Over thirty years ago, an open letter to the public, A Nation at Risk, called for the recommendation of teaching computer science in high school, equipping graduates to “understand the computer as an information, computation, and communication device; use the computer in the study of the other basics and for personal and work-related purposes; and […]
We are excited to introduce Marshal Hurst as our guest blogger! Marshal is the Literacy Design Collaborative / Math Design Collaborative Coordinator for the Arkansas Department of Education. He is also an educational consultant who provides professional development related to curriculum development, school improvement, and educational technology for schools in Oklahoma and Arkansas. As a […]
As a kid, I always wondered why so many games didn’t have interesting girl characters. I grew up in the era of Super Mario World, Sonic the Hedgehog, Zelda, and an assortment of first-person shooter games starring tough white guys. You know the situation’s not great when Princess Peach is the closest you get to […]
The story: recently the Federal Trade Commission updated their guidance on using social media as a promotional tool. Start-ups, entrepreneurs, non-profits, and small businesses all depend on social media for marketing, and we commonly ask our friends, partners, co-workers, volunteers, and advocates to engage on our behalf. Larger companies often ask their employees to participate […]
En la actualidad, 57 millones de niños no tienen acceso a educación primaria y otros 250 millones de niños que tienen acceso no adquieren habilidades básicas de lecto-escritura o aritmética. ¿Qué pasaría si en el futuro todos los niños pudieran acceder a un nivel básico de educación de una forma que antes era imposible? Esta […]
Conflict Between Branding and SEO Are branding and search engine optimization (SEO) two competing forces fighting over the same territory? Sometimes it seems that way. There are articles that discuss achieving the right balance between SEO and branding, as if these were two competing goals in a zero sum game. It does happen, people worrying […]
Today, 57 million children have no access to primary school and 250 million more children have access, but fail to attain basic literacy or numeracy. What if tomorrow we were able to provide every child access to a basic level of education? That is the goal of the new XPRIZE competition for global learning. Because […]
I’ve had to have a bit of a rethink of the word “polyglot” in my tenure so far at Mobility Labs. The word itself stems from the Greek words polu-, meaning “many”, and -glotta, meaning “tongue”. In linguistic terms, it refers to someone that is fluent in more than one spoken language. In my spare […]
Last time I wrote on the blog, I explored equity and technology in classrooms with a focus on students; this week, my focus is on teachers. Outside of just having access to tech, teacher expectations of students and technology as well as teacher support around implementing the technology in their classrooms greatly impact student […]
We have recently become a society in which it is normal to walk into a restaurant, sit down, and ask for the wifi password. For some people, it is just as normal to walk into someone’s home and ask the same question. In restaurants, the servers are normally quick to give up the password. A […]