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New report from the EU on Games in Schools
A new research report – How are Digital Games Used in Schools has just been released by a group called European Schoolnet, a consortium of 31 ministries of education in Europe. This study was sponsored by the Interactive Software Federation … Continue reading
Posted in blogs, education reform, games
Tagged digital games, educational games, games, learning, research, video games
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Two new white papers on games in education
Two white papers were released last month from The Education Arcade at MIT. Both are about video and computer games for learning, but look at this issue from slightly different angles. Moving Learning Games Forward looks at games, learning and … Continue reading
Research supporting service-learning
Yesterday I blogged about a crisis (or opportunity) for service-learning in schools. This is based on a new report Community Service and Service-Learning in America’s Schools by the Corporation for National & Community Service. In a nutshell, the report confirms … Continue reading
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Tagged community, curriculum, evidence, impact, learning, research, service, youth
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A crisis (or opportunity) for service-learning in schools
A recently released report “Community Service and Service-Learning in America’s Schools” by the Corporation for National & Community Service, analyzes trends in service-learning for youth. The numbers are interesting – the percentage of K-12 schools who say they “recognize” or … Continue reading
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Tagged community, community service, development, learning, report, research, service learning, youth
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Students, Teachers, Parents and Administrators Speak Up!
Announcing Speak Up 2008: Oct 27 – Dec 18, 2008 Since inception, Speak Up, the national online research project facilitated by Project Tomorrow, has collected the viewpoints of over 1.2 million students, educators and parents on key educational issues and … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st century, data, education, literacy, opinion, policy, Project Tomorrow, research, Speak Up, student, survey, technology
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What research says about project-based learning
ASCD’s always excellent magazine Educational Leadership, hits another home run with this month’s issue (Feb 2008). The overarching theme, Teaching Students to Think is supported by a dozen articles from a wide range of perspectives – teaching, classroom practice, assessment, … Continue reading
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Tagged educational technology, project-based learning, research
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