Disruptive Technology and How to Compete for the Future inShare364 Disruptive technology is the bearer of tremendous opportunity and equally a harbinger of obsolescence. Technology’s impact on society and business is substantial, if not underestimated. As technology continues to become part of everyday life, it becomes disruptive in how people communicate, work, and connect. To keep up is a perpetual investment as innovation is constant and it’s only increasing. This is a time to take a step back, recognize where we are and where we need to be, examine our strategies and current initiatives, review our investments and opportunities, and consider new areas for change or new pursuits. The truth is that innovation works for and against us and investing in it with purpose and design is our responsibility. Part of the challenge is knowing when to recognize opportunities. Disruptive technology requires much more than visibility and activity. To chart a new course toward relevance, here are five initial steps to consider… 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Ambient Insight | Worldwide Mobile Learning Research By Sam S. Adkins, Chief Research Officer Seattle, WA - August 23, 2011 -The GSMA released two new reports on the academic Mobile Learning market that include research findings contributed by Ambient Insight. Ambient Insight has been working with GSMA for over a year and provided the organization with data from several syndicated reports. The two reports can be downloaded at: GSMA's Mobile Education Landscape Report GSMA's Mobile Education in the United States According to the GSMA Development Fund, "We believe that providing tangible, accessible mobile services to people in developing countries is invaluable to society and can help improve people's lives." "We support the GSMA's efforts to improve people's lives with Mobile Learning," comments Ambient Insight's CEO, Tyson Greer.
21st-Century Projects Inspire Global Citizenship Plus Creativity Reforestation plan that was researched in a New York classroom led to 999 trees planted in Cormier, Haiti. Photo credit: Naima Penniman This is the second in a special Edutopia blog series about developing 21st century skills through project-based learning. In the first post, "Yes, You Can Teach and Assess Creativity!" When Tech Valley High School opened its doors in 2007 in Rensselaer, New York, it offered students from across the state's Capital Region a chance to experience a different kind of public education. Those components recently came together in a project that took Tech Valley students to a rural village in Haiti, where they learned firsthand what it means to be creative -- and caring -- 21st century citizens. The Backstory Science teacher Leah Penniman regularly looks for opportunities to connect what her students are learning with real-world problems that they won't find in textbooks. A Project Takes Shape Thinking on Their Feet Walking with Humility
”Att förstatliga skolan löser inte problemen” Att förstatliga skolan, som flera debattörer föreslår på DN Debatt (26/3), är endast ett blindspår som skulle föra skolan långt från lösningarna på skolans verkliga problem. Vi delar däremot debattörernas oro över den ökande segregationen i skolan, skriver företrädare för SKL, Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting. Skolans utmaningar handlar inte om kommunal eller statlig skola. Det handlar i stället om att utveckla undervisningen. Enligt det etablerade konsultbolaget McKinsey, som studerat olika länders utbildningssystem är nästa steg i utvecklingen för Sverige ökat fokus på lärarnas roll i klassrummet, bättre coachning och samarbete mellan lärarna. Det här är något som debattörerna helt bortser från. För att komma till rätta med problemen krävs en analys utifrån verkligheten. Stora förändringar i omvärlden sätter naturligtvis stora avtryck i skolans värld. Låt oss lägga idén om en stor omstöpning av skolan åt sidan.
How People Really Use Mobile Magazine Article Preview To read the full article, sign-in or register. HBR subscribers, click here to register for FREE access » To marketers, the prospect of reaching shoppers through their smartphones is tantalizing. But mobile doesn't always mean on the go. New data show that 68% of consumers' smartphone use happens at home. Seven primary motivations The reasons consumers use smartphones can be broken down into the goals listed at right, along with the average monthly minutes and percentage of interactions devoted to each. SOURCES "Seven Shades of Mobile" study, conducted by InsightsNow for AOL and BBDO, 2012. Making Bad Assumptions About App Use Apps can have more than one purpose. SOURCES eMarketer, 2011; IAB, 2011 Failing to Connect with Users During "Me Time" Mobile ads that consumers see during "me time" generally do poorly on effectiveness (as measured by the percentage of viewers who click on the ad, search for the product, recall the product, or make a purchase).
The 7 Powerful Idea Shifts In Learning Today by Terry Heick, TeachThought.com : Shift_Learning: The 7 Most Powerful Idea Shifts In Learning Today So we’re taking a stand here. This is all incredibly subjective, but so are the VH1 Top 100 Hair Bands Videos and those are fun, am I right? So subjective it is. Let’s make a list. A list of ideas that are truly transformational. Utopian visions of learning are tempting, if for no other reason than they absolve us of accountability to create itright now, leading to nebulous romanticizing about how powerful learning could be if we just did more of X and Y. But therein lies the rub: Tomorrow’s learning is already available, and below are 7 of the most compelling and powerful trends, concepts, and resources that represent its promise. The Challenge of Implementation It’s challenging enough to manage a traditional learning environment where the curriculum is handed to you, and meetings are set, and you’re simply there to manage; adding more ingredients to the mix seems like asking for trouble.
Elevernas syn på skolan Vi skickar ut ett mejl med inrapporteringslänk till samtliga kommuners skolchefer samt till kontaktpersoner som anmält sig till SKL som mottagare för utskicket. Inrapporteringen kommer att var öppen till slutet av augusti 2014 och avser elevenkäter som genomfördes under läsåret 2013/14, i årskurs 5 och 8 oavsett om enkäterna genomfördes under höst- eller vårterminen. Sveriges största elevundersökning I Öppna jämförelser – Grundskola 2014 kan 192 kommuner jämföra sig när det gäller elevernas syn på skolan och undervisningen. Sammanlagt har drygt 100000 elever i årskurs 5 och 8 svarat på frågorna och undersökningen är därmed den största i sitt slag. Indikatorerna är ett återkommande inslag i Öppna jämförelser och vi hoppas att ännu fler kommuner kommer att använda sig av frågorna i sina elevenkäter framöver. Frågorna har tagits fram av en arbetsgrupp med representanter från ett antal kommunalförbund, regionförbund och kommuner. Frågor till elever Svaralternativ
Everything you know about curriculum may be wrong. Really. UPDATE: Cool. This post was nominated and made the shortlist for Most Influential Post of 2012 by edublog. I’m really honored! What if the earth moves and the sun is at rest? The educational thought experiment I wish to undertake concerns curriculum. In our own era, this may seem to some as nutty as Copernicus’ idea must have seemed. Well, this works fine if the present is just like the past; if ideas turn into competent action automatically; and if theory, not effects, matters most. So, suppose knowledge is not the goal of education. As odd as that might sound for academics, it makes perfect sense in our everyday lives. In athletics this is very clear: the game is the curriculum; the game is the teacher. So, it would be very foolish to learn soccer (or child-rearing or music or how to cook) in lectures. The Copernican hypothesis eventually made sense because it did two things: made better sense of the data, and dealt with increasingly embarrassing anomalies in the Ptolemaic view.
The 10 Skills Modern Teachers Must Have The above image is 8.5×11″ so you can print it out. PDF is available here . There’s been a lot of talk about 21st century learners, 21st century teachers, and connected classrooms. There’s a daily influx of new technology into your inbox and your classroom feels woefully behind the times even if you’re flipping your 1:1 iPad classroom that’s already online and part of a MOOC . What are modern teachers to do with all this jargon and techno-babble being thrown at them all day long? Simple. In my experience, I’ve seen teachers attempt to integrate 30 iPads into their classroom by handing them out and then trying to figure out which apps are worth using. In order to do this, you’ll need skills modern teachers must have. 1) Build Your PLN Whether you call it a ‘personal learning network’ or a ‘professional learning network’ is not important. 2) Establish Real Relationships Whether it’s online or offline, the ability to establish real relationships is critical to any modern teacher. 7) Slow Down