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Technology in Education and Opportunity Cost

Reading By Example

Smartphones were a frequent topic, especially from the secondary school leaders. Distractions and inappropriate use seemed to be the common reason for some of the administrators’ disdain for students’ mobile devices. My administrative career began in 2011 which is around the time that iPhones started to come into prominence.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., ” How would the program operate?

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What the Fidget is going on? Tales from a Traveling Substitute Teacher

EdNews Daily

What’s all the hype nowadays in elementary and secondary school classrooms? Having taught 17+ years as an elementary school teacher, my perspective regarding the use/overuse of accommodations shifts back and forth. Middle school aged children are motivated in a different way than elementary aged students. That was clear!

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Can you fix middle school by getting rid of it?

The Hechinger Report

When Ashley Park was converted from an elementary school to a K-8 a decade ago, over the objections of the community, it was the bus ride, with its noisy, chaotic comingling of kids, that many parents feared the most. They worried that their younger children might be corrupted, bullied or worse. They said, ‘don’t do this to us again.

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K-8 or Middle School: What Works for Early Adolescents Depends on Many Factors

MindShift

When Ashley Park was converted from an elementary school to a K-8 a decade ago, over the objections of the community, it was the bus ride, with its noisy, chaotic comingling of kids, that many parents feared the most. They worried that their younger children might be corrupted, bullied or worse. They said, ‘don’t do this to us again.

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A Teacher’s Guide to Communicating with Generation X, Y, and Z Parents

Waterford

8] Your Gen Xers are most likely the parents of older elementary or middle and high school students. 6] Millennials are no longer elementary or secondary students themselves, though they may still be students in college or graduate school. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, March 2011, 74(1), pp.

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The 2011 Global Education Conference is also fast approaching: November 14 - 18. The bill will be a massive revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This includes video games, mobile games and the like. According to the report, 38% of kids in this age range are playing mobile games, up from 8% in 2009.

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