I've noticed a significant amount of superintendents video blogging lately. From the administrator in Ripon to Howard Suamico, more find it easier to just press record than write a blog. Here's a resource for those of you looking for an entry point.
Chances seem good that video games, once considered only an obstacle to getting homework done, may take on an important role in education in the near future.
he two groups that used video games to prepare demonstrated a marked increase in knowledge retention. The increase was attributed to the psychological effect of participants being able to engage their minds to a greater degree than that of the group that passively observed the PowerPoint presentation.
For all you Clay Shirky fans out there (from whom the name of this social bookmark group originates), another video--this time from blip.tv--on his observations about technology and society.
The Building Learning Communities Conference (Alan November's Project) has a number of great videos. For you fans of the Kansas State University Professor Michael Wesch, here is one of his 2010 presentations. Wesch presented at the fall WASDA conference in 2009. It was awesome.
Jeff Utecht is quickly becoming my favorite blogger. Here, he has included articles, blog posts, videos, and research that have him thinking, and thinking big.
For those of us at the WASDA Leadership and Visioning Workshop, the 1:1 initiative was talked about a lot, not to mention the TED video from Sugata Mitra (Hole in the Wall).