My MVP (Minimal Viable Product) Introduction :)
Hi Everyone, My name is Kendra Grant. This is my 5th course in the MET program. I live in Mississauga with my husband and two sons (one of which is in Teachers Collage!) I was a teacher for 23 years in a variety of positions with a focus on SPED, AT and IT. About 10 […]
OECD: Innovation Strategy for Education & Training
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THE Journal
THE Journal THE Journal is dedicated to informing and educating K-12 senior-level district and school administrators, technologists, and tech-savvy educators within districts, schools, and classrooms to improve and advance the learning process through the use of technology. Launched in 1972, THE Journal was the first magazine to cover education technology. THE Journal is the leading resource for administrative, technical, […]
Gartner: Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends
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Educause – 2018 Top Ten IT Issues
Educause: 2018 Top Ten IT Issues EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association and the foremost community of IT leaders and professionals committed to advancing higher education. EDUCAUSE presents the top-ten IT issues facing higher education institutions. Many of these issues are not new.
Educause: Seven Things
Educause: Seven Things EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association and the foremost community of IT leaders and professionals committed to advancing higher education. The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s (ELI’s) 7 Things You Should Know About … TM series provides concise information on emerging learning technologies and related practices. Each brief focuses on a single technology or practice.
Metaari
*NB – Ambient Insight rebranded in 2017 to become “Metaari“. Look for their research papers there…. Ambient Insight is an international market research firm that uses predictive analytics to identify revenue opportunities for global learning technology suppliers. Ambient Insight has been compiling country-by-country data on learning technology expenditures across seven regions of the globe since 2004. They […]
12 Sep
The Journal’s report on “10 Major Technology Trends in Education” is a useful article for professionals and entrepreneurs in the education industry. It pulls together information on the current use of technology in the education system that was compiled from the results of hundreds of thousands of Speak Up Surveys from 9,000 schools and 2,700 districts across the country. The 2013 Speak Up Survey, conducted by national education nonprofit group Project Tomorrow, helped outline the current trends in technology by targeting a variety of players within the education system, including students, teachers, administrators, librarians, and parents. Although information was lacking on exactly how schools and districts were selected or contacted to take part in the survey, the numbers in the survey pool were quite large. The overwhelming majority of respondents in the survey were students at 325,279, followed by parents at 39,986, and teachers and librarians at 32,151. Riedel makes good use of the survey’s statistics in his article to paint a picture of what type of technology is currently being used in schools and at home by students and teachers. His article reinforced the assumptions many of us already have about the trends in technology and education, which is that an increasing amount of students have access to mobile devices and internet connectivity, more students prefer to use internet accessible devices (particularly their own) at school, and that gaming and social media are becoming an integral part of the education process. Other trends, that were not so obvious, that the article does well in pointing out, are the rise in students who are using primarily 3G and 4G enabled devices to access the internet at home and school, and the increasing number of students and teacher who are using video for classwork and homework. Both these trends support the notion that we are seeing a shift in education toward mobility and “anywhere” and “anytime” access. I found this article gave a clear and concise overview of the current trends in education, and although not all the information was novel, it did provide me with some valuable insight as to what type of technologies students are using and which ones they prefer, and as a professional in the education industry, that is extremely valuable.
