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Katherine Tarulli

One Great Idea For Better K-12: Turn Students Into Problem Solvers - 1 views

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    Ed.D. and TED Senior Fellow Juliette LaMontagne discusses her best ideas to fix K-12 schools. Her vision includes increased informal learning, greater access to emerging software and online content such as Khan Academy and project-based work that allows students to apply what they learn to real world situations.
Maung Nyeu

Experts Convene to Discuss How Online Learning Is Better Preparing K-12 Students to Com... - 2 views

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    In US alone, 4 million K-12 students are enrolled online. Annual conference on online (and blended) learning in Indianapolis on November 9-11, by the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL). Online learning is seen as the solution to allowing greater access to diverse resources curriculum, especially when many schools face serious financial crisis. Expect to hear from experts and educators, such as, such as Gene Wilhoit, Executive Director of the Council of Chief State School Officers; Paul Peterson of Harvard University; Michael Horn, author of Disrupting Class; Steve Midgley of the U.S. Department of Education; and iNACOL president Susan Patrick. Full program details are available at www.virtualschoolsymposium.org.
Nick Siewert

A Kindle for Every Student - US News and World Report - 0 views

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    Pros and cons of the Kindle in K-12 education. Necessity or "Whack-a-Mole"?
Jeffrey Siegel

Harnessing Technology to Improve K-12 Education - 0 views

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    Paper from the Brookings Institute addressing the status-quo, challenges, opportunities and concerns of embracing tech in K-12 education in the United States
James Glanville

Education Week: Mergers Seen on the Rise in the K-12 Marketplace - 1 views

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    Interesting article in EdWeek about an expected rise of mergers in the K-12 technology sector. 
Cole Shaw

Hamilton Project (i.e. Brookings Institute?) to Publish Paper on Technology in K-12 - 0 views

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    A set of workshops in DC about transformations in education. Papers about the topics will be released next week (Sept 27), for those of us who can't be in DC. One paper will be about "Harnessing Technology to Improve K-12 Education," so it will be interesting to see what the authors say. Though both authors are business school professors, so I'm not sure how they got chosen to write on this topic? Must be a good business to be in Ed Tech right now...
Rupangi Sharma

Classifying K-12 blended learning - 0 views

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    As blended learning continues to expand across the K-12 sector, definitions are important to help people talk about the new phenomena. This white paper refines our previous work in helping to create a shared language for the emerging field so that innovators can build upon each other's ideas, rather than talk past each other.
Kellie Demmler

Measuring 21st-century skills Articles - On the way: Nation's first tech-literacy exam - 1 views

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    Technology literacy is projected to arrive in k-12 schools in 2012.
Devon Dickau

BBC News - US schools may get unused fibre links - 0 views

  • high-speed web access for schools was vital "in order to participate in a 21st Century economy"
  • looking at the role of technology in learning
  • educational opportunities like properly wired classrooms, the right kinds of software or textbook opportunities they should hav
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  • We are falling behind and it's obvious in a global economy that other countries are doing a better job than we are
  • The back-to-school forum highlighted three main goals to help move the country towards a digital future that puts the US back on the map: ensuring every child is digitally literate by 8th grade, around 14 years old educating parents about technology and its value
  • making every classroom a 21st-Century classroom
  • Digital literacy is vital
  • there is a huge entrepreneurial opportunity to fill in that gap
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    Really interesting article about the perceived importance of Internet to the K-12 student and suggesting how other entities and organizations are supporting equal access in this way.
Jeffrey Siegel

Ed Tech Map - 5 views

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    This is an "K-12 education technology market map with the entrepreneurial, philanthropic, and education communities". Worth to take a look.
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    Very cool interactive graphic detailing the K-12 education technology market
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    oh wow thanks for sharing....nice visual of what areas are more saturated....and where needs are.
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    This is an awesome resource. This would be great for curriculum specialists and technology coordinators in schools to draw from, and even teachers to be introduced to in PD...
Laura Johnson

Education Week: Startups Target Teachers as 'Consumerization' of Education Emerges - 1 views

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    Schools throughout the country are experiencing the same teacher-driven adoption of technology tools. Internet-savvy teachers are increasingly finding tools to use in the classroom on their own, and lower business-startup costs mean the tools are more readily available. In response, many education companies are changing how they market and sell their products. Nationwide sales teams and central-office visits are giving way to word-of-mouth and sophisticated business-intelligence software as preferred methods for pushing adoption. Companies offer free products to teachers with the goal of influencing districtwide purchases of more-robust versions-known as the "freemium" pricing model. But in most sectors of the existing K-12 system-with its various stakeholders, budgetary restrictions, and procurement regulations- the so-called "consumerization" of education faces many barriers, experts say, making it difficult to find the right balance between selling directly to teachers and addressing the needs of central-office administrators.
Diego Vallejos

YouTube Offers All Schools Education-Only Link, Beefs Up K-12 Content - 3 views

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    "All schools can now use the YouTube educational video site, youtube.com/education, without having to jump over Internet filtering hurdles."
Jennifer Jocz

NASA Funds Target 13 K-12 STEM Education Programs -- THE Journal - 1 views

  • The grants will be used to develop resources to help "enhance secondary students' academic experiences and improve educators' abilities to engage and stimulate their students" in STEM subjects. All of the proposed programs focus particularly on NASA-themed content.
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    Description of NASA-funded programs aimed at enhancing STEM education
Uche Amaechi

IBM High School Will Churn Out IT Pros | Fast Company - 3 views

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    K-14 Stem Schools?
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    AHA! This is really interesting...I have to say I appreciate the upheaval of something we take as a given--that the system necessarily has to work k-12. A guaranteed associates degree is provocative to think about in a range emerging fields. . .
Mary Jo Madda

Do User Interfaces Have a Place in Schools? - 0 views

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    Discussion of the role of user interfaces in the K-12 environment.
Cole Shaw

Teaching Civic Participation - 0 views

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    Interested in researching more what we talked about in class today, I found that some universities are actively trying to promote civic engagement in youth. Illinois State University students created a documentary to help them reflect on their learning. This is not at K-12, and maybe shows that (as we talked about in class), districts have less freedom to implement things like this...
Cole Shaw

Michigan Digital Testing - 0 views

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    The state of Michigan has allocated some funding to upgrade technology in K-12 schools. The expectation is that all students will take standardized tests online within a couple of years.
Lauren Gould

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Review - CNET - 0 views

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    "The unveiling of Samsung's GALAXY Note 10.1-with its advanced S-Pen and multitasking capabilities-signals a new generation of tablets that open even greater opportunities for empowering teachers and engaging students in the K-12 classroom." THE Journal
Jason Hammon

Innosight Institute » Family support defines lowest tier of the K-12 school m... - 0 views

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    disruptive Innovation should target highly supportive families
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