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Maria Bueno

Transforming Education with Technology - 3 views

www.ascd.org/...Education-with-Technology.aspx

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  • Tommie Anthony Henderson on 07 Dec 11
     
    An interesting read about Technology Reform in Education as presented by an official from the US Department of Education.
  • Maria Bueno on 06 Nov 13
     
    Is engagement in learning the most important characteristic you look for in a technology-rich school, then? Do you think that learning that occurs online is different from learning that happens in traditional classrooms? Access to rural areas?....
Tommie Anthony Henderson

New guidelines for ed-tech research could help educators, vendors - 2 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...h-could-help-educators-vendors

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  • Tommie Anthony Henderson on 13 Dec 11
     
    The report, titled "Conducting and Reporting Product Evaluation Research: Guidelines and Considerations for Educational Technology Publishers and Developers," is authored by Denis Newman, CEO of Empirical Education Inc., and produced by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). It's based on Empirical Education's many years of conducting this kind of research, both for publishers and for the U.S. Department of Education (ED). A working group of industry experts also was established for evaluation, and it met monthly for more than a year to sort through the issues and draft a set of considerations.
Chris McEnroe

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

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

shared by Chris McEnroe on 06 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • 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.
aybüke gül Türker

Using virtual reality to cure real-life PTSD - 0 views

articles.nydailynews.com/...l-reality-ptsd-patient-returns

technology social learning

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  • aybüke gül Türker on 22 Dec 11
     
    A soldier in Afghanistan. Some veterans suffer from diabling PTSD. > Doctors are hoping that virtual reality can help cure soldiers of their all-too-real wartime traumas. The New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Cente has received a $11 million grant from the Department of Defense to continue its research in using virtual reality therapy to heal those with combat-related PTSD.
Bridget Binstock

iPads can't improve learning without good teaching Pt 1 - 3 views

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technology education Emerging Technology ipad

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  • Bridget Binstock on 12 Feb 12
     
    This was also shared in UDL by my teaching fellow. Again, it is not just about the TECH, it is about the TEACHer!! Clearly there is a lot of buzz around iPads in schools at the moment. You can't log on to the Web without reading about another school or entire district or department investing massive coin in a sparkling set of the Wonder Tablets, excited that they will cure all the ills of the current education systems around the world.
Benjamin Berte

U.S. Education Secretary Briefs Stakeholders on 'Investing in Innovation Fund' at... | ... - 0 views

www.reuters.com/...261932+20-Aug-2009+PRN20090820

Arne Duncan Investing in Innovation ACT Rigor and Readiness

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  • "I want the Department to become an engine of innovation, not a compliance monitor," said Secretary Duncan. "We are looking to you - the districts and nonprofits - to unleash your creativity and build the next generation of education reform."
  • According to research conducted by ACT, currently, -- Fewer than 20 percent of 8th-grade students are on target for being college ready in all four core subject areas of English, math, reading, and science. -- Only 70 percent of ACT-tested 2009 high school graduates took a core curriculum. -- Only 23 percent of ACT-tested 2009 high school graduates were college ready in all four core subject areas of English, math, reading, and science.
  • "We are committed to ensuring that all students are college and career ready in achievement, psychosocial behavior, and career and educational planning," said Erickson. "Rigor & Readiness will also create and advance school change, and build and support high-achieving, self-sustaining schools within scalable, replicable systems.
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  • A recording of Secretary Duncan's presentation is available at http://video.webexlivestream.com/events/webx001/31912/.
Niko Cunningham

World's Largest English Department - 1 views

www.teachersourcebook.org/...01ning.h03.html

educational_technology emerging technology social ning PD

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  • Niko Cunningham on 01 Oct 09
     
    Imagine being a little middle-school basketball player, and getting a real email message from SHAQ. Thats what social networks are doing to allow novice teachers the ability to receive their most pressing questions answered by masters in their field.
Allison Gevarter

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS Receive Ready To Learn Grant Funding fr... - 1 views

www.prnewswire.com/...nt-of-education-105023934.html

funding education technology

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  • Allison Gevarter on 18 Oct 10
     
    There could be some real potential here for use of grants beyond the television screen. I'd be interested to track how this money is allocated across platforms, especially emerging ones like apps for phones/iPads.
Garron Hillaire

Education Week's Digital Directions: Calif. Department of Ed. Now on iTunes U - 1 views

www.edweek.org/...mct_caitunes.html

education educational_technology iTunes

shared by Garron Hillaire on 07 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • iTunes is not just a website used to download the latest pop song, it's also providing educators with free resources for professional development.
  • Schools will be able to offer educators free professional development resources that are produced primarily by districts and private education institutions throughout the state, O'Connell said.
  • Adams said the content will continue to grow as long as people continue to contribute information.
  • Garron Hillaire on 07 Nov 10
     
    teacher developer available for free web 2.0 style on iTunes.
Devon Dickau

New report highlights barriers to online learning | 21st Century Education | eSchoolNew... - 1 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...ts-barriers-to-online-learning

Internet technology education digital divide online learning

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  • The report, Enabled by Broadband, Education Enters a New Frontier, highlights success and growth in online education programs across the country. It also outlines the need for increased broadband access and suggests policy measures to ensure that barriers to continued growth in online learning are removed
  • keeping students engaged and in school
  • more than 1 million K-12 students were enrolled in online education programs in 2007
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  • The latest Pew Internet & American Life Project survey indicates that one-third of Americans do not have broadband access at home. And the U.S. Commerce Department just released Census data indicating that the nation still faces a significant gap in residential broadband use that breaks down along incomes, education levels, and other socio-economic factors
Devon Dickau

Education Week's Digital Directions: Calif. Department of Ed. Now on iTunes U - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...mct_caitunes.html

iTunes U professional development California

shared by Devon Dickau on 23 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • providing educators with free resources for professional development
  • With districts and schools under tremendous pressure to make every dollar count, teachers can now download top-rated educational content at no charge
  • Available content meets the CDE's criteria, which includes high-quality video, audio recordings, presentations, PDF documents, and other education-related information
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  • free professional development resources that are produced primarily by districts and private education institutions throughout the state
Jennifer Hern

Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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online_learning SRI_International

shared by Jennifer Hern on 19 Dec 09 - Cached
  • A recent 93-page report on online education, conducted by SRI International for the Department of Education, has a starchy academic title, but a most intriguing conclusion: “On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.”
Ashley Lee

Virginia Tech Department of Music L2Ork » What is L2ork? - Linux Laptop Orche... - 0 views

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entertainment laptop orchestra K-12 education music education

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  • Ashley Lee on 14 Dec 09
     
    Virginia Tech's L2Ork, the world's first Linux-based laptop orchestra. With its affordable design and support from the Linux community, L2Ork hopes to bring laptop orchestras to K-12 education and beyond.
Chris McEnroe

Teaching: Prepare and Connect | U.S. Department of Education - 3 views

www.ed.gov/...teaching-prepare-and-connect

shared by Chris McEnroe on 26 Sep 11 - No Cached
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      Chris McEnroe on 26 Sep 11
       
      Seems to me to be a real disconnect with respect to assessment. Assessment, testing in the old model, did not authentically serve the learner. It served the system (modeled on the industrial reward paradigm). If we are focused on learning, assessment only serves the learner in terms of feedback but not as "assessment" as in: you worked hard and you get an 'A'. Getting an 'A' has even less relevance in the 21st centruy paradigm.
  • Educators can view and analyze their practice and then innovate and customize new ways to refine their craft in light of new insights.
  • PBS TeacherLine
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  • PBS TeacherLine
  • The technology that enables connected teaching is available now, but not all the conditions necessary to leverage it are
  • 3.0 Teaching:
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      Chris McEnroe on 26 Sep 11
       
      I don't think this is intentional but I love the catch phrase of "3.0 Teaching" as a play off of Web 2.0.
Katherine Tarulli

Evaluation Reports--Policy and Program Studies Services - 0 views

www2.ed.gov/...reports.html

'Department of Education' US education policy technology

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  • Katherine Tarulli on 01 Oct 11
     
    This is the .gov web site listing PDFs of all current Education policies, research,studies and initiatives.
James Glanville

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

www.ed.gov/...learning-engage-and-empower

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
      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).
Katherine Tarulli

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

www.ed.gov/...nch-digital-promise-initiative

digital promise Emerging Technology educational_technology learning technology

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  • 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.
Jennifer Jocz

Online education expands for U.S. need, awaits innovation - USATODAY.com - 1 views

www.usatoday.com/...2009-10-04-online-degree_N.htm

online education innovation distance-learning

shared by Jennifer Jocz on 06 Oct 09 - No Cached
  • Proponents of online education cite a recent Department of Education study that concluded course work is better absorbed online than material presented in live classrooms.
  • interest in online education may have plateaued for now, awaiting innovations that will transform the experience beyond screen imitations of the brick-and-mortar curriculum
  • Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen predicted half of kindergarten through high school students will attend school online within the next decade.
Xavier Rozas

U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon Home Page - 2 views

www.solardecathlon.org

educational technologies disruptive innovation co-opetition

shared by Xavier Rozas on 17 Oct 09 - Cached
  • The Solar Decathlon joins 20 college and university teams in a competition to design, build, and operate the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered house.
  • Xavier Rozas on 17 Oct 09
     
    I love competative learning labs. I wish this project based co-opetition model were a standard in our schools. Innovation and team dynamics are mindsets and skills that need to be developed in our kids.
Diego Vallejos

What Works Clearinghouse - Education Technology - 1 views

ies.ed.gov/...topic.aspx

technology education whatworks

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  • Diego Vallejos on 12 Oct 11
     
    A U.S Department of Education initiative to review what initiatives really work in education. The link directs to the Education Technology section. Directly quoting from their website: "Our goal is to provide educators with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions". I personally had contradictory reactions about this initiative. What do you think?
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