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Renee Hawkins

Q&A: Cathy Davidson on Institution Building to Prepare Students for the Information Age... - 1 views

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  • s cofounder of Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory,
  • Cathy Davidson on Institution Building to Prepare Students for the Information Age
  • Six or seven years ago, the conversation in many other venues was almost all about EdTech.
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  • university admissions officers were involved in our project as well, campaigning for new kinds of standards. Until college admissions change the kind of testing that measures who does and doesn’t get into college, high school can’t change, and if high school doesn’t change, grade school can’t change. If grade school can’t change, kindergarten can’t change, and if kindergarten can’t change, preschool isn’t going to change.
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      Renee Hawkins on 12 Jul 13
       
      High School college counselors have more influence on digital teaching and learning in high schools than any other individual or policy.
  • more corporations involved—not in terms of the corporatizing of public education but rather in being more vocal and persuasive about the kind of workforce that is needed today and the mismatch between the training we support in our schools and the demands of a changing workplace.
  • they hire brilliant students with excellent test scores and grades and then find that they are so focused on getting the right answers that they don’t actually know how to do what is essential—which is identifying what you don’t know, and then finding out who can help you get the answers.
  • excited about connecting worlds that aren’t traditionally connected—game designers with teachers with institutional authorities like superintendents, principals, and school boards.
  • People are beginning to see that “digital media and learning” isn’t just about the machines; it’s about a new way of thinking and learning.
  • Jenni Swanson Voorhees on 09 Jun 13
     
    Cathy Davidson looks at the transition from EdTech to Digital Media Learning.
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