Resources

  • The Way Things Are, The Way Things Should Be-The Schlechty Center is a private, non-profit corporation that helps public schools refocus their district on the quality of work provided to students. The Center asked FableVision to created an animated feature, to reside on its home page, that would provide users with a more engaging and interactive entree into Schlechty’s philosophy and goals.
  • New Tech Network: Powerful Results – 2008-2009 findings regarding the New Tech High model as it is adopted by individual schools around the country
  • 2020 Forecast: Creating the Future of Education – a tool for thinking about, preparing for, and shaping the future. The key forces of change that will shape the landscape of learning over the next decade are outlined in graphic form.
  • 2006-2016 Map of Future Forces Affecting Education – a graphic tool from KnowledgeWorks Foundation exploring the forces affecting education in the near future
  • Transforming American Education Technology – an executive summary of President Obama’s 2010 proposal for American education
  • California Learning Communities Consortium – a collaborative project of California colleges committed to improving the quality of student education through collaborative learning
  • Smaller Learning Communities Program – information and support from the US Department of Education to local educational agencies (LEAs) for the implementation of SLCs and activities to improve student academic achievement in large public high schools with enrollments of 1,000 or more students.
  • What is Collaborative Learning – an abbreviated research overview of the approaches currently in use around the country to promote student involvement in their own education, cooperation and teamwork, and civic responsibility while encouraging mastery of content and ideas
  • “How Do [They] Even Do That?” Myths & Facts about the impact of technology on the lives of American teens – using data from surveys and focus groups from the Pew Internet American Life Project, this talk explores nine commonly held assumptions about how teens and young adults use technology. A look at why it is important that we understand these trends, even if we’re not young adults or parents of them ourselves.
  • The State of Education – informative and amusing poster illustrating various education statistics for the US at a glance and in comparison to other world regions.