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Blog post around the idea that you don't have to know everything about technology to use or teach technology.

"While LMS providers are making laudable efforts to incrementally make their tools more social, open, modular, and interoperable, they remain embedded in the classroom paradigm. The paradigm-not the technology-is the problem. We need to build, bootstrap, cobble together, implement, support, and leverage something that is much more open and loosely structured such that learners can connect with other learners (sometimes called teachers) and content as they engage in the authentic behaviors, activities and work of learning. Building a better, more feature-rich LMS won't close the 2-sigma gap. We need to utilize technology to better connect people, content, and learning communities to facilitate authentic, personal, individualized learning. What are we waiting for?"

Nice thought piece on how LMS's influence our teaching.

Interesting article that brings up some good points. Personally I think that technology can be a distraction... but only if you let it. It seems to me that increasingly generation y demands flexibility, and technology allows people to be connected anywhere anytime.

High school students at the American School of Bombay talk about their experiences in a 1:1 laptop program and how they deal with technology distractions.

My last article came from the ComETS listserv and I figured I should just share access to that. ComETS (Community of Educational Technology Support) is a group that started a few years ago. Members share interesting news and links about all things technology and education. I recommend signing up if you aren't already. There have been some interesting discussions and countless good articles.

I just signed up for the listserv. Thanks for sharing this with us.

Keeping college students and their professors connected through social media outlets could be key in boosting graduation rates, education technology experts said during a panel discussion at Social Media Week in New York.

How technology has physically changed us

How technology has physically changed us

An academic was able to track down one of the lost letters of DeCartes using Google. As technology gets more advanced, it begins to solve problems automatically. What does this phenomenon tell us about the power of social networks?

I increasingly see this as true; I no longer just administer servers, file-shares, and take backups - every day im a technology champion. I absolutely agree that, " To empower the faculty, it is IT's job to deliver an environment that supports their needs."

iPad annotation. Digital document annotation: iPad, iPod Touch, laptop. Principals, superintendents, administrators, & other school technology leadership folks.

The tagline for this talk was - Much of the world has gone digital, so must learning at school. Creativity is vital, and good leadership matters. I listened to the first half this morning (the two parts are approximately 2 hours total) but appreciated what Wes Fryer had to say about introducing, using and sustaining technology in schools (including Social Media).

High school students at the American School of Bombay talk about their experiences in a 1:1 laptop program and recommendations for schools looking to technology and 1:1 programs.

Andy Clark is a philosopher who talks about the use of technology in an Academic, Psychological and Cultural context.

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Interesting article (with some fun games/tests) from the NY Times on how constant connectivity brings with it a certain addictive nature. It also offers some good information about multi-tasking and related perceptions/realities.

This blogger (one from Evrim's list) had an interesting post about a survey he did and the responses he got. The question was: "What should they (administrators) see as evidence of Technology Integration in classrooms?" He wrote up a full article on it, but I think his blog is better with some snippets of responses.

Here is a research article that examines some of the obstacles to the development of media education in the U.S. I think it is interesting being that we discussed how in other countries, they really utilize technology in the classrooms.

TED NYED videos: Examining the role of new media and technology in shaping the future of education

Very interesting stuff, just like the rest of the TED videos. I highly recommend you watch them all!

>>WARNING<< Links to .pdf This is a recent, official report that assesses the feasibility of and suggests a plan for digitizing the entire records of the Smithsonian. An interesting case-study.