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Recent Publications and Activities

November 1, 2011: Release of EDUCAUSE College Student Technology Study and infographic, a report created with EDUCAUSE based on our survey of college student technology use and attitudes. In addition to student technology use, we explored undergraduate views on how -- and how well -- their institutions are integrating technology.

October 2011: We’re continuing our research on government investment in innovation, including a study on the effectiveness of Small Business Innovation Grants (SBIR) across multiple Federal agencies for the National Academy of Sciences / National Research Council.

October 2011: Ongoing education community building. Take a look at connectededucators.org and join the education community managers network. On the ConnectedEducators.org site, you'll find the project's initial report, key issue briefs, and a just-launched innovation exchange.

June 17, 2011: Feature article in THE Journal summarizing results from our annual survey of teachers' use of media and technology (with Rob Lippincott, Sr. VP at PBS).

February 2, 2011: Release of the PBS 2011 Public Survey Report from the eighth Annual PBS Survey of Education Media & Technology conducted by Grunwald Associates LLC. The study examines pre-K-12 educators’ use of — and demand for — media and technology. The PBS News Release is also available.

January 2011: Grunwald Associates LLC is part of the project team working on Connected Online Communities of Practice for the U.S. Department of Education. The focus is the National Education Technology Plan. Other partners are the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), North Carolina State University, Forum One, and prime contractor American Institutes for Research.

January 2011: Research completed and preliminary internal findings presented for National Academy of Sciences study of Small Business Innovation Grants (SBIR).

June 28, 2010: Educators, Technology and 21st Century Skills. This report explores the interplay between technology and a variety of key educational objectives. It presents finding from a national survey of teachers and administrators commissioned by Walden University (part of Laureate Education).

March 24, 2010: Release of An Open Source Platform for Internet-based Assessment. The report synthesizes findings from a study sponsored by the Educational Testing Service. The study included over 80 interviews with state assessment and education technology decision-makers (representing 27 states) along with national education opinion leaders.

January 5, 2010: Release of the PBS Public Survey Report from the seventh Annual PBS Survey of Education Media & Technology conducted by Grunwald Associates LLC. The study examines K-12 educators’ use of — and attitudes towards — media and technology. And for the first time, this year’s survey was expanded to include Pre-K educators. The PBS News Release is also available.

December 2009: Using Surveys to Predict the Future of Social Media, in the December 2009 issue of C&R Research’s “The Beat” magazine. Our brief article addresses our social media survey findings and looks at the future.

Ongoing: We are now promoting a website that we designed and created for the National Science Foundation highlighting best practices in ‘citizen science’ and informal science education.

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