EDUCAUSE article by GYLO & Abilene Christian Univ.

Our company's research with Abilene Christian University is featured in EDUCAUSE Quarterly: http://bit.ly/f38NOQ

We specifically discuss digital textbooks and what must be done in terms of software before digital textbooks become preferred over their paper-based predecessors.

You can read more about GYLO's research on our site: www.GYLO.com

What are your thoughts and opinions about the adoption of digital textbooks?

Dr. Michael Mayrath

National Educational Technology Plan - revised & re-released

The U.S. National Educational Technology Plan was recently updated. The plan outlines an agenda for progressing towards an eco-system of devices and systems that integrate pedagogy & technology in K-12 schools. The Plan puts forth five goals focused on learning powered by technology: Learning, Assessment, Teaching, Infrastructure, and Productivity. The Obama Administration and Secretary Duncan have charted an ambitious vision put together by experts including my old boss, Dr. Chris Dede at Harvard University.

If you are interested in improving learning through technology, then you should read the Executive Summary of this report. It will give you a top level view of the various complexities associated with integrating technology into the classroom at scale.

If you have read this report, do you agree with it?

What are the challenges associated with implementing the ideas stated in the report?


Dr. Mayrath

GetYa Learn On - Innovating mobile learning

Technology is finally beginning to truly revolutionize education leaving significant opportunities to apply proven pedagogical methods to emerging technologies. I'm excited to be leading GetYa Learn On (GYLO), an educational software company based in Austin, Texas. We have 18 apps in the iTunes App Store and 8 apps in the Android Marketplace.

GetYa Learn On's Mobile Learning Platform

GYLO's existing core technology is the Mobile Learning Platform™ which is used to publish GYLO’s own apps, such as “Statistics I”. GYLO has multiple apps selling in the Apple and Android app stores, and GYLO continues to build new
E-Textbooks in collaboration with faculty around the country. The Mobile Learning Platform™ is also licensed to clients needing to quickly convert their content into mobile learning apps.
www.AndroidEducationApps.com
www.IntroductoryStatisticsApp.com
www.IntroStatsApp.com
www.iPadIntroStats.com
www.LearnStatsiPad.com


Professional Service - Mobile Learning App Developmentt

GYLO also builds app for iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad) and Android platforms.
www.AustinAppDevelopment.com

Video Review of Statistics I app by GetYa Learn On

Check out this video showing a Stats app for the iPhone: http://dailyappshow.com/statistics

Drs. Chris Dede, Paul Resta, & Me

I'm lucky to work with these guys.


This was from last year's AERA conference in San Diego.

Pics from the Virtual Performance Assessment project

The VPA project is going great. We've been piloting testing at Watertown Middle School here in Boston. Making a game/assessment of scientific inquiry is challenging; however, we're using the latest technologies and theories. Jody Clakre-Midura and I are working with rockstars like Chris Dede, Bob Mislevy, and Cathy Kennedy. The pics show the virtual environment where students solve the problem and the concept map is an Flash-based drag and drop system.

Finally finished the Ph.D. Now, on to Harvard!

I'm currently working under Chris Dede at Harvard University on the Virtual Performance Assessment project. You can read up on our project as http://virtualassessment.org/

More soon...