by brholland | Sep 11, 2015 | All Topics, Future Learning
The four dimensions of learning – the what, where, who, and when – offer insights into what drives students to learn. >> This post first appeared on EdTech Researcher.
by brholland | Dec 23, 2014 | All Topics, Future Learning
A call to action has been issued: schools and districts need to innovate. This statement is often accompanied by an assertion that teachers need to integrate technology as well as transform instruction. But what does this innovation actually look like? As 2014 comes...
by brholland | Jun 17, 2014 | All Topics, Future Learning
Remember the Jetsons? That iconic family of the future depicted in the 1960s cartoon? They lived in a futuristic society marked by flying cars and advanced technology — and yet, they learned in a lecture-based system with the teacher (albeit a robot one)...
by brholland | Jan 27, 2014 | All Topics, Future Learning
Think back 20 years. Pay phones still worked, and only doctors carried pagers. Laptops weighed as much as bowling balls, and few of us had Internet access. In fact, much of what we now consider commonplace — Google, email, WiFi, texting — was not even...
by brholland | Dec 16, 2013 | All Topics, Future Learning
On a given day, how much time do your students spend working on their fluency? At the elementary level, hours are devoted to reading and speaking fluency. In middle and high school, students read aloud, deliver oral presentations, and write in a variety of formats to...