Teaching metaphors, the role of school in society, bad (i.e. wrong) press for video games, glitz vs. content, banned books, racism in games, phishing games, and monkeys at the keyboard. All featured on this weeks roundup! Teachings of a Zen Gardener over at PickTheBrain is a beautiful analogy for what…
[Ed] This entry concludes are guest blogging by Paul Schumann on technology substitution in the K12 market. Click here to read the introduction to this series. Click here to read Part 1 – Methodology and Reference Library Case Study Click here to ready Part 2 – The Data for Supplemental…
[Ed] Today’s installment shows the data on Supplemental Products, Basal Textbooks, Student Devices, Delivery Platforms, and Electronic Media. Click here to read the introduction to this series. Click here to read Part 1 – Methodology and Reference Library Case Study Click here to read the next and final installment –…
[ed] The business of textbooks and educational technology are in a period of disruption and change. Today we present part one of a three part series that takes a quantitative view of this change. This study uses modeling techniques that have proven themselves in numerous other industries. The implications for…
Textbooks and Education Technology are changing in disruptive and dramatic ways. Technology substitution is driving a great deal of this change. The recent sale of Harcourt’s various divisions to Pearson and Houghton/Riverdeep is only the tip of the iceberg. Education Publishers of print and technology products, large and small, are…
Interesting links on education publishing, education technology, and virtual worlds in education. Research shows schools that fund Libraries have higher scores. Annie Teich at Crazy for Kids Books talks about some work that AASL is doing to shed light on this. I’m surprised this research hasn’t been done before. Student…
My article busting myths about video games and learning is on Technology & Learning’s website now – you can find it here. The prior link was to the flash version of the whole magazine. Many many many thanks to Jo-Ann McDevitt who encouraged this and especially to Susan McLester who…
Technology & Learning published the first part of my article on myths about games in the classroom today. [updated to connect to the non-flash version] This is a two part series. In next month’s issue I look at three more myths and suggest some paths forward for those who are…
Second Life in Education is a hot topic. In that vein EdNet had a strong panel that included folks from SRI, a Teacher who has been using it extensively in her school, and a representative from Second Life. This is the first of three articles on this presentation. First off,…
Breaking down artificial boundaries in the world of Education emerged as a theme today at EdNet in Chicago. This applies to the curriculum, but it also applies to how schools are managed – it may be a new overarching meme for education. Chuck House from Media X at Standford kicked…