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? It’s not just the product side of technology that needs more Latino representation, Noriega says, it’s also the teaching side. Who Is Edtech Made for?

Knowledge 146

Knowledge Educational Technologies Technology Education 146

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. But in practice, they “used technology to reduce their student-to-teacher ratios during teacher-led instruction” to help lighten the load, according to the report.

Teachers 160

Teachers Coaching Mental Models Culture 160

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. These days all the talk is about ChatGPT and other AI tools, and the regular internet is feeling like the old technology. You've got to go upstream.

Internet 215

Internet Attention Students Evaluation 215

Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2016

And they are especially present when we build or implement technology to support teaching and learning. But how aware are educators of the assumptions behind edtech tools? Too often, school leaders focus on finding the right instructional model and assume that the technology will fit. Discovering the right edtech is hard.

Textbooks 137

Textbooks Mental Models Coaching Communication 137

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

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. Heather Wolpert-Gawron offers a good role-model.

Skills 167

Skills Critical Thinking Communication Gamification 167

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 6, 2019

Technology must be leveraged and used as an accelerant for student learning. In Chapter 2, Eric and Tom do a nice job of articulating ways that technology can enhance student learning. But the chapter sometimes feels a little technology-centric. Decisions must be grounded in evidence and driven by a Return on Instruction (ROI).

Learning 88

Learning Schools Mental Models Discussions 88