The 21st Century

Forget devices, the future of education technology is all about the cloud and anywhere access. In the future, teaching and learning is going to be social, says Matt Britland

A teacher in Windsor, Ont., is teaching her first and second grade students to tweet, blog and Skype as part of the elementary curriculum.

Do you think like a polymath? Here’s a quick test:
Are you more of a rational or intuitive thinker?
If you cringed as you read the question and ...

Devashish Chakravarty MYTH 1: Serious professionals do not waste time on social media. If you believe that media is only for college kids, reconsider. Social media is defined as the creation,...

Economists have long used game theory to make sense of the world. Now engineers and computer scientists are using it to rethink their work.

A new report released today reveals the results attempting to answer the question: do digital games and simulation help students studying science, technology, math, and engineering achieve better learning outcomes?

If successful, the technology could eventually lead to getting the entire planet online.

In education, a ‘portfolio’ refers to a personal collection of information describing, documenting and recording a person’s achievements and learning. Portfolios are used for many different purposes such as a tool for evaluating leaning, for accreditation of prior experience, for continuing professional development, to assist a job application, or for a certification of competences acquired through a course or from work experience . An educational portfolio is mainly used to encourage personal reflection and involves the exchange of ideas and feedback. Many people have already used some kind of portfolio. Most of them have built a portfolio to collect evidence required to get certificates or to show what they have learned in a concrete situation or training. The development of information and learning technologies has led to the development of digital portfolios or electronic portfolios, commonly referred as e-Portfolios".

If you want to put an educational — but fun — spin on summer vacation, consider a trip to a tech museum.

Somerville-resident Melissa Mohr has written an eye-opening, academic study of swearing from the time of the ancient Romans to today, a subcultural journey that includes Chaucer’s England, the Old Testament Middle East, and the countercultural...

Cloud computing, mobile learning, and learning analytics are among the school technologies likely to carve out a larger place in schools, a report says.

Tablet shipments to K-12 schools grew 103% in the last year.

Tips for succeeding in educational technology. Those with tech ambitions and a burning desire to revolutionize the educational system may find themselves in the edtech category. And why not?

Classroom - cloud computing becomes a much more effective classroom tool, and much less of a potential distraction disaster.

See on Scoop.it - LibraryLearningCommonsEphansen's insight:Very useful - as is the link on the page to a longer explanation.  Let's share with teachers and students...and anyone creating conte...

We have a romantic attachment to skills from the past which are no longer relevant on a curriculum for today's children

Rewards as a Way to Motivate Students to Learn Today’s schools commonly use grade-based evaluations where students get rewarded for the knowledge they gain.

Despite increased innovation in education technology, a new report from the non-profit Center for American Progress shows that U.S. schools are not doing enough to take advantage of digital tools.

A new CAP analysis shows that too often students use computers for basic skills.