We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else. - President Obama, 2nd inaugural address Ensuring educational equity is imperative; some would say it is even a moral obligation. Whether minority
"It’s up in the Cloud" is a common refrain we hear in our lives today. From our emails, to our photos, and don’t forget our documents - much of our teaching world now lives online. Let’s take a quick look at three ways you can get most
This post was originally published on TeachLearnTech. Many of the schools I work with are riding the personalized learning wave. In fact, in response to a recent question in one of my districts, “Yes, this is probably the most common education trend I’m asked to work on in
Putting ourselves out there can be really intimidating maybe even terrifying but it doesn’t have to be. Social media and blogging are an opportunity to share our unique voices with a community who is invested in learning and growing with us. A few years ago I,
In many parts of the world, one of the most universally available international experiences is traveling the world wide web. It’s hard to believe, but the Internet and the world of ubiquitous connectivity have only gained widespread adoption within the last ten years. Yet they
The term “tech geek” seems to be more and more fashionable these days as people in educational technology celebrate that they are finally becoming part of the “cool crowd” because they can use devices, apps, etc. in ways that make the rest of us gasp.
Contributed by Nicol Howard Loud and clear are the calls for a revision in teaching strategies and intervention methods to better support students’ success in math performance. Although it has been years since the National Educational Technology Standards (now ISTE Standards) were initially released (1999) by the
Contributed by Cary Sneider A Framework for K–12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas (NRC, 2012) proposed thirteen core ideas that all students are expected to learn, at increasing levels of sophistication and mastery as they ascend the grade levels from kindergarten through senior
In Preparing for a Renaissance in Assessment, Sir Michael Barber (Deliverology 101 and Deliverology in Practice, forthcoming) and Peter Hill discuss the current state of assessment, and how new technologies such as adaptive learning, automated marking, and intelligent learning systems can be used to move education from a
In this episode, Corwin Associate Editor Ariel Price interviews author Andrew Marcinek about his new book, The 1:1 Roadmap. Technology is more than just “Computer Class;” it is a literacy that must be threaded throughout the fabric of a school. In a 1:1 environment, you’re preparing