As I continue my world tour, my visit to the University of Johannesburg (UJ) sheds new light on the story of the schools in the eastern cape. My host, Jacqueline Batchelor from the education faculty, is dedicated to transformating hundreds … Continue reading
I have now traveled more than 4,000 miles from Rio de Janiero to my next HP Catalyst Initiative site, the University of Fort Hare – the alma mater of Nelson Mandela. Phumezo Kwinana, from the Department of Science and Agriculture, … Continue reading
“Living and Learning with Mobile Devices: What Parents Think about Mobile Devices for Early Childhood and K-12 Learning” released on May 2, focuses on parent perceptions about using mobile devices for classroom learning. The study, released by Grunwald Associates, LLC, … Continue reading
Thiago Nascimento, my host from the Center for Digital Inclusion, and Antonio, the project manager for the Asvi Inpar CDI center that we are visiting, take a very long taxi ride to the back side of the dramatic hills that … Continue reading
Next stop on my world tour of HP Catalyst Initiative projects is just 300 miles from São Paulo in Rio de Janeiro. Here Rodrigo Baggio, founder of the Center for Digital Inclusion (CDI), is working every day to leverage the … Continue reading
Raise the E-Rate’s annual cap to ensure that schools and libraries are able to provide a technological infrastructure sufficient to preparing all students for college and careers. Continue reading
Leaders from more than 50 other innovative STEMx education projects from around the world supported by grants from the HP Catalyst Initiative, met recently in São Paulo, Brazil, in April to plan how they can share their work with ed-tech leaders around the world. Continue reading
This week ISTE and the New Media Consortium (NMC) announced a global collaboration—the HP Catalyst Academy—designed to accelerate STEMx education, transform teaching practices and continue to close the global skills gap. The HP Catalyst Academy extends the work of the … Continue reading
Today, Congressman George Miller (D-CA), the senior Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee introduced the Transforming Education through Technology Act. The introduction of this legislation is an important milestone in digital learning policy. With no dedicated federal … Continue reading
Are you “Speaking Up” about ed tech this year? If not, you are missing a unique opportunity to have your views—as well as the views of your colleagues, students, and their parents—included in the increasingly important U.S. national and state discussions on digital learning policies, programs, and funding. Continue reading