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A Good Overview on Higher Ed MOOCs
The New York Times has a good overview of three of the leaders of Massively Open Online Course providers. All with highly respectable backers, they reflect a more efficient way of educating in this broadband era. COURSERA Udacity edX http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/education/edlife/the-big-three-mooc-providers.html?_r=1&
Charter Schools Taking Root in Silicon Valley
This article in the San Jose Mercury points out how Santa Clara County has become among the friendliest to charter schools in the state of California. The charter schools have found their success with what had been the lowest performing students. Santa Clara County friendliest to charter schools – San Jose Mercury News. We are […]
The UnCollege
Is college necessary or is it even a good investment anymore with all of the online resources available? The UnCollege thinks there is a better way and points to an online world where the traditional education system is disintermediated. More than that, the UnCollege approach looks at creating an attitude of learning that is self-motivated […]
Technology Use of the Zero to Eight Year Old Set
Commonsense Media suggests that television remains dominant in terms of the number of hours consumed by the zero to eight year old group. To give a perspective on this, children under 1 watch more than two-times as much TV and videos as they do reading books or being read to. It’s not too surprising […]
A Club for High School Entreprenuers
What a great idea and it was an idea started by a teen. More than an investment club, this group teaches entrepreneurship, the stock market and how to take ideas and turn them into products; things that should be part of a school’s curriculum. This really is the next generation lemonade stand. Instead of taking it to […]
Mining a New Way to Learn
Who would have thought that a game with 1980s-style graphics, with zero marketing dollars and with only a nine person team behind it would capture the minds of millions of youth? Minecraft, a sort of building block virtual world, is now being extended into the education realm through the work of MinecraftEdu. MinecraftEdu is tailored […]
Games as Teaching Tools
Leveraging the time children spend on games to create educational experiences is one of the conclusions of the 2009 Game Changer Report from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. This report combines results of interviews with experts and analyzes the literature on the topic of gaming in education. It suggests that, “Digital games offer a […]
The Teacher Needs to Be More than an App
At least that is one conclusion of a Wall Street Journal article posted Saturday, November 12th. The Journal reviews the current state of online education and looks at the challenges of continuing academic success as programs grow. The article points to virtual school that have done well initially, but then have struggled to match the […]
Videogame Contest to Advance STEM
Motivating America’s youth to take an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) is the purpose of the National STEM Video Game Challenge. Through a public/private partnership with the likes of the Department of Education and private sponsors like the AMD Foundation, the Entertainment Software Association and Xbox 360, this competition has categories for […]
Broadband and a Hot Lunch
Broadband is not only critical for education, but for all aspects of life these days; from finding a job to filing taxes. The FCC push to create affordable broadband for families with children in school lunch programs is another step towards increasing broadband penetration from its near 70% rate today. Led by the non-profit One […]
