The Global Search for Education: Just Imagine – Close It Summit
“As global engagement inevitably continues to increase, schools of the future will be leaders in reaching across borders and oceans through these technologies to focus on sharing knowledge and advancing ideas while promoting diplomacy, respect, and cooperation.” — Parminder Jassal Just Imagine being in a room at the The Close It Summit (the summit that brings together the best ideas from across the country to focus...
Around the World in 30 Days – September 2015
C. M. Rubin’s global education report People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership…. “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” has set a plan of action in these 5 important areas. What role can education play? Can we use the world’s classrooms to educate and develop the competencies and attitudes required to achieve the new UN Agenda? I spoke about this with EFF14 debate...
The Global Search for Education: Can Tech Help Students Learn?
“There are many people involved in translating the promise of technology into a tangible benefit for students, and as a consequence there are many possible leaks in the pipe where things can go wrong.” — Francesco Avvisati A new report, “Students, Computers, and Learning: Making the Connection,” investigates the stats on crucial contemporary issues of technology and education. The author, Francesco...
Around the World in 30 Days – August 2015
C. M. Rubin’s global education report In August, global collaboration and cooperation was a recurrent theme in The Global Search for Education stories and interviews. I talked to the CEO of Edmodo, a leading innovator in K-12 blended learning, about how teachers, learning platforms, software, parents, and students across the globe can work together in new ways thanks to digital technology. And I caught up with...
The Global Search for Education: Online Educational Tools
“Privacy is of course critical, but at the moment the dialogue nationally is focusing far too much on the privacy aspects surrounding data rather than the important usage data has for driving personalized learning and supporting students, teachers, and parents. If we’re not careful, we risk cutting teachers off from critical data that can help them better serve students.” — Michael Horn Based in San Mateo,...
The Global Search for Education: 7 Teachers 7 Continents #EdChat on #EdTech
“The most outdated and destructive vestigial feature in the modern K-12 space is the emphasis on standardized testing along with the college admissions and enrollment processes which rely on these testing conventions. With the digital tools we have on hand, we could liberate children to experience and demonstrate their learning in far more compelling ways via live documentation of community-based or real-world endeavors.”...
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