Education, particularly K-12 education, remains relatively untouched by advances in our understanding of how people learn, how to design instruction that incorporates those insights, and the explosion in information technologies such as low-cost smartphones and tablets, cloud computing, broadband networks, speech recognition and speech synthesis, predictive analytics, data mining, machine learning, intelligent tutors, simulations, games, computer-[supported] collaborative work, and many other technologies.
Kyle Pace on 28 Feb 11Great online simulation that challenges students on their views about poverty and homelessness.
Martin Burrett on 30 Mar 12A social economic game where you are presented with lots of financial challenge. Can you make it to the end of the month? http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
Stacy Olson on 20 May 13Simulation where students are unemployed and make decisions about seeking employment, spending money, and raising a family though finanancial obstacles.
