Digital+Participation

Education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) is key to social innovation and economic opportunity. This is true for students who become STEM professionals, and for all students who graduate in the 21st century. But literacy in STEM subjects is lagging, and skilled STEM students are in short supply. HP launched the Catalyst Initiative to get to the root causes of the challenge, and to explore the future of STEM education.
 * I****nnovating approaches to STEM education[[image:subjects.gif width="175" height="140"]]**

Transforming teaching and rethinking learning

=== Pedagogy 3.0 === ===The Pedagogy 3.0 consortium examines the future of STEM teacher training, including how to prepare teachers to fa === It's not enough for a teacher to be an expert in math or science. Instructors need to offer project-based experiences that help students understand how technical disciplines can be applied in creative ways to solve real social challenges. The long-term goals of this group are to prepare and retain more STEM teachers, enhance the STEM expertise of teachers and faculty, and improve student success in pursuing STEM degrees. This consortium is be led by Futurelab (UK).
 * HP Catalyst Initiative**

[|archive website.] Futurelab is an independent not-for-profit organisation (registered charity number 1113051) committed to developing creative and innovative approaches to education, teaching and learning. We achieve this through a mixture of research, events, [|school development] and [|resources] across the UK and internationally.

Digital Literacy

me of the issues addressed by the summits include: > > > > > >
 *  How do young people today produce media and interact and communicate with one another?
 *  What are the core tools and services they use?
 *  How can educators harness the attractiveness to young people of social networking, mobile phones, and informal virtual communication to meet basic educational objectives and extend learning?
 *  How can new technologies reinvigorate learning for disaffected youth?
 *  What are the best case studies that showcase digital media–based programs?
 *  What are the best ways to begin the integration of digital media into the curriculum?

=The Mobile Learning Institute =

==** Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the Pearson Foundation, the Pearson Foundation/CCSSO International Conference on Education brings an international delegation of education leaders together each year to explore, firsthand, innovative approaches to a single, shared educational issue ** ==

**Singapore 2008**
The results of this investigation were published in the document [|Report and Recommendations for Education Policy Leaders] from the Pearson Foundation/CCSSO International Conference on Science and Mathematics Education.

[|Report and Recommendations for Education Policy Leaders]

**Helsinki 2009**
The conclusions of their resulting dialogue were published in the document [|Report and Recommendations for Education Policy Leaders] from the Pearson Foundation/CCSSO International Conference on Teacher Quality and Technological Innovation. [|Report and Recommendations for Education Policy Leaders]

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 * RED (Revolutionizing Education), the Pearson Foundation has helped to establish a national survey and research project that analyzes factors leading to the successful use of technology in classroom learning. **

[|Learning Brain Europe Conference] [|Connect: Why should you use social media?] Read OECD’s PISA report.

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<span style="color: #6d605d; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">This collection—which includes profiles of school innovators David “T.C.” Ellis, Jean Johnson, and Larry Rosenstock, as well as a profile of school architect Randall Fielding—explores collaborative, creative, multi-disciplinary approaches to engaging students.

<span style="color: #6d605d; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">A finial set of films address student-centered learning with a specific focus on the challenges of effectively supporting young people inside and outside the classroom.

<span style="color: #6d605d; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">The films’ subjects—Steve Barr, James Dierke, Doug McCurry, and George McKenna

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 * <span style="color: #6d605d; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 14px;">Developed in partnership with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), “Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education” is an investigative video series documenting policies and programs that local education leaders credit with improving student achievement – success demonstrated by the strong performance of their countries in the latest assessment from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). **

=<span style="clear: both; color: #1784c2; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 80%; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Learning to Change/Changing to Learn = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**[|CoSN]** <span style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The Pearson Foundation is pleased to work together with The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) to create a series of public service announcements focused on the challenges and opportunities of integrating technology into teaching practice around the world. “Learning to Change/Changing to Learn” is a five-minute video that shares the views of an international panel of key educators and thought leaders. Together, their voices document the need for all educational stakeholders to develop contemporary classroom practices that incorporate technology to individualize and maximize student learning.[|Learning to Change/Changing to Learn] =<span style="clear: both; color: #1784c2; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> Building a Grad Nation:  Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic = As Building a Grad Nation clearly explains, over the last decade educators, researchers, and administrators have made significant progress in articulating the dimensions and causes of the dropout problem. The research, produced by America's Promise Alliance, Civic Enterprises, and the Everyone Graduates Center of The Johns Hopkins University, documents the resulting progress in improving high school graduation rates – even in low-income urban and rural school districts. [|Building a Grad Nation] [|America’s Promise Alliance] [|Civic Enterprises]