Number of Posts: 23
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Could Steiner schools have a point on children, tablets and tech?
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 14.6.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | digitized education, school, technology-free
Summary | The Iona school in Nottingham is a more "traditional" school; pupils don’t work on tablets or computers, and in the classroom you can see the old-fashioned blackboard. The school curriculum is based on the 19th century philosopher Rudolf Steiner. Some critics say that the fact that those children don't use screens at school will be disadvantage for them later. When they leave school, they'll be part of a digital world which includes technology. They need to be prepared for that.
Image Description | Photograph of a woman and children kneading dough, man drawing on a blackboard, two boys on a tree, and two children making arts and crafts.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
No power or running water - but digital books galore
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 2.8.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | childhood, digitized education, smartphone
Summary | Inside a library in Rwanda, you can see children with e-readers, smartphones, and digital books. John Kanyambo is 12 and likes digital books; children can learn a lot of new words with them. This is what Africa looks like today; parts of it welcome digital innovations, but other parts haven't had an agricultural revolution yet.
Image Description | Photographs of two African boys using a tablet, two people walking somewhere in Africa, and portrait of an African man.
Image Tags | male(s), tablet
Is this Britain's most high-tech classroom? Behind the scenes at one UK school's 'magic' 4D room
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 12.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | digitized education, school
Summary | A UK school shows what education will look like in the future. One school room is called the 4D room where there is a projected footage on the floor, walls, and ceiling, and an interactive floor for a more immersive experience. Pupils who have been to this room has been transported back in time or have been travelling to remote places. Digital natives will consider smartphones and other digital devices as normal. Therefore, educators need to find a way to deliver lessons that can grasp pupil's attention and imagination. They will still be using traditional classroom tools.
Image Description | Photograph of children in the 4D room, photograph of the 4D room, photograph of a woman standing in front of the UK school, photograph of interactive walls in the room, video about the classroom of the future
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
Teaching Bronx Students the Language of Computers
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 22.2.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | computer programming, digitized education, diversity, game, school, youth
Summary | The Bronx is offering their local students computer programming classes - many more than average schools. The students in the Bronx are learning to code so that they can create the technology of the future rather than just consume it. A group of students presented an app they created to investors in Manhattan: it lets users post videos showing police brutality and makes an interactive map of where the incidents happened. Users can also play a game on the app in which they have to avoid ficticious police gun shots.
Image Description | Three male students of color holding a presentation.
Image Tags | male(s)
Using technology to bridge the learning gap across Africa
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 4.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | digitized education, school
Summary | Digital access in African schools is important; it has the potential to expand and improve the education of millions of African children. However, the question is how to implement digital access in schools. Several initiatives such as One Laptop Per Child have failed. There are a few programs/approaches that might work: Kio Kit, Eneza, Quick Do Book Box.
Image Description | Photograph of four African kids from behind and a school teacher.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
Closing the generation app
Newspaper | Washington Post
Date | 5.3.2016
Language | English
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | digitized education, smartphone, youth
Summary | Diane Howard is 71 and she's taking a new class: an introduction to smartphones for retired people. Christian Magnuson is 16 and he's the teacher. Older people didn't grow up with smartphones, and they would like to know how to use them. For instance, Mary Ellen Saville, 69, would like to know more about the danger zones related to smartphone use. After a 90-minute session, the Christian's students knew more about selfies, text messages, ringtones, and Siri.
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Ausprobieren statt Null-Eins-Angst
(Experimenting instead of zero-one-anxiety)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 25.8.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | computer programming, digitized education, school, threat, youth
Summary | A school in Britain is now teaching 7th grade students simple programming in order to advance computer literacy - an important cause for future generations. Some newspapers have however seen the end of the world as we know it in these news. If students are taught to think in the binary scheme of computer programming, how will they understand human emotions and complex critique? Clearly, this concern is disproportionate.
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Taking the Dread Out of Technology for Older People
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 12.3.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | digitized education, threat
Summary | Marian Goldberg is 70, and she went to a Senior Planet Exploration Center to learn more about digital technologies. Now, she can use Pinterest and Facebook, and can use emojis in her emails. In our digital age, there are more and more senior centers that help older people to be more comfortable online. If older people learn how to use new technologies, they'll feel less isolated and less depressed, and their brain will stay active. GrandPad is a digital tablet that was created for older people; for instance, it allows you to tap a photo to call someone.
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Die Integration von Syrern funktioniert - über Facebook
(The integration of Syrians works - on Facebook)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 12.10.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | digitized education, diversity, Facebook, law
Summary | The Syrian community in Germany is excellently connected on Facebook. Hundreds of thousands of people are joined in Facebook groups and share their knowledge about asylum-seeking procedures, how to get cheap train tickets, and short video classes about complicated grammatical constructions. The Syrians are pooling their knowledge of all aspects of German culture and are succeding with the integration into the society. Even video comedians explain cultural differences humoristically so that they are getting more and more German viewers. Lately, they have even helped the German police find a terrorist posing as a refugee by sharing his image in their Facebook groups.
Image Description | Screenshots of the Facebook groups.
Image Tags | Facebook, male(s)
Une application pour attirer des 'touristes linguistiques' en France
(An application to attract 'linguistic tourists' in France)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 25.1.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | digitized education
Summary | Immersion France is a new app that associates language travels with the learning of French language, culture and gastronomy. Through the app, people have access to various travel opportunities in different language centers.
Image Description | N/A
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