 views
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At Oak Hills High School in suburban Cincinnati, students returned from summer break to learn they were free not only to bring their mobile devices to school, but also to use them-at their teachers' discretion-to connect to the school's wireless network to do their work .. In Chicago, the Mikva Challenge's student-leadership branch suggested in an August report that the city's public schools allow students to use their own smartphones on campus for learning.
Education Week: Teaching Digital Writing: More Than Blogs and Wikis - 1 views
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These days, pen-and-paper and word-processing skills are not enough to fully prepare students for writing beyond K-12. Students also need direct instruction in digital writing—or writing created or read on a computer or other Internet-connected device. Digital writing requires both traditional writing skills—knowledge of the process, conventions, organizational structure, etc.—and more advanced techniques, such as the ability to meld visual, audio, and text into a single piece.
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Join in the edweek conversation on 4th of April.
Hybrid Charter Schools - 44 views
A Plea to Teachers with iPads: Make Your Practice Visible - EdTech Researcher - Educati... - 150 views
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If you are teaching and creating learning experiences with iPads, we really need you to share your practice online.
Born in Another Time: National Association of State Boards of Education Report on Educ... - 32 views
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NASBE's Report on Ensuring that Educational Technology Meets the Needs of Students Today and Tomorrow. Excellent 55 page report on the need for schools to commit to the needs of today's students and their need for educational technology.
If You Meet an iPad on the Way, Smash It - EdTech Researcher - Education Week - 8 views
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If you meet an iPad on the way, smash it.
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How we approach iPads in education.
Education Week Teacher: Why Twitter and Facebook Are Not Good Instructional Tools - 84 views
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It's about effective use of edtech. Read the comments. More thought provoking than the article - a valuable discussion on the topic.
Critical Friends: The Benefits of Instructional Coaches - Finding Common Ground - Educa... - 5 views
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"As much as this may be new for schools, the core of instructional coaching has been around for a long time."
Open Your Classroom Door to 'Be Better' - 50 views
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I've been dying to try a backchannel in my class discussions...wouldn't it be great to have support with this!
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Breaking Research: Most Apps Bad - EdTech Researcher - Education Week - 200 views
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"My EdTechTeacher colleagues Beth, Greg, and Tom have been pouring over educational apps. Lots and lots of apps. As practitioners, their instinct is that the vast majority of educational apps are terrible. Shovel-ware. Flashcards. Garbage. Tens of thousands of them."
Project-Based Learning Leads to Innovation - Global Learning - Education Week - 73 views
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PBL creates innovative learners
We Can't Give Teachers Time for Learning, or Can We? - Learning Forward's PD Watch - Ed... - 45 views
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Time for PD for teachers
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We need to rethink the current timetabling in our schools. Do we need a lesson each day for planing, Assessment and preparation or should we timetable teachers out for the whole day (or most of it) to study or collaborate with colleagues? I love the thought of thinking outside the square and providing true opportunity for productivity.
The Children's Crusade: Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century - Reimagining K-12 - Educa... - 35 views
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Entrepreneurship
The Myth About Computer-Based Reading Software? - Finding Common Ground - Education Week - 30 views
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Dr. Allington made the comment that he would ban computers from an instructional role and that they didn't have a significant effect on teaching students to read.
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The second-year study included four reading software products for first grade, Destination Reading (Riverdeep 2008), the Waterford Early Reading Program (Pearson School 2008), Headsprout (Headsprout 2008), and Plato Focus (Plato Learning Corporation 2008).
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students need a more balanced program
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