Marie Bjerede
Marie Bjerede is a writer, speaker, and champion for education reform. She believes people acting as independent agents can collaborate to get more done and live happier lives. She's seen, first-hand, how technology co-evolves with that model. She thinks a lot about how students, citizens, and employees can take ownership of their work and create force multipliers for productivity, creativity, and happiness. Marie has spent a quarter century in the wireless communication industry working in many roles -- from embedded software coder to leadership geek to education advocate. From this front-row seat to the wireless revolution, she's seen mobile broadband bring the transformative potential of the Internet to industries and communities. But she's also watched as schools have been left behind. With her wireless communication background, she's now challenging technical, economic, social, and systemic obstacles.
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DIY learning: Schoolers, Edupunks, and Makers challenge education as we know it
May 15 2012
Schoolers, Edupunks and Makers are showing us what's possible when learners, not institutions, own the education that will define their lives. read moreThe dilemma of authentic learning: Do you destroy what you measure?
March 07 2012
Making and education clearly go hand in hand, but how do we quantify and share the results of authentic learning without losing its essence? That's the issue educators are currently facing. read moreHelping educators find the right stuff
November 15 2011
There are countless repositories of high-quality content available to teachers, but it is still nearly impossible to find content to use with a particular lesson plan for a particular grade aligned to particular standards. That's where the Department of Education's new Learning Registry comes in. read moreThree game characteristics that can be applied to education
November 07 2011
Cloud technologies and thoughtful roadmapping of digital technology can ensure that authenticity, social interaction, and play remain central components of education. read moreThree game characteristics that can be applied to education
November 07 2011
Cloud technologies and thoughtful roadmapping of digital technology can ensure that authenticity, social interaction, and play remain central components of education. read moreWorld of Warcraft and Minecraft: Models for our educational system?
November 04 2011
Massively multiplayer games like World of Warcraft can teach communication and the higher-order skills needed to achieve collective goals. Simple, rule-based games, such as Minecraft, showcase the value of preservation and exploration. read moreTinkering with technology education
June 06 2011
The maker movement offers an appealing invitation to technology for a broad audience that includes both women and men, seniors and children, technologists and artists. read moreMaking cell phones useful for school
February 24 2011
A variation on the monitoring technology that allows educators to safely use computers in the classroom is also available for cell phones. But there's a hitch: phone manufacturers and chip suppliers will need to create phones that are kid-safe and school-ready. read moreCan standardization and innovation coexist in education?
December 21 2010
The goal of an educational platform is to standardize at a level that encourages broad adoption of technologies while also allowing new innovations to flourish. Choosing the wrong level can undermine your best intentions. read moreSeptember 28 2010
Parents want to understand their kids' achievements beyond letters on a report card. If a wealth of multi-dimensional assessments were only a click away, how many families would use them and in so doing help make them better? read moreTeachers become senseis while tech handles drills
August 05 2010
San Diego's High Tech High has found success with ALEKS, a software package that uses simple feedback to reinforce fundamental math skills. This example hints at a revised teacher-tech relationship, where the technology handles drills while teachers coach and offer guidance. Toss in additions like mobile access and 24/7 connectivity,… read moreJune 08 2010
The National EdTech Plan aspires to bring together the best of what we know of teaching and learning with the very best technology has to offer in 2010, yet we can be certain that technology will offer even more in 2012, 2015, and 2020. read moreEducational technology needs to grow like a weed
May 18 2010
Iterative development and feedback loops have lifted the software world. Now it's time for educational technology and reform to benefit from the same techniques. read moreiPad 3G and the vacancy of the connected textbook
May 04 2010
The iPad 3G takes a small step toward fulfilling the promise of connected textbooks, but there's a lot more work to do. read moreApril 27 2010
With new technologies constantly coming on-line, and with states like California, Texas, and Oregon allowing digital curriculum to replace printed curriculum, the question arises: what will textbooks look like in the coming years? Here's a few clues. read moreMarch 04 2010
Guest blogger Marie Bjerede examines field projects that are studying the educational use of cell phones. In one limited example, 50 percent of students doing lessons by cell phone had higher math proficiency than classmates who learned the same material from the same teacher. read moreRecent Posts | All O'Reilly Posts
