The Global Search for Education: The Health and Well-Being of Young Immigrants
“The focus of the report is not only on students’ academic achievement but also their social, emotional and motivational well-being.” – Francesca Borgonovi Diversity has always been at the heart of human progress. Data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) reveals an estimated 4.8 million immigrants arrived at OECD countries in 2015, an increase of about 10% over the previous year, with...
The Global Search for Education: Teachers Talk Literacy Skills for a Digital World
Print and pictures on the pages of a textbook, a novel, a poster board, a newspaper or a comic book – once upon a time that was how we consumed stories and other information. Then came the internet. Today, digital natives are both consuming and creating online or on their mobile phones constantly, and the literacy skills needed for an interconnected world have changed. They include the ability to navigate thousands of sources, locate...
Around the World in 30 Days – June 2018
C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report There’s a robot in each of our backpacks. And in the years ahead, the Alexa’s of this world will drastically change the way we live, the way we learn and the way we teach. Some Futurists warn us that robots will take away most of our jobs. Could a robot replace a teacher? Should a robot replace a teacher? This month our Top Global Teacher Bloggers discuss the kinds of teachers who will continue...
The Global Search for Education: How Did Clicking Endanger Truth and What Should We Do About It?
Technology democratized media. Media is now more fragmented than ever, with a combination of “expert” and “non-expert” storytellers seeking audiences and “clicks”. These are truth-challenged times. What happens when the public at large is clicking more often on fake news versus real news? What impact does what you click have on society and the public good? What technological tools should we create to help us click “truth”? A new...
The Global Search for Education: Where in the Virtual World Is Alice?
“When breaking away from the strict confines of print, words become dynamic, they gain an energy of their own. They go upstairs and down, around corners, underwater. They express themselves, they show what they are about.” — Ian Harper Welcome to digital story-telling. Imagine a story that transports you to every corner of the world – a virtual journey that you help create because it is not just the author’s tale...
The Global Search for Education: Tackling the Ticks with Tech
“Through rapid genetic sequencing, scientists can identify many different strains of Borrelia burgdorferi as well as new tick-borne microbial infections, such as Borrelia miyamotoi, Borrelia mayonii, and the Heartland virus.” — Brian Fallon Most likely, you or someone you know has been affected by Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne illness in the US with more than 300,000 cases diagnosed each year. In a...
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