FutureLab: Innovation in Education - based in the U.K., this consortium works to "transform the way people learn through innovative technology and practice"
About Digital Learning Now! (Jeb Bush's thing)
Digital Learning Now! is a national campaign to advance policies that will create a high quality digital learning environment to better prepare students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in college and careers.
Digital Learning Now! is building support for the 10 Elements of High Quality Digital Learning, which provides a roadmap for reform for lawmakers and policymakers to integrate digital learning into education.
Establishing the Roadmap for Reform
The Digital Learning Council was convened in 2010 to define the policies that will integrate current and future technological innovations into public education. The Digital Learning Council united a diverse group of more than 100 leaders from education, government, philanthropy, business, technology, and think tanks to develop the roadmap of reform for local, state and federal lawmakers and policymakers.
Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida 1999 - 2007, and Bob Wise, former Governor of West Virginia 2001 - 2005, serve as co-chairmen.
The Digital Learning Council covered a wide range of topics, including: student eligibility for digital learning, access to high quality digital content and instruction, customization and personalization of education such as blended learning, funding models, assessments and accountability.
The 10 Elements of High Quality Digital Learning was released at the 2010 Excellence in Action National Summit on Education Reform in Washington, D.C.
TIE (Technology & Innovation in Education): a great portal to web 2.0 tools in education. Organized in disciplines, activities, and functions - you can investigate ways to integrate technology into the classroom.
Startl Will:
# Establish vision. Define and diffuse characteristics of effective, catalytic learnercentered products.
# Develop talent. Scout and support innovators creating or wanting to create learnercentered products.
# Accelerate products. Advance products to sellable, scalable, and sustainable state for market.
# Position entities. Help connect start-ups to resources, investors, and partners for product promotion and distribution to market.
# Evaluate performance. Evaluate the contributions that Startl network products have on user centered learning and will aggregate, analyze and freely distribute research on user centered learning back to the education market.
a research and development initiative directed toward improving the scholarly and public quality of academic research through the development of innovative online publishing and knowledge-sharing environments.
Intel announces "mind-reading" brain-scan software, augmented reality innovation, "dispute finder" tech that monitors conversations & warns them when they find contested info, holographic shopping displays, & a TV set-top box that indexes your Internet video
The Mayo Clinic explores the virtual world of Second Life. Conducting courses, simulating doctor/patient visits, and testing innovative designs for emergency rooms and medical clinics;