The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 5, 2016

A huge highlight for me was reconnecting with futurist Bryan Alexander , whom I'd interviewed in 2012 as a part of my Future of Education series, and whose work and voice I've continued to really appreciate. Again, you'll find the full report here. My interview with Bryan is below, followed by some notes.

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edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

In a recent edWebinar , Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director of SETDA, offered highlights from the report, and Ryan Kocsondy, Director of Connecticut Education Network (CEN), gave an inside look at why Connecticut schools don’t worry about running out of bandwidth.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 2, 2012

Secondly, as Ian Clarke (2010) suggests in his Guardian article , we still need libraries because they inform users about best practice in the use of search tools and the promotion of better digital literacies. In a future blogpost, I will report back on the librarians' perspective on these and other related questions. Akerman, R.,

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

In 2012, Forsyth County Schools (FCS), Georgia, serving about 39,000 students in grades Pre-K through 12, gave BYOD a chance. According to K-12 Blueprint , many FCS teachers report that classroom management of devices is not as challenging as they anticipated. Read more: DOs and DON’Ts of teaching digital citizenship.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 22, 2013

EDDA is an effort to respond to new research and developing understandings about how politics has changed in the digital age. Just prior to the 2012 election, YPP released results of a national survey that questioned 3,000 young people, ages 15-25 on how they use the Internet, social media and engage in politics.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Notes from TCEA 2012 Presentation by Eanes ISD Tech Group and Carl Hooker, Director of Instructional Technology, Eanes ISD Presentation posted at: edtech.eanesisd.net/tcea Research Behind BYOT 2011 Horizon Report K12 Edition - Published every year. We used to hear about the digital divide. Now we have an "App Gap".

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Greeley offers a lens into how wide the digital divide in the US has become, how much it is contributing to a two-tiered society, and, perhaps most important, whether it can be bridged – something that will be crucial to keeping the country competitive in the global economy of tomorrow. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

As an op-ed in The Washington Post put it , “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” “Progress,” the FCC boasted in the report. An archived copy is available via Doug Levin’s website.). ” Among them: an $8.71

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