In 2013, a theme that is absolutely certain is disruption. Some of that disruption will be through technology, some of it decay of existing power-sets. How it will change education over the next twelve months can be guessed in part by looking at the previous twelve, a time period where we’ve seen iPads capture the imagination of national media, MOOCs catch the eye of the bluebloods in higher ed, and BYOD look like a better and better choice for K-12 public education districts everywhere.
In 2013, those trends will continue, along with some new ideas as we begin to demand more than feel-good potential out of learning experiences for students.
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Free Style Animation - Technology in Education - YouTube - 1 views
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This short United-Eye Productions video employs free-style animation to show five key ways that education is improved by technology: Global learning Game-based learning Virtual worlds, digital simulations, and models Mobile learning Real-time data-based decision making
6 Characteristics Of Tomorrow's Classroom Technology - 0 views
UNESCO Policy Guidelines for Mobile Learning | eLearning - 0 views
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"The "Policy guidelines for mobile learning" developed by UNESCO seek to help policy-makers better understand what mobile learning is and how its unique benefits can be leveraged to advance progress towards Education for All. UNESCO believes that mobile technologies can expand and enrich educational opportunities for learners in diverse settings. Yet most ICT in education policies were articulated in a pre-mobile era and they do not seek to maximize the learning potentials of mobile technology. The rare policies that do reference mobile devices tend to treat them tangentially or ban their use in schools. Today, a growing body of evidence suggests that ubiquitous mobile devices - especially mobile phones and, more recently, tablet computers - are being used by learners and educators around the world to access information, streamline administration and facilitate learning in new and innovative ways. Developed in consultation with experts in over 20 countries, UNESCO's "Policy guidelines for mobile learning" have broad application and can accommodate a wide range of institutions, including K-12 schools, universities, community centres, and technical and vocational schools."
Overexposure to technology 'makes children miserable' - Telegraph - 0 views
What To Expect From Education In 2013 - 0 views
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"In 2013, a theme that is absolutely certain is disruption. Some of that disruption will be through technology, some of it decay of existing power-sets. How it will change education over the next twelve months can be guessed in part by looking at the previous twelve, a time period where we've seen iPads capture the imagination of national media, MOOCs catch the eye of the bluebloods in higher ed, and BYOD look like a better and better choice for K-12 public education districts everywhere. In 2013, those trends will continue, along with some new ideas as we begin to demand more than feel-good potential out of learning experiences for students."
Technology Integration Matrix - 0 views
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Interesting idea for evaluating technology integration.
Educational Leadership:The Principalship:The Changing Role of the Technology Director - 1 views
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Great article by Doug Johnson sharing ideas for how the role of the IT Director is evolving - very relevant to all models and levels of learning
Technology Integration Research Review | Edutopia - 0 views
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Tech Research Table of Contents: Introduction and Learning Outcomes Evidence-Based Programs by Subject Additional Tools and Programs Avoiding Pitfalls Annotated Bibliography
The SOLE Challenge - 0 views
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"This year Sugata Mitra, Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University in the UK, has been awarded $1 million in seed-funding for his wish to design the future of learning by supporting children all over the world to tap into their innate sense of wonder and work together. He hopes to build a School in the Cloud, a learning lab in India, where children can embark on intellectual adventures by engaging and connecting with information and mentoring online."
Technology In Schools: Who Does It Best, China Or The U.S.? (INFOGRAPHIC) - 0 views
Cisco's Prediction of 2013 Education Technology Trends: The Big Three to Watch - 0 views
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The leader of the US Public Sector Education at Cisco describes three edtech trend to watch for in 2013 -- The Internet of Everything, shared services, and cloud computing.
Key Strands of Focus - Strategic Planning: Technology - 4 views
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Invest orientation time at start of year building on TGS Digital Library with resources and allow teachers to briefly present their top tools and ones they'd like to improve upon
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This should linked to a teacher's professional growth plan/annual review. I'm dubious about digital resource libraries--but can be swayed. TGS has a small faculty who work closely together. F2F is a better way to share. We get a lot of milage out of our "Idea Fairs" and that's with a faculty of 80. It's more important to identify a person from whom you can learn than to identify apps, web sites etc. People are the most important resource. Also wonder how the students are brought in as resources...? -
While a traditional model of one person putting together a list of resources is quite limited. Our approach digital library is more about being a place for a group to curate resources. Everyone contributes to it and everyone comments on the effectiveness. If a teacher finds, uses and endorses a particular resource - and then shares those finds digitally, we can grow a collection of effective resources. Sharing face to face is important but there is a tendency for great resources to become "hot topics" and then forgotten a few months later. It also is not "inline". Somebody might mention a useful tool but that's not relevant to another at that particular time. If we can capture those recommendations and share them in a central place to be searched then. Finally, TGS continues to have large turnover (and will likely continue to given our nature). Without underpinning shared resources with some kind of "library" a large amount of institutional knowledge goes out the door with every churn. The role of the library is still valid, it just needs to be re-imagined in the context of today's web. Love the "Idea Fair" concept. It's a great idea. Again, I would like to see that "captured" and made available digitally to help grow the organization's knowledge.
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OK. Swayed ;)
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Built-in time and support for developing digital self and promoting new skills, on a regular basis and in a community setting
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We have two 90-minute blocks of in-house professional development/collaboration time every week. TGS could adapt the model easily.
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Here's a vid of our first Idea Fair (back then we called it Idea Marketplace): https://socialcam.com/v/xoccsH7e
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Ah nice! That's a seriously healthy chunk of time. That definitely needs to be discussed more in the professional development stream.
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- Easy export to external site or a package/comprehensive "portfolio" - Connect drafts to final products (blogs, videos, maybe others?) so we can show progress on Spot - RSS embeds in Spot for daily reading - RSS widgets curated by admin to stream outside world into Spot - that's all for now...
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2013 Horizon.K12: The Interim Results | The New Media Consortium - 0 views
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Near-Term Horizon: One Year or Less * BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) * Cloud Computing * Mobile Learning * Online Learning Mid-Term Horizon: Two to Three Years * Adaptive Learning and Personal Learning Networks * Electronic Publishing * Learning Analytics * Open Content Long-Term Horizon: Four to Five Years * 3D Printing * Augmented Reality * Virtual and Remote Laboratories * Wearable Technology
Really? It's My Job To Teach Technology? | The Thinking Stick - 0 views
CI484-Learning-Technologies - Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism & Connectivism - 0 views
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Related to our Connected learning ideas
Douglas Rushkoff - Present Shock - 0 views
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Rushkoff identifies the five main ways we're struggling, as well as how the best of us are thriving in the now: 4. Digiphrenia - how technology lets us be in more than one place - and self - at the same time. Drone pilots suffer more burnout than real-world pilots, as they attempt to live in two worlds - home and battlefield - simultaneously. We all become overwhelmed until we learn to distinguish between data flows (like Twitter) that can only be dipped into, and data storage (like books and emails) that can be fully consumed.
A Great Digital Literacy Skills Continuum for Teachers ~ Educational Technology and Mob... - 2 views
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I like the idea of a continuum of skills and standards to shoot for. This is a good example (of structure but not necessarily content).