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It’s a hard number to comprehend: 800 million jobs could be lost to automation in the next decade. While some doubt that the number will be quite so high, even if it is off by a factor of ten, it will have an enormous impact on society. Wise educators and other stakeholders need to ask:
The Age of Automation Demands that Students Learn Soft Skills Read More »
We have come a long way from chalkboards and gradebooks. When you take a look at today’s modern classroom, you will find edtech taking
7 REASONS TO USE A DIGITAL ASSISTANT (LIKE ALEXA) IN YOUR CLASSROOM Read More »
In the highly competitive world of edtech, educators often find themselves at a loss for which company provides the best tools. Microsoft, Google, and Apple tend to top the list but they aren’t the only options. Amazon actually makes a decent selection of products that bring a lot of potential into the classroom setting. Even
USING AMAZON PRODUCTS IN THE CLASSROOM: WHAT DO THEY BRING TO THE TABLE? Read More »
Earlier this month California became the seventh state to adopt a new brand set of K-12 science outlines, dubbed Next Generation Science Standards, or NGSS. The “real world” approach to science mastery focuses on engineering, problem solving, modeling, and cause and effect experiments. Other states that are on-board with the science outlines are Maryland, Nevada, Kentucky,
THE FUTURE GENERATION STEM LEARNING IS SMART Read More »
“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 »
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 »
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 »
