Category: education
For most of my life, I have believed that learning to wield power and control situations could be best done in the workplace. I have learned many valuable lessons about wielding power well throughout my career on Wall Street. But these pale compared to what I have learned about power at home. Continue reading
Editor’s note: Julie DeNeen’s compelling list about successful educators can be as easily applied to 25 things that successful “innovators” do differently. Continue reading
As children, young children, everything meant playing and art. We saw the world as a playground and a canvass. It didn’t matter whether or not we could actually draw. What mattered was the thrill of creating something beautiful. We were all artists. We still are. Continue reading
Universities are looking for ways to keep education affordable. MOOCs offer that possibility. Amazon.com meets academia and the merchandising makes the head spin. Continue reading
Education must move with the times. What can be done to reach a technology-savvy generation that relies on media every free second of their time? BYOD-Bring Your Own Device, a trend that is catching on quickly. Bring Your Own Device has transformed the classroom by creating new opportunities for learning. Continue reading
Edudemic writer Jeff Dunn recently wrote an article about a technology bus that is making headlines at a middle school in Mississippi. This bus, is a vehicle filled with products that enrich the classroom through the latest technology tools, gadgets, and software. While it may be a smart marketing tool for tech companies, is technology bulldozing its way into the classroom? Continue reading
Empower Playgrounds’ equipment uses kinetic energy generated by kids’ playtime activities to make power available at night to light classrooms in rural, off-the-grid villages in Africa, Continue reading
