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“You’re in engineering!?! Wow, you must be super-smart…” It has been over 10 years since I was a first-year engineering undergraduate student; but when I remember the time a fellow female student made this comment, I can still feel a visceral, bodily reaction: my muscles tense, my heart rate increases, my breath quickens. Comments like […]
LESS GIRLS IN STEM… HOW THIS AFFECTS THEIR MENTAL HEALTH Read More »
If you have not already started using Facebook in the classroom, now is the time. As teachers strive to keep their students engaged, Facebook is a unique tool that allows teachers and students to interact in a new way. As Kevin Hull explains, “As the most popular social networking website, especially among high school aged students, Facebook
10 WAYS TO USE FACEBOOK IN THE CLASSROOM Read More »
If you gather a room full of teachers and ask if they incorporate smartphones in their lessons, be prepared for a passionate debate. I was reminded of this debate recently when I read two articles, both of which were published in June 2017. In one article, the writer advocated that teachers should never ban using
Smartphones in the Classroom—The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly! Read More »
As smartphones have become more common, educators have struggled with the question of what to do with smartphones in the classroom. For high school educators, the answer has been to ban smartphones from the classroom completely. College professors have also banned smartphones in increasing numbers. But now there’s some evidence to suggest that banning smartphones
WHY TEACHERS SHOULDN’T BAN SMARTPHONES Read More »
While it may seem like almost everyone has internet access, a shocking number of families lack fast or reliable internet connections. There are roughly 5 million households with school-age children who don’t have broadband internet access at home. That means millions of students are being left behind. There are many ways that a lack of internet access
THE ABSENCE OF INTERNET AT HOME IS A PROBLEM FOR SOME STUDENTS Read More »
Technology has changed just about every field, including education. Digital learning is reshaping education in unprecedented ways. The ways in which students learn are changing rapidly thanks to technology, and both students and teachers will benefit from it. There are several specific changes that we can expect to see as digital learning takes over education.
WHY DIGITAL LEARNING IS RESHAPING EDUCATION Read More »
Nary a week goes by that doesn’t see a new mainstream media story on the dangers of technology use. Just the other day I spotted one talking about how smartphones are making us dumber. Yet the original study cited in the news story is actually more about how mobile phones help us to be more intuitive than analytical,
ARE YOU AFRAID OF TECHNOLOGY? YOU SHOULDN’T BE! Read More »
In top-performing nations, teachers, not students, use technology For those of us who worry that Google might be making us stupid, and that, perhaps, technology and education don’t mix well, here’s a new study to confirm that anxiety. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) looked at computer use among 15-year-olds across 31 nations and regions,
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT STUDENTS WHO USE COMPUTER OFTEN HAS LOWER GRADES IN TEST Read More »
Data, more than ever before is the lifeblood of every organization. From media companies to retail stores, data allows organizations to differentiate themselves from the competition. Whether used in market research or in cost reduction efforts, organizations must leverage data to be competitive, and for the most part, they now enjoy access to all the
GROWING THE NEXT GENERATION OF DATA SCIENTISTS Read More »
As if teachers didn’t already have enough of a challenge in teaching the fundamentals of their subject, there is a new topic that demands attention: digital citizenship. While we sometimes incorrectly assume that today’s students, as digital natives, already know what they need to know in order to be good digital citizens, recent research
MUST HAVE IN YOUR DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP CURRICULUM! Read More »
