By Alesha Arp   The user interface is more than just the skin that allows us to interact with an educational game. It can also be a window into that game’s learning value. User interfaces (UIs) are a bit of a paradox. If they’re well-designed, they’re almost unnoticeable to many users, while poorly designed ...

  By Ryan Schaaf What will the future of education look like, and how do we get there? What and how should future generations learn? How should training and education help learners prepare for a workforce that pits their skills and expertise against equally skilled, lower-paid workers from other countries? Eventually, how will these same ...

  By Tamara Fyke   For years we have debated the role of technology in education. Given the pandemic, we are inarguably here, embracing a new reality of K-12 education. Districts have been scrambling to provide devices for their students. What was once controversial because of the concerns of machines being lost, damaged, or, even ...

  By Charles Sosnik   Do you remember how it felt to be a teenager? You yearned so much for independence as your hormones and emotions were careening throughout your body like a Bally pinball machine. You were so self-conscious, worrying about your clothes, your acne and what the other kids thought of you. And ...

  By LeiLani Cauthen   There is a certain sector of tech companies and big investment houses touting that things for schools are “not coming back to normal.”  They are right in one respect, but wrong in a much larger respect. Let’s get into the tech company mindset, which is largely made up of engineering ...

Beginning on April 2nd, the Learning Counsel’s EduJedi Leadership Society members have been gathering in virtual meetings as panelists for discussions about the national emergency and how they are all facing it. These discussions have had invaluable, rich content, a portion of which is represented here with these excerpts.  Ideas about how to run special ...

This second-in-the-series of Emergency National Virtual Discussions went deep into the weeds of online learning, explaining in great detail which apps, sites and systems our nation’s leading education leaders are using to navigate their new virtual learning realities.  Since the COVID-19 crisis began, Learning Counsel CEO LeiLani Cauthen and her team have been spending hours in conversation ...

  By Franklin Schargel The Corona virus has disrupted the lives of children and adults alike around the world. It has had a tremendous impact on the lives of children who may not understand what is happening. Children are being forced to cope with major changes in their everyday lives. The virus has added additional ...