This morning I was led to a thought-provoking post at the Online Learning Insights blog - How Generation "C" will change education...forever. In the post, the writer shares a report titled The Rise of Generation C: Implications for the World of 2020. … [Continue reading]
Is BYOD good for learners and teachers?
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) certainly seems to be a topic among many school leaders - locally and nationally. In fact, at the state technology conference in Pennsylvania (PETE&C) this past February, there was an entire strand of sessions on … [Continue reading]
World’s Greatest Tutor
In the March 12, 2012 edition of Forbes magazine, there is an interesting article about adaptive learning software called Knewton (The World's Greatest Tutor). Reading the article reminded me that many see learning with technology as taking what … [Continue reading]
Consumption AND Creation
Teaching Kids to be "Digital Citizens" (Not Just "Digital Natives") The ideas in this article rang true after a colleague and I heard an Apple presenter extolling the virtues of the iPad…almost exclusively through the lens of content consumption. … [Continue reading]
The Independent Project
In a world where virtually any content is easily accessible online, why do we insist on the content-laden let-me-shove-it-down-your-throat-and-then-test-you system we currently have in education? How does the Independent Project tap into what schools … [Continue reading]
Technical vs. Adaptive Challenges
Immunity to Change: Post #2 -- Getting Started Too often when we think about change, we go for the easy - a technical challenge. The challenge with the most impact, however, will be the adaptive one - "a change you make in yourself that leads to … [Continue reading]
Social Learning
This is a great stand-alone presentation (via RJ Jaquez) about social learning. My undergraduate class at Moravian College starts this week. One of my objectives is to challenge them to think about teaching and learning differently. I'll have to work … [Continue reading]
Learning Responsible Behavior Now
We are in the first year of a learning initiative (TL2014) that has as it's goal the transformation of teaching and learning. As a part of this initiative, each student in grade 6-12 has been provided a laptop computer to use during the school day … [Continue reading]
Steve Jobs Biography
I have acquired, but not yet started reading, the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson. After stumbling across this First Friday Book Synopsis, I am intrigued by the "lessons" in the biography. They aren't just "business lessons" but rather … [Continue reading]
Be Creative and Bold
This post is the convergence of two items I've encountered through my RSS reader and Facebook stream. The first is this graphic about "creatives." I really like this. It's a list of nine things we should all live our lives by. I like it so much I'm … [Continue reading]
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