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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: research.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
Playing Games in Teacher Education: How Do Preservice Teachers Respond to Game-Based Learning.
Undergraduates at West Virginia University take on the role of school designers to better understand fundamental ideas in education and school design.
Education
Opinion
From Pockets of Innovation to Systems of Inspired Learning
To move beyond pockets of innovation requires a shared language of pedagogy and a community dedicated to improvement.
School & District Management
Opinion
Five Answers About EdTech Experiments: A Response to Benjamin Herold
An argument for why it is a good thing when education technology providers test new ideas with small randomized controlled trials.
Education
Opinion
Pockets of Innovation - The Quest for Inspired Learning
Though most examples of innovation highlight big projects or new courses, inspired learning may occur in more subtle, nuanced ways.
Education
Opinion
From Educational Innovation to Inspired Learning
Whether defined as "innovation" or "inspired learning," the resulting experience encourages students to own their identities as learners.
Education
Opinion
How to Assess What We Value
The way we assess our students signals to them what we value. If we say that we value risk-taking and innovation, but exclusively use traditional forms of grading that deduct points for less than perfect work, then our grading belies our words.
Education
Opinion
To Change the Narrative Around Education, We Need More Voices
To shift the narrative about the state of education, we need to bring more voices into the conversation.
Education
Opinion
Youth in Front: Urgent Advice about Youth Activism for Students and Teachers
An online resource collecting questions from students and educators, and providing answers from experienced youth allies and activists.
Education
Opinion
Connecting the Dots between Education Research and Classroom Teachers
To meet the needs of their students, teachers need access to reliable, relevant resources. The medical field may have the solution.
Education
Opinion
A Profile for Success: Envisioning the Graduate of the Future
A graduate profile based on a well-developed mission and vision, with input from stakeholders, and that guides actions in every class, can be transformative in schools.
Education
Opinion
Is Technology the "Elephant in the Room"?
The "elephant in the room" has everything to do with technology but is not really about technology at all.
School & District Management
Opinion
The Quest for Creativity in Schools
If creativity is viewed as a system of change, then we might start to envision an entirely new model for school.
Education
Opinion
MakeCode for Minecraft: Learn Coding with Blocks
MakeCode is a new block-based coding environment that gives students superpowers in the Minecraft world to learn coding.
School & District Management
Opinion
EdTech and Equity: An Interview by Henry Jenkins
Excerpts from an interview of Justin Reich by Prof. Henry Jenkins in the USC Communications Department, about the new report From Good Intentions to Real Outcomes: Equity by Design in Learning Technologies