On 05/11/2010,
in digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, game-changing environment, storytelling, teachers, teaching & learning,
by Daniel Christian
On 05/11/2010,
in Apple, K-12 related,
by Daniel Christian
Rethinking the iPad in the Age of Schooling — from The Clever Sheep
In case you find yourself in conversation about the relevance of the iPad, consider the following issues as fodder to further the discussion.
On 05/11/2010,
in game-changing environment, K-12 related, virtual K-12 schools,
by Daniel Christian
Contents
Foreword …………………………………………………………………………………………. 1
Only if Past Trends Persist Is the Future Dismal ………………………………………… 2
Curriculum Then and Now …………………………………………………………………… 6
Classroom Teaching in 2030 ……………………………………………………………….. 11
Equality and Technology ……………………………………………………………………. 17
Time Spent on Learning ……………………………………………………………………… 24
Standards and Competitive Rigor ………………………………………………………… 30
An Evidence-Based World ………………………………………………………………….. 37
A New Education Federalism ……………………………………………………………… 45
Reinvented School Districts ……………………………………………………………….. 52
A New Politics of Education ……………………………………………………………….. 59
Vouchers Thrive ………………………………………………………………………………. 65
School Choice ………………………………………………………………………………….. 70
What Can Happen in Twenty Years? …………………………………………………….. 77
About the Authors ……………………………………………………………………………. 82
Koret Task Force on K–12 Education ……………………………………………………. 85
On 05/07/2010,
in budgets, changing business models, digital textbooks, game-changing environment, innovation, K-12 related, open courseware and systems,
by Daniel Christian
See:
Press Release: CK-12, Leading Non-Profit Provider of Digital Textbooks to Schools, Makes the Grade with California’s Free Digital Textbook Initiative — eSchoolNews.com
Key Benefits
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Access to free textbooks |
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High quality educational content created by educators |
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Content customized to reflect “today” and the different needs of students |
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Quality ensured by CK-12’s Community of Educational Practitioners |
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Increased pedagogic choice for all teachers, aligned to state standards as well as developmentally correct content |
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Supported by publishing tools that facilitate quick and easy content creation and distribution |
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Collaborative learning via a community where authors, teachers, and students create, access, share, rate, recommend, and publish |
On 05/05/2010,
in higher education, K-12 related, multi-touch, smart classrooms,
by Daniel Christian
This is the type of board — preferably a very large multi-touch surface — that I would
like to see in the Future Smart Classroom. That’s one big giant iPad/iPhone! 🙂
On 05/05/2010,
in education technology, K-12 related, leadership, podcasting, teachers, teaching & learning,
by Daniel Christian
November Learning Website
November Learning Podcasts Series
On 05/05/2010,
in education technology, K-12 related,
by Daniel Christian
On 05/05/2010,
in blogs / blogging / vlogging, education technology, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, tools,
by Daniel Christian
Project Dream School — from EducationFutures.com
Project Dream School starts with a simple question:
If you could build a dream school, what would you do?
Furthermore:
What would the building look like? The methods? The teachers? Technology? The mission? …does it need to be a school, or should it be a bootcamp for designing futures… life… the perfect job?
Last Thursday, many great minds assembled to discuss just this… and how to make it happen. Sir Ken Robinson, Jeff Jarvis and I joined the discussion by Skype with Peter de Visser (principal), Marcel Kampman (creative organizer), Ellen Mashhaupt, Bianca Geerts, Fons van den Berg, Rob van der Ploeg, Bram Verhave (Architecture historian STEK, advisor to Chief government Architect), Peter de Visser, Ton Dohle, Bjorn Eerkes, Maurice Mikkers, Lex Hupe, Arjan Dingsté, Hartger Meihuizen (staff Stad&Esch), Roel Fleurke (staff Stad&Esch), Koene Kisjes (student Stad&Esch), Christian Paauwe (student Stad&Esch), Bart Hoekstra (student Stad&Esch), Jan Albert Westenbrink, and Annette Stekelenburg.
The project will have a website up-and-running soon at projectdreamschool.org, and also in Dutch at: projectdroomschool.org. As a Skype (distant) participant, I really cannot report on how the entire discussion went, so make sure to follow the project sites for their take on the meeting and their next actions as they work to transform their dreams into reality.
Stay tuned… more soon!
Postscript: Here is my Dream School…
On 05/01/2010,
in colleges, community colleges, curriculum, higher education, policy, universities, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
