How to teach history (and lots more) with Minecraft
Randy Fujimoto has a mission statement on his website: “A quest to transform education through game-based learning.” That’s a big idea, to be sure, but we think he might have a chance to succeed, especially with his new model for teaching history using, of all things, Minecraft, the new indie gaming sensation that has players exploring, mining and creating in an open, sandbox world.
The new project shows the unintentional, creative consequences that result when … Continue Reading
ImagineK12 hatches its first class of education tech startups
Last week the first cohort of the ImagineK12 incubator demoed at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference with high hopes and soaring self-predictive expectations to transform, disrupt and revolutionize K-12 education with the help of internet and mobile technology.
It’s quite a goal! But whereas innovative technology has shown its ability to disrupt the publishing, music and newspaper industries, it’s probably useful to first consider where technology is capable of accomplishing revolution in the K-12 classroom.
Technology … Continue Reading
The case against Khan Academy and for 3.5 million Sal Khans instead
Many in the school reform camp and their supporters in the Silicon Valley and Foundation crowds are crying out for education “disruption”, a word being tossed around very casually these days. Because it works in business, they understandably believe that new technology will be the vehicle and keystroke data will map the way. First off their lips as an example of what it might look like is the Bill Gates championed and very commendable Khan … Continue Reading
Educator marketplace TeachersPayTeachers pays out over $1M for lesson plans
Online marketplace TeachersPayTeachers offers a fairly direct proposal for educators: You can get paid for your lesson plans and other teaching materials.
And it seems many teachers are biting — the company paid out over $1 million to educators in 2010, more than sales in its first four years combined, founder Paul Edelman told VentureBeat.
The site allows educators to buy or sell teaching materials across all grade levels. Not only is it a great … Continue Reading
How to keep your business acumen alive for the ages
(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This column originally appeared on his blog.)
If you’ve had a great career what happens to all your knowledge and experience when you retire?
My wife and I had dinner recently with a friend of hers from high school and Tom, her husband – whom I had never met before. I took one look at his suit and … Continue Reading
Udemy launches complete education toolkit for the Internet
(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This column originally appeared on his blog.)
If you’ve had a great career what happens to all your knowledge and experience when you retire?
My wife and I had dinner recently with a friend of hers from high school and Tom, her husband – whom I had never met before. I took one look at his suit and … Continue Reading
