An interesting series of articles appeared in the New York Times Sunday Magazine this past week covering technology in education. Interesting to me because of the variety of approaches discussed, from drill-based learning to home schooling.
One of the pieces discussed the use of video games as learning aids, and covered a new middle school here [...]
Level Up or Out
Sep 23, ’10
10:09 AM
Social Networking for Fundraising
Nov 30, ’09
2:49 PM
Sylvia and I worked on a fundraising site for our daughter’s school, PS29 in Brooklyn called 5days4arts.org. It was conceived of and launched in an incredibly short period of time, but it managed to meet the fundraising goal of $40,000 in just about two weeks. It was a great lesson in using social media for [...]
Educational Technology Finally Finding its Place
Aug 18, ’08
4:43 PM
I’ve been out of the educational space for a while, but I’m still fascinated by the possibilities for using technology to help advance student achievement. Most of the effort that I’ve seen has been well-intentioned but ultimately doomed to fail due to a few simple issues. Early efforts focused on hardware – wiring schools and [...]