trends / UncategorizedTrends | Milton Chen's Education Nation August 04, 2011 Add this lucid read to your summer list: Milton Chen, senior fellow and executive director emeritus at the George Lucas Educational … Read More
trendsTrends | EdTech Study Jackpot July 29, 2011 For those out there looking for some interesting weekend summertime reading, this list of education technology reports from the US … Read More
trendsCampus Tech a Top Factor in College Selection July 27, 2011 According to a new survey from CDW-G, the 21st-Century Campus Report, administrators may be missing the opportunity to attract new students, … Read More
trendsTwittered Up Re: Education July 19, 2011 Congrats to all those folks on this list who care enough to tweet the very best! Twitter isn’t everything—or is … Read More
trendsTrends | Learning in the 21st Century, 2011 Trends Update July 18, 2011 If there’s any report you should read discussing what’s happening in K-12 with technology, and if you have anything to … Read More
trendsTechnology Training Wheels July 06, 2011 Getting Faculty Critical Professional Development HIGHER EDTECH | By Julie Smith Having to use classroom technology without proper training is … Read More
trendsTrends | Mobile Learning, 21st-Century Classroom Report June 27, 2011 A national survey of more than 1,000 high school students, faculty, and IT professionals, finds that the more things change … Read More
trendsTrends | Kauffman Labs: Passionate, Disruptive and Driven June 10, 2011 If you want to know ‘where the party’s at’ — meet the inaugural class of the Kauffman Labs Education Ventures … Read More
trendsTrends | Rupert Murdoch in the EdTech Space June 01, 2011 Interesting story as it continues to unfold; I’m sure Pearson and a few others are keeping close tabs. In November … Read More
trendsTrends | From Tactic to Strategy: Cloud Computing in K-12 Districts May 27, 2011 The cloud computing hype is hard to avoid, and a new report from CDW-G finds that K-12 school districts are … Read More
trendsAssessment Tools Needed in Every Classroom May 15, 2011 CLASSROOM 21 | by Greg Limperis I wonder what the classroom of tomorrow would look like if budget were not … Read More
trendsGetting to the Technology Bells and Whistles May 13, 2011 HIGHER EDTECH | By Julie Smith The college experience has moved from static, one-dimensional learning to dynamic, collaborative and real-time … Read More
trendsThe New 3 E's of Education May 12, 2011 Enabled, engaged and empowered. If you’re new to Speak Up surveys, just know that this is the biggie: The Speak Up … Read More
cool tools / trendsTrends | Education Strategy, Global Take May 04, 2011 A model is only as good as the people implementing it. Here’s an interesting one I found with some talented … Read More
cool tools / trendsEducating the Mobile Generation May 02, 2011 What a delightful short video following two of the most prominent pioneers in mobile technology integration into education, Elliot Soloway … Read More
trendsPoint, Click, Talk: Unified Communications Adoption Grows in Education April 28, 2011 CDW-G just released its third annual 2011 Unified Communications Tracking Poll, which found that the percentage of organizations that have … Read More
cool tools / interviews / trendsTrends: Lifelong Kindergarten April 12, 2011 Here’s an interesting discussion from two leading minds in education and technology — the MIT media lab’s Nicholas Negroponte and … Read More
trendsReport: Growth in Educator Email Use on Mobile Devices April 08, 2011 K-12 teachers seem to be tapping in on handhelds to view their school-based email, according to Email Trends in the Education … Read More
trendsTrends: Scaling Postsecondary Tech Success April 07, 2011 Here’s a bit of good news on the innovation in education front: Today, Next Generation Learning Challenges announced grants to help and … Read More
trendsTrends: Digital Districts – March 2011 March 28, 2011 The latest report on technology use in school districts is out. Findings indicate that educators are increasingly using Web 2.0 … Read More
trends$90 Million for ARPA-ED March 10, 2011 Digital tutors as effective as personal tutors, courses that improve the more students use them, and educational software as compelling … Read More
trendsTrends: Personalized Learning March 02, 2011 Defining personalized learning and building personalized learning solutions are among the hot topics to be discussed at the 8th annual … Read More
trendsA Sputnik Moment for Education: The Role of CTE and Arts in STEM Innovation February 28, 2011 NOTES FROM THE FUTURE | by Jim Brazell Hailed as this generation’s “Sputnik moment,” science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) … Read More
trendsTrends: Mobile Learning in K-12 February 25, 2011 An interesting report from EdWeek focuses on data showing school and district level data on growth in online curricula, opportunities for … Read More
trendsIt’s Not Just a Package — It’s Our Future February 24, 2011 TALK OF TOMORROW | by Ted Fujimoto It was the end of the business day on Tuesday, April 17, 1973, … Read More
trendsTrends | 100 People Making a Difference for Digital Learning Now February 14, 2011 With more than 100 people from across the nation, Jeb Bush and Bob Wise convened the Digital Learning Council, a … Read More
trendsTrends: AOL Series Highlights Digital Learning February 10, 2011 There’s a nicely done series of articles by Dana Chivvis for AOL News Nation section online, where “joining the digital … Read More
trendsFederal EdTech Agency Part of Obama Strategy February 10, 2011 President Obama is requesting fiscal 2012 funding for an edtech agency within the Department of Education, along with a $2 … Read More
trendsTrends: Guidance from the eduCloud February 09, 2011 Nowadays, having your head in the cloud isn’t so bad. Education is going just that way: a new consortium is forming that … Read More
trendsTrends: Learning in the 21st Century: Taking it Mobile! February 05, 2011 Learning in the 21st Century: Taking it Mobile is a Blackboard report based on Project Tomorrow’s Speak Up survey, the … Read More
trendsTrends: e-Learning Grows 16.8 percent February 03, 2011 Market research firm Ambient Insight reports that over the past five years the U.S. market for pre-K through 12 self-paced … Read More
trendsTrends: K-12 Teachers Relying on Free, Quality Content February 02, 2011 From PBS and Grunwald Associates LLC comes a national research report on teachers’ media usage, “Deepening Commitment: Teachers Increasingly Rely on Media … Read More
trendsSputnik Moment: 21st-Century Rocket Boys & Girls January 31, 2011 NOTES FROM THE FUTURE | by Jim Brazell On the evening of October 4, 1957, at 1912 Greenwich Mean Time, … Read More
trendsTrends: Rise of K-12 Blended Learning January 26, 2011 Is online learning sweeping America? Just compare: in 2000 there were roughly 45,000 students taking online courses; in 2009, more … Read More
trendsTrends: 'Sputnik Moment' January 25, 2011 In Obama’s State of the Union address, he calls for a ‘Sputnik Moment’ as you can read about in this … Read More
trendsReport: Empowering the 21st Century Superintendent January 20, 2011 Of all the challenges you face as a superintendent, according to the Consortium for School Networking, “technology leadership may be the … Read More
cool tools / trendsCool Tool: ClassLink LaunchPad at Koogler January 13, 2011 In this four-corner region rich with enchanted cultural adventures and history, Koogler Middle School, part of Aztec Municipal School District … Read More
trendsHappy Holidays from edtech digest December 23, 2010 Just a brief note to wish you happy holidays. Hope you’ve had a happy and productive year thus far, and … Read More
interviews / trendsInterview | Peter Frankl Discusses an Absolute Breakthrough for Education December 23, 2010 In the past, kids went to school. These days, school goes to kids. Peter Frankl understands this well. Peter is … Read More
trendsA Vision of Students Today December 16, 2010 Michael Wesch and the students of “Introduction to Cultural Anthropology” class at Kansas State University have racked up more than … Read More