You may be a 21st century educator if…
Getting Smart reports: 1. You have theoretically received an #edchat doctoral degree from the “University of Twitter.”
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Pasco leads way as school districts explore social media
When she opened her Twitter account for work in early 2012, Jessica Schultz was an anomaly in Pasco County schools, the Tampa Bay Times reports.
In public education, edge still goes to rich
“There aren’t many things that are more important to that idea of economic mobility — the idea that you can make it if you try — than a…
We have what we need: The next steps in education technology
We have SMART boards. iPads. Laptops. Cellphones. We have learning management systems like Canvas, Blackboard, and Moodle, the Huffington Post reports.
Zuck’s first major ed-tech investment? Panorama Education, the brainchild of a Yale coder
When Aaron Feuer was in high school, he helped write a bill for students to give feedback on their classes, VentureBeat reports.
South Portland ‘university’ promotes high school STEM education
The transparent gelatinous alginate strands South Portland High School junior Jackeline Zarate and Portland High School junior Bailey Ruesch pulled from a test tube last week at Fairchild…
Teaching our children to code: a quiet revolution
In just under a year, England will become the first country in the world to mandate computer programming in primary and secondary schools, The Telegraph reports.
How much freedom to give kids with school-issued iPads?
Parents pack into a gym at Cahuilla Desert Academy, a middle school in the southern California city of Thermal, Mind/Shift reports.
Mobile education: Lessons from 35 education experts
This collection of slides features advice from 35 education experts on ways to improve learning with mobile technology… Read more
WWU researchers to study math, science teaching methods in area schools
Starting this fall, researchers from Western Washington University will study local elementary school math and science teaching methods in an attempt to figure out if specialists - those…
New projects test how technology can boost learning
An inner city primary is at the heart of a project to test how technology can be used to boost children's learning, the BBC reports.
Anatomy of a 6,000-hour deficit
As we recently reported, by the time a child from a low-income family reaches sixth grade, he or she has spent an estimated 6,000 fewer hours learning than…
EdTechTeacher’s iPad as…
iPads have exploded throughout schools and classrooms, EdTechTeacher reports.
Augmented reality brings new dimensions to learning
Imagine living in the magical world of Harry Potter, where the school hallways are lined with paintings that are alive and interactive, Edudemic reports.
Why good teachers quit
She is an amazing teacher who is ready to quit the job she has loved for 20 years, TeachThought reports. She was honored just a few years ago…
Education secretary Duncan discusses plight of rural schools
Rural students need more access to college and technology to make up for the educational challenges they face, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan told small-town teachers and school…
Ready to learn? The key is listening with intention
Listening and observing can be passive activities—in one ear and out the other, as our mothers used to say, Mind/Shift reports. Or they can be rich, active, intense…
School districts using mobile apps to reach on-the-go parents
Washington area school districts are creating mobile apps to make it easier for busy, cell phone-addicted parents to check school lunch menus, eMail a teacher or check on…
How to use Sesame Street to promote digital literacy
Sesame Street is a pretty awesome show. Not only do I remember loving the show as a child, but as an adult, I now understand how educational it…
Should coding be the “new foreign language” requirement?
Over the decades, students have been required to take a foreign language in high school for reasons that relate to expanding communication abilities, furthering global awareness, and enhancing…
In ‘flipped’ classrooms, a method for mastery
In traditional schooling, time is a constant and understanding is a variable, The New York Times reports.
The hottest job skill is…
The Army, NYPD and State Department can't get enough workers with this job skill, CNN reports.
Public libraries make digital magazines accessible to all
Magazine publishers are experimenting with all sorts of different ways to get you to pay for their digital products, including single issues, subscriptions, “buffets” (like Next Issue) and…
iPads hold a staggering 94% of the education market for tablets
Apple says it had its best quarter ever in education sales, selling more than $1 billion worth of products, Mashable reports.
Study: New teachers more educated, of higher caliber
Teaching may be attracting a more academically successful group of people compared to previous years, according to a new study released Wednesday.
How digital learning is becoming the fourth literacy
Reading. Writing. Math. Those are the big ones, right? Up until recently, a lot of people would have probably said that was correct, Edudemic reports.
Between the extremes on charter schools
As the campaigns for mayor of New York and governor of New Jersey enter the home stretch, few issues draw more heated rhetoric, the Huffington Post reports.
Why hasn’t the tech industry disrupted the textbook industry yet?
My view is that the innovation required for textbooks is far beyond what most companies are doing, Forbes reports.
Defining paperless 2.0
The transition to the 1:1 classroom regularly goes hand in hand with a call for teachers to go paperless, Edudemic reports.
New milestone emerges: Baby’s first iPhone app
Charlotte Deutsch, who will be 2 years old next month, has a look of pure delight as she swipes the screen of her mother’s old iPhone, and finds…
Two case studies: How connected educators can transform schools
Figuring out which new teaching practices or pieces of technology might work in a classroom can feel like a full-time job, Mind/Shift reports.
Bringing Women and Minorities to IT
Women earn 57 percent of all undergraduate degrees in the country, and 52 percent of all math and science undergraduate degrees, Government Technology reports.
Three student successes with iPads
The last time I wrote about iPads in the classroom, it was about a school district doing almost everything wrong, Digital/Edu reports.
An experiment in flipping
Class time was just too limited, AMLE reports.
Newtown residents demolish a school, and violent memories
Demolition has begun at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a gunman killed 20 students and six adults last December, NPR reports.
Where in the world do the most young people use technology?
Yesterday, we talked a bit about digital natives and digital immigrants, Edudemic reports.
Report: Los Angeles Schools Supt. Deasy to resign
John Deasy, the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District who has been at the center of a troubled $1 billion technology initiative, has told Board of…
Queens school that went vegetarian shows student gains, draws plaudit
Their school swapped sloppy joes and fried chicken for organic roasted tofu and braised black beans, and these kids ain’t complaining, the New York Daily News reports.
The dumbest generation? No, Twitter is making kids smarter
The only way to tell whether kids today are really less coherent or literate than their great-grandparents is to compare student writing across the past century, The Globe…
Expert invites more black students to science
There are far too few black students in science, math and technology programs, according to a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, GPB reports.