Edsurge

JULY 19, 2023

EdSurge recently posed a question to a panel of Latino educators and an edtech leader: Is educational technology serving the Latino community, particularly its students? Antonio Vigil is director of innovative classroom technology at Aurora Public Schools in Colorado. Who Is Edtech Made for?

Knowledge 146

Knowledge Educational Technologies Technology Education 146

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

We practice mental models grounded in a pragmatic view of change. We seed ideas and help bring them to life, but never without an eye toward all that’s needed to take vision to execution. In everything we do, we take time to consider needs and requirements. We identify dependencies and assumptions.

Mental Models 158

Mental Models Intelligence Culture Participation 158

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2023

You have a lot of great metaphors in the book, and you argue that a problem is that people aren’t using the right kind of mental model to properly evaluate information online. If there's one thing we want to teach students, it's how to better choose what to invest their attention and time in.

Internet 215

Internet Attention Students Evaluation 215

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2018

But new ways of teaching like station rotation and fluid-schedule flex models can hit a snag when they run up against the familiar one-teacher-one-classroom setup. According to the authors of a new report, it’s not schools that need a “rethink” as much as school staffing.

Teachers 160

Teachers Coaching Mental Models Culture 160

Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2016

While teachers may understand assumptions made by software developers in the same way they understand those made by textbook publishers, their mental model may not include the digital equivalent to stacking textbooks in the corner when software isn’t aligned with their pedagogy.

Textbooks 137

Textbooks Mental Models Coaching Communication 137

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

It’s hard to measure, but leaders at the forefront of the 21st century learning movement tell me they still see too many students sitting passively while teachers deliver instruction; too much technology is still used to replace routine tasks rather than turbo-charge the experience of learning.

Skills 167

Skills Critical Thinking Communication Gamification 167

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 6, 2019

There are numerous ways to give students access to deeper learning, greater student agency, and more authentic work opportunities that don’t involve learning technologies. It’s not that the ideas or items are wrong or incorrect, it’s just hard to see how they all fit together.

Learning 88

Learning Schools Mental Models Discussions 88