academic technology

A course is a sequence of experiences. What are some good learning experiences? (in the abstract)

Bottom line for standards makers: Don't think that the real world is someone else's problem (SEP). If your standards can't be implemented, you have failed. If standards can't be implemented within normal constraints, then standards makers have not done their job.

She browsed Pinterest's Terms of Use section. In it she found Pinterest's members are solely responsible for what they pin and repin. They must have explicit permission from the owner to post everything.

People love Pinterest for a variety of reasons, but the core of it comes down to the best images on the web all being available on one web site, and users being able to easily express themselves using these images.

Image sharing site Pinterest, with its kind-of-crazy, wild west copyright policy, is a great example of how, for some startups, it's best to shoot first and ask questions later. Under the "safe harbor" provision of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, Pinterest isn't really responsible for all the copyright-violating content that users post to Pinterest. 

the segment reveals how international students are able to keep up despite the language barrier-while expressing their own ideas more fluidly in English using the iPad.

Coursera is a platform for instruction, discussion and grading at Internet scale. It extends the influence of universities around the world, and it provides them data-driven insights into how to adapt higher education to the global promise of the Internet.

locking down your ipad data in a corporate dropbox

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a little too much info to be a basic intro to "mom", but useful, nonetheless

a quirky website full of free art media. Been around since at least 2007.

Google has developed this helpful web-based tool to help citizens, journalists, and others stay abreast of various political campaigns throughout the United States. Visitors can view and interact with a clickable map of the United States to find out information about each candidate and his (or potentially her) activities. Additionally, visitors can use the Issues area to track news items on topics like the economy, immigration, healthcare, and others. This version is compatible with all operating systems

The Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education asked SRI to talk to industry experts and convene a panel of researchers to understand the state of the art, the state of the practice, and the emerging field of learning analytics and educational data mining.

US DOE Office of Educational Tech report on analytics: what is needed and how to get there.