| Postings about youth & how technology impacts their culture and education | Wednesday, 24 June 2026 - 2:11 |
This is a really good program for anyone interested in improving the state of education; an excellent agenda and an impressive list speakers.
http://www.excelined.org/Pages/Programs/Excellence_in_Action/National_Summit/2011_Agenda.aspx
and here is the site for watching this event live, as it is sold out:
http://wpc.230d.edgecastcdn.net/00230D/august2/fee/webcast/index.html
There are a treasure trove of white papers and Research reports that feature Rocketship, an innovative charter school system in Silicon Valley that plans on a nationally reach. With a who’s who of advisors and backers, such as Reed Hastings, Sheryl Sandberg and Arthur Rock , Rocketship could revolutionize education productivity.
According to a MTV/Associated Press sutdy, 76% of 14 to 24 year olds surveyed believe that “digital abuse” is a serious problem for people of their age group, while 56% report that they have experienced some form of digital abuse through social and digital media.
Full details can be found at the following link.
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This survey is part of MTV’s A Thin Line program intended to stop digital abuse.
What will the college graduating class of 2015 want? The video found at this site
and the whitepaper at this link purports to know.
http://www.meet2015.com/Content/Pdf/MrYouth_ClassOf2015.pdf
Through surveying 5,000 students, as well as extensive focus group work, which included students video recording their own lives for the researchers, Mr Youth has a treasure trove of data.
The upshot is encouraging, as world events like 9/11 and the stock market crash have shaped this generation into one that values authenticity and value. The characteristics of the class of 2015 are reminiscent of what Tom Brokaw termed, The Greatest Generation.
A good site that provides case studies of organizations that are blending online with supervised brick-and-mortar settings.
This particular profile describes a sort of cloud-based approach to education. In the case of Advanced Academics, the teachers work out of cubicles and connect to students and schools via cameras, electronic whiteboards and broadband. This approach is good for students who aren’t cut out for traditional education, but also is a great supplement to those schools that can’t afford specialists.
Still others attend traditional schools, but want Advanced Placement classes that their own school cannot offer.
Read the entire article at Advanced Academics | Innosight Institute, which has a number of profiles like this one on its web site.
This research is chock full of good statistics from FOSI (Family Online Safety Institute. What I found interesting is that 79% of the respondents claim that their computers are in a common area (where parents can see what their kids are doing).
FOSI is interesting organization with members from a diverse group of companies, such as Google, AT&T and BT. This organization could be a very good source for speakers and data.
http://www.fosi.org/fosi-board.html
via Research.
Microsoft Corp. launched a three-year program to ensure that 1 million students from low-income families in the United States receive the benefits of software, hardware and broadband Internet service. They are working with the FCC, One Economy and the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) to provide PCs, software and broadband access. According to this release, “In the U.S., approximately 9.5 million students are digitally excluded outside of their schools. According to the Federal Reserve, these students have a high school graduation rate six to eight percentage points lower than those who have home access to the Internet.”
Potential Speaker – Anthony Salcito, vice president, Worldwide Education for Microsoft.
Information on the Shape the Future Program can be found here.
via Microsoft Commits to Bringing Technology Access to 1 Million Low-Income Youth – MarketWatch.
Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.
Dr. Carol Dweck is one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of motivation and is a professor of psychology at Stanford University.
via Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D. – The Brainology® Program: Cultivate a Growth Mindset, by Carol Dweck, Ph.D..
Interesting research overview of fixed versus growth oriented mindset and its impact on kids ability to learn. Brainology has a program to help create a “growth oriented” culture.
http://www.brainology.us/websitemedia/info/brainology_intro_pres.pdf
