Using Tablets infographic

Top Trends of 2014

Wearable Technology: 2014 Top Trends, Stats, and Predictions from Haiku Deck

RAT: The new SAMR model

R :: replacement | redundant | retrograde

A :: augmented | average | acceptable

T :: transformed | terrific | tremendous

SAMR is almost impossible to pronounce, in English anyway, and while it's simpler than most, it can be simpler, without, I believe, losing anything that is crucial. I don't need to wrestle with the distinction between Augmentation and Modification, seriously—is it that important? What I do see on a really bad day, is tech that is not just replacement, but worse; allow me to reiterate, people using computers in ways that are actually WORSE than not using tech at all—like the person who insists on printing out name labels for each kid, I mean, really? Just get a pen and a write the name on a sticker. I'll tell you what level of integration that is— Retrograde.

Technology as Transformation

The Technology as Transformation Category involves technology use that transforms the instructional method, the students' learning processes, and/or the actual subject matter.

1. The actual mental work is changed or expanded 
2. The number of variables involved in the mental processes are expanded
3. The tool changes the organisation in which it had been used 
4. New players become involved with the tool's use (or expanded use of the tool). 
5. New opportunities for different forms and types of learning through problem solving, unavailable in traditional approaches, are developed.

... it [transformative use of ICTs] improves the process of bringing thought into communicable expressions in such significant ways that, once the tool is understood and used regularly, the user feels wanting if it is not available because it has opened up new possibilities of thought and action without which one comes to feel at a disadvantage. It's become an indispensable instrument of mentality, and not merely a tool. (Pea, 1985, p 175)

Many of the innovations, particularly those that provide online content and learning materials, use basic pedagogy – most often in the form of introducing concepts by video instruction and following up with a series of progression exercises and tests. Other digital innovations are simply tools that allow teachers to do the same age-old practices but in a digital format. Examples include blog entries instead of written journals and worksheets in online form. While these innovations may be an incremental improvement such that there is less cost, minor classroom efficiency and general modernisation, they do not, by themselves, change the pedagogical practice of the teachers or the schools. (Fullan M & Donnelly K, 2013, p25)

From: Digital literacy blog

30 Trends in Education for 2015

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

from teachthought