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Nearly a century ago, famed educator John Dewey said that if we teach today's students as we taught yesterday's, we rob them of tomorrow. That wisdom resonates more strongly than ever today, and that maxim underlies this insightful look at the present and future of education in the digital age.
As Darrell West makes clear, today's educational institutions must reinvent themselves to engage students successfully and provide them with the skills needed to compete in an increasingly global, technological, and online world. Otherwise the American education system will continue to fall woefully short in its mission to prepare the population to survive and thrive in a rapidly changing world.
West examines new models of education made possible by enhanced information technology, new approaches that will make public education in the post-industrial age more relevant, efficient, and ultimately more productive. Innovative pilot programs are popping up all over the nation, experimenting with different forms of organization and delivery systems.
Digital Schools surveys this promising new landscape, examining in particular personalized learning; realtime student assessment; ways to enhance teacher evaluation; the untapped potential of distance learning; and the ways in which technology can improve the effectiveness of special education and foreign language instruction. West illustrates the potential contributions of blogs, wikis, social media, and video games and augmented reality in K12 and higher education.
Technology by itself will not remake education. But if today's schools combine increased digitization with needed improvements in organization, operations, and culture, we can overcome current barriers, produce better results, and improve the manner in which schools function. And we can get back to teaching for tomorrow, rather than for yesterday.
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Acknowledgments |
I want to acknowledge the help of several individuals and organizations. Jenny Lu, Annelle Shinelle, Elizabeth Valentini, and Anna Goodbaum provided valuable research assistance on this project, for which I am very grateful. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation provided financial support for portions of this book, as did the Brookings Institution Center for Technology Innovation. Martin West of Harvard University and Elaine Allen of Babson College provided helpful comments on an earlier version of the manuscript.
I am grateful to the Brookings Institution Press for its outstanding editorial and production work. Vice President and Director Robert Faherty, Associate Director Christopher Kelaher, Managing Editor Janet Walker, and Design and Art Coordinator Susan Woollen make it a joy to work at Brookings and publish books through the Brookings Press. Katherine Kimball did an excellent job editing the manuscript. None of these individuals or organizations is responsible for the interpretations presented here.
Appendix |
Digital Resources on Education Technology |
T his list is not intended as an exhaustive catalogue of educational technology websites; rather, it is a compilation of useful sites collected during research for the book.
Major Sponsors of Educational Technological Innovation
U.S. Department of Education (www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/index.html)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (www.gatesfoundation.org/united-states/Pages/education-strategy.aspx)
MacArthur Foundation (www.macfound.org/site/c.jjJYJcMNIqE/b.2000007/k.51A9/Digital_Media_Learning_and_Education.htm)
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (www.hewlett.org/)
Center for American Progress (www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/workforce_development)
National Science Foundation (www.nsf.gov/)
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (www.carnegiefoundation.org/)
Department of Defense Education Activity (www.dodea.edu/home/)
Edutopia (George Lucas Educational Fund) (www.edutopia.org/)
Mozilla Foundation (www.mozilla.org/foundation/)
Carnegie Corporation of New York (http://carnegie.org)
University-Sponsored Initiatives
Carnegie-Mellon University, Open Learning Initiative (http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Teaching and Learning Laboratory (http://web.mit.edu/ocw)
Harvard University, Education Innovation Laboratory (www.iq.harvard.edu/programs/education_innovation_laboratory_edlabs)
University of California at Los Angeles, Center for Digital Innovation (www.cdi.ucla.edu/CDI/about/education.html)
University of Wisconsin at Madison, Educational Communications and Technology (www.education.wisc.edu/ci/ect/?folder=home§ion=people)
New York University, Games for Learning Institute (http://g4li.org/)
Brookings Institution Brown Center on Education Policy (www.brookings.edu/brown.aspx)
Flagship Schools
Quest to Learn, New York and Chicago (http://q2l.org/)
School of One, New York (http://schoolofone.org/)
High Tech High, San Diego and Chula Vista, California (www.hightechhigh.org/) School of the Future, New York (www.sofechalk.org/)
Roxbury Prep, Roxbury, Massachusetts (www.roxburyprep.org/)
McKinley Technology High School, Washington, D.C. (www.mckinleytech.org/)
New Tech Network, sixty-two schools in thirteen states and Washington, D.C. (www.newtechnetwork.org/node/62)
Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia (www.scienceleadership.org/)
Educational Social Networks and Personalized Media Tools for Students
Gradeguru: college students share notes, build reputations, earn rewards (www.gradeguru.com)
Edmodo: academic networking site (www.edmodo.com/)
Piazza.com: online discussion forum for student and instructor collaboration (http://piazza.com/)
Social Media Classroom: free open-source web service with integrated social media (http://socialmediaclassroom.com/)
Scratch: programming language intended for easy programming and creation of web content (http://scratch.mit.edu/)
Schools App: a Facebook application for incoming students to help them get to know one another before matriculating (www.inigral.com/)
Moodle: online course management and collaboration system (http://moodle.org/)
Schooltube: YouTube for schools (www.schooltube.com/)
Campuslive: School is a game (www.campuslive.com/info)
EcoMUVE: virtual environment tool to teach middle school students about ecosystems (www.ecomuve.org/index.html)
Skoolaborate: collaborative of high schools that use Second Life to teach students around the world (www.skoolaborate.com)
Quest Atlantis: three-dimensional multiuser computer graphics narrative programming toolkit (http://atlantis.crlt.indiana.edu/)
Whyville: online community for elementary school students with games and chat functions (www.whyville.net)
TakingITGlobal: youth social network for global issues (www.tigweb.org/)
iEarn: global network of 2 million students and 40,000 educators dedicated to global issues (www.iearn.org/)
Squidoo: social site to create pages, called lenses, for subjects of interest (www.squidoo.com/)
Ning: online platform for people to create their own social networks (www.ning.com/)
Openstudy: social study network (http://openstudy.com/)
Twhistory: Twitter for teaching history; key figures from significant historical events tweet (http://twhistory.org/)
Braincake: social network site to encourage girls' engagement in science (www.braincake.org/)
Educational Networking: link to list of education-specific social networks (www.educationalnetworking.com/List+of+Networks)
Online Educational Tools for Students
Khan Academy: free online collection of thousands of microlectures via video tutorials stored on YouTube (www.khanacademy.org/)
Schmoop: online study guide, PSAT, SAT, college prep assistance for high school students (www.shmoop.com/)
MathTrainTV: student and adult-generated online tutorials to teach math skills to fellow students (www.mathtrain.tv/)
MyOn: online tool that generates book recommendations based on student preferences and reading level (www.myon.com/)
Tutor.com: for-purchase online tutoring for K12 material (www.tutor.com/)
Discovery Education Assessment: streaming educational video content and assessment tool (www.discoveryeducation.com/)
Cosmeo: videos and information to facilitate homework by the Discovery Channel (www.cosmeo.com/welcome/index.html)
Knewton: for-purchase adaptive online learning tool for SAT, GRE, GMAT prep (www.knewton.com/)
Inkling: for-purchase online textbook app for iPad (www.inkling.com/)
iTunes PocketCAS Lite: free online graphing calculator (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/free-graphic-calculator-pocketcas/id333261649?mt=8)
iTunes SkyOrb: free app using GPS to pinpoint schedule and location of celestial bodies (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/free-graphic-calculator-pocketcas/id333261649?mt=8)
iTunes Art App: online tool for studying and recognizing art masterpieces (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/art/id298808100?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D6)
iTunes Math Drills Lite: free app for basic math skills; teachers can track student progress (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/art/id298808100?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D6)
iTunes Periodic Table.com: free app for chemistry skills (http://periodictable.com/ipad)
iTunes Read Me Stories: free app for children to hear stories read aloud (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/read-me-stories-childrens/id362042422?mt=8)
Pearson: links to e-tools for education (http://elearning.pearsonhighered.com/products/)
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