by EmergingEdTech | Feb 13, 2020 | Academic Technology
Can Your Students See all of Their Grades and the Feedback You’ve Provided (you did provide feedback, right)? Are You Sure? If you are a teacher in higher education and you regularly provide feedback to your students when you grade their work, and you make sure...
by EmergingEdTech | Feb 5, 2020 | Academic Technology
Millennials are pushing our world forward, as they become the largest generation, and therefore, the largest part of the workforce. This generation is perfectly familiar with technology, the internet, search engines, and smartphones. Millennials are now the main power...
by EmergingEdTech | Jan 30, 2020 | Academic Technology
My apologies – I have had to remove this article due to a dispute with the author – K.Walsh View Entire Article on...
by EmergingEdTech | Jan 28, 2020 | Academic Technology
Changing our perspective on assessments can take them from a time-consuming necessity to a useful resource to provide pathways to a better future in academia. Scary evaluations are a thing of the past. In a school atmosphere where evaluations are seen as roadmaps for...
by EmergingEdTech | Jan 22, 2020 | Academic Technology
Paving the Way for Enhanced Recognition of Microcredentials and More Learning credentials come in all shapes and sizes today, ranging from digital badges to doctoral degrees. Yet schools and employers are only just beginning to understand the value of non-traditional...
by EmergingEdTech | Jan 16, 2020 | Academic Technology
The only people benefiting from the misinformed persecution of for-profit education are politicians I ask your indulgence readers as I step away from the instructional technology niche for a moment to help raise awareness and fight the misinformation about schools...
by EmergingEdTech | Jan 14, 2020 | Academic Technology
Our brain is an impressive organ, capable of great feats. It is also one of the most complex structures known to man. This jelly like 1.4 kg organ contains almost 100 billion neurons and each neuron can be connected to thousands of other nerve cells through minute...
by EmergingEdTech | Jan 7, 2020 | Academic Technology
STEM is more fundamental and essential than ever Back in 2001, the National Science Foundation introduced the acronym “STEM”, standing for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. In the decades that followed, educators and schools adopted and expanded efforts to...
by EmergingEdTech | Dec 30, 2019 | Academic Technology
Before we Head Off Into a New Decade, Let’s Take a Moment to Reflect on Another Year of Learning, Sharing, and Connecting Well, another year draws to a close as we are about to embark on an exciting new decade! I can hardly believe it is going to be 2020. For as...
by EmergingEdTech | Dec 19, 2019 | Academic Technology
Okay, so this is clearly not an instructional technology topic, but as CIO and acting CISO at The College of Westchester, I appreciate the importance of making more school administrators and technical personnel aware of the idea of “zero trust”. – KW Just like with...
by EmergingEdTech | Dec 17, 2019 | Academic Technology
Online learning continues to grow and expand with more and more students taking more online courses every year. With experienced educators opting to go the online route, receiving quality education has become easier. Thanks to the power of technology, an online...
by EmergingEdTech | Dec 16, 2019 | Academic Technology
As computer science (CS) and technology continue to revolutionize the world around us, there is an increasing gap between these technologies and the skills required to best utilize them. For example, there are as many as 700,000 unfilled technology jobs in the US...
by EmergingEdTech | Dec 12, 2019 | Academic Technology
While Flashy New Technology can be fun to Consider, Proven Solutions Should not be Overlooked The world of EdTech is often focused on flashy gadgets too expensive for school budgets. Or it’s crammed with technology too early in its infancy to be of practical use. For...
by EmergingEdTech | Dec 10, 2019 | Academic Technology
source: pixabay.com With the holiday season sure to place more devices in more young hands, this is a good time to take a fresh look at this important topic! – KW With hundreds of thousands of new malware samples being launched every day, cybersecurity is an issue of...
by EmergingEdTech | Dec 3, 2019 | Academic Technology
While “AIED” may seem relatively new, a deeper look shows us it has been developing for over half a century In the last few years, numerous developments have led to a growing awareness of the maturity of Artificial Intelligence. Self-driving cars and personal...
by EmergingEdTech | Nov 21, 2019 | Academic Technology
How Young is Too Young for Screen Time? When They Are on Devices, What Should They be Doing? One of the things that I find disturbing about digital technology is the tendency to cavalierly put devices in the hands of very young children. I raised three kids and I get...
by EmergingEdTech | Nov 19, 2019 | Academic Technology
This effective use of digital technology can be applied to flipped, blended, and traditional classroom learning In last week’s Future Trends Forum, guest Robert Talbert mentioned a social annotation tool named Perusall. Talbert is the author of Flipped Learning:...
by EmergingEdTech | Nov 14, 2019 | Academic Technology
While I rarely venture into corporate training content, I found this piece interesting and believe that some of these tips and ideas can also be applied in more traditional education settings. – KW Gamification is the process of using game mechanics and game design...
by EmergingEdTech | Nov 12, 2019 | Academic Technology
In Today’s Digital World, Industries of all Types Must Transform in Order to Thrive I often attend CIO “summits” and similar events for IT and business leaders. A common theme at these types of conferences for the last few years has been the idea that Digital...
by EmergingEdTech | Nov 5, 2019 | Academic Technology
Image Source This fun family cartoon was ahead of its time. Technology is now ahead of its imagined predictions. The futuristic family cartoon The Jetsons premiered in 1962. It was set 100 years in the future in the year 2062. We’re over half way there now, but...
by EmergingEdTech | Oct 31, 2019 | Academic Technology
Organization if Educating Students About Animals and Raising Awareness With Small, Fun Programmable Robots The Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Scottish SPCA) is Scotland’s animal welfare charity (completely separate from the RSPCA who...
by EmergingEdTech | Oct 29, 2019 | Academic Technology
As a parent who has paid $60 per session for math tutoring, I thought this was a resource worth sharing. There are free demonstration lessons available on the site to let you see if you think the style of the lessons works for your child/student. – KW The importance...
by EmergingEdTech | Oct 24, 2019 | Academic Technology
Kabookey delivers what an interactive e-book should be. E-learning has come a long way. Rapid e-learning tools have evolved over the years, and with them, the opportunity to create interactivity, video, branched scenarios and more. We’ve seen technologies shift from...
by EmergingEdTech | Oct 22, 2019 | Academic Technology
In many cases, cell phones in the classroom can be a hassle and a distraction. However, writing them off completely ignores the fact that they are a uniquely-suited tool for communication between teachers and students. Used correctly, cell phones can allow teachers to...
by EmergingEdTech | Oct 17, 2019 | Academic Technology
Image Source Students, Educators, and Professionals of all Stripes Can Learn, Share, Connect, and Enhance Their Professional Presence by Leveraging These Techniques We often remind our students that they need be careful about what they post on line, and inform them of...
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