Ten of the best virtual field trips
To help educators save time, we've chosen these 10 virtual field trips based on their relevancy, depth and quality of resources, and potential for student excitement.
Month: April 2013
Could Google someday answer all your questions?
In a front-page article in The New York Times on Thursday, I wrote that web search is at its biggest crossroad since its invention, as users demand more…
Recipe for high-school success: be curious, work late, ignore the textbooks
I didnʼt start biomedical research to learn more about stem cells or skin regeneration back in ninth grade, reports The Globe and Mail.
‘Brilliant Bus’ shrinking digital divide
Working as a guidance counselor five years ago in Palm Beach County, Estella Pyfrom noticed that fewer students had access to a computer after school, CNN reports.
Discussions on classroom technology ask wrong questions, experts say
In the education community, there is a common analogy comparing emerging technologies and blended learning models with the common pencil, the Deseret News reports.
Could your school lead in world rankings?
A new test from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will let individual schools see how their achievement ranks compared to schools in other countries around…
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.
$20K for arts education
The National Guild has received a $275,000 grant from MetLife Foundation to continue the MetLife Foundation Partners in Arts Education Program. The national initiative—now entering its ninth year—aims…
Grants to launch new physical education programs
The ASAP Acceleration Grants campaign is giving schools across America everything they need to launch a new physical activity program: seed funding, a game plan to follow, and…
Realizing the Promise of Digital Textbooks
The emergence of low-cost, easy-to-use computing devices offers schools new ways to customize learning. However, schools must clear a number of barriers such as striking deals with publishers,…
Understanding Concepts: Implications for Science Teaching
Many educators who teach elementary science weren’t science majors in college, and adequate instructional support for teachers often is lacking in current science teaching methods and materials. This…
Report: Next Apple iPhone could land as soon as this summer
Apple’s next iPhone could land as soon as this summer, judging from a Wall Street Journal report April 2, the Washington Post reports.
Opening up, students transform a vicious circle
There is little down time in Eric Butler’s classroom, The New York Times reports.
Learn to Code Movement: For all students
Over the last seven years, Liz Davidson and I had the privilege of working with hundreds of inspiring students from low-income communities, the Huffington Post reports.
Opinion: Bridging the disconnect between teachers and the ed-tech industry
Teachers show up at large, industry-driven conferences feeling more than a little like middle school students at their first dance, EdSurge reports.
Engaging learners through games: Help or hype?
Games are often trumpeted as the perfect tool for creating learner engagement. But what do we really know about how engagement works? What opportunities and risks do games…
Five examples of innovation in today’s schools
A student-developed vocal warm-up app … Graphic novel biographies … Robotics competitions: Students and teachers using technology to drive innovation is a theme woven throughout this year’s Follett…
Op-Ed: Rookie teachers need way more support
Steve Jobs once said, "Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them…
Maryland explores mandating high schoolers take four years of math, among other reqs
Public K-12 schools and higher education could see sweeping curriculum changes as lawmakers in Annapolis consider a bill aimed at bolstering the number of college graduates in the…
Education can make you taller in old age
The Telegraph reports that researchers found that those who had completed secondary education shrank nearly 2cm less in their dotage than the illiterate, who had not even completed…