EDUCAUSE | k-12 w/ higher ed implications

E07 Podcast: Tomorrow's Students: Are We Ready for the New 21st-Century Learners?

gbayne — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:33:05 -0500

In this 40 minute podcast, we feature a speech from the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference entitled "Tomorrow's Students: Are We Ready for the New 21st-Century Learners?". The presentation is by Julie Evans, Chief Executive Office for Project Tomorrow - NetDay. Video and slides for this speech are also available here.

Abstract:

The national Speak Up initiative annually collects and reports on the authentic, unfiltered viewpoints of K–12 students, teachers, parents, and school leaders about education technology and 21st-century learning environments. Learn about the expectations of today's K–12 students (the higher ed students of tomorrow) for technology use and their new aspirations for learning as uncovered in the most recent survey data.

Podcast: Information Literacy in the Digital Age

gbayne — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:40:46 -0500

In this hour-long podcast, we feature a panel discussion from the 2007 Seminars On Academic Computing entitled, "Information Literacy in the Digitial Age". Panelists in this discussion include:

Irvin R. Katz, Senior Research Scientist for the Educational Testing Service
George Lorenzo, President and CEO of Lorenzo Associates, Inc.
Moses Wolfenstein, Graduate Student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Session convener: Charles D. Dziuban, Director of the Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness at the University of Central Florida

This session will be an examination of information literacy preparation for higher education via the K–12 setting, and close with a presentation on the iSkills Assessment (the former ICT Literacy Assessment) tool.

This podcast was edited with assistance from Kelly Walker.

ELI2007 Podcast: K-12 Students Speak Up

Carie417 — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:18:28 -0600

In this one-hour recording from the 2007 EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting, we'll hear from Julie Evans in a session entitled K-12 Students Speak Up About Technology: Are We Listening? Evans will share results from the 2006 NetDay SpeakUp online survey, which asks K-12 students about their use of technology and their expectations for technology in the classroom and in their social lives.