The Hechinger Report
10 May 2020
Multi-Media / 1500-3000 Words
New York, United States
Students in the Mineola school district had a head start when schools around the country switched to online classes as a result of the coronavirus? Since 2017, students as young as kindergarteners have been learning to code, while older students have learned to take advantage of opportunities like a fabrication lab to design, produce and sell what they develop, among other offerings. But the challenges educators and administrators face are balancing how much tech to implement in the classroom, and how much is too much.
https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/19/a-digital-tool-to-unlock-learning
David Bornstein
The New York Times
19 September 2012
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PowerMyLearning, a program that any student, parent, or teacher can use for free, helps students take ownership of their own learning. When most attention is being placed on teacher effectiveness, this program redirects those efforts toward students.
https://medium.com/bright/five-cheap-ways-tech-is-transforming-classrooms-3f0530f0c1b0
Alex Madison
Bright Magazine
6 May 2015
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Low budget schools across the U.S. are having students use their smartphones as learning tools inside and outside the classroom. At no extra cost they can incorporate technology into the curriculum through a myriad of applications, from homework reminder apps to free cloud document platforms like Google Docs.
https://medium.com/bright/a-peek-inside-three-cutting-edge-schools-347e71c5fa4b
Nichole Dobo
Bright Magazine
6 October 2015
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Increased technology in classrooms is popular among schools in the U.S. However, research suggests that its effect is sub-optimal due to low-quality software, implementation, and participants' digital skills.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/where-youtube-meets-the-farm
David Bornstein
The New York Times
3 April 2013
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To combat hunger and malnutrition, Digital Green, an N.G.O., is creating and delivering videos about cheap, innovative farming techniques that can substantially increase small farmers' production of staple foods in India, Ghana, and Ethiopia.
http://hechingerreport.org/will-co-teaching-with-computers-improve-student-learning
Margaret Ramirez
The Hechinger Report
10 January 2014
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School in various states in the United States are incorporating online learning into the curriculum to track student comprehension, adapt to students' learning levels, and decrease the digital divide.
https://medium.com/bright/more-than-just-code-40d02897dcd2
Emily J Smith
Bright Magazine
14 May 2015
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Currently, women make up only 20% of computing jobs - in 2012, only 18% of computer science (CS) graduates were women , a figure that has been cut in half since 1984 when women made up 37% of CS majors. Now, girls are taught coding and computer programing in an after school program built to inspire girls to become more involved in computer science, a predominantly male job market.
https://medium.com/bright/how-pinterest-is-revolutionizing-your-child-s-classroom-4ccd4d59bbb9
Kathryn Joyce
Bright Magazine
31 March 2015
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Colorful volumes of books have aided teaching for centuries; however, the scope of engagement in the internet age demands newer methods for pedagogy. Pinterest, a social media-constructed visual bulletin board, has become a venue in which teachers share their pinned visual media, lesson plans, and charts with students and other teachers. The success of Teaching Pinterest expands pedagogy, reduces teacher alienation, enables collaboration with other teachers, and directs readers to other sites that offer teachers’ curriculum ideas for a cost.
https://medium.com/bright/ipads-teachers-e51896af3930
Peg Tyre
Bright Magazine
6 April 2015
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Well-trained teachers cannot be replaced solely by technology, as has been increasingly apparent at Carpe Diem schools, where students learn largely via computers enabled with educational software.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/13/reaching-math-students-one-by-one
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
13 March 2015
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Middle School 88 in Brooklyn is part of a broad evolution in teaching math, employing technology through a non-profit called School for One (Teach for One) to provide each student with a personalized lesson generated and monitored by computers to match their learning level.
http://www.wired.com/2013/10/free-thinkers
Joshua Davis
Wired
15 October 2013
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Around the world, a new way of teaching and learning is gaining traction – and seeing results. Rooted in educational theory from the likes of Socrates, Piaget, and Montessori, this method is led by students’ curiosity and ability to learn and grow independently; essentially, the students control their own learning. Such methods make success more attainable in places like Matamoros, Mexico, who has seen exceptional improvement from students who experience learning this way.
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