The above image is static, but you can see the dynamic one right here. This blew me away. Not so much the information, because I live in the bay area and I am well acquainted with equity issues in schools. I was impressed, rather, by the power that Google is placing in our hands with […]
Kids Will Rise to Match Their Own Facebook Profile #EdTech #Education #SocialMedia
Instant messaging on AOL was one thing, checking-in everywhere you go, tweeting about the experience you are having, and then instantly sharing the photos you take while you are there is the next level. Twitter was founded in 2006; Facebook only two years before that. This means that the tweens who were early adopters to […]
That’s no clown wig, it’s your brain. The future of Neuroscience. #EdTech #Education
This month’s National Geographic offers a teaser about a new imaging technique that shows neural networks. The image above is not a leftover wig from Burning Man. That is an actual brain scan showing neural pathways, created by Harvard Professor Van Weeden. Tracking impulses along those pathways and linking the neural activity with the action […]
New #EdTech, Old Teachers, The Adoption Myth #ISTE
An unfortunate assumption that edupreneurs frequently make is one that is also made by administrators inside the system; the ageist assumption that older teachers are unlikely to change their practice. It is a small minority of teachers in their later years that refuse to change their practice. My experience has been just the opposite of […]
A critical examination of School of One pilot study
School of One is all over the blogosphere. I took a close look at their website tonight for the first time. The program is interesting. It appears that the company is using a comprehensive algorithm that is not only adaptive inside of the box, but outside as well. The algorithm considers how best to meet […]
Who Does Online Education Serve?
Another data point (well, 23 data points actually) to confirm my suspicion that online education in high school is being used primarily for at-risk students. The International Association for K-12 Online Learning – INACOL – published the results of a recent study of their membership. The study was a survey that asked technology coordinators how […]
When is a Game Really a Game?
This interesting blog post by Aneesh Bhat identifies both what will make game based learning both a game and learning. Aneesh cites research that is consistent with my experience as a teacher, indicating that if there is a way to win the game without having to learn the intended material, then that is what the […]
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