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Category Archives: research
Speak Up 2012 report: “From Chalkboards to Tablets: The Emergence of the K-12 Digital Learner”
“The results being released today show that we are indeed in a new world. And we as adults need to learn from kids in this instance. We need to learn from students about how they learn, where they learn, and … Continue reading
Posted in research, student voice
Tagged classroom, educational technology, student, student voice, survey, technology
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Guest post: Youth and Adults Transforming Schools Together
This guest post below is by Helen Beattie of YATST, a fantastic Vermont-based organization that helps schools create youth/adult participatory action research teams. Like Generation YES, YATST engages young people in leadership roles with a focus on creating models and … Continue reading
Posted in education reform, Generation YES, research, service learning, student voice
Tagged action research
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Wanna Play?
CMU is looking for teachers to partner with for research on educational games. Read more about the ENGAGE project here and sign up. Try the games (I have to say I did not play these games because they require a … Continue reading
Make your voice heard! Speak Up National Research Project now open
Every year, the Speak Up National Research Project collects authentic feedback from students, educators and parents about education, the use of technology in schools, and more. There are two main reasons you should participate in Speak Up 2012: The data … Continue reading
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Tagged Speak Up, Speak Up 2012, Student Speak Up, student voice
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Free webinar - Social Media and Peer Learning
Social Media and Peer Learning: From Mediated Pedagogy to Peeragogy Discover how giving students more responsibility in shaping their own curriculum can lead to more active participation. I’m going to be on the panel for this webinar from Connected Learning, … Continue reading
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Tagged #ConnectedLearning
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Research to action: 5 must read bullying research briefs
A recent post by danah boyd, social media researcher announced some new resources in the effort to combat bullying, created for the new Born This Way Foundation, created by Lady Gaga and her mother. “The Foundation wants to create a kinder, braver … Continue reading
Posted in digital citizenship, In the news, research
Tagged BTWF, bullying, cyberbully, research, youth empowerment
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Webinars - Addressing youth risk in a positive and restorative manner
from Nancy Willard of Embracing Digital Youth: Addressing youth risk in a positive and restorative manner Embracing Digital Youth is proud to announce our first two Webinars. Through these Webinars, Embracing Digital Youth will seek to help educators, mental health professionals, law … Continue reading
Posted in conferences, digital citizenship, professional development, research
Tagged cybersafety, digital citizenship, empowerment, online youth risk, youth risk
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Zero to Eight: Children’s Media Use in America
A Common Sense Media Research Study Zero to Eight is a nationally representative survey of parents of U.S. children ages zero to eight, conducted to understand the patterns of media use among young American children. Covering TV, other video, reading, music, … Continue reading
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Panel Finds Few Learning Gains From Testing Movement
Nearly a decade of America’s test-based accountability systems, from “adequate yearly progress” to high school exit exams, have shown little to no positive effect overall on learning and education and have not included enough safeguards against gaming the system, a … Continue reading
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Tagged AYP, standardized testing, worthless
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Research on Child Trends
This may be old news for some of you, but I just came across a website - Child Trends that seems like it would be a really useful resource for planning new school programs or for writing grants. It covers research on … Continue reading