IAE Newsletter

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The free IAE Newsletter is specifically oriented toward educators, parents, and others who are seriously interested in improving the world’s education systems.

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Back Issues

All back issues are available free. Here is a list of back issues with very short descriptions of content.

• Issue # 36 has not yet been published.

• Issue 35 February 2010. Issues 35 and 36 are a 2-part discussion of capabilities and limitations of human memory and computer memory.

• Issue 34 January 2010. This issue of the newsletter explores the topic of creativity by artificially intelligent computer systems. Keep in mind the idea that human intelligence and creativity may well be quite a bit different than computer intelligence and creativity—but both are of value to us.

• Issue 33 January 2010. This issue of the Information Age Newsletter explores biological creativity.

• Issue 32, December 2009. This issue focuses on the capabilities and limitations of working memory, a central brain system.

• Issue 31, December 2009. Changes in nature, nurture, and tools that help us get better at representing and solving cognitively challenging problems.

• Issue 30, November 2009. Dealing with information overload by use of newsletters that give very brief summaries of articles of potential interest to you.

• Issue 29, November 2009. Improving Education: A Political Agenda.

• Issue 28, October 2009. Our educational system can be improved by placing greater emphasis on preparing students for the future.

• Issue 27, October 2009. A new proposed set of national standards in Language Arts and Math.

• Issue 26, September 2009. Key ideas from the 2008 book: Christensen, Horn, and Johnson "Disrupting class: How disruptive innovation will change the way the world learns." The book explores how Distance Education is changing our schools.

• Issue 25, September 2009. Distance education and distance learning: a vision of the future of education.
• Issue 24, August 2009. Student and adult desires for instant gratification and extrinsic motivation are significant roadblocks to improving education.
• Issue 23, August 2009. Being "Proficient" with 50 Percent Correct Answers. Math competence and math maturity.
• Issue 22, July 2009. Some major flaws with detailed standards, rules, regulations, and so on.
• Issue 21, July 2009. Education for now and the future.
• Issue 20, June 2009. Cognitive development and IQ.
• Issue 19, June 2009. Joseph Renzulli, a world-class leader in TAG education.
• Issue 18, May 2009. Information and Communication Technology can be and should be a significant "player" in Talented and Gifted education.
• Issue 17, May 2009. Glinda's Great Book of Records (from L. Frank Baum's "Oz" series of book), and Vannevar Bush's "Memex" were visionary predecessors of the Web.

• Issue 16, April 2009. Learning on your own. "They know enough who know how to learn."

• Issue 15, April 2009. Discussion about US Education Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recent statement: “I fundamentally believe that our school day is too short, our school week is too short, and our school year is too short.”

• Issue 14, March 2009. Lifelong learning, learning for one's possible futures, and helping student learn for their possible futures.

• Issue 13, March, 2009. Joe the Plumber (the "common man") and the idea of Computational Thinking literacy for all. People are gaining a great deal of Computational Thinking literacy through our informal—learn by doing educational system.

• Issue 12, February, 2009. Computer literacy, computational thinking, and David Perkin's idea of "person-plus."

• Issue 11, February, 2009. Gaining expertise in reading, writing, arithmetic and in other areas.

• Issue 10, January, 2009. Douglas Engelbart, a computer in education pioneer and inventor of the mouse.

• Issue 9, January, 2009. Alan Kay, a computer in education pioneer.

• Issue 8, December, 2008. Levels of depth of ICT educational uses.

• Issue 7, December, 2008. Crowdsourcing and memes.

• Issue 6, November, 2008. Criticisms of our educational system. Ways to improve education.

• Issue 5, November, 2008. Past and current criticisms of our educational system. Authentic content and assessment.

• Issue 4, October 2008. Information, the Information Age, and the growing totality of information.

• Issue 3, October 2008. Past, present, and future uses of computers in education.

• Issue 2, September 2008. The future. Good lesson plans. Compelling ICT educational applications.

• Issue 1, August 2008. What is the Information Age? Two brains are better one. Becoming more responsible for your own education.