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Introducing the Teen Hangout at the Loveland Public Library

Educator Innovator

In the fall of 2018, the YOUmedia Learning Labs Network expanded to include the Teen Hangout youth program at the Loveland Public Library in Loveland Colorado. Learn more about the YOUmedia Learning Labs Network and how to join the movement at youmedia.org. The YOUmedia model was developed in 2011 with support from the John D.

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Thursday - Jamie McMillin on Lessons from Legendary Learners

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join me Thursday, October 25th, for a one-hour live and interactive FutureofEducation.com interview with Jamie McMillan, author of Legendary Learning : The Famous Homeschoolers'' Guide to Self-Directed Excellence. psid=2012-10-25.0946.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350 I learned so much I had to put it in a book!

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P-Tech Schools: The Remaking of Career, Technical Education

Educator Innovator

Schools are under increasing pressure to design classrooms, curricula, and learning experiences that help students develop the kinds of design, engineering, and creative skills that are a better fit for innovation economies. P-TECH is one of the latest efforts to make schooling and learning more connected to the real world.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

The quotation is from 2012. Indeed, according to the latest statistics from the Department of Education – now granted, this is from the 2012–2013 academic year – there are 4726 degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States. A 46% increase since 1980.

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(This Is Not a Morphology of) The Monsters of Education Technology

Hack Education

“Over the next few years, textbooks should be obsolete” – Arne Duncan, 2012. Learning objects. Learning portals. Portals to learning object repositories. Cthulhu, a malevolent cosmic creature, first appeared in the pulp fiction magazine Weird Tales in 1928. The zombies seem to wither and die.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

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ProfHacker 2015 Holiday Gift Guide

ProfHacker

And if for some reason you need more ideas than what’s here—or if you’re just feeling nostalgic, as is befitting this time of year—take a look at our lists from 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , and 2009. Gaming stores often have great game nights for trying things out and learning complicated games. Board Games.