Erin-Elizabeth Johnson

Overview

Commentary

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  Data Analysis

  How Do We Deal with a Flood of Data?

  Despite the value of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems, the amount of data they generate has become overwhelming. If the Navy does not change the way it processes information, it will reach an ISR “tipping point”—as soon as 2016.

  Jun 23, 2014

  Future Force

Publications

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  Report

  Cyber Power Potential of the Army's Reserve Component

  Describes the availability of personnel with cyber skills in the private sector and the number of Army reserve component soldiers available to support the Army's cyber mission needs.

  Jun 15, 2017

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  Report

  Tactical Cyber: Building a Strategy for Cyber Support to Corps and Below

  This report proposes a strategy for tactical Army cyber operations, enumerating overarching goals, objectives, and associated activities. Instructive case studies are provided that support implementation of the strategy.

  Mar 28, 2017

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  Report

  The Islamic State We Knew: Insights Before the Resurgence and Their Implications

  This report provides information known before 2012 about the Islamic State's finances, organization, methods of creating territorial control, and response to airpower. The group's history can inform components of a successful strategy to defeat it.

  Sep 28, 2015

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  Report

  Families, Powered On: Improving Family Engagement in Early Childhood Education Through Technology

  The authors describe barriers that hinder family engagement in early childhood education and ways technology might help -- empowering families to become better educators at home, and strengthening connection and communication between school and home.

  Nov 17, 2014

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  Report

  Getting Early Childhood Educators Up and Running: Creating Strong Technology Curators, Facilitators, Guides, and Users

  The authors describe efforts that might be helpful in creating confident, knowledgeable providers of early childhood education who can help ensure appropriate, intentional, and productive use of technology among young children.

  Nov 3, 2014

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  Report

  How Much and What Kind? Identifying an Adequate Technology Infrastructure for Early Childhood Education

  The authors examine how stakeholders might collaborate to (1) define what constitutes an adequate technology architecture for the purposes of addressing the digital divide in early childhood education and (2) help ensure that it is realized.

  Oct 20, 2014

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  Report

  Moving Beyond Screen Time: Redefining Developmentally Appropriate Technology Use in Early Childhood Education

  The authors challenge the traditional emphasis on screen time as a measure of "developmentally appropriate" technology use by young children and discuss how to move toward a more comprehensive definition.

  Oct 8, 2014

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  Report

  Getting on the Same Page: Identifying Goals for Technology Use in Early Childhood Education

  Technology use among young children is on the rise, but technology's role in early childhood education (ECE) is still in debate. The authors offer ways to move past that debate and identify several potential core goals to guide technology use in ECE.

  Sep 22, 2014

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  Report

  Data Flood: Helping the Navy Address the Rising Tide of Sensor Information

  The authors explore options for solving the Navy's big data challenge, considering changes across four dimensions: people, tools and technology, data and data architectures, and demand and demand management.

  May 1, 2014

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  Report

  Using Early Childhood Education to Bridge the Digital Divide

  Many low-income children lack the same access to technology as their more-advantaged peers. This Perspective explores the role of early childhood education in ensuring that low-income children can access technology and learn how to use it.

  Mar 3, 2014

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  Periodical

  RAND Review: Vol. 36, No. 3, Winter 2012-2013

  Stories discuss the promotion of tolerance and critical thinking in the Arab world through children's media, the challenges faced by the United States in an era of fiscal austerity, and promising models for measuring teacher performance.

  Feb 5, 2013

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  Periodical

  RAND Review: Vol. 36, No. 2, Fall 2012

  The cover story focuses on nine key issues in the 2012 U.S. presidential election: income inequality, health care costs, immigration reform, energy options, education, al Qaeda, Iraq, democratization in the Middle East, and China.

  Sep 21, 2012