PROJECT: Project direction for CoSN’s Smart Education Networks by Design. The SEND Initiative provides tools and resources to district technology leaders for building networks in an environment of exponential growth.
We believe every child, regardless of zip code or circumstance, deserves an exceptional education. We believe that with technology it is possible to reach all children while making learning personal, authentic, human, and meaningful. Our mission is to serve the educators, innovators, and leaders who are delivering on this promise of learning and teaching with technology.
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for educators
implementing mobile learning, making technology transparent, leading change, self-organizing cultures, student agency and ownership, engaging community
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for innovators
reality checks, strategic advice, disruptive innovation, product roadmapping and evolution, avoiding pitfalls, skating to where the money will be
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for leaders
placing technology in the service of education, establishing thought leadership, white papers and presentations, outreach, pilot projects
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Learning Untethered
PROJECT: What happens when 5th graders are given the personal, connected devices and the freedom to use them for both academics and their own purposes? e-Mergents funded and managed a collaborative “guerrilla research” project to find out.
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What is Transformation?
PUBLICATION: Infographic developed for CoSN outlining what constitutes digital transformation. Big idea: getting the human and technical infrastructure in place is not the end game but just the beginning.
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Can a Video Game Make Us Better Thinkers?
10 minutes per day. 2 months. That’s how long students played the video game Wuzzit Trouble before showing dramatic...
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What’s More Important, High Test Scores or Self-Direction?
This article was first posted on Getting Smart on August 17, 2015 The education technology discussion is fraught with false...
August 21, 2015 -
smart parents, surprisingly powerful
I was honored to be asked to contribute to the new book, Smart Parents: Parenting for Powerful Learning. I wanted...
August 17, 2015