In this dialogue, which is the second part of their "Learnings From Singapore" series, Cathie Norris and Elliot Soloway discuss how mobile learning supports inquiry pedagogy, and how test scores are not necessarily a reflection of learning.
- By Cathie Norris, Elliot Soloway
- 10/16/14
Students have definite opinions about what they want from education and from technology in education. In this week's blog post we review two recent surveys of students and discuss their "requests" to include more mobile technology and more coding instruction in their lessons.
- By Cathie Norris, Elliot Soloway
- 10/14/14
Michael F. Ruffini, a professor of educational technology at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, provides an explanation of the flipped classroom and its alternative, which offers the best of the flipped class and traditional face-to-face instruction, the face/flip.
- By Michael F. Ruffini
- 09/03/14
They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. Okay, instead of writing a diatribe on blended learning, in this week’s blog we will let four pictures from blended learning classrooms "speak for themselves."
- By Cathie Norris, Elliot Soloway
- 10/06/14
While sales to the general public of 10 inch-screened tablets (e.g., iPads) are dropping quickly, K-12 schools will continue to buy them. The challenge, then, is how to use these devices to support inquiry – 24/7, all-the-time, everywhere learning?
- By Cathie Norris, Elliot Soloway
- 10/01/14
A parent whose children's school is using computing technology sent us a letter asking some ostensibly simple questions about the value of educational technology. But, while providing answers to those questions is actually not simple, we must, as a community, work to provide clear, readily accessible answers.
- By Cathie Norris, Elliot Soloway
- 09/22/14
Devices that were once considered distractions from learning are finding their way into more and more classrooms.
- By Christopher Piehler
- 09/17/14
In our new blog series, we relate our personal experiences — our learnings — in working with a Singaporean school – Nan Chiau Primary School — over the last six years. Here is our first installment!
- By Cathie Norris, Elliot Soloway
- 09/10/14
The Great K-12 iPad Buying Spree is underway. Here are a few doable/actionable suggestions to help your teachers get the most of that large expenditure !
- By Cathie Norris, Elliot Soloway
- 09/03/14
We’re kicking off the academic year by honoring an innovative district and rolling out our redesigned website.
- By Christopher Piehler
- 08/29/14