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Rachel McAnespie

Physical Education and Technology - 7 views

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  • stormyg on 11 Jun 13
     
    When I first started reading this article, I wasn't sure where it was going to lead me. However, I really enjoyed it. I never really thought about video games being used as a educational tool.It was a pretty interesting article!
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  • Carley Morrison on 26 Sep 13
     
    I was attracted to this article because i thought it was different and interesting. I never thought about using technology in physical education! very cool idea.
  • Lindsay Pasco on 29 Sep 13
     
    I didn't really think video games could be used for a learning process. I think that is pretty neat.
  • Jordan Griggs on 01 Oct 13
     
    I love that technology has made education fun for students. Sometimes it is extremely hard to get a point across to a child, but by using resourceful tools such as play (physical education ) and video games that are fun and enjoyable, students are more likely to learn it and WANT to learn it. I really like this idea.
  • Sadie Butts on 01 Oct 13
     
    I didn't know that special needs individuals have to work against their nature as they get older to engage in physical activity. I found that information to be very interesting and humbling. However, in regards to technology, I think it's awesome that students will be able to use video games for physical activity. It's a fun and successful way to engage the students.
  • Bethany Hooser on 01 Oct 13
     
    I never really thought that video games could be used for educational purposes. Especially, for physical activity. I think this article was very interesting to read. I like the idea!
  • Kelsey Short on 02 Oct 13
     
    With this article I really do not agree with the concept. Gym and physical education to me are the only times children are able to become motivated and active in groups and individually. I do however like the idea of using it for children with disabilities because it gives them opportunities they never really before had. I would hate to see this be the next generation of gym class though for our regular education children as well.
  • Sadie Moser on 03 Oct 13
     
    I love that special needs classes are incorporating this "active" technology into their daily routines. I do not think this technology would be an adequate replacement for physical education in regular classrooms, but I do think it can be used as a reward or "field trip" in the classroom. It is a safe and cheap way to get students moving.
  • Eddie Johnson on 04 Oct 13
     
    This article was very interesting. I think using this technology in a physical education classroom is a good idea. It not only promotes physical skills but academic skills also.
  • Cindi Bausum on 05 Oct 13
     
    I enjoyed this article and think using technology to get students moving is a great concept. Students who have special needs especially benefit from this technology and have fun while doing it.
  • Riley Montgomery on 06 Oct 13
     
    This article was very interesting, I think it is a great idea to help students who don't enjoy physical activity as much as they do games to be able to enjoy exercise.
  • Lori Lacey on 11 Oct 13
     
    The idea of using programs to get the kids moving, and assist special needs development was interesting and fun.
  • Alyson DeWitt on 18 Oct 13
     
    I am a special education major and we use technology in gym class all the time. We use the WII to play just dance as a warm up or on a "fun" day. It is so much fun to see kids participate in gym class when the wouldn't otherwise.
  • Debbie Voight on 25 Oct 13
     
    I could not believe that reading this article, "More than one-third of U.S. adults (over 72 million people) and 17% of U.S. children are obese. Between 1980-2008, obesity rates doubled for adults and tripled for children." This is alarming! It is so crucial that we incorporate more physical activity with our students and their learning. It will not only keep their attention, but it will also help us as teachers keep them engaged and more focused. Enjoyed reading this article!
  • Megan Fout on 21 Nov 13
     
    I really like the idea of using games like the Wii for fitness but there is ways around all of it because it just requires the use of one hand. However there are other game systems out there that require your whole body to be interactive to score on the games. Is we are to use this great tool in the schools I feel that it should be one of those systems.
  • holly luce on 12 Dec 13
     
    I really like the thought of using fun games to get the gets active and moving and playing. I agree about the wii, there are games like the xbox kinec where they use the whole body and not just the hands with the controllers.
David Rutledge

Education 3.0: Embracing Technology to 'Jump the Curve' | Innovation Insights | Wired.com - 0 views

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  • Education 3.0 is what I believe we can aspire to so as to educate our students, at all levels, in ways that actually promote 21st-century skills and prepare them for the jobs of tomorrow (aka, the jobs that don’t exist today but which will be required in the future). It’s the coming together of creativity, outcomes, critical thinking, big data, personalization, and much more. For me, it’s really the confluence of three crucial education elements: Neuroscience, Cognitive (Learning) Psychology, and Education Technology. And so, in this first blog post, I will begin to discuss the infrastructure for Education 3.0: Education Technology.
  • From Pencils to Personalized Learning: What is Ed Tech? Ed Tech has taken on a whole new meaning in the last two decades. While some might argue that Ed Tech began with the humble pencil, I’m really talking about technology that is web-based, digital, and/or mobile. I’m talking about websites, apps, LMS’, hardware, software, and anything else with an ‘e’ in front of it. I’m talking big data, little data, personalization, and machine learning. I’m talking about dashboards, on-demand reports, and visualizations of information. Education technology has changed what we can deliver, how we can assess, and how we might connect learners to each other, to instructors, and to content. And that connection changes … well, everything.
  • the education sector is focusing far too much about what existed yesterday, some about what exists today, and very little about what will exist tomorrow. He challenged the “Choice Architects” of today to stop creating employees for the jobs of yesterday and start focusing on careers of tomorrow.
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  • The point is, the lower the usage of technology in classrooms, the harder it is to teach 21st century skills. When academics ignore a future that is not just technology intensive, but dependent, our graduates go into life under-prepared (if not unprepared) to work, live, and thrive.
  • David Rutledge on 27 Sep 13
     
    Education 3.0
Kellie Demmler

Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology - 0 views

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  • Kellie Demmler on 30 May 13
     
    This is the 2010 National Education Technology Plan summary.  While very broad, it does "Encourage states, districts, P-12 programs, and postsecondary education institutions to experiment with such resources as online learning, online tutoring and mentoring, games,  cognitive tutors, immersive environments, and participatory communities and social networks both within and across education institutions to give students guidance and  information about their own learning progress and strategies for seamless completion of a comprehensive P-16 education."
Kellie Demmler

With Google Play For Education, Google Looks To Challenge Apple's Dominance In The Clas... - 1 views

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  • Google Play for Education,
  • aims to simplify the content discovery process for schools,
  • the real key to Google’s new product is the fact that it enables administrators to distribute applications to their entire team. If a teacher wants to shoot content to a couple hundred Android devices, they simply have to type in their group’s name and voila, Google will push that sucker out to everyone on the list.
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  • Teachers will now be able to search for and recommend learning content by category, grade level, and a variety of other criteria, and will have the opportunity to discover content recommended by other educators
  • mall businesses have been adopting Google’s productivity software in droves, and the interest has started to grow among school boards who want to introduce tablets into their classrooms and use Google Apps as the standard.
  • Through its Google Apps products, Google allows students and teachers to collaborate in realtime through Web apps, while using already-familiar tools like Google search and Gmail.
  • Kellie Demmler on 30 May 13
     
    Google Play for Education is not just a new search engine.  Google is poising itself to compete with Apple in the Education market.  Really like that apps can be pushed out across multiple devices with one click.  
Ashley Perry

The Education-Technology Revolution Is Coming - US News and World Report - 0 views

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  • According to Pew research, 60 percent of students say their technology expectations are still not being met. But it is clear that today's students have more options than ever, with virtual schools, open education initiatives and massive open online courses, and online classes and programs.
    • Sadie Butts
      Sadie Butts on 26 Sep 13
       
      This statistic communicates to me that students are not satisfied with their experiences with technology in schools. Education is not an avenue in which students should be entertained. Sometimes less is more.
    • Lindsay Pasco
      Lindsay Pasco on 29 Sep 13
       
      Before technology and even in today's schools there wasn't many choices to deliver a lesson let alone many ways to incorporate the lesson physically. With technology today, teachers are able to teach globally with web conferencing. They can use immersive education domes to bring the lesson to life. Technology has brought so many opportunities to schools, but there are also disadvantages.
  • Typically students had few choices of any kind, particularly before new options, globalization, and competition began to put cracks in the traditional model of education delivery. But technology has finally tipped the balance. Today the power to drive real change lies with the learner, not the institution.
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  • There are a lot of reasons but one of the biggest is the way that technology has given rise to a new kind of education consumer—the active learner—who is using technology to drive change in ways that we haven't seen before.
    • Ashley Perry
      Ashley Perry on 03 Oct 13
       
      The emergence of the active learner is extremely important! I think it's a great thing that learners are coming out and wanting to be hands on and active and push towards a new classroom of the future!
  • Sadie Butts on 26 Sep 13
     
    I chose to share this article because I believe that technology can enhance education, but school is not all about entertaining students and measuring up to their technology expectations. There can be a good balance between technology enhancement and traditional instruction.
Ashley Perry

6 Technology Challenges Facing Education -- THE Journal - 0 views

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  • In the case of 3D printers, physical models of fossils or proteins or molecules or other objects can be whipped up on the fly, allowing students to interact with them. In the case of virtual and remote labs, schools that lack resources to buy costly equipment will be able to fill in the gaps with less costly alternatives, allowing students to engage in experimentation, even if that experimentation isn't direct.
    • Lindsay Pasco
      Lindsay Pasco on 26 Sep 13
       
      I think that it is great that they have already thought about technology for the future. I also think it is great that they have been able to come up with some sort of solution to the schools who can't provide such high tech technology in their schools.
  • Also in the near term is mobile learning.
    • Lindsay Pasco
      Lindsay Pasco on 26 Sep 13
       
      I strongly believe that mobile learning is not an affective way to teach any grade level.
  • In the near term, cloud computing was identified as the top trend.
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  • To recap, the report's authors identified five key trends impacting education over the next five years. Those included: An increasing shift toward blended learning, online-learning, and technology-driven collaborative learning; The growth in the potential of social networks to allow teachers to engage students online; Openness of educational resources and technology is "becoming a value"; BYOD is becoming more common as the cost of technology drops for students; and The role of the educator is being challenged as resources become more accessible on the Internet.
  • I the mid-term, NMC identified learning analytics — the use of data and analytics to customize education for individual students — and open content (also known as open educational resources) as significant technologies that will impact education. The report characterized OER as essentially the opposite of cumbersome, expensive, and quickly outdated textbooks.
  • In the longer term, four to five years, the two technologies identified in the report were 3D printing and virtual and remote laboratories.
  • Emerging Technologies
    • Ashley Perry
      Ashley Perry on 03 Oct 13
       
      Emerging technologies are extremely important to embrace in the classroom
Ashleigh Clark

What is the future of technology in education? | Teacher Network | Guardian Professional - 0 views

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  • School classrooms are going to change
  • The cloud can also encourage independent learning.
  • Rather than being 'taught' students can learn independently and in their own way
    • Sadie Butts
      Sadie Butts on 26 Sep 13
       
      I still believe that the influence of an educator is vital in every student's life, and success in learning.
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  • This of course means the role of the teacher will change.
  • They could be in the same room or in different countries
    • Sadie Butts
      Sadie Butts on 26 Sep 13
       
      Important knowledge that is gained in the classroom is learning to communicate in person. Students will learn by the teacher's example, along with their interactions with peers within the classrooms.
  • By its very nature, technology changes at a fast pace and making it accessible to pupils, teachers and other stakeholders is an ongoing challenge.
    • Ashleigh Clark
      Ashleigh Clark on 03 Oct 13
       
      Not every person has access to technology now days because it costs money.
  • Schools of the future could have a traditional cohort of students, as well as online only students who live across the country or even the world. Things are already starting to move this way with the emergence of massive open online courses (MOOCs).
    • Ashleigh Clark
      Ashleigh Clark on 03 Oct 13
       
      I feel that in the future there will be more online schools and that in the actual classroom students and teachers will be more interactive with each other.
  • the future of technology in education is the cloud.
  • r than being 'taught' students can learn independently and i
  • Teachers can use the cloud to set, collect and grade work online. Students will have instant access to grades, comments and work via a computer, smartphone or tablet.
    • Ashleigh Clark
      Ashleigh Clark on 03 Oct 13
       
      This just shows all the ways the cloud can be used for teachers and even students.
  • We don't know what will be the current technology in another four. Perhaps it will be wearable devices such as Google Glass, although I suspect that tablets will still be used in education.
    • Ashleigh Clark
      Ashleigh Clark on 03 Oct 13
       
      This just shows everyone how technology is growing so fast and how it effects (or will) education and other jobs as well.
  • Carley Morrison on 26 Sep 13
     
    I like this article because they argue what the future technology in education will be for the future.
Breanne Crawford

Educational Leadership:Teaching Screenagers:Transforming Education with Technology - 1 views

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  • Breanne Crawford on 03 Oct 13
     
    This article addresses a lot of concerns and questions with technology in education. It talks about schools that have a device for every individual student as well as the challenge of students bringing their own devises from home. It also reiterates that teachers are very important in leading this shift into a more technological classroom and school environment and how teachers can learn also from each other and students. 
  • Carley Figgins on 22 Oct 13
     
    At first I didn't think I was going to find this article useful, but after reading through it, I really enjoyed it. I really like how it took a side that asked questions, but also addressed the concerns. I feel like this was a different way of examining the topic of educational technology.
Patrick Irby-Allshouse

The 5 Keys to Educational Technology - 1 views

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  • Bailey Berry on 03 Oct 13
     
    I picked this as one of my articles because I liked how it broke down how to effectively implement educational technology into your classroom into five points. it breaks down what could be a large amount of material and information into five points so its easier to understand.
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  • Laura Chapman on 03 Oct 13
     
    I like this article. I really like how it kind of spells out the use of technology and how to use it . The five points make it easy to read and easy to follow.
  • Sarah Clark on 03 Oct 13
     
    I find this article fascinating on how they have complied all of the information into 5 components of "educational technology". It makes it concise and simple to visually see and digest mentally.
  • Carley Figgins on 22 Oct 13
     
    I found this article to be to the point and full of details. It allows for the easiest description of educational technology. It breaks down the topic making it easy to understand and grasp. The five points created within this article create an easy understanding.
Carley Morrison

Technology In Education - Why? - 8 views

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  • christina schaber on 01 Mar 12
     
    Submitted by: Jake Glasgow, Instructional Technology Specialist from Upstate NY There has been a lot of chatter lately about whether integrating technology into the classroom is having an impact on student learning. "Where is the data that justifies the millions of dollars spent on technology?"
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  • Zach Colegrove on 23 May 12
     
    This article gives many reasons on why technology is an important tool in education.
  • Travis Hughes on 07 Jun 12
     
    I like the information given in this article
  • Nick Ramsey on 04 Oct 12
     
    Check out the video on this article. It opened my eyes on how quickly we are evolving with our technology.
  • stormyg on 11 Jun 13
     
    This article gives us some reasons why we should be incorporating technology within our teaching strategies. One of the main reason is access. Our students are able to access the internet more then his/her teacher.
  • Carley Morrison on 26 Sep 13
     
    The following article is an excellent resource on why technology in education is useful and important.
  • Rachel Longnecker on 26 Sep 13
     
    I like this article. It explains, in ten ways, reasons why we would need technology in educations. I especially like "Reason 8: Weight" because my brothers book bag on a regular day easily weighs 20lbs. The reason is because of all the books he carries around for school. Yes it is his fault for not using his locker but you do have to pay a fee ,at the begging of the year, to use the locker. My main point is that I worry about his back, he does not worry because he is an athlete but still.
  • Lindsay Pasco on 29 Sep 13
     
    I really liked this article on technology in education because I feel that it provides a lot of different reasons why we should be incorporating technology in the classroom. I think that with students having access to more they are able to learn more than what could be provided in the lesson.
  • Sadie Butts on 01 Oct 13
     
    I liked how this article pointed out the availability of the internet and technology for students. Instead of replacing the role of a teacher, technology is used to enhance teaching.
  • Bethany Hooser on 01 Oct 13
     
    I agree with this article on the fact that allowing technology in the classroom increasing the depth of understanding. It allows for the student to be able to visually see problems being worked out, and they can access it whenever and where ever they want.
  • Eddie Johnson on 04 Oct 13
     
    I like how this article points out that technology is not a substitute for the teacher, but it is a tool that can be used to increase student learning.
Carley Figgins

THE Journal - 1 views

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  • Challenge 1: professional development. Key among all challenges is the lack of adequate, ongoing professional development for teachers who are required to integrate new technologies into their classrooms yet who are unprepared or unable to understand new technologies.
    • Cindi Bausum
      Cindi Bausum on 04 Oct 13
       
      Educators need to be trained or the students will not get the full benefits of technologies available in the classroom.
  • Challenge 2: resistance to change.
  • Challenge 4: delivering informal learning. Related to challenge 3, rigid lecture-and-test models of learning are failing to challenge students to experiment and engage in informal learning. But, according to the report, opportunities for such informal learning can be found in non-traditional classroom models, such as flipped classrooms, which allow for a blending of formal and informal learning.
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  • Challenge 3: MOOCs and other new models for schooling.
  • Challenge 5: failures of personalized learning. According to the report, there's a gap between the vision of delivering personalized, differentiated instruction and the technologies available to make this possible. So while K-12 teachers seem to see the need for personalized learning, they aren't being given the tools they need to accomplish it, or adequate tools simply don't exist.
  • Challenge 6: failure to use technology to deliver effective formative assessments.
  • However, there is still an assessment gap in how changes in curricula and new skill demands are implemented in education; schools do not always make necessary adjustments in assessment practices as a consequence of these changes.
    • Ashley Perry
      Ashley Perry on 03 Oct 13
       
      Challenge #1 is definitely important for teachers who have been working in the education field for some time. I think it would be very hard to incorporate technology into learning if you haven't used any technology in the classroom for 15 years!
  • Challenge 1: professional development. K
  • Resistance to technology comes in many forms, but one of the key resistance challenges identified in the report is "comfort with the status quo.
    • Ashley Perry
      Ashley Perry on 03 Oct 13
       
      "Comfort with the atatus quo" imterested me a lot. As a teacher I plan on jumping on new and exciting ways to teach my students instead of settling with the norm.
  • significant challenges are preventing widespread effective implementation
  • challenges are systemic and some related to the technologies themselves,
  • Among those issues are challenges that represent significant constraints on the adoption of technology in education.
    • Cindi Bausum
      Cindi Bausum on 04 Oct 13
       
      Technology in education to the degree it is being used is a fairly new concept and will come with some hesitation.
  • Teresa Keith on 05 Aug 13
     
    This article discusses the challenges of professional development, resistance to change, MOOCs and other new models for schooling, delivering informal learning, failures of personalized learning, and failure to use technology to deliver effective formative assessments. It also talks about emerging trends, opportunities, and technologies.
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  • Sarah Clark on 03 Oct 13
     
    I liked this article because it clearly defines the challenges of technology use while teaching. It's concise and simple to understand.
  • cassandra clum on 03 Oct 13
     
    This article examines a few of the same challenges I face personally with the use of technology in MY future classroom. As a fairly tech functional person, I fail to see the relevance of "high tech" in a math class. I am minimally accepting a few items, however, I personally this semester am struggling with a college math course because my own learning style cannot compute the excessive use of technology for a lower level math course. I love math and enjoy the challenges, but I fail to see how selecting one problem for a set and uploading a picture to BB for other students to correct is in any way useful.
  • Carley Figgins on 22 Oct 13
     
    From this article, I learned of the many challenges faced within educational technology. It lays out the challenges and makes it easier for an understanding of the challenges faced. Each challenge makes it easier for these challenges to become over turned.
  • Megan Fout on 21 Nov 13
     
    This article definitely asks some good questions but I'm not sure that they answered all of the completely. There is a lot that needs to go into an online classroom like the teachers need to have a completely different type of training if they are going to teach online and not in the classroom. how do you keep a child engaged when they are not right there with you? Also the student needs to have the ambition to do the work. I know for myself that having online classes is not an option because I become distracted and for a teen or younger the number of distraction in the world is countless.
Riley Montgomery

K-12 Education Tech Startups Face Challenges, Tough Competition - 0 views

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  • New K-12 education technology startups must contend with corporate conglomerates that continue to dominate the K-12 market.
    • Riley Montgomery
      Riley Montgomery on 27 Sep 13
       
      Here it talks about the monopoly in ed tech
  • Higher education startups have already found that elite universities and their tightly knit communities of academics are certainly not an inviting field for cost-cutting, potentially job-threatening startups. But K-12 education is an even more complex animal, governed by larger teachers’ union and a web of state, local and federal funding and regulations.
    • Riley Montgomery
      Riley Montgomery on 27 Sep 13
       
      This talks extensively about the monopoly on tech ed involving universities and communities.
  • Riley Montgomery on 27 Sep 13
     
    This article is interesting because it shows how small startup educational tech groups are being stopped or shut out by big monopolizing university used, educational technology groups.
Kelsey Short

How Does Technology Facilitate Learning? | Education.com - 0 views

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  • With every other technology, including computers, educators recognized its importance and debated how to apply each nascent commercial technology for educational purposes
  • Unfortunately, educators have almost always tried to use technologies to teach students in the same ways that teachers had always taught.
  • computers as productivity tools
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  • students should teach the computer or use the technology to represent what they know rather than memorizing what teachers and textbooks tell them.
    • Kelsey Short
      Kelsey Short on 26 Sep 13
       
      I would like this to fit into my education model. I think this statement reflects constructiveness.
Cindi Bausum

Education technology: Catching on at last | The Economist - 0 views

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  • The idea that technology can revolutionise education is not new. In the 20th century almost every new invention was supposed to have big implications for schools.
    • kristel coulter
      kristel coulter on 27 Sep 13
       
      Technology is a growing importance in education
    • Cindi Bausum
      Cindi Bausum on 04 Oct 13
       
      I agree that education is continually changing and technology is where we are seeing a lot of the rapid changes and developments.
  • Games get pupils more engaged, says Nt Etuk, the founder of DimensionU, which develops interactive games to teach mathematics and science. A lot of programming, design and artistry go into creating apps where students can compete with or assist each other, and which reward successful activity.
    • kristel coulter
      kristel coulter on 27 Sep 13
       
      Playing games that are geared toward math and science helps to aid in the teaching concepts of these subjects
  • Persuading schools to buy is only the first step, though. America’s teaching unions fear a hidden agenda of replacing properly trained humans with some combination of technology and less qualified manpower, or possibly just technology. Unions have filed lawsuits to close down online charter schools, including what looks like a deliberately obtuse proposal to limit enrolment at such virtual schools to those who live in their districts.
    • kristel coulter
      kristel coulter on 27 Sep 13
       
      Many teachers are trying to persuade schools to buy computers for their classroom
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  • In many classrooms, too, computers have been used to improve efficiency and keep pupils engaged. But they did not transform learning in the way their boosters predicted.
    • Lindsay Pasco
      Lindsay Pasco on 29 Sep 13
       
      There is always going to be room for improvement in the classroom. From the teacher to the technology.
  • wikis to podcasts to training videos, are allowing both children and adults to pursue education on their own, either instead of learning in schools or colleges or as a supplement.
  • Teaching programs that monitor children’s progress can change that, performing a role more like that of the private tutors and governesses employed long ago in wealthier households.
    • Cindi Bausum
      Cindi Bausum on 04 Oct 13
       
      Technology has a great benefit of meeting individual children's needs.
  • Carley Morrison on 26 Sep 13
     
    This article is a good article to get some contrast on technology in schools. I think it is important to understand both sides.
  • Eddie Johnson on 03 Oct 13
     
    This article is about how technology is used in the classroom to increase student growth. It also shows how technology can be used to make lessons fun.
  • Riley Montgomery on 06 Oct 13
     
    I think it is a great idea to use technology to make the classroom less dull. Anything that helps the student become more interested in what is going on and is educational is a great tool for teachers.
Stephanie VerDow

Education World: Technology as a Tool to Support Instruction - 0 views

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  • Stephanie Sholl on 27 Apr 10
     
    This article talks about how to use technology to help teach.
  • christina schaber on 01 Mar 12
     
    This week, in an Education World "edu-torial," Lynne Schrum presents her personal perspective on the ways in which technology can enhance learning -- and calls on educators to take a leadership role in determining the ways in which technology is used to support educational goals.
  • Stephanie VerDow on 08 Jun 12
     
    This week, in an Education World "edu-torial," Lynne Schrum presents her personal perspective on the ways in which technology can enhance learning -- and calls on educators to take a leadership role in determining the ways in which technology is used to support educational goals.
amber alexander

Real Innovation in Education Is About the Internet - 0 views

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  • amber alexander on 20 Jun 13
     
    This article is about how technology is what we need to use as educators to increase our students knowledge. It talks about how if we want to prepare students for the future and enable them to succeed we must incorporate technology into education.
Dominic Corbin

President Obama Urges NGA for More Education Funding | Education News - 0 views

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fact that America doesn't make anything anymore has been a big issue. When you don't produce eventually become obsolete. We need to return nation thinks ahead instead of trying catch up. But does mean the funding is going skilled workers and not college b

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  • Dominic Corbin on 01 Mar 12
     
    President Obama used the National Governors Association annual meeting to call for a boost in education funding. President Obama has urged Governors to invest more in education at this year's National Governors Association annual meeting, driving home the idea that the country needs to boost its skilled workforce if it wants to keep competitive in the international market.
Riley Montgomery

As Online Ed Booms, Iowa Regents Wary of New Building Projects - 0 views

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  • Iowa’s public universities are requesting more than $200 million for building projects on their campuses, but the Iowa Board of Regents is asking why new buildings are needed as online learning is booming at the state’s three public universities.
    • Riley Montgomery
      Riley Montgomery on 27 Sep 13
       
      This shows how big educational technology is becoming. The fact that schools aren't willing to build due to online classes is an amazing step forward for online education.
  • The university plans to get $70 million in state funding over the next five years for the project with the rest covered by private donations.
    • Riley Montgomery
      Riley Montgomery on 27 Sep 13
       
      The amount of money the state and government could save by utilizing online learning is quite large and could even help the debt crisis.
  • Riley Montgomery on 27 Sep 13
     
    This article talks about how Iowa public universities are seeking money for building but meeting resistance since online education is being used more than ever.
  • Carley Figgins on 22 Oct 13
     
    I like how this article examines the overall cost and benefits that online education has. As a student who has taken online classes, and enjoys them, this article was awesome for me to read!
  • holly luce on 12 Dec 13
     
    I like that is article talks about costs in it. I feel like everyone thinks technology is so great to have within the classroom but people tend to forget the cost of all that technology is not cheap.
Bailey Berry

Will Technology Save Public Education? - 1 views

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  • Will Technology Save Public Education?
  • Hundreds of millions of dollars (and much more on the way) are being spent on getting iPads and other tablets into the hands of teachers and students all over the country in classes as early as kindergarten.
  • is there really a public education crisis in America? The answer to this question seems to be an emphatic "YES!" given the popular interpretation of the results of two international achievement tests (PISA and TIMSS). American students, after being at the top for years, have been in a tailspin and now finish in the middle of the pack in tests of math and science when compared to students in other countries.
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    • David Rutledge
      David Rutledge on 27 Sep 13
       
      This is not actually the "news" article I originally thought it was but instead a very liberal ideological point of view that if a student is of a minority and poor, they can't make it. To me this is an example of 'soft-bigotry of low expectations'. 
  • The U.S. also has far more diversity than other countries, with fully 25 percent of public school students as English as Second Language speakers. Additionally, many other countries engage in cherry-picking, where the best students are selected early and channeled into competitive educational programs who take the international tests while those who don't perform well are placed in trade schools.
  • David Rutledge on 27 Sep 13
     
    Blogger's blog about "will technology save public education".
  • Bailey Berry on 03 Oct 13
     
    I chose this article mainly because it gave some of the cons of educational technology. Although I do believe the article was a little dramatic, I did like some of the points that the author was making and i think its important to always see the pros and cons of things.
David Rutledge

Assistive Technology: A Necessity for Student Success - Education Futures: Emerging Tre... - 0 views

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  • Assistive Technology: A Necessity for Student Success
  • At its core, the American educational system is about democratization of knowledge for all students, regardless of their circumstances.
  • In 2011, 22 percent of non-institutionalized adults with disabilities had less than a high school education.
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  • The key to improving the educational experience for students with disabilities is better accommodations in schools and continued improvements in assistive technology.
  • Assistive technology in K-12 classrooms, by definition, is designed to "improve the functional capabilities of a child with a disability."
  • Alternative input devices:
  • Text-to-speech options:
  • Sensory enhancers:
  • Screen readers:
  • Assistive technology is important for providing a sound education for K-12 students with disabilities but benefits the greater good of the country too.
  • David Rutledge on 27 Sep 13
     
    Assistive Technology: A Necessity for Student Success
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