The Global Search for Education: Is Clay Christensen Ready to Disrupt Parenting?

by Huffington Post

“A good life is not one that is free from struggle, but one in which people have the tools to overcome what life throws at them.” — Clay Christensen More recently, Clay has turned his focus to the domain of parenting where he’s predicting that we may see disruption. “I worry that we as parents have raised children who don’t have the courage to deal with difficult things. If we think about this through the patterns and processes that guide innovation, I don’t think sustaining innovations—that just improve our ability to outsource more and more work—will solve this problem. Instead, we need disruptive innovations that reprioritize tackling authentic projects at home, with both children and adults working together. This could build up a generation of young people equipped for the future.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-global-search-for-education-is-clay-christensen_us_58cde491e4b0537abd95719a

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Lacking a Teacher, NJ High School Offers Chemistry on Computers

By Richard Chang, THE Journal

The Atlantic City School District could not find a certified chemistry teacher to fill a key chemistry teaching position at its one high school last summer and fall. So the district turned to Edmentum, a provider of online courses, to fill the void. This year, four classes at Atlantic City High School are being taught via an online course, with backup support from an Earth science teacher who is not certified to teach chemistry. The full story can be found in The Press of Atlantic City. “This is the way of the future,” said Assistant Superintendent Sherry Yahn in an interview with The Press of Atlantic City. She added that the district is looking at other online programs.

https://thejournal.com/articles/2017/04/24/lacking-a-teacher-nj-high-school-offers-chemistry-on-computers.aspx

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How to Use ePortfolios in the Classroom

by Matthew Lynch, Tech Edvocate

Students have made portfolios for classrooms of various kinds for many reasons over the last few decades. In the past, the teacher was the only person other than the student really to see their portfolio, unless it is posted in a display somewhere in the classroom. Now, there is an easy way to create and share portfolios electronically in a classroom. These e-portfolios are becoming more and more popular, and they have created a paradigm shift in education recently. E-portfolios are becoming the perfect way to collect, share, collaborate, and grade assignments in most classrooms.

http://www.thetechedvocate.org/use-e-portfolios-classroom/

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How to Protect Sensitive Student Data on Flash Drives

By Emmett Dulaney, Campus Technology

For better or worse, the flash drive has become a ubiquitous tool for transporting data on campus. Here’s how to keep that data secure. An interesting development has quietly transpired over the past decade: The flash drive has become a staple for instructors everywhere. They carry one into each classroom and use it to hold slides, papers, grades, backups and almost everything else imaginable. Part of the reason for it gaining such momentum can be traced to the universal acceptance of USB technology — it is hard to find a computer anywhere that does not have USB capabilities — and another part is the increase in the capacity of the drives coupled with their decrease in price. Ten years ago, you were doing well to have a drive that could hold 1GB of data, and today you can purchase a drive that holds between 32GB to 256GB for a fraction of the cost you previously paid.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/04/28/how-to-protect-sensitive-student-data-on-flash-drives.aspx

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White House Offers $100 Million Competitive Grants To Push Free Community College

By Sri Ravipati, Campus Technology

The new competitive grants build on the executive office’s plan to offer free community college programs and connect students to high-growth careers. The White House announced an additional investment of $100 million in competitive grants that are intended to connect more Americans to education and workforce training. The America’s Promise Job-Driven Training grants (America’s Promise Grants) build on the executive branch’s proposal last year to offer two years of free community college for students across the U.S. According to a news release, the America’s Promise Grants “will help communities catalyze new and strengthen existing partnerships and programs to provide more Americans access to the knowledge and skills they need to pursue their educational and career goals, particularly in high-growth sectors like technology, manufacturing and health care.”

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/04/27/white-house-offers-100-million-competitive-grants-to-push-free-community-college.aspx

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6 Steps To Survive a Cyber Attack

By Frank DiMaria, Campus Technology

The range and variety of sensitive data in higher education make it difficult to secure. In the event of a breach, this six-phase incident response plan will help guide your institution through the crisis. Like corporations, universities and colleges have copious amounts of data to protect. But campuses are not corporations. They’re more like little cities, providing an array of services and functions. “We have an enormous range and variety of confidential information and that makes it very challenging to secure,” said Michael Corn, deputy CIO for Library and Technology Services and CISO at Brandeis University. IT must protect not just the identity of students, faculty and staff but also the intellectual property and sensitive data generated by hours of research. When a cyber-attack does occur, the incident response team needs a plan that guides it through the crisis.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/04/28/6-steps-to-survive-a-cyber-attack.aspx

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Arkansas launches $13M school broadband upgrade

By Colin Wood, eSchool News

Arkansas started investing in technology for its K-12 system in the early 1990s through the development of the Arkansas Public School Computer Network. The network linked schools together, but in 2015, broadband internet connectivity is lacking. Recently elected Gov. Asa Hutchinson recognized a need for its students to get connected and the state is now launching an upgrade–totaling about $13 million annually–to its fiber infrastructure that will bolster education efforts and provide a stepping stone for further broadband development in the state.

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/05/04/arkansas-broadband-upgrade-958/

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U of A Preps Classroom Spaces for Active Learning

By Michael Hart, Campus Technology

The University of Arizona is preparing for a massive initiative to implement active learning in several courses next fall. With a grant from the Association of American Universities, the Tucson, AZ campus is overhauling several classroom spaces to accommodate active learning in environments that will vary in size once the fall semester begins. Once construction that begins in May is completed, a classroom space in the Science-Engineering Library will have a capacity for 260 students while another in the Biological Sciences West building will accommodate 112 and two more in the Integrated Learning Center will provide room for 60 students each. A fifth space is being scouted as well.

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What are IT leaders worried about? Assessment readiness and money

By Keith Krueger, eSchool News

A CoSN survey reveals CTO concerns about privacy, budgets, and assessment readiness. For the past three years, CoSN—the Consortium for School Networking—has conducted the K-12 IT Leadership Survey seeking to identify major trends and challenges, and provide a picture of these leaders. What are the key technology trends in education according to leadership in our school systems? What do the data tell us? Assessment readiness is again the No. 1 priority for IT Leaders. The growing imperative about being assessment ready isn’t likely a surprise for those living in states adopting the Common Core. However, regardless of where you live, all states are increasingly moving their high-stakes assessments online. And, they are doing it quickly. Yet less than 30 percent report they are fully prepared for online assessments.

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Stanford: Cheating technology is growing, and here’s why

By Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times

Cheating-friendly technology is becoming more common in competitive higher education settings, some say. Stanford University’s honor code dates to 1921, written by students to help guide them through the minefield of plagiarism, forbidden collaboration, copying and other chicaneries that have tempted undergraduates since they first arrived on college campuses. Exams aren’t proctored and students are expected to police themselves and speak up when they see others committing violations. But there appears to have been a massive breakdown during the recent winter quarter culminating in “an unusually high number of troubling allegations of academic dishonesty” reported to officials, according to a letter to faculty from Provost John Etchemendy.

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How Does Your E-Learning Salary Stack Up?

by Stephanie Castellano, Training and Development

The 2014 average global e-learning salary is USD $76,530, which is down 1.5 percent from 2013. U.S. salaries remained flat, with an average of $78,932. Global e-learning salaries range drastically: In Australia, an e-learning professional could be making USD $94,000, while someone doing similar work in India might be earning USD $33,000. The pharmaceutical and biotech industries pay the highest wages, which are 26 percent higher than the average global salary. Government and education pay the lowest, up to 13 percent and 23 percent below average, respectively. Most survey respondents indicated that their job focus is instructional design. Salaries for those positions fell 7 percent below the global average

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Further education’s future ‘lies online’

By Virtual College (UK)

The future landscape for educational delivery may still be somewhat unclear, but it is becoming increasingly evident that digital learning will have a key role to play. That is according to David Grailey, chief executive of the NCFE (Northern Council for Further Education), who believes that the provision of digital learning tools enables educators to reach a greater number of people and ensure that a higher proportion of them have opportunities to achieve and succeed. “In the fast paced modern world, people want flexible learning at a time, place and in a style that suits their needs and their lifestyle – an online learning experience can offer this, engaging learners who have otherwise lost interest,” he said.

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