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Math videos over 1000 free covering math concepts including measurement, geometry, data analysis and probability, technology etc.  4-7 minutes each organized by NCTM standards.  Maintained by Loyola Chicago School of ed.

"I wrote a thing last fall about massive open online courses (MOOCs, in the parlance), and the challenge that free or cheap online classes pose to business as usual in higher ed. In that piece, I compared the people running colleges today to music industry executives in the age of Napster. (This was not a flattering comparison.) Aaron Bady, a cultural critic and doctoral candidate at Berkeley, objected. I replied to Bady, one thing led to another, the slippery slope was slupped, and Maria Bustillos ended up refereeing the whole thing here on The Awl."

Satire. In the article, the author proposes MOOAs (massive open online administrations) and posits that "By having one experienced group of administrators make decisions for hundreds of campuses simultaneously, MOOA would help address these problems expeditiously and economically.  Since MOOA would allow colleges to dispense with most of their own administrators, it would generate substantial cost savings in higher education."

Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a bill into law last week to encourage the state's K-12 and higher education systems to use massive open online courses, or MOOCs. The bill Scott signed allows MOOCs, under certain conditions, to be used to help teach K-12 students in four subjects and also orders Florida education officials to study and set rules that would allow students who have yet to enroll in college to earn transfer credits by taking MOOCs.

Ed and Alan like to share their travel adventures so others may learn and have a laugh.  Covers a variety of topics.

"Rapid Cycle Evaluation (RCE) Coach". Same news referred to in my last Diigo-annotation

Richard Byrne shares six ways students can create and publish videos. These include slideshow voiceover ideas. Teachers will like using these creation tools as well to engage learners and demonstrate how students can share their learning.

YouTube can be a great source of educational material to share in your classroom. Unfortunately, if you try to search YouTube in front of a class you're open to the possibility that something inappropriate will pop-up. 

Presents a beta-version of a tool developed by an US governmental department for schools and school district choosing edtech solutions. Interesting!

Future of ed?

Continuing discussions on Commenting by Ed Nagelhout

An Op-Ed piece by David Brooks that looks at what we can do that computers cannot do very well or at all.  It points to five things that Education might seek to develop in our students.

Behind a firewall.