"edu 2.0" entries

Helping educators find the right stuff

The Learning Registry looks to crack the education resource discovery problem.



How data and analytics can improve education

George Siemens on the applications and challenges of education data.

Education theorist George Siemens discusses education data: its current state, how it can shape customized learning, and what lies ahead for education analytics.

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School district first to permit cell phone use during standardized tests

Teaching to the txt


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Tinkering with technology education



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Making cell phones useful for school



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Teachers as Makers

Educators discover how hands-on learning can help teach writing.


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Education's real superheroes assemble



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Gaming education

Classic ed-tech games and build-your-own methods are now joined by the "gamification" movement.

There are three types of digital games being used in schools. Which you prefer speaks volumes about the role you believe schools should play

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Tablets, education, and unions

Tablets can help students and track teachers, but not everyone is on board.

Tablet computing can help reverse the decline of U.S. education, but there's a side effect. Because tablets are digital, we can analyze how students learn and examine teachers' competence. It opens the question: What happens when the digital classroom challenges powerful teachers' unions?

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Education as a platform



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