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Testing touchscreen tables in classrooms

nitajo sumitted ago via http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com (Views: 22, Clicks: 4)
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Forget tiny iPads - the classrooms of the future might turn entire tables into interactive touchscreens.

1 comments | Tags: interactive touchscreens digital age ipads smart technologies | Topic: In the Class BAD >_<

Technology, Generational Power, and the Challenge of Change

Sculb sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 26, Clicks: 4)
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Peter Gow -- It probably won't help much, but I've come up with a theory to explain why some teachers are reluctant to embrace change, in particular the new technologies that stand, we keep reminding them, to disrupt education permanently and from top to bottom.

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The Common Core and the Fate of Digital Composition

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 26, Clicks: 4)
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Joel Malley -- What does it feels like to be a teacher of digital-media composition in the common-standards era?

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Australia: Global village of students, teachers and families unite on blog site

Buldog sumitted ago via http://www.theage.com.au (Views: 33, Clicks: 4)
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Some ‘‘really amazing’’ blogging is being done in Victorian schools, and often the best work is being done by younger students, says James Farmer, the former Deakin University education technology lecturer who left academic life in 2005 to establish Edublogs, his blog-hosting website, as a global operation.

2 comments | Tags: australia digital age victoria australia victorian education department edublogs | Topic: Online Learning BAD >_<

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Big Brother in a Textbook?

nitajo sumitted ago via http://blogs.edweek.org (Views: 30, Clicks: 5)
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Anthony Rebora -- From the things-on-the-K-12-horizon department: A front-page story in a recent New York Times highlighted a new technology program that allows college instructors to monitor their students' reading progress in digital textbooks.

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Hitting the MOOCs instead of the books

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 29, Clicks: 4)
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A reporter joins communal strangers in the emerging universe of massive open online courses, or MOOCs. There's no need to hustle for a decent seat or line up at the bookstore.

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School Board Transparency a Challenge in Digital Age

PiGuy sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 53, Clicks: 4)
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Nora Fleming -- School board members are struggling to interpret laws that govern where and how they do business now that as many conversations take place digitally as they do face to face. As online and digital interactions increase, so too does public concern that officials have more opportunities to violate state open-meetings and open-records laws meant to prevent them from communicating secretly.

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Framing the School Technology Dream

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.edweek.org (Views: 21, Clicks: 4)
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Larry Cuban -- For more than a century, educational technology ads have glistened with hope. Newly invented devices from the typewriter to film projectors, from the overhead projector to instructional television, from the Apple IIe to the iPad, have painted pictures of engaged students who will learn more, faster, and better. They have pictured teachers using new technologies to teach effectively.

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States look for GED alternative as test price spikes

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 56, Clicks: 4)
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Several dozen states are looking for an alternative to the GED high school equivalency test because of concerns that a new version coming out next year is more costly and will no longer be offered in a pencil and paper format.

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If Robots Will Run the World, What Should Students Learn?

nitajo sumitted ago via http://blogs.kqed.org (Views: 26, Clicks: 4)
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Education reformers have been calling for a different type of education, one that nurtures creative and innovative thinkers. But for many, that future is hard to see and even harder to influence.

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5 Tools to Introduce Programming to Kids

nitajo sumitted ago via http://blogs.kqed.org (Views: 22, Clicks: 4)
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It’s hard to argue with the importance of teaching students how to use computers — how to turn on, log on, search the Web, and use applications. These skills are absolutely necessary for students’ academic success as well as for their future job prospects.

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What is data science

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www-01.ibm.com (Views: 57, Clicks: 3)
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A data scientist represents an evolution from the business or data analyst role. The formal training is similar, with a solid foundation typically in computer science and applications, modeling, statistics, analytics and math. What sets the data scientist apart is strong business acumen, coupled with the ability to communicate findings to both business and IT leaders in a way that can influence how an organization approaches a business challenge.

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More Details on InBloom's Plans for Student Data

Skinner sumitted ago via http://www.hackeducation.com (Views: 64, Clicks: 8)
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There has been an incredible amount of hype and fear and confusion and excitement surrounding inBloom, a Gates Foundation-funded initiative to build a new data infrastructure for public schools. One such promise: better interoperability will streamline schools’ handling of data. Another promise: more access to student data will help companies build tools to “enhance personalized learning.”

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Cursive writing at risk in U.S. schools

nitajo sumitted ago via http://normantranscript.com (Views: 69, Clicks: 5)
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The use of cursive writing has been fading from society since the arrival of the computer keyboard. Advocates of longhand blame the so-called common core education standards for hastening its demise. Debate over the issue has pitted teachers against teachers, and a fear by historians we are raising a generation of handwriting illiterates.

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Twice as Many MOOCs

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.insidehighered.com (Views: 27, Clicks: 4)
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Two providers of massive open online courses are expanding their course catalogs to try to find a larger global audience. Coursera and edX both have announced they are doubling the number of universities offering classes through their sites, which already reach a few million people across the world.

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Testing touchscreen tables in classrooms

Technology, Generational Power, and the Challenge of Change

The Common Core and the Fate of Digital Composition

Australia: Global village of students, teachers and families unite on blog site

Big Brother in a Textbook?

Hitting the MOOCs instead of the books

School Board Transparency a Challenge in Digital Age

Framing the School Technology Dream

States look for GED alternative as test price spikes

If Robots Will Run the World, What Should Students Learn?

5 Tools to Introduce Programming to Kids

What is data science

More Details on InBloom's Plans for Student Data

Cursive writing at risk in U.S. schools

Twice as Many MOOCs

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