Marie Bjerede is Vice President of Wireless Education Technology at Qualcomm, Inc. Since joining the then startup Qualcomm in 1986, Marie has enjoyed a front-row seat to the wireless revolution while working in many roles from embedded software coder to leadership geek to education advocate. Currently, she is focused on addressing the technical, economic, social, and systemic challenges to enabling every student to gain the advantages afforded those who have 24/7 mobile broadband access. Marie's words represent her own views and do not necessarily reflect the views of her employer.
A school finds success moving drills to software. Is there a model here?
by Marie Bjerede
| 5 August 2010
San Diego's High Tech High has found success with ALEKS, a software package that uses simple feedback to reinforce fundamental math skills. This example hints at a revised teacher-tech relationship, where the technology handles drills while teachers coach and offer guidance. Toss in additions like mobile access and 24/7 connectivity, and new possibilities -- and new questions -- arise. In this post, Marie Bjerede examines all these angles.
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A literal adoption of the National Education Technology Plan could undermine future tech use.
by Marie Bjerede
| 8 June 2010
The National EdTech Plan aspires to bring together the best of what we know of teaching and learning with the very best technology has to offer in 2010, yet we can be certain that technology will offer even more in 2012, 2015, and 2020.
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Want to scale education reform? Plant a tech seed and help it flourish.
by Marie Bjerede
| 18 May 2010
Iterative development and feedback loops have lifted the software world. Now it's time for educational technology and reform to benefit from the same techniques.
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by Marie Bjerede
| 4 May 2010
The iPad 3G takes a small step toward fulfilling the promise of connected textbooks, but there's a lot more work to do.
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Future textbooks could improve update cycles and create feedback loops
by Marie Bjerede
| 27 April 2010
With new technologies constantly coming on-line, and with states like California, Texas, and Oregon allowing digital curriculum to replace printed curriculum, the question arises: what will textbooks look like in the coming years? Here's a few clues.
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Surprising field studies suggest cell phones could be effective learning tools
by Marie Bjerede
| 4 March 2010
Guest blogger Marie Bjerede examines field projects that are studying the educational use of cell phones. In one limited example, 50 percent of students doing lessons by cell phone had higher math proficiency than classmates who learned the same material from the same teacher.
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