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James Glanville

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

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  • more flexible set of "educators," including teachers, parents, experts, and mentors outside the classroom.
    • Chris McEnroe
      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.
  • The opportunity to harness this interest and access in the service of learning is huge.
    • Chris McEnroe
      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.
  • 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.
  • What's worth knowing and being able to do?
  • 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.
  • expert learners
  • "digital exclusion"
    • Chris McEnroe
      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?
  • 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
  • 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
      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.
    • Erin Sisk
      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.
  • 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).
Anushka Paul

The BioBus Brings a Rolling Science Lab to Resource-Strapped Schools: Scientific American - 0 views

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education science laboratory

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  • Anushka Paul on 06 Oct 10
     
    A good way to bring innovative science education to schools.
Natalie Hebshie

Detroit Takes Science Education Digital -- THE Journal - 1 views

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Discovery digital technology in education

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  • Natalie Hebshie on 15 Nov 10
     
    Detroit public schools made its science curriculum digital this school year through a partnership with Discovery Education. They don't mention whether students have access to their own laptop or other mobile devices.
Megan Johnston

President Obama Launches "Educate to Innovate" Campaign - 0 views

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Obama administration education policy STEM

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  • Megan Johnston on 23 Nov 09
     
    "President Obama will launch the "Educate to Innovate" campaign, a nationwide effort to help reach the administration's goal of moving American students from the middle of the pack to the front in science and math achievement over the next decade. The President will announce a series of partnerships involving leading companies, universities, foundations, non-profits, and organizations representing millions of scientists, engineers and teachers that will motivate and inspire young people across the country to excel in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)."
Mirza Ramic

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/PCAST/pcast_edit_dec-2013... - 0 views

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MOOC Education educational_technology online online education whitehouse learning technology

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  • Mirza Ramic on 21 Dec 13
     
    A letter to President Obama about MOOCs and higher education, from his council of advisors on science and technology. This was released just a couple of days ago and highlights some of the potential benefits and current issues in the ongoing MOOC debate which we have all discussed. "Although the new technologies introduced by MOOCs are still in their infancy, and many questions and challenges remain, we believe that they hold the possibility of transforming education at all levels by providing better metrics for educational outcomes, and better alignment of incentives for innovation in pedagogy."
Michelle Chung

Computer Science Education Week (December 6-12) - 0 views

www.csedweek.org

computer science education

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  • Michelle Chung on 12 Dec 09
     
    The first week in December was deemed Computer Science Education Week by the U.S. House of Representatives to promote awareness and education of computer science.
Janet Dykstra

The Next Generation Science Standards | Next Generation Science Standards - 0 views

www.nextgenscience.org/t-generation-science-standards

education emerging technology educational_technology science standards

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  • Janet Dykstra on 24 Sep 12
     
    For those who are interested - here is the site for the Next Generation of Science standards
Chris Dede

Education Gaming and Simulation Homepage - 3 views

www7.nationalacademies.org/...Gaming_Sims_Homepage.html

National Research Council games simulations science education

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  • Chris Dede on 04 Oct 09
     
    Link to National Research Council workshop on games and simulations in science education, including all the commissioned papers.
Jason Outlaw

US Congressman Introduces Measure to Address Crisis in K-12 Computer Science Education - 0 views

www.acm.org/...cs-ed-act

Computer Science Education Congress K-12

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  • Jason Outlaw on 22 Sep 10
     
    The further along I go, the more I am realizing that we have fully arrived in the information age. For our nation to compete globally - we must get out of the trap of growing media consumers, technology consumers, and information consumers. We must grow a generation of students who not only use technology, but understand technology so that they can become active technology producers, so that they can create, innovate, imagine, and disrupt. Possibly, understanding computer science will be as important as learning to read and write - the new literacy.
Jessica O'Brien

Higher Education's Tech Dilemmas - Science and Tech - The Atlantic - 2 views

www.theatlantic.com/...61363

Higher education electronic readers

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  • Electronic readers and textbooks, while an interesting concept and potentially lucrative for publishers, so far aren't meeting student needs
  • A host of research over the past decade has shown that even the option to click hyperlinks to related material can create confusion and weaken understanding.
  • The iPad measured at 6.2% lower reading speed than the printed book, whereas the Kindle measured at 10.7% slower than print
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  • Education's real problem with readers is the dismaying fact that mass information technology out of the box was not developed for education.
  • Jessica O'Brien on 05 Sep 10
     
    This article summarizes some research findings that suggest that electronic readers, such as the Kindle and iPad, are still inferior to the printed page and may even worsen student comprehension of material. The most up-to-date information technology seems inadequate for educational and academic needs.
Bharat Battu

BBC News - Government backs call for classroom coding - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-15923113

government computer science ICT education

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  • Bharat Battu on 30 Nov 11
     
    Interesting stance from the UK, where the government hopes to raise up the importance of computer science in education, where ICT (information and communication technology) lessons are not up to date with the needs and skills of the 21st century. Kids engaged in ICT classes learn how to use software, and not how software works or how it's created. From the article: "Written by gaming guru Ian Livingstone and visual effects veteran Alex Hope, Next Gen called for programming skills to replace learning about business software in ICT lessons." direct link to the UK Government's response to the 'Next Gen' report: http://www.dcms.gov.uk/publications/8646.aspx
Julia Jacobsen

Howtoons » About - 1 views

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science engineering education media

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  • Julia Jacobsen on 23 Sep 10
     
    This website has comics that teach kids how to build things.  It looks like a fun tool for science and engineering education.
Chris McEnroe

How to Rescue Education Reform - NYTimes.com - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...o-rescue-education-reform.html

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  • No Child Left Behind also let states use statistical gimmicks to report performance
  • ” federal financing should be conditioned on truth in advertisin
  • To shed light on equity and cost-effectiveness, states should be required to report school- and district-level spending; the resources students receive should be disclosed, not only their achievement.
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  • efforts to reduce inequities have too often led to onerous and counterproductive micromanagement.
  • it comes to brain science, language acquisition or the impact of computer-assisted tutoring, federal financing for reliable research is essential. 
  • , competitive federal grants that support innovation while providing political cover for school boards, union leaders and others to throw off anachronistic routines.
  • , dictates from Congress turn into gobbledygook as they travel from the Education Department to state education agencies and then to local school districts
  • it’s not surprising that well-intentioned demands for “bold” federal action on school improvement have a history of misfiring. They stifle problem-solving, encourage bureaucratic blame avoidance and often do more harm than good.
  • Chris McEnroe on 06 Dec 11
     
    The headline promises more than the article delivers. It mainly identifies the limited effectiveness that the federal government can have. There are no specific "how to's" here and no mention of technology whatsoever, perhaps because that would be too specific a focus for the scope of the article. These are prominent figures in a prominent publication having a conversation that could have taken place in 1980. How do we change that? The absence of real civic engagement on issues about education is the missing link in education reform. I wonder if we can organize public discourse on the internet more effectively to have formal impact on civic activism and administration.
Jennifer Jocz

Moving Toward a New Vision of Education - US News and World Report - 0 views

www.usnews.com/...a-new-vision-of-education.html

education technology ICT

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  • the studies carried out at compulsory education level were not able to show the transformation and improvement of learning in schools that had been promised as a result of incorporating technology into the classroom
  • they are usually integrated in such a way as to continue with current methods, and not to overturn them in any significant way
  • Jennifer Jocz on 16 Sep 09
     
    Describes a group looking at the role of technology in both formal and informal educational settings.
Nick Siewert

Education Week: Technology Links Students to Fieldwork - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...05remote_ep.h29.html

distance learning K-12 science research blogs

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  • Nick Siewert on 28 Sep 09
     
    Students get connected to real world science research through Web 2.0
  • Nick Siewert on 28 Sep 09
     
    Students get connected to real world science research through Web 2.0
amy hoffmaster

Online Project Receives $2.5 Million Grant To Aid Middle School Science -- THE Journal - 0 views

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simulation middle school science

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  • the team plans to use the grant money to develop 35 new simulations specifically geared to middle school physical science education. The existing library of simulations targets concepts and applications generally used in high school- and college-level physics courses.
  • The PhET simulations allow us to conduct experiments, with students at the helm, that we wouldn't otherwise be able to stage or model in the classroom."
Angela Nelson

You won't need a driver's license by 2040 - CNN.com - 1 views

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technology Cars Driving

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  • Angela Nelson on 13 Oct 12
     
    Ok... maybe the tie in to education is not immediately obvious. Mostly, I just think this is so cool that I had to post it. But think for a moment about carpool, soccer practice, and sports as a starter. No longer does a kid's participation in extracurricular activities require them to get a ride from mom. Go a little further... field trips, classes that are only offered at the charter school across town, on-site science explorations. How many more kids could venture out of their neighborhood for educational opportunities? There was a time 20 years ago I never would have believed that elementary school children would be carrying their own phone, but now will they all get their own car in 2nd grade??
Chris Dede

Daphne Koller - Technology as a Passport to Personalized Education - NYTimes.com - 10 views

www.nytimes.com/...to-personalized-education.html

AI personalization customization

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  • Chris Dede on 07 Dec 11
     
    artificial intelligence and the personalization of instruction
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  • Allison Browne on 08 Dec 11
     
    Excellent artcile that illustrates the disruptive nature of technology in education. Thank you.
  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 09 Dec 11
     
    I wholeheartedly believe in the last sentence of the article - "By using technology in the service of education, we can change the world in our lifetime".
  • Billie Fitzpatrick on 19 Dec 11
     
    A great article -- mentions Khan in forefront again -- I think the more we speak to how to maintain high standards of design and pedagogy for blended classes, the better
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