Libraries in the Digital Age? Yes, They’re Still Crucial

A panel in New Mexico helped open eyes to the many roles already filled by libraries – a reality, panel members said, that many policy-makers sadly are not that familiar with.

by Jackie Jadrnak, Albuquerque Journal / February 13, 2015

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Guest Post: Learning for All—A New Paradigm for the New Sustainable Development Goals | Hewlett Foundation

Guest Post: Learning for All—A New Paradigm for the New Sustainable Development Goals | Hewlett Foundation.

Student asks important question…

Literacy Teaching and Teacher Education

He doesn’t receive much of an answer.

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Ken Robinson: Changing education paradigms

In this talk from RSA Animate, Sir Ken Robinson lays out the link between 3 troubling trends: rising drop-out rates, schools’ dwindling stake in the arts, and ADHD. An important, timely talk for parents and teachers.

How to escape education’s death valley

Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish — and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational “death valley” we now face, and how to nurture our youngest generations with a climate of possibility.

Individualization, Failure, and Fun

Cordell Steiner | TEDxUniversityofStThomas

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Cordell Steiner, a thoughtful elementary student, brings forward a new way to think about teaching…

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7 Tips for Harnessing the Energy of Social Media in Class

Social media can be a distraction for students — but used well, it can also invigorate teaching and learning with a relevant, immediate stream of communication. Here’s how to make sure it’s an asset, not a liability.

By Richard Rose 02/04/15

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Online Game Aims To Woo Students to Scientific Process

By Dian Schaffhauser 02/11/15

A new online multiuser game — the first of two developed by two universities and NASA — aims to help persuade middle and high school students to immerse themselves in science. DUST asks players to interact with a fictional world by using real world media and skills. As shown in a video trailer on the DUST site, a meteor shower has spread “mysterious clouds of dust into the Earth’s atmosphere,” making adults fall unconscious. It’s up to the young people to search for answers that will save their parents’ lives.

The game was a joint production developed by students at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT and the University of Maryland in College Park, as well as engineers from NASA Langley in Virginia and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Provo-based Read More

Teachers Mixed on Common Core, Support Blended Learning

By Dian Schaffhauser 02/09/15

More than nine out of 10 teachers in America report using technology in the classroom. Two-thirds said they support the idea of a blended classroom, where students spend part of the school day working with a teacher and part working on a computer. A similar number of teachers said they like the idea of requiring students to take at least one online course before they graduate.

These results and others came out of an “internal poll” given to the members of the Association of American Educators, a national, non-union professional membership organization founded in 1994. According to spokeswoman Alexandra Freeze Read More