EdTech Researcher
Justin Reich is the executive director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab, a fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and the co-founder of EdTechTeacher. Beth Holland is a doctoral candidate at Johns Hopkins University and an instructor at EdTechTeacher. Douglas Kiang has over 25 years of teaching experience at all grade levels and currently teaches computer science at Punahou School. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: research.
Education
Opinion
Building Culture and Community in the First Five Days, Weeks, and Months
In the first five days, weeks, and months of the school year, educators have the opportunity to create a school and classroom culture that values students' cultural identities and empowers students as global citizens.
School & District Management
Opinion
Memory, Transfer, & Metacognition - Defining Learning
To best serve students, we need to focus definitions of learning on process instead of performance.
School & District Management
Opinion
From "EduSpeak" to a Language of Pedagogy
To better define learning, we need to stop using "EduSpeak" and return to the theoretical language of pedagogy.
Education
Opinion
Design Thinking for Reinvigorating Schools
High performing schools and successful students just don't happen, they are built by design.
Education
Opinion
To Make Summer School More Successful, Communicate With Parents
Increasing the summer opportunities available to students from low-income families is a crucial step in reducing the achievement gap, and recent research shows that engaging families during these summer programs will make them even more effective.
School & District Management
Opinion
The Power of Paradigms to Transform Education
Paradigms can serve as a catalyst for change with educational technology or become an anchor preventing the spread of new ideas.
Education
Opinion
A Multicultural Perspective on Technology in Schools
What if, instead of thinking about technology as an add-on, or instructional tool, or device to facilitate student learning, we thought of it as a driver of school culture?
Education
Opinion
Teaching 21st Century Skills Requires More Than Just Technology
To foster the 21st-century skills of communication and collaboration in students requires more than just access to Google docs.
School & District Management
Opinion
To Measure Change, We Need to Move Beyond Quantitative Research
To measure change in education, we need to move beyond only using quantitative research methods.
School & District Management
Opinion
Use Design Thinking to Mitigate Bias and Resistance to Change
To thwart resistance to change and mitigate bias, consider design thinking to provide teachers with an opportunity to learn.
School & District Management
Opinion
Projects that Learn
Every effort to improve instruction and learning in schools is an opportunity for professional development for educators and school leaders.
Education
Opinion
To Build Computational Thinking Skills - Harness the Power of Play
To create a culture of iteration and experimentation while developing broader computational thinking and technology literacy skills, students and teachers need to harness the power of play.
Education
Opinion
The Future of Education Reform - Lessons Learned at SXSWedu
To prepare students for the demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the system of education needs to undergo a revolution and at lightening speed.
School & District Management
Opinion
The Creative Learning Spiral: Starting with Your Imagination in Design Thinking
MIT's Prof. Mitch Resnick explains the central role of imagination in driving design thinking.