[Hidden-tech] tech and education questions for EDUTOPIA

[Shana Ferrigan Bourcier]

Hi Amy,

Re: education and technology, here are a few of my favorites (in the space I
love to navigate) ~ 

Check out the Serious Games Initiative: http://www.seriousgames.org/

You'll also want to connect with Henry Jenkins @ MIT and the
www.educationarcade.org <http://www.educationarcade.org/>  and Augmented
Reality Simulations http://education.mit.edu/drupal/ar  

If you're interested, I have a paper by Dr. Jenkins on "Harnessing the Power
of Games in Education," which I can forward.

IDEO of course has great stuff on the subject:
http://www.ideo.com/thinking/focus/design-for-learning/s

I also love this:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLvoNrjryeg
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLvoNrjryeg&feature=related>
&feature=related on Schools Designed for Learning, highlighting the Denver
School of Art & Technology as an innovative model for the future.  This is
pretty cool too, from Minnesota http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSYFo54KF18
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSYFo54KF18&feature=related>
&feature=related

Interesting and provocative talk on TED with Sugata Mitra sharing from his
"Hole in the Wall" research project in India on How Kids Teach Themselves:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themsel
ves.html

Through our homeschool networks, I discovered ALEKS www.aleks.com
<http://www.aleks.com/> , which my three teenage sons are using this year.
This mathematics technology is brilliant, built on complex artificial
intelligence to individualize assessments, carve out unique, accelerated,
efficient learning paths, and promote practice-to-mastery and retention,
with built-in tutorials, tools and drills and no textbooks.  After less than
12 hrs use, my 15 yr old has evidenced mastery in 70% of his Foundations in
High School Math curriculum, projected to complete the course within just a
few weeks.  At this rate, we're thinking he'll probably complete at least 3
courses this year.  (Talk about innovation and disruptive possibilities for
progress!)  

Evan's also been teaching himself Photoshop with websites and forums like
www.psprofessor.net <http://www.psprofessor.net/> , supplementing with
books, and he's already getting some freelance work and invitations to
projects.  He stays on top of the happenings and emerging technologies in
the video game industry too - you are welcome to email him @
evan_bourcier at hotmail.com or call for more on all that from his experience
and perspective.  

This year we're participating in a series of "virtual" field trips to
Colonial Williamsburg http://www.history.org/trips/, an award-winning
program with interactive learning tools and games to supplement - the first
was wonderful.  My 5 yr old daughter is using http://www.clicknkids.com/
here and there, which is built on a phonics-based system and is pretty fun
and engaging.  Hillman Consulting did a white paper for Knowledge Adventure
on Jumpstart World for early learning, which I can forward if you'd like.
I've heard good things about www.ydacs.com <http://www.ydacs.com/>  too -
third graders are designing video games! 

I recently read a compelling paper on "Preparing for Disruption: Developing
Institutional Capability for Decentralized Education Technologies" coming
out of the UK and a presentation from EduComm by Discovery Educator Network
on use of video ipods for integrated media learning.  Here's an article from
eSchoolNews on mobile learning, capturing time on the schoolbus using
laptops and ipods:
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=55413   

Exciting possibilities on the horizon!   

Much more to share and contribute.  You know where to find me.  :-)

Cheers,

Shana

 

 

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Hi folks,

 

                Thanks to input from folks like Steve Solomon (and so many
others) 

on the future of work piece, I have a chance to produce some more 

content for EDUTOPIA.

                They're particularly interested in technology in the
classroom. 

Wondering if any of you are working in, or involved in the following 

(or just know of examples out there):

 

                *video games as classroom tools

 

                * tablet computers as classroom tools

 

                * mobile devices (outside of cell phones) as classroom tools

 

                * photo shop and Web design classes for kids

 

                * interactive digital devices as classroom tools.

 

                best,

 

                Amy Zuckerman

 

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