Flat Connections Global Project

Worth careful reading by all teachers.

This article discusses how cloud computing is changing the jobs that people do and how they do them. It also discusses how it is providing a more reliable system for companies that is easier to handle.

This article debates the use of mobile devices, such as iPhones and iPads, in the classroom. The debate is over whether the learning uses benefit students more than the device's distraction factors harm students.

This article discusses the advisory panel foreseeing the Los Angeles school district iPad project. Some committee members did not trust the request for 44 million dollars to expand the program, stating they felt that the technology was advancing too quickly and did not trust the contracts with Apple.

This article tells how the environment is made better when people do schoolwork or any type of work online.

This article tells that cloud computing is a major role in solving environmental issues.

With the world population now hovering around 7 billion and the increased strain put on the environment by developing nations such as India and China, the need for environmentally friendly business practices is more important than ever.

This will help people see that virtual labs, even though have different equipment, do not hurt the students grade are just as good or even better than hands-on labs.

This is a description of and list of articles on learning analytics from the 2013 horizon report. It has a large list of useful articles and links for learning analytics.

This talks about how education is growing because of remote labs and how being able to do them online and post what you think the lab showed (optional) it allows students to get different aspects of what should have happened.

This article discribes what learning analytics are and how they are important. Then it talks about a summer institution for learning analytics that started in 2013.

This article is about Google putting $40 dollars into a company for learning analytics. It shows a large company like Google getting involved in and putting focus towards education.

This article discusses the close-range effects a 3D printer may have on the environment. It mentions Ultra-Fine Particles which could be causing damage to the lungs and brains of any organism.

This article talks about learning analytics being used in schools and by students and how it is just the "natural progression" of things that will happen eventually. It shows that the uses of learning analytics are going to become common place one day and everyone will be using them.

This article discusses the inconsistencies in many 3D printers; some hurt the environment significantly more than others while sometimes conventional injection models are better. The studies that found this were only for a few printers so more research needs to be done on the subject.

This article shows a company that bought Renaissance, which is a learning analytics company, for a billion dollars. This shows another example of a large company taking interest in learning analytics and education, the first company being Google.

This article discusses the possibility of 3D printing 3D solar panels which may be more efficient than current models. The energy saved by this may be able to offset other environmental impacts that 3D printers have.

This article discusses a Michigan Tech study that found that 3D printing can use forty one percent less energy than conventional methods. Combining that with the relative cheapness of some 3D printers and the diagrams to make them, it may be a viable option for many items.

This article contains an almost two hour lecture containing three separate parts that may offer copious amounts of valuable information for the project.

This article discusses schools giving their students iPads to use in the classroom. It explains how they are trying to replace notebooks and textbooks completely using these iPads. The article also mentions the arguments against using devices in the classroom.