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"Rhizome awareness report: 'Digital Identity Matters'"

I have managed to get the Windows powered assessment and reporting software Accelerus that our school uses running on my OSX laptop. Check out the screenshot below. Was a bit tricky but Google was my friend as I tried out a couple of different ideas. The best guide I found was perhaps this one. It does require a knowledge of partitions and terminal commands but it worked a treat fo me. Along the way, I learned heaps and enjoyed the tinkering. I might have some fun and try to get Ubuntu Linux running again on this computer.

Another PEW report, this time into gamification "Tech stakeholders and analysts generally believe the use of game mechanics, feedback loops, and rewards will become more embedded in daily life by 2020, but they are split about how widely the trend will extend. Some say the move to implement more game elements in networked communications will be mostly positive, aiding education, health, business, and training. Some warn it can take the form of invisible, insidious behavioral manipulation. "The development of 'Serious Games' applied productively to a wide scope of human activities will accelerate simply because playing is more fun than working," observed Mike Liebhold, senior researcher and distinguished fellow at The Institute for the Future."

The NMC Horizon EdTech Weekly App delivers curated, relevant, and timely edtech projects and news to your iPad or iPhone every weekend. It also includes the entire NMC Horizon Report series on emerging technology across various learning sectors, and a rich, searchable, re-mixable database of educational technology and innovation resources. Whether you are in higher education, K-12, or the museum world, the NMC Horizon EdTech Weekly App delivers the best of the NMC Horizon Project.

Numbers (itunes link) spreadsheet app directly from Apple, is a worthy Microsoft Excel-like competitor for the iPad. It is a powerful tool for teachers who own an iPad, and can be used for assessment, especially during report card season. It is a $9.99 app that is part of Apple's iWork suite which also includes Pages and Keynote.

Ombudsman report regarding the Ultranet (p. 93). Some interesting points such as a recommendation to update it every 5 years(!) and it costing $100 million to keep it going for 10 more years.

 From the University of Wisconsin comes this set of rubrics for the following topics Cooperative Learning  Research Process/Report  PowerPoint/Podcast  Oral Presentation  Web Page and ePortfolio  Math, Art, Science  Video and Multimedia Project    Creating Rubrics  Writing  Rubrics for Primary Grades  Game and Simulations  Web 2.O

"A collection of rubrics for assessing portfolios, cooperative learning, research process/ report, PowerPoint, podcast, oral presentation, web page, blog, wiki, and other web 2.0 projects."

The report from the trial - "iPads for Learning" conducted by Victorian DEECD. Not overly comprehensive for such an important trial.

"The Beyond Prototypes report provides an in-depth examination of the processes of innovation in technology-enhanced learning (TEL)."

Might be good to discuss on the show - are they really dying?

"This Friday's Reporters' Roundtable is on a topic that vexes us all: why are end user license agreements and terms of service so long and convoluted? To get ourselves in the mood for this show, we asked CNET fan (and Academy Award winner) Richard Dreyfuss if he'd help us out by doing a dramatic reading of the Apple EULA. He said yes. So, without further ado, we present to you,"

A quick guide to a very good and comprehensive report on Improving the student digital experience

"As social media continues to evolve, it's important for us to keep up with the changes. Back in 2009, Mashable published one of the first articles about what to include in a social media policy. It is still relevant today, but social media has changed. This year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued three reports regarding social media in the workplace. The last one was specifically focused on social media policies."

"Game-Based Learning vs. Traditional Classroom Game Play"

"Using an artificial intelligence technique inspired by theories about how the brain recognizes patterns, technology companies are reporting startling gains in fields as diverse as computer vision, speech recognition and the identification of promising new molecules for designing drugs."