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Harnessing Technology to Improve K-12 Education - 0 views

www.brookings.edu/...erjijones_edtech_discpaper.pdf Technology K-12 Education
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  • Jeffrey Siegel on 03 Oct 12
     
    Paper from the Brookings Institute addressing the status-quo, challenges, opportunities and concerns of embracing tech in K-12 education in the United States
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Education's digital future- Our Stanford sister course - 2 views

edf.stanford.edu/educ-403x Stanford education emerging technology courses
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  • Arthur Josephson on 10 Jan 13
     
    Our sister course at Stanford is called "Educations Digital Future". The masters students of EDUC 403x were asked to compile a collection of "white papers" summarizing the major themes of the course. They are linked here and are an interesting comparison to "Transforming Education..". Many of their discussions, hopes and concerns were similar to those voiced in our class. There is
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From 'Angry Birds' to multi-player video games, NASA ramps up investment in educational... - 2 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...1-916d-a4bc61efcad8_story.html education technology augmented reality
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  • Chris Dede on 05 Sep 12
     
    Alas, NASA has almost no funding for the multiplayer game, and there is substantial opposition from internal leadership
  • Matthew Ong on 05 Sep 12
     
    The article highlighted the different agendas of the administrator (who brings the budget), educator (who is concerned with lesson objectives), and game designer (who wants to create an engaging game). I think that if students are not sufficiently engaged by the game, the educational objectives would probably not be delivered successfully either. If budget cuts ended up taking the fun out of an educational game, perhaps it might be worth rethinking if it should still be a game?
  • Chris Dede on 05 Sep 12
     
    Matthew, you raise a good point. Users should be seen as stakeholders who can help improve the game in terms of both engagement and learning.
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Guess who's winning the brains race, with 100% of first graders learning to code? | Ven... - 1 views

venturebeat.com/...estonia-code-academy Writing Code Tech Literacy K-12
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  • Angela Nelson on 05 Sep 12
     
    Program in Estonia designed to have all students age 7 to 16 learn to write code in a drive to turn children from consumers to developers of technology.
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  • Heather French on 05 Sep 12
     
    I just posted an article from Wired onto twitter about this! http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/09/estonia-reprograms-first-graders-as-web-coders/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=twitterclickthru I wonder how deeply the program goes in coding or if it is more in line with applications like "Move the Turtle".
  • Angela Nelson on 05 Sep 12
     
    I am very curious, as well, and trying to find more information. I think it would necessarily be a program that expands with their comprehension and maturity... starting with very basic "Move the Turtle" applications and then grown with the student, hopefully to real world application, as they go until age 16!
  • Jeffrey Siegel on 06 Sep 12
     
    Who initiated this ProgreTiiger program? The Estonian government? Local IT companies? Concerned parents who disparately wanted their children to learn to code? Estonia is very wired country and it's economy has found a niche in IT services, so much so that it's even been dubbed "eStonia" (http://e-estonia.com/). This program seems to be an example of market forces guiding educational policy since there are clear incentives for it's population to be technologically literate to ensure it's competitiveness and dominance in the tech sector (see: The Many Reasons Estonia Is a Tech Start-Up Nation (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303734204577464343888754210.html) A little blurb on how "plug-in" Estonia actually is: "The geeks have triumphed in this country of 1.3 million. Some 40 percent read a newspaper online daily, more than 90 percent of bank transactions are done over the Internet, and the government has embraced online voting. The country is saturated in free Wi-Fi, cell phones can be used to pay for parking or buy lunch, and Skype is taking over the international phone business from its headquarters on the outskirts of Tallinn. In other words, Estonia - or eStonia, as some citizens prefer - is like a window into the future. Someday, the rest of the world will be as wired as this tiny Baltic nation." (http://www.wired.com/politics/security/magazine/15-09/ff_estonia) p.s. I hate sensational titles like "Guess Who's Winning the Brain's Race" Learning coding doesn't automatically make your brain bigger or necessarily increase your intelligence. Sure, it's a very useful skill, but I wonder what classes will be cut out to make time in the school day for coding. Coding vs recess: Tough call.
  • Irina Uk on 06 Sep 12
     
    Hmmm.... I read about Estonia being very plugged in as well. I wonder if there is research on whether the kids are actually learning better as a result. I think that you have a point Jeffrey. It depends what the cost is. If kids are missing some critical lesson because they are coding at such a young age, there may be a trade-off. On the other hand, maybe the skills they are obtaining from coding are more critical. I wonder...
  • Angela Nelson on 06 Sep 12
     
    Ideally, the tech skills would be used to enhance and deepen some of the other curriculum areas. But, yes, 7 years old may be young.
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Discussions § Transforming Education through Emerging Technologies (Fall 2012) - 0 views

isites.harvard.edu/...icb.do
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  • This pooling of professional resources to teach all the students is wonderful. What I wonder is how good the skills based curriculum in this program is at aiding students in making deep connections between individual skills, topics and disciplines. I think this type of teaching has tremendous potential.
    • Uche Amaechi
      Uche Amaechi on 16 Sep 12
       
      Very interesting point about focusing on skills to the detriment of a more holistic synthesis.  And what happens to shared synthesis when each student has a different learning trajectory
  • PD involving looking at models of this personalized learning being successfully implemented into difficult school environments may mitigate some of these fears.
    • Uche Amaechi
      Uche Amaechi on 16 Sep 12
       
      This connects to Laura's observation that teachers are not really mentioned in this part of the plan--they are another piece to be glommed on to the plan. would argue to a more holistic view incorporating the realities of teaching into the fundamental levels of charting learning plans
  • Educators who have learned in teacher-centered classrooms have more difficulty to shift their roles as facilitators. The new model is fascinating as long as it accompanies realistic implementation methods that serve all the parties involved well, at least better that how the situation currently is in terms of workload.
    • Uche Amaechi
      Uche Amaechi on 16 Sep 12
       
      Great points. This focus on realistic assessments of capacity and implementation seems to be everybody's primary focus
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      Uche Amaechi on 16 Sep 12
       
      Great points, Laura. Infrastructure and people--a highly overlapping pair, are core challenges to this "flip" of the learning process/system. your concerns are echoed below by your colleagues.
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Online Textbooks Aim to Make Science Leap From the Page - NYTimes.com - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...cience-leap-from-the-page.html online textbooks science
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  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 18 Dec 11
     
    Digital only textbook. Students pay for permanent Internet access.
  • Billie Fitzpatrick on 19 Dec 11
     
    Interesting -- and I like the direction, of course -- but one quote is a bit concerning: "but if the best way to learn is to see something moving" . . . that's a fairly big "if" and one that is not necessarily accurate
  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 19 Dec 11
     
    Right! But he is saying that they if the best way is to see something moving they do it that way and if quiz is the best way to do it, they use a quiz. And I suppose, audio can be used when it is appropriate. The question though is 'who decides what is the best way?' and on what basis. And it will be great if there is also a simulation component, so the user can do some 'what-if' scenarios.
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The Mackinac Center: Outdated thinking stands in the way of online learning | Detroit F... - 3 views

www.freep.com/...ing-stands-way-online-learning Emerging Technology technology education learning t561 online
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  • Maung Nyeu on 28 Nov 11
     
    In the US, 250000 students are enrolled in full-time public virtual schools in 30 states, according to Susan Patrick of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning, a trade association. Although that's just a fraction of the country's 50 million students, it has grown 30% each year. Some schools in Michigan already shown the advantage of digital learning.
  • Stephen Bresnick on 28 Nov 11
     
    This is an interesting article. I am just concerned that it is not unbiased or driven by an agenda other than improving education. I found this information about the Mackinac Center online: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/mackinac-center-public-policy I am starting to realize that a lot of the technology in schools rhetoric is driven by corporate and political interests, and as the industry becomes ever more profitable, I'm worried that companies are going to jump in and try to influence policy, rushing through the movement toward the wrong kind of technology in schools- i.e. sacking half of the teaching staff and replacing them with cheap computers. I think one of our most important jobs as Harvard TIE students is to education the public about the right ways to adapt technology in the classroom, and the important role that teachers will continue to play in this movement.
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Dubai schools move from pencils to iPads - 1 views

www.emirates247.com/...s-to-ipads-2011-11-19-1.428942 technology education Emerging Technology iPad BYOD
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  • Bridget Binstock on 20 Nov 11
     
    Parents are divided by the tech movement at the GEMS Royal Dubai School. It exposes the concern of the growing digital divide if the need for an iPad is so strong and becomes the "go to" device. Will BYOD really mean "bring your own iPad?" Thoughts?
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More Schools Embrace the iPad as a Learning Tool - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...05tablets.html
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  • Andrea Bush on 22 Sep 12
     
    This New York Times article speaks to a growing number of schools across the nation embracing the iPad as the latest tool to teach. Given that it was published last year, do you feel like the concerns or objections raised are still relevant? Have some been debunked? Is it too early to tell?
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Making Progress: Rethinking State and School District Policies Concerning Mobile Techno... - 0 views

www.cosn.org/...Default.aspx EDC policy mobile
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  • Irina Uk on 20 Sep 12
     
    Contains many arguments for rewriting AUPs, with insight on how to make the policies work. For example, there is a focus on implementing acceptable use lessons, focusing on web safety, in classes.
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School districts wary of social media - Framingham, MA - The MetroWest Daily News - 0 views

www.metrowestdailynews.com/...districts-wary-of-social-media social media district concerns
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  • Chris Dede on 22 Oct 13
     
    districts continue to worry about social media
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Transition to Online Testing Sparks Concerns - 2 views

www.edweek.org/...10pencil_ep.h33.html educational_technology
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  • Ryan Klinger on 01 Nov 13
     
    The notion of tens of millions of students starting to take common core exams online vs paper and pencil raises questions about the comparability of results.
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BBC News - Police investigate Habbo Hotel virtual furniture theft - 2 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...10207486.stm virtual worlds police bbc news technology Social
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  • Nick Siewert on 03 Jun 10
     
    Odd, but I'm having a hard time feeling concerned over the theft of this furniture.
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ARM Chips May Spread Into Everyday Items - NYTimes.com - 3 views

www.nytimes.com/...20arm.html ARM Internet_of_Things hardware
shared by Margaret O'Connell on 21 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • This is the so-called Internet of Things, when all sorts of everyday objects will have tiny chips placed inside them and gain the ability to process information and talk to the Web.
  • ARM chips, by contrast, are made by a handful of contract chip manufacturers and cost 65 cents to $20 each.
  • ARM executives agree that the future is with the billions of coming things — cars, refrigerators, TVs, clothes, buildings — that will have full-blown chips or at least Web-ready sensors inside them. In many cases, they say, these things will need the lowest-power chips possible because they will be out in the world and away from a plug. Energy has replaced horsepower as the prime concern, and it is here, ARM executives said, that the company’s skills will really shine.
  • Margaret O'Connell on 21 Sep 10
     
    I especially love the last quote of this interesting article: "... Now, it's all about penetrating these weird markets that we can't even fully fathom yet." Maybe the ARM chip will be behind a disruptive innovation - it's fun to think about the possibilities
  • Chris Dede on 26 Sep 10
     
    We have a reading on "ubiquitous computing" later in the semester that gets into these fascinating issues and how they might affect education.
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Twitter, Facebook, and social activism : The New Yorker - 4 views

www.newyorker.com/...101004fa_fact_gladwell twitter activism facebook social media Gladwell civic education
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  • The world, we are told, is in the midst of a revolution. The new tools of social media have reinvented social activism. With Facebook and Twitter and the like, the traditional relationship between political authority and popular will has been upended, making it easier for the powerless to collaborate, coördinate, and give voice to their concerns.
  • Fifty years after one of the most extraordinary episodes of social upheaval in American history, we seem to have forgotten what activism is.G
  • The platforms of social media are built around weak ties. Twitter is a way of following (or being followed by) people you may never have met. Facebook is a tool for efficiently managing your acquaintances, for keeping up with the people you would not otherwise be able to stay in touch with.
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  • But weak ties seldom lead to high-risk activism.
  • Jessica O'Brien on 02 Oct 10
     
    This article is interesting in light of Haste's article for class. Gladwell dismisses the "Twitter revolution" in Moldova and explains that real activism--real civic participation--is not seen in low-risk online networks, such as Facebook and Twitter. Perhaps new technology cannot empower individuals enough for real-life civic engagement?
  • Garron Hillaire on 03 Oct 10
     
    I am not sure that online networks only form weak ties. I am somewhat surprised there was no mention of http://www.meetup.com/ and the soon to be released http://www.jumo.com/ as they both appear to consider themselves to be a means for social change. There is another point raised that we seem to have forgotten activism. This point, if true, may be a good explination as to why social media is not commonly used for social change.
  • Mydhili Bayyapunedi on 05 Oct 10
     
    Thanks for posting this Jessica! I've been thinking about this for sometime now and I don't think Gladwell is right in saying that Twitter and FB form weak ties just as the SM folklore claiming that twitter or FB is in the middle of real activism. Social media is a tool for organizing civic participation. Civic engagement is defined by how many participate and only later by the platform/tool they use. Couple of reactions to Gladwell's piece: http://rburnett.ecuad.ca/main/2010/10/1/the-anti-gladwell-small-change-indeed.html http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tipping_point_author_malcolm_gladwell_says_facebook_twitter_cant_change_world.php
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Virginia schools to test social studies on iPads | MacNN - 1 views

www.macnn.com/...his.be.the.future.of.textbooks technology Emerging Technology learning education t561
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  • P Parson on 07 Oct 10
     
    I worked in Newport News, VA and around that time the current governor was huge with technology initiatives and this school district benefited greatly from this. I see now that they are still being used for projects like this. My concern with Virginia is that they will gladly try technology in schools, but the use of the technology is not always practical. If a person goes on the VDOE website, they will see the state touting their advances in the use of technology. They are calling themselves a leader in online testing, for example, but their 'bragging' points all reflect how the technology has made life easier for all the adults and not necessarily the children. It is the exact same thing that was on paper now on the computer screen: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/online_testing/index.shtml
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Tracking devices in school badges raise concerns | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - H... - 1 views

www.chron.com/...7241100.html privacy security tracking badges school T561
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  • Chris Dede on 12 Oct 10
     
    What rights do students and parents have to privacy? Will teacher badges be next?
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