Digital natives are described as “born after 1980, when social digital technologies came online. Major aspects of their lives are mediated by digital technologies and they’ve never known another way of life.” ...

MIT’s Mitch Resnick speaks to the TED audience about the advantages of teaching kids to code, proposing that we use SCRATCH, a program created for children as young as 8 years old. Resnick argues that as students become fluent with new technologies, they will be able to express themselves using those technologies, moving them from passive consumers of technology to creators and critical thinkers. As student ...

Simulations support students’ development of critical thinking skills, and can play a part in K-12 education as successfully as it has in post-secondary institutes. ...

“Connect 2013 – Canada’s Learning and Technology Conference” is the first national conference of its’ kind here in Canada. It will provide Canadian Educators, Administrators, Technology Specialists, and Industry Leaders a chance to gather together in order to discuss 21st century education, and strategies for its’ implementation in the Canadian educational landscape. ...

Educators are bravely implementing BYOD, and doing their best to make it work. These are educators aware of the numerous challenges that may come with a BYOD policy, but due to the benefits of 1:1 computing, have come up with both simple and innovative ways to address these challenges. ...