21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

As we think about our work in the past 2019-20 school year, we should reflect on the online learning that had occurred for those of us fortunate enough to have the necessary technology—both at our schools and in our students’ homes. How might we bring these important elements to the online learning experience in the next school year?

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Like the DBQs, lessons revolve around a central historical question and sets of prima ry documents to engage learners with varied reading skills. The Reading Like a Historian curriculum also engages students in historical inquiry around both U.S. and world history events.

Assessment 60

Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

” Via Cleveland.com : “National e-school figure to test new approach to online learning here in Ohio.” ” Via Chalkbeat : “New documents show what KIPP told Mike Feinberg leading up to his firing.” Via The Economist : “Universities withstood MOOCs but risk being outwitted by OPMs.”

Education 43

Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Via CNBC : “This Chinese-Israeli start-up wants to change the way kids learn to code.” “ OER-Enabled Pedagogy ” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Via Diggit Magazine : “The end of Academia.edu : how business takes over, again.” ” The startup in question: LeapLearner.

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Think the private school startup Bridge International Academies that operates in Africa, for example, which Peg Tyre documented so devastatingly in The New York Times Magazine this summer.). And then there’s Mark Zuckerberg’s venture philanthropy firm and its commitment to fund “personalized learning.”

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62