Trending Up
Teacherpreneurs
Decentralizing academic standards
Rethinking data in the classroom
Adaptive learning algorithms
Digital Citizenship
Focus on non-fiction, digital media
Depth of content
Experimentation with new learning models (including flipped classroom, sync learning, blended learning, etc.)
Teacher self-directed PD, webinars, streams, etc.
College as a choice
Collaborative learning
Digital Literacy
Focus on learning spaces
Design thinking
Mindfulness, meditation, downtime
Teacher as guide-on-the-side
Gamification of content
Genius hour, maker hour, collaboration time
Workflows
Cloud-based word processing
Mainstreaming + co-teaching
Platform Agnosticism
Librarian as digital media specialist
YouTube channels, Google Chromecast, AppleTV
Apps like Storehouse
1:1 tablets/devices
Project-Based Learning
Mobile-first #edtech design
The innovation of apps
Microsoft OneDrive, Google Drive
Awkward Middle Ground
Google, Microsoft, Apple, etc.
“Accountability”
Professional Learning Communities
Differentiation
Computer coding
Traditional reading lists of truly great literature
Pure creativity
Self-directed learning
Massive in-person education conferences
Colleges in general
Experiential learning
Cultural Literacy
The physical design of most school buildings and universities
Memorization of prioritized content that leads to design thinking
Debate
Pressure on systems
Gamification-as-grading-system
Tutoring
To-do lists
Cloud-based learning
One teach, one drift/prompt/observe
Moving from one OS to another (e.g., from Android to Windows Phone)
Librarian/DMS as bibliophile
Online encyclopedias
Apps like Prezi
Socioeconomic disparity
Mobile learning
Mobile assessment
Honest-to-goodness free apps
iCloud
Trending Down
Mass education publishers
Common Core standards, Race to the Top
Data Teams
Scripted curricula
Draconian district filters
Humanities
Coverage of content
“21st century learning” as a phrase or single idea
The perceived quality of teacher certification & training programs
College as the standard
MOOCs
Agricultural Literacy
The traditional classroom
“Low-level” recall of easily accessed data (facts) or skills (arithmetic)
Lessons that favor “verbally expressive” students
Pressure on teachers
Standards-based grading; pass/fail; student retention
Increased “instructional hours”
Whole class processes
Flash drives, hard drives, CDs, emailing files
Alternative schools/classrooms for special needs students
Apple-centric thinking
Librarian as no-nonsense, ruler-wielding taskmaster
Cable television, subscription-based content streaming
Apps like PowerPoint
Oversimplifying BYOD thinking
“Doing projects”
Mobilizing non-mobile content
In-app purchase gouging
Dropbox
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