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Next Horizon Forum roundtable: Education and the Technological Singularity

1/13/2010

An invitation to the next Horizon Forum meeting at the University of Minnesota: Education and the Technological Singularity January 27, 2010 11:30am – 1:30pm 250 Wulling Hall (U of M East Bank) At the next Horizon Forum, you are invited to join the discussion, moderated by Arthur Harkins and John Moravec, with special guests, as [...]


Owatonna’s model for the 21st century

4/25/2008

At yesterday’s Horizon Forum meeting at the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Steve O’Conner, Director of Instructional Services for Owatonna Public Schools, presented an overview of an initiative in a classroom in Washington Elementary School where a fifth grade classroom has gone mostly paperless. Desks are replaced with [...]


Fifth grade for the 21st century

4/10/2008

You are invited to join us for the final Horizon Forum meeting for this school year! Fifth Grade for the 21st Century Hosted by Dr. Tom Tapper, Superintendent, Owatonna Public Schools Thursday, April 24 11:15am – 1:00pm Conference Room 325, Education Sciences Building (University of Minnesota East Bank) Dr. Tom Tapper (Superintendent, Owatonna Public Schools), [...]


Slides and a picture from Friday’s Horizon Forum meeting

2/26/2008

A full report from last Friday’s Horizon Forum meeting (see announcement) will be posted at Education Futures by Jeffrey Schulz soon. In the meantime, here’s the slides from North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) vice president Allison Powell: And, a picture from the event:


Online Education: Innovation or Illusion?

2/6/2008

Education Futures readers in Minnesota are invited to join us for the next Horizon Forum meeting! Online Education: Innovation or Illusion? Facilitated by Jeffrey Schulz Friday, February 22 11:00am – 1:00pm Arthur Upson Room, Walter Library (University of Minnesota East Bank) As online education continues to explode at all school levels, many questions arise. Is [...]


Horizon Forum on October 3

9/18/2007

The Preparation to Practice Group is pleased to announce that the first Horizon Forum meeting of this year will be held on October 3 from 8:30 – 11:00am in the historic Upson Room at the Walter Library on the University of Minnesota East Bank campus. Two visiting speakers from the Faculty of Latin American Social [...]


Legalizing “cheating”

4/27/2007

Some troubling news has appeared in media over the past 24 hours. Many news sites and blogs have been citing an Associated Press article that claims that teachers and administrators are dismayed by students’ use of mobile devices to cheat in the classroom. The question is, why not “cheat?” If students will use similar or [...]


Technologies and education in Latin America

3/2/2007

At Monday’s Horizon Forum meeting, Dr. Ursula Zurita (FLACSO Mexico) presented her research on social participation and educating for social participation in Distrito Federal and her plans for further investigation nationwide in Mexico. Dr. Cristobal Cobo (FLACSO Mexico) followed-up with a presentation and discussion on technologies and education in Latin America. Dr. Arthur Harkins, Garth [...]


Horizon Forum on technologies and education in Latin America

1/31/2007

Join us for the next Horizon Forum meeting! Technologies and education in Latin America: Changes in the infrastructure and not in the teaching methods Monday, February 26, 12-3 p.m. Room 319, Coffman Memorial Union University of Minnesota, East Bank Campus 300 Washington Avenue, S.E. Minneapolis Cristobal Cobo, Ph.D., is a specialist in information technologies, faculty [...]


December 12 Horizon Forum recap

12/13/2006

At yesterday’s Horizon Forum meeting, Chris Dede delivered a presentation via Skype on using multiple-user virtual environments in educational contexts. These environments, he argues, allows students to co-design and co-instruct their own educational experiences, allowing for guided social constructivism and learning that goes beyond what traditional schools try to accomplish through test-based assessments. Scott McLeod [...]


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Technologies and education in Latin America

At Monday’s Horizon Forum meeting, Dr. Ursula Zurita (FLACSO Mexico) presented her research on social participation and educating for social participation in Distrito Federal and her plans for further investigation nationwide in Mexico. Dr. Cristobal Cobo (FLACSO Mexico) followed-up with a presentation and discussion on technologies and education in Latin America. Dr. Arthur Harkins, Garth [...]


Horizon Forum on technologies and education in Latin America

Join us for the next Horizon Forum meeting! Technologies and education in Latin America: Changes in the infrastructure and not in the teaching methods Monday, February 26, 12-3 p.m. Room 319, Coffman Memorial Union University of Minnesota, East Bank Campus 300 Washington Avenue, S.E. Minneapolis Cristobal Cobo, Ph.D., is a specialist in information technologies, faculty [...]


Mind the gap: The world in 2006

Google hosts a “Gapminder” tool that uses Flash technology to turn otherwise tedious or boring data into readable, interactive animations. Gapminder is a foundation based in Stockholm, Sweden. Funding has been mainly by grants from Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida, and the data presented are gathered in collaboration with the United Nations Statistic Division. [...]


Horizon Forum on educational technology

Join us for the next Horizon Forum meeting! Tuesday, December 12, 12-3 p.m. Room 303, Coffman Memorial Union University of Minnesota, East Bank Campus 300 Washington Avenue, S.E. Minneapolis Dr. Scott McLeod, Director of the University Council for Educational Administration Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), will discuss the skills [...]


Report on the second Horizon Forum

Last Friday, 26 leaders from Minnesota’s PreK-17 spectrum gathered for the second meeting of the Horizon Forum. Dr. Tom Tapper, superintendent of Owatonna Public Schools, presented a compelling argument that public education is nearing obsolescence. He states: Today, the system of public education has a choice: it either leads change, or is led by it. [...]


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