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A Glimpse of the Future: What the K-12 Classroom Will Look Like in 2025

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

This week I’ll be on a panel discussing the Future Classroom at this year’s STEM Summit hosted by Towson University. This shift reflects a profound understanding that an educated America means a prosperous America, and once the infrastructure and hardware is funded and integrated (Google Fiber, tablets, etc.),

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How can teachers use VR in the classroom?

Neo LMS

billion by 2025, while the education sector will attract 15 million users. The hope is that STEM subjects will become fun and relevant through learning experiences that are memorable and easily retained. Google Cardboard. Find all the available Google Cardboard education apps here. Second Life.

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Computer science classes have an equity issue–some NYC educators are trying to change that

eSchool News

Many get turned off before they make it to the high-level courses Newton-Rodriguez teaches at the Bronx Academy for Software Engineering, or BASE. But for many students in the nation’s largest school system — particularly girls, Black students, and Latinos — by the time they get to high school, it’s too late. It’s still seen as an elective.”.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

The work is also supported by companies including Apple, Google and Expedia, as well as education organizations including the CollegeBoard, Teach For America and STEMx.” Despite all the investment and marketing surrounding CS and STEM education, the results – enrollments and graduation rates – have been mixed at best.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Google profiles Niji Collins , a winner in the latest Google Code-In contest. Edsurge profiles “ personalized learning ” software used in a virtual school that has some 450 incarcerated students. ” Adaptive software is not the same as personalized learning , says eSchool News.