Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

This is part one of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Last year, I started this series – my annual review of the year in education technology – with an article on wishful thinking. But blaming social media is too easy and too simplistic. A 30-minute search.

Technology 71

Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71

EdNews Daily

MAY 14, 2019

Audiobooks, social media and smartphone newsfeeds are what Americans are doing. First of all, what was found in poking around is that the comparison of print to digital is way beyond the old apples-and-oranges comparison, and more like trying to authentically compare apples to bicycles. On smartphones.

Smartphone 235

Smartphone eBook iPhone Laptops 235

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2016

Let me make sure I’m clear here – I’m interested in the “push,” in the stories we tell about machines more so than the technology underpinning the machines themselves. They’re part of our cultural imaginary as much as they are about a technological reality that we face today. A good myth.

Technology 40

Technology Learning Data Libraries 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2017

This is part two of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” I confess: most of my social media networks are focused on education. Media Source, a company with several library-related products, including the publication School Library Journal. I’m friends with educators.

Technology 58

Technology Kaplan Education Company 58

Learning with 'e's

JUNE 4, 2013

This is the second post in my series of retrospective reviews on seminal books about learning and technology. I have scoured my personal book library in search of a dozen books that have influenced my own thinking, and share a synopsis of their contents with you. Life on Screen is a seminal book. Unported License.

Personal Learning Network 52

Personal Learning Network Social Media Comparison Personalized Learning 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

.” I mean, yes, I’m totally making up the framing of the “trends” angle here (in the hopes, I confess, to defanging all those ridiculous clickbait articles that just list a bunch of shiny new consumer technology products and predict that they’re poised to “revolutionize school”).

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40

The Innovative Educator

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

According to a study done by Common Sense , they are concerned about what their children see in the media. What are they saying on social media? What does the media say about them? Challenge students to find examples of this in books or digital media. Which programs are ones that represent these qualities?

Guidelines 44

Guidelines Comparison Social Media Examples 44

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

was often the best choice given the resources and technologies of that time in history. Other than libraries and news outlets, students were dependent on the educator to provide them with information. Philipp Schmidt (2007) provide an excellent comparison of how Education 1.0 happens when the technologies of Web 2.0

Education 268

Education Learning Resources Tools 268

The Game Agency

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

When the company began in 2007, there was no IOS app store, social media was in its infancy and gamers just didn’t have a great reputation. With technology and new techniques development, gaining the trust of the client is not a difficult task today. Start of the Journey.

Training 40

Training Company Game-Based Learning Comparison 40

Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Now that we are in [fyear], technology has advanced enough that there are a lot of choices available when picking your grammar editor. It helps writers avoid publishing books, articles, blog posts, essays, and social media posts with embarrassing typos. You can check out our comparison review for more information.

Software 52

Software Microsoft Report Social Media 52

ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

which introduced high school youth from the South Side of Chicago to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, digital media literacies, and the basics of serious game design. Working with these new parameters, we undertook an ethnography of the non-gamified 2016 orientation in order to establish a comparison.

Social Media 81

Social Media Study Meeting Groups 81

MindShift

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Wunn noticed that debaters picked up crucial skills that colleges and businesses alike said they were looking for in young people, like the ability to collaborate with team members and think critically about a topic—often this happened not in the library but on their feet, responding to an opponent during a debate.

Classroom 69

Classroom Study Comparison Groups 69