This is a small business providing innovation technologies for children with special needs. This site shows that using technology promotes using technology! And is a valuable example of how technology can be used effectively for inclusion.
This is an article about Clay Christenson spreading his message to education scholars about disruptive innovation within the education sector. While Christenson's theories are received relatively well, there are two main criticisms; Christenson's reliance on Gardner's philosophy of multiple intelligences and the power of politics, not technoogy, to move education.
This article is written by a student at High Tech High, a technology school in San Diego which aims to make technology a productive force for learning. The whole website is strongly student-centric, and they are keen to show examples of how they socialise and learn without always relying on technology. Is this the way forward?
This website provides excellently detailed curriculum resources to be used in conjunction with powerful films, teaching everything from energy awareness to the reality of genocide. This site also uses Web 2.0 tools including blogging and various collaboration tools. Students can also upload their own videos on issues of concern to them.
I've been facebook friended by many students, but have declined them all, as I struggle to hold onto the traditional boundaries of student-teacher relationships. How is technology changing this relationship and what might be the long term consequences?
While this article is not directly related to the utilization of technology in education, it did get me thinking about how technology could be used in post conflict school situations. I know since the tragedy at Virginia Tech, universities have adopted a safety system via mobiles to warn them of imminent threats. Could this technology be repurposed in post conflict education? If so, how?
A succint article drawing attention to the dangers of cyberbullying, and the way using technology can induce a disturbing sense of indifference in teenage girls. How should young girls be taught to use technology in a mature and sensitive way?
This is an interesting teacher training project connected with the George Lucas Educational Foundation to promote inclusive and tolerant classrooms. This course provides really useful materials like lesson plans, but also support for teachers confronting their own prejudice in the classroom and how to combat this.
This article is from EdWeek and highlights one of the challenges facing the expansion of technologically-rich classrooms - persuading teachers to incorporate new teaching strategies using technology. Its not disruptive, but it's a start!
Practical Action produce teaching resources about how they use technology in developing countries to further sustainable development.
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This is a small business providing innovation technologies for children with special needs. This site shows that using technology promotes using technology! And is a valuable example of how technology can be used effectively for inclusion.
This is an interesting teacher training project connected with the George Lucas Educational Foundation to promote inclusive and tolerant classrooms. This course provides really useful materials like lesson plans, but also support for teachers confronting their own prejudice in the classroom and how to combat this.
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