Links to the 2011 Horizon Report

The new Horizon Report is Out. This article provides a summary, with a link to the full report.

Is it better for an experienced teacher to lecture, or inexperienced teachers to provide more hands-on activities?

Mobile learning -- but it's learning about you!

Mobile learning - but it's learning about you!

Learning is always more complex than we think.

Nothing lasts forever--it just seems forever when you're 23.

This discusses the thesis of Sherry Turkle's new book. Unlike Clifford Stoll, Sherry Turkle has written positively in the past about technology and our lives, so she's well worth listening to.

Apple once again shows that it has a powerful marketing machine and has succeeded in conflating brand and benefits in many educator's minds. In particular, the story points to content consumption (textbook replacement, games, etc.) but says very little about content creation, which is where true learning benefit comes in.