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White House to Launch "Digital Promise" Initiative | U.S. Department of Education - 3 views

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shared by Katherine Tarulli on 17 Sep 11 - No Cached

Katherine Tarulli on 17 Sep 11

The White House announces the creation of a national center called Digital Promise that will focus on transforming education through learning technologies.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The White House announces the creation of a national center called Digital Promise that will focus on transforming education through learning technologies.</div>

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The proof, promise and potential of digital education - 0 views

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Will the DOE's Digital Promise Reach Every Student? | MindShift - 3 views

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A Digital Promise to our Nation's Children - 1 views

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anonymous on 19 Sep 11

High-lites the "Digital Promise" federal initiative. It is based on the idea of harboring new educational technologies based around a business model that rewards entrepreneurship

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">High-lites the "Digital Promise" federal initiative. It is based on the idea of harboring new educational technologies based around a business model that rewards entrepreneurship</div>

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Grading the Digital School - 3 views

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shared by Tommie Anthony Henderson on 10 Dec 11 - No Cached

Tommie Anthony Henderson on 10 Dec 11

In recent years there has been a major push to equip classrooms with technology, including laptops, overhead projectors, interactive white boards and tablets. It has become big business. But there are questions about whether the investment is paying off. This series explores the push to digitize the American classroom and whether the promises are being fulfilled.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In recent years there has been a major push to equip classrooms with technology, including laptops, overhead projectors, interactive white boards and tablets. It has become big business. But there are questions about whether the investment is paying off. This series explores the push to digitize the American classroom and whether the promises are being fulfilled.</div>

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Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 10 Dec 11

This comment from a reader on one of the articles (Inflating the Software Report Card) sums it up rather nicely: "Data-driven, individualized instruction aimed at identifying a student's strengths and weaknesses, is not perfect, nor can it replace great teachers. But it can and does allow gifted students to zoom ahead, average students to keep up, and struggling students to catch up. If we really want math education to become part of the fabric of our kids' lives, not just raising their scores on a standardized test, but helping them become more competent and effective adults, we need to take advantage of all of the technology available".

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This comment from a reader on one of the articles (Inflating the Software Report Card) sums it up rather nicely: "Data-driven, individualized instruction aimed at identifying a student's strengths and weaknesses, is not perfect, nor can it replace great teachers. But it can and does allow gifted students to zoom ahead, average students to keep up, and struggling students to catch up. If we really want math education to become part of the fabric of our kids' lives, not just raising their scores on a standardized test, but helping them become more competent and effective adults, we need to take advantage of all of the technology available".</div>

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Reimagining Education and Learning in America » Spotlight - 0 views

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Educators, Yowell argues, must look to the Internet and digital media, which “offer the promise of an extraordinary new model for America’s education system.”
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Education Week: New Initiatives Signal Shift in U.S. Ed-Tech Leadership - 1 views

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shared by Chris Dede on 27 Sep 11 - No Cached

Chris Dede on 27 Sep 11

Lots of pomp and circumstance about new initiatives -- but how much funding and political clout is really behind them.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Lots of pomp and circumstance about new initiatives -- but how much funding and political clout is really behind them.</div>

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Allison Browne on 28 Sep 11

Are you speaking of Digital Promise? It reminds me of whatworks.ed.gov but it looks like it might be designed better. I don't believe whatworks.ed.gov ever got much traction.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Are you speaking of Digital Promise? It reminds me of whatworks.ed.gov but it looks like it might be designed better. I don't believe whatworks.ed.gov ever got much traction.</div>

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Learning: Engage and Empower | U.S. Department of Education - 4 views

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shared by James Glanville on 05 Sep 11 - No Cached

more flexible set of "educators," including teachers, parents, experts, and mentors outside the classroom.
- Chris McEnroe on 05 Sep 11
  
  This is an example of the promise of Tech in Teaching. It promotes the Psycho/Social pedogogical reality of the learner's sphere of influences into the vital center of our concept of school. To me, it transforms academic discourse into intentional design. Because school experience is so culturally endemic, this is a change in cultural self-concept.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is an example of the promise of Tech in Teaching. It promotes the Psycho/Social pedogogical reality of the learner's sphere of influences into the vital center of our concept of school. To me, it transforms academic discourse into intentional design. Because school experience is so culturally endemic, this is a change in cultural self-concept.</div>
  
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The opportunity to harness this interest and access in the service of learning is huge.
- Chris McEnroe on 08 Sep 11
  
  This sentence makes me think of an explorer who has discovered a vast mineral deposit and is looking for capital investment. To persuade teachers, parents, and school boards the explorer will need to show tangible evidence that ". . . our education system [can leverage] technology to create learning experiences that mirror students' daily lives and the reality of their futures." The sixth grade teacher will need to be able to demonstrate to the parent of a student the tangible benefits of a technology infused paradigm.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This sentence makes me think of an explorer who has discovered a vast mineral deposit and is looking for capital investment. To persuade teachers, parents, and school boards the explorer will need to show tangible evidence that ". . . our education system [can leverage] technology to create learning experiences that mirror students' daily lives and the reality of their futures." The sixth grade teacher will need to be able to demonstrate to the parent of a student the tangible benefits of a technology infused paradigm.</div>
  
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The challenge for our education system is to leverage technology to create relevant learning experiences that mirror students' daily lives and the reality of their futures.
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large groups, small groups, and activities tailored to individual goals, needs, and interests.
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What's worth knowing and being able to do?
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English language arts, mathematics, sciences, social studies, history, art, or music, 21st-century competencies and expertise such as critical thinking, complex problem solving, collaboration, and multimedia communication should be woven into all content areas.
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expert learners
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"digital exclusion"
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- Chris McEnroe on 08 Sep 11
  
  Isn't this just another iteration of the general disparity in all kinds of resource allocation? This could just as well be articulated by debilitating student/teacher rations, or text book availability, or the availability of paper, or breakfast, or heat in the he building?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Isn't this just another iteration of the general disparity in all kinds of resource allocation? This could just as well be articulated by debilitating student/teacher rations, or text book availability, or the availability of paper, or breakfast, or heat in the he building?</div>
  
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School of One uses technology to develop a unique learning path for each student and to provide a significant portion of the instruction that is both individualized and differentiated
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Advances in the learning sciences, including cognitive science, neuroscience, education, and social sciences, give us greater understanding of three connected types of human learning—factual knowledge, procedural knowledge, and motivational engagement.
- James Glanville on 09 Sep 11
  
  I'm interested in how our current understanding of how learning works can inform best practices for teaching, curriculum design, and supports for learning afforded by technology.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I'm interested in how our current understanding of how learning works can inform best practices for teaching, curriculum design, and supports for learning afforded by technology.</div>
  
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- Erin Sisk on 12 Sep 11
  
  I found the neuroscience discussion to be the most interesting part of the Learning section. It seems to me that the 21st century learner needs more emphasis on the "learning how" and the "learning why" and less focus on the "learning that." I think teaching information literacy (as described in the Learning section) is one of the most important kinds of procedural knowledge (learning how) students should master so they can access facts as they need them, and worry less about memorizing them.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I found the neuroscience discussion to be the most interesting part of the Learning section. It seems to me that the 21st century learner needs more emphasis on the "learning how" and the "learning why" and less focus on the "learning that." I think teaching information literacy (as described in the Learning section) is one of the most important kinds of procedural knowledge (learning how) students should master so they can access facts as they need them, and worry less about memorizing them.</div>
  
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James Glanville on 09 Sep 11

"School of One uses technology to develop a unique learning path for each student and to provide a significant portion of the instruction that is both individualized and differentiated." I liked the definitions of individualized (pacing), differentiated (learning preferences/methods), and personalized (pacing, preferences, and content/objectives).

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"School of One uses technology to develop a unique learning path for each student and to provide a significant portion of the instruction that is both individualized and differentiated." I liked the definitions of individualized (pacing), differentiated (learning preferences/methods), and personalized (pacing, preferences, and content/objectives).</div>

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Technology in Schools Faces Questions on Value - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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shared by Chris McEnroe on 05 Sep 11 - No Cached

- Chris McEnroe on 05 Sep 11
  
  As journalism, this article observes well the cross conversation in the public debate. Before this conversation even begins it would be useful for the parties to agree on the goal of the interaction between teacher and student. This quote from the article, "digital devices let students learn at their own pace, teach skills needed in a modern economy and hold the attention of a generation weaned on gadgets . . ." Makes broad assumptions that the invitation to learn (things that are pre-conceived by adults) is all the students need. We have a system of education and no matter what we do, the system assumes s significant and active role for adults (rightly so). There is a persistant sense that the system is not working to our expectations, but that hardly argues for the abandonment of personal and substantive interactions among teachers and students. I agree more with this quote, ""Rather than being a cure-all or silver bullet, one-to-one laptop programs may simply amplify what's already occurring - for better or worse (Bryan Goodwin)," because it asserts the point that Technology promises to enhance the value of our effort in education with better tools to do what teachers do. Technology is not (as some seem to think) a replacement of what teachers do and that unspoken assumption seems to be underlying much of what I see as vague public discussion.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">As journalism, this article observes well the cross conversation in the public debate. Before this conversation even begins it would be useful for the parties to agree on the goal of the interaction between teacher and student. This quote from the article, "digital devices let students learn at their own pace, teach skills needed in a modern economy and hold the attention of a generation weaned on gadgets . . ." Makes broad assumptions that the invitation to learn (things that are pre-conceived by adults) is all the students need. We have a system of education and no matter what we do, the system assumes s significant and active role for adults (rightly so). There is a persistant sense that the system is not working to our expectations, but that hardly argues for the abandonment of personal and substantive interactions among teachers and students. I agree more with this quote, ""Rather than being a cure-all or silver bullet, one-to-one laptop programs may simply amplify what's already occurring - for better or worse (Bryan Goodwin)," because it asserts the point that Technology promises to enhance the value of our effort in education with better tools to do what teachers do. Technology is not (as some seem to think) a replacement of what teachers do and that unspoken assumption seems to be underlying much of what I see as vague public discussion. </div>
  
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'Portal' in the Classroom? Valve joins White House in education technology initiative - 1 views

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