Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path

This guide can help schools overcome some of the hurdles they face when choosing and implementing an interactive solution. In this resource, we outline the key factors to consider for selecting the right front-of-classroom and whole-classroom technology for your schools. We include the pros and cons of each interactive solution, an overview of interactive area to cost, and resources for lessons, training, and more.

An Adaptive Learning Program (ALP) is a computer-based educational system that allows teachers to modify the way they present materials based on the performance of individual students.

The history of ALPs is rooted in 1950s cognitive psychology and the 1970s artificial intelligence movement. A proven teaching method, ALPs are now used in varied environments to train and teach more effectively. For example, NASA uses ALPs for safety models and simulation training. They’ve also been used by the U.S. military, including the 2015 Army Learning Concept that educated and trained soldiers for asymmetric engagement. But ALP’s most significant potential to help the most people is likely in the educational field.

People use technology, not the other way around, and yet when selecting learning technology tools and platforms, very few organisations put the user first.
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The challenge is that it’s not realistically possible to understand each individual user and their specific needs, so there has been a tendency to categorise people and label them – professionals, millennials, evangelists, retirees, teenagers, etc.

What was once a web filled with code and scrolling text, the Internet is now the world’s largest conglomerate of images. And as visual content continues to rule, the number of images available online will only grow. But just because you can Google an image — and technically copy or save it — doesn’t mean the web is a free-for-all of visual data.

If you’re searching for a learning management system (LMS), you face a market that offers almost 700 options to evaluate. Navigating through even a fraction of those LMS’s is a daunting prospect—and only a fraction of the platforms will suit your requirements in the end. It isn’t always easy to recognize those systems quickly. To …

For educators, the growing number of digital tools for the classroom is something of a mixed blessing. “There are so many digital resources out there, I am lost as to which ones are good,” one teacher told us. Said another, “I am always excited to learn about new technology, but overwhelmed at how m

Three different schools, in three different states, in a matter of two weeks.

I got the same question.

“How can I use Flipgrid in my class?”

“Have you tried this with Flipgrid?”

“Oooh, this would be perfect with Flipgrid!”

It seems that Flipgrid has teachers and school leaders around the country (and world) excited to use its product for learning purposes.

But, last summer I was bombarded with the same questions about Formative and Google Classroom.

Before that, it was PearDeck and Nearpod.

Editor’s Note: Today’s post is by Bob Nardini, continuing on from yesterday’s post which can be found here. Bob is Vice President, Library Services at ProQuest Books. In 1985, a few years out of library school at the University of Toronto, he began to work in academic bookselling and has been involved with library book collections ever since. Bob is based in ProQuest’s office in La Vergne, Tennessee, outside of Nashville.

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If librarians had largely moved on, if patrons were oblivious, and faculty quieted years ago, this didn’t mean the end of debate over book selection, one never wholly owned by librarians. Another participant, from the start of approval plans in the 1960s, had been booksellers, who advocated for approval plans not only in their sales calls, but often in the library literature and at conferences.

As more schools are moving towards digital learning environments, it is more important than ever to pay careful attention to the types of digital content students are using. With a large amount of educational digital content available, it can be overwhelming to find the best teaching tools for your students. Kecia Ray, the chair of the ISTE Board, explains, “There are a lot of options out there for free or fee, and there is the good, the bad and the indifferent.”