So what is it about digital learning that kids really want? Good question. Project Tomorrow CEO Julie Evans recently reported on data from the 2010 and 2011 education of the Speak Up Survey with a specific focus on digital learning. This data indicates kids want social-based learning, tools for untethered learning, and a digitally rich learning environment. Exactly what we are currently providing them. (That was a joke if you couldn't tell.) As Strother Martin, prison camp captain in Cool Hand Luke said, "What we got here is a failure to communicate." Well, actually, the kids are communicating; we're just not listening. And we wonder why they aren't listening to us?
You can read the piece from THE Journal below. The article contains a link to the Speak Up Survey as well.
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