Technology in Education

As technology continues to advance and become more accessible around the world, experts who study how children learn are developing fresh paradigms designed to reach the new generation of students dubbed “digital natives.”

The overwhelming majority of the nearly 76 million students in America’s schools and colleges spend most of the academic day in classrooms. That’s a problem because the classroom has been obsolete for several decades. That’s not just my opinion. It’s established science.

Online education is a $34 billion business. Here's how it grew so fast -- and why it's so vital for modern-day students.

Make no mistake, society is changing. The question: “Is education keeping up or falling behind?” We are facing unprecedented educational times in Michigan and the courage necessary to meet these challenges will not be for the faint of heart.

Ideas and news on the use of iPads for learning.

Google Forms is a great tool and I hope to use it more throughout this year.

On this page, you will find the best 106 iPhone applications for all your needs. We’ve taken the effort to categorize the apps and picked only those we believe to be the best ones and which will most likely be useful to you. (+) denotes Universal apps, which can run on both iPhones and iPads.

The most dreaded word in school reading for students: book reports. Teachers assign them, viewing them as a necessary component of assessing reading comprehension. Book reports can be a contributing factor to 'readicide'.

It's no surprise that students are obsessed with their mobile devices. What may come as a surprise, though, is the fact that these digital devices may someday replace textbooks all together—and it may be sooner than we think! South Korea recently announced that by the year 2015, all paper textbooks will be replaced with digital textbooks available on mobile devices such as tablets and e-readers.

In this webinar we will overview 20 apps in 20 minutes. These are the apps that were used in the classroom and found to be effective supplements to the curriculum. They were used with 5th grade science students while working with ipads for an entire school year.

School or no school, there’s a world of learning opportunities for kids. When they’re not exploring outdoors, keep kids engaged in learning throughout the summer months with these enjoyable and educational apps and websites. For kids, playing these games is a cool pastime; for parents, it’s another way to get kids to exercise their thinking muscles.

These are the slides from the Friday, April 8th presentation "Paradigm Shift in Mobile Learning" from the Mobile Learning Experience 2011 in Phoenix, AZ...