States’ report card for school innovation
The US states’ report card for innovation in education wasn’t all bad news: For example, “Massachusetts, Colorado, and Rhode Island got gold stars for their policies to promote extended learning time...
View ArticleA parent & educator on what gaming can teach
To parent, educator, and graduate student Seann Dikkers, videogaming is a great parenting, teaching, and learning tool. A teacher for 10 years and school administrator for four, Dikkers is now working...
View ArticleWhy videogames are good for learners
As a gamer – to some extent, not entirely, but enough – you’re master of your own fate, and when you’re not, you can find help. You’re not only in an environment, you’re in an experience too – one that...
View ArticleSocial-emotional learning ups academic performance
Right from the proverbial horse’s mouth, so hear this: that social and emotional learning (SEL) has brought academic gains “that equal the results of many programs focused exclusively on academics … is...
View Article6-year-old self-taught pre-readers & tablet users in Ethiopia
Earlier this year, some 40 digital tablets (the Motorola version of iPads) were packaged into two taped-up boxes with no instructions and dropped into two Ethiopian villages, each about 50 miles from...
View ArticleA teacher’s view of teacher surveys about youth & tech
Monday’s post was about two surveys of US teachers about what technology’s doing to students’ academic performance. Today, a guest commentary from Marianne Malmstrom, who teaches grades 3-8 at the...
View ArticleYoung readers and e-readers: Study
Despite their love for digital technology, 80% of kids and teens who use ebooks “still read primarily print books for fun,” a new Scholastic survey of readers aged 6-17 has found. But we are seeing a...
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Using social media to grow student engagement
Though student engagement seems like a tough thing to measure, Gallup recently did, calling it the education version of “the fiscal cliff” so much in the news at the turn of the year. In a survey of...
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Teachers on tech in US classrooms: Study
A recent survey by the Pew Internet Project shows how pervasive technology has become in American classrooms. “Laptops and desktops are central, but … mobile technology use has also become commonplace...
View ArticleMobile learning & edugames taking off worldwide
Whether it’s the chicken or the egg – the device or the edugames – fueling the growth isn’t completely clear, but “tablets are proliferating everywhere across the planet,” said Sam Adkins, head of...
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