Start-up culture has captured the word “innovation.” It sits on the mantle with words like “disruption” and “fail forward.” But innovation happens in a lot of other places, and seeing start up culture as the be-all and end all of innovation is stifling. The start up entrepreneur model is that a person, or small group, […]
Austin, Texas, and the SXSW Interactive festival have long been an important annual pilgrimage for the technology community. A recent offshoot, SXSWedu, is growing to occupy a similar place in the education technology community. Mobility Labs joined thousands of teachers, education leaders, entrepreneurs, and others in Austin last week for this year’s event. The […]
Sumeet, Sean, and Rick discuss what it’s like working on a remote team, the tools & techniques that have made managing it easier, and how we aim to improve our remote workflow. Show Notes: Google Hangouts Slack Task Switching Cost Stoplight cards Synchronous vs Asynchronous Hipchat IRC Basecamp Campfire Google Docs Cognitive Load Github Pivotal […]
Digital Learning Day was launched in 2012 by the Alliance for Excellent Education, and has been supported by other groups and corporate sponsors. The purpose is to showcase how technology can “improve student outcomes and support teachers.” There will be a number of events, including one in Washington D.C. that will be live-streamed. Individual schools, […]
The Mobility Labs research team recently visited a rural school in Santa Elena, Colombia using the innovative Escuela Nueva model of teaching. This method has been used in Colombia since the 1970’s and has been getting more international attention including recently being highlighted in this New York Times column. The foundation Escuela Nueva is located in Bogotá […]
Yesterday, we mentioned a widely reported potential change to Google’s algorithm. Today, after further investigation, we believe most of the reporting to be over-hyped. This is what we found. Over the past few days, a number of websites have reported that Google will begin using the “facts” on a website to replace the links that […]
There is indication that Google may be planning a fairly major change soon, one that could disrupt a lot of current search engine optimization practices. The story is that Google will start to include fact verification of content on a website in their rankings. Like many of the changes Google has made over the years, […]
Big Data has won. For years we’ve been hearing about all the things Big Data would do to make our lives better. Then, around two years ago, people started predicting that Small Data would be the next Big Thing. But now, in 2015, we see the President of the United States appointing a US Chief […]
This year 133.000 Colombian school children will benefit from the new extended school schedule. The program is intended to improve student understanding of fundamental areas such as language, math and science. The Colombian government is taking this initiative to strengthen educational practices by increasing the length of the school day. President Santos and the ministry […]
Este año 133.000 niños se benefician con la Jornada única escolar que promete fortalecer áreas fundamentales como lenguaje, matemáticas y ciencias. Como parte de la iniciativa del gobierno de Colombia para fortalecer las prácticas educativas, se aumentará el tiempo dedicado a áreas fundamentales como lenguaje, matemáticas y ciencias, implementando la jornada única. El presidente Santos […]