Assessment Over Evaluation in Helping New Initiatives Thrive was originally posted on his EdTechResearcher blog on EdWeek. Separating assessment from evaluation is one way that schools and educators can start having healthier conversations about change and improvement. In a recent conversation with my colleague Peter Senge about the differences between assessment and evaluation, he had […]
#ETTchat: Evaluating New Technology Initiatives in Schools – an interview with Justin Reich & James Daley
This fall, as part of our #ETTchat series, Communications Editor James Daley will be chatting with our EdTechTeacher instructors about some of their favorite tools, apps, and strategies for the classroom. In this post, he chats with co-founder Justin Reich about the question Is All This Innovation Working? In his role as co-founder of EdTechTeacher, Justin Reich has spent […]
Interview with our Co-Founders, Tom Daccord & Justin Reich
This Q&A With Tom Daccord and Justin Reich originally appeared on Learning Science International, publisher of their book iPads in the Classroom: From Consumption and Curation to Creation. LSI: What’s the backstory on how this book came into focus? How did you become interested in the topic of using technology in classrooms? TD: In 1999, I was a high […]
Four Pillars of Great Teaching – From Justin Reich
This post first appeared on Justin’s Education Week blog, EdTech Researcher. As part of my work with the new MIT Teaching Systems Lab and our partners, the Woodrow Wilson Academy for Teaching and Learning, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it takes to prepare a teacher candidate for their first year teaching. The list […]
Why Is Measuring Learning So Difficult? A Video Conversation with iPad Summit Keynoter, Justin Reich
Check out this new video from EDUCAUSE with four experts, including EdTechTeacher co-founder and iPad Summit Boston Keynote Speaker, Justin Reich addressing the question, “Why is measuring learning difficult?” On his blog, EdTechResearcher, Justin says this video has “some good reflections on learning analytics, data, MOOCs, testing, pyschometrics, and more with a nice balance of humility and […]
EdTechX: A MOOC about Integrating Education Technology from Justin Reich
This post originally appeared on Justin’s EdWeek blog, EdTech Researcher. Last week MIT kicked off a free new massive open online course called 11.133: Implementation and Evaluation of Education Technology. The course is designed to help educators think about how to integrate emerging technologies into schools and classrooms and how to evaluate those efforts. I help […]
How to Transform Teaching with Tablets – From Tom Daccord & Justin Reich
This article was first published in the May Edition of Educational Leadership from ASCD. Getting computing devices into schools is relatively easy; changing classroom practice with technology is really, really hard. Over the past century, radio, television, video cassette recorders, desktop computers, laptop computers, handheld devices, tablets, and cell phones have all been heralded as potentially […]
Techniques for Unleashing Student Work from Learning Management Systems – from Justin Reich
This post first appeared on MindShift. Helping students become networked learners begins by thinking carefully about where we conduct our online learning. Most online learning in higher education and in K-12 takes place in Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Canvas, Moodle or Blackboard. In higher education in particular, these LMS are designed to scale […]
Will Computers Ever Replace Teachers? – From Justin Reich
This post first appeared on The New Yorker Elements Blog. In the 40 years since computers and software first started assisting students, how much has changed? How much has stayed the same? In this article, EdTechTeacher Co-Founder, Justin Reich, offers a brief history of computer supported instruction and reflects on what has yet to come. […]
iPad As Trojan Mouse – From Justin on EdTechResearcher
EdTechTeacher Co-Founder, Justin Reich, writes regularly at EdTechResearcher. This post first appeared yesterday on his Education Week blog. EdTechTeacher’s iPad Summit begins today. For three days people from around the world will come together to play, explore, share, and discuss how iPads might play a role in creating richer learning environments for young people. If the event […]