Sharing: Hacking, Innovating and Failing Well—How Tech Sector Principles Can Revolutionize Education Workplaces

Sharing: Hacking, Innovating and Failing Well—How Tech Sector Principles Can Revolutionize Education Workplaces

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Hacking, Innovating and Failing Well—How Tech Sector Principles Can Revolutionize Education Workplaces | EdSurge News Operating within archaic organizational structures, very few of our nation’s teachers have opportunities to incubate and execute ideas prompted by their deep knowledge of students, families, and communities. This includes ideas about how best to integrate technology. What if—along with…

Sharing: Dr Sue Black explains how tech won us the second world war

Sharing: Dr Sue Black explains how tech won us the second world war

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Dr Sue Black explains how tech won us the second world war | Tech City News Imagine saving over 22 million lives, but not being able to talk about it – not even the slightest brag. Nothing. Well, that was reality for those who worked in the codebreaking department at Bletchley Park. A reality that…

Sharing: Do you have citizens of a learning community, or detainees in a training camp?

Sharing: Do you have citizens of a learning community, or detainees in a training camp?

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Do you have citizens of a learning community, or detainees in a training camp? — The Synapse — Medium Are there classrooms where students are told where and/or how to sit? Police interrogation rooms are like this, of course, but… Are students in any of your schools ever required to have letters of transit to move from one place to another. Yes, we use the more polite…

Sharing: Ashamed

Sharing: Ashamed

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Ashamed — Medium I despise the idea of reducing teachers to beggars. It’s a distraction from all the other important work teachers have to do It reduces their value and the perceived worth of public education with each round of fundraising. The conditions addressed by Donorschoose are not the result of a hurricane or epidemic,…

Sharing: Taking Notes By Hand May Be Better Than Digitally, Researchers Say

Sharing: Taking Notes By Hand May Be Better Than Digitally, Researchers Say

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Taking Notes By Hand May Be Better Than Digitally, Researchers Say : NPR In the study published in Psychological Science, Pam A. Mueller of Princeton University and Daniel M. Oppenheimer of the University of California, Los Angeles sought to test how notetaking by hand or by computer affects learning. “When people type their notes they…

ⓔ Putting a file in two places at once in Google Drive with Add Here

ⓔ Putting a file in two places at once in Google Drive with Add Here

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When Gmail was first released, Google pushed really hard to get people to think past folders. Gmail used Labels, with the prime distinction that an email could have multiple labels at the same time. Much like tags, this ability allows you to organize your information in a variety of ways. Using the Add here function lets…