Ed Chair Talk

Ed Chair Talk


Betting on 1:1 Odds: Will one tablet solve our education headaches?

February 19, 2014

Join us Wednesday, February 19th at 11:00am PT/2:00 PM ET at The Table for a lively and uncensored discussion on the topic Betting on 1:1 Odds: Will one tablet solve our education headaches?

Guests at The Table:

Elliot Soloway - Professor, Dept. of EECS, College of Engineering, Univ. of Michigan
Eileen M. Lento, PhD - WW Director of Strategy and Marketing, Intel Education
David Engle - Superintendent, Port Townsend Public School District

Increasingly, districts are looking to 1:1 devices as a critical component of personalized learning and addressing mediocre student performance. Michael Jay and our guests will chew on hard questions like, is one-to-one the right model? Will implementation of tablets alone positively impact learning without accompanying changes in teaching practices and learner expectations? There are many different devices that can useful in supporting learning. Why is one the magic number?

Listen, learn, and laugh with Ed Table Talk! Stay up-to-date on upcoming conferences, industry issues, and education news. Each show our guests make a special donation to an educator’s project of their choice on the Donor’s Choose website! 2014 features exciting segments as well as listener favorites like “You Can’t Handle the Truth!†where listener’s vote on which of the three rumors is actually true!