International
-
CoSN seeks more ICT lessons from abroad
Wed, Nov 18, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: Global competitiveness
As part of the organization's latest effort to learn from colleagues abroad, a delegation of U.S. education technology leaders from the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) visited Scotland and the Netherlands last week to learn more about the world's first national intranet for education, international approaches to online safety, and more. Key words: CoSN, education technology, ict teach, glow, intranet, becta [ Read More ]
-
New 21st-century skills guide available
Mon, Nov 09, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: 21st Century skills
In yet another step toward helping schools and their students achieve 21st-century success, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) has released a new guide intended to help schools and districts evaluate the integration of 21st-century skills into their policies and practices. Key words: Partnership for 21st century skills, education technology, school curriculum, students skills, school policies [ Read More ]
-
Parents: Focus more on 21st-century skills
Fri, Oct 30, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: 21st Century skills
Although parents, K-12 students, and educators agree that using technology is essential to learning and student success, parents are largely dissatisfied with the technology skills their children are learning in schools, according to a new analysis of survey data released Oct. 29 by the nonprofit Project Tomorrow and Blackboard Inc. Key words: Speak Up Survey, educational technology, 21st century skills, Project Tomorrow, Blackboard Inc., global competitiveness, school technology [ Read More ]
-
Report: Top students spurning STEM fields
Wed, Oct 28, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: Global competitiveness
For years, educators have heard dire warnings about a supposed decline in the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates from U.S. colleges and universities, and the effect this could have on the nation's global competitiveness. Now, a new study suggests the problem might be different in nature than originally assumed. Key words: STEM, educational technology, global competitiveness, U.S. competitiveness [ Read More ]
-
The rise of the globally connected student
Wed, Oct 21, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: Cross-cultural communication
Today's students are the first globally connected citizens, able use their computers and cell phones to connect to all regions of the Earth and contribute to a global discussion through Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and unlimited web sites. Instead of ignoring this fact, we should welcome the opportunity to promote a deeper kind of global awareness using the dynamic ways that new technologies allow. Key words: international resources, global forum, international education, education technology, iEARN, ePals [ Read More ]
-
Google to launch site for selling books online
Mon, Oct 19, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: International , Business news
Google Inc. is launching a new online service that will let readers buy electronic versions of books and read them on such gadgets as cell phones, laptops, and possibly e-book devices. Key words: electronic book, education technology, school technology, online publishing, Google Book Search [ Read More ]
-
Plan calls for action on 21st-century skills
Mon, Oct 12, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: 21st Century skills
More than 200 schools, districts, universities, state education departments, businesses, and nonprofit organizations have expressed support for a "National Action Agenda" from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21). The agenda lists eight guiding principles that will help build an education system that prepares children to succeed in today's world, P21 says. Key words: Partnership for 21st Century Skills, P21, 21st century skills, National Action Agenda, educational technology, [ Read More ]
-
New model for arts education emerges
Mon, Oct 12, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: Art , 21st Century skills
Advocates of teaching 21st-century skills understand the importance of fostering creativity in today's students, but harsh economic realities have led many schools to cut back on their arts-education programs. Now, a new model is emerging that could help offset those cuts. Key words: arts education, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, educational technology, Any Given Child [ Read More ]
-
Yale researchers examine online accreditation
Tue, Sep 29, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: International , Tech Leadership
Yale Law School researchers will team up with a tuition-free online university to study how online higher education is perceived worldwide and document what it takes for internet-based institutions to achieve accreditation. Key words: Yale Law School, free online classes, University of the People, education technology, school technology [ Read More ]
-
Film holds Ariz. school as model for reform
Mon, Sep 21, 2009 Primary Topic Channel: Global competitiveness , Instruction
Leaders in education gathered Sept. 17 to discuss the future of American education and screen a documentary highlighting an exemplary charter school in Arizona, which filmmaker Bob Compton said holds the solution to the country's education problems. Key words: million minutes, educational technology, BASIS Charter School, charter schools [ Read More ]
