Education Articles
These are some great education technology articles that show the latest innovations in the field and even some great ideas on how to incorporate them in the classroom.
See Grown-Ups Read
This article talks about the growing shift of adults who enjoy reading some of the same books that they're kids do. Ever since Harry Potter opened the middle-school genre, adults have begun to enjoy reading the diverse, and often brilliant, books that emerge geared towards middle school students.
NYPL Unveils 100 Top Children's Books of the Last 100 Years
This has a list of the top 100 children's books of the last century as determined by a panel discussion of Trustee's in the New York Public Library. Deliberating members include Eric Carle and Judy Blume who both have books on the list.
What Teachers Really Want to Tell Parents
An article from CNN Living written by Ron Clark on the teacher-parent relationship and the reasons why it is putting increasingly more strain on the teachers and why/how it needs to change.
What Gamers Can Teach Us
An article about Jane McGonigal's recent TED Talk and why it was 'the single biggest disaster to ever happen at a TED Talk'. Also goes into what the talk was about and has links that help prove the point that Jane was making in the Talk and a link to the TED Talk video.
This App Can Make Anyone a Video Game Designer
A short Popular Science review of an App that will allow anyone to design mario-esque video games for there iPods, etc.
I Led a NATO Invasion of Syria
This article talks about a virtual simulated playable game that answers the what ifs of an invasion of Syria. This includes links to the games.
Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012
Results of the 6th Annual Learning Tools Survey - as voted for by 582 learning professionals worldwide, and compiled by the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies. This site also contains an archive of education technology articles from the past year.
Life With Raspberry Pi: The hot $25 computer may just spark a coding revolution in schools
Article by Chad Sansing published August 19, 2013 in School Library Journal. The article talks about the small, easy-to-use, handheld device, the Raspberry Pi, and ways to use it to show students the links between computer codes and real-world applications.
Ted Talks: Jane McGonigal: Gaming Can Make A Better World
An article about what Dr. James Paul Gee, a professor at Arizona State University and a "leading authority on literacy and potential of educational games" thinks about the possibilities of games in education.
Ten Surprising Truths About Video Games and Learning
This Ted Talk features Jane McGonigal and her theories on why gamification can be used to teach students and guide them to develop a better future for everyone. Research is showing that games have a very positive effect on education.