Eclectic Technology

"Mapping a Personalized Learning Journey – K-12 Students and Parents Connects the Dots with Digital Learning  focuses on how today's students are personalizing their own learning, and how their parents are supporting this effort."

Today many students are personalizing their learning with the support of their parents. This report looks at "how students seek out resources that are digitally-rich, untethered and socially-based." Questions addressed include:

* What are the digitally-rich, untethered and socially based learning strategies that facilitate this process?

* How can education stakeholders support students as they seek to personalize their learning?

You can download the report as an html version or a pdf, there is a presenation that you may view and to go directly to the infographic click http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/pdfs/Infographic_PersonalizedLearning2012.pdf

"Recognizing the potential for mobile devices to improve education in the U.S., FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have said they want all students to have digital textbooks within five years. Here's a look at how we are doing so far."

"The State of the News Media 2012 is the ninth edition of our annual report on the status of American journalism.
This year’s study contains surveys examining how news consumers use social media and how mobile devices could change the news business and an update on the rapid changes in community news. And each industry sector chapter consists of two parts: a summary essay, which tells the story of that sector, and a data section, which presents a full range of statistics graphically rendered."

Of course, mobile technology has its uses. It’s even ridiculous to point that out. But have you ever felt a distinct repulsion from your mobile phone? In fact, as the infographic illustrates, such screens manage to attack all of our senses.

All of my classes, regardless of student age or demographics – elementary gifted students or graduate students, begin with ice-breakers and team-building activities. I recently developed a passion for using students’ mobile devices to do so as this devices have become natural and personalized extensions of students’ “selves."