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This group provides free and open source materials for K-12 environments. Customizable and aligned to student/teacher needs. Seems like physical textbooks only have a short time left.

The top two barriers to technology-enhanced learning (TEL) the survey concludes: lack of time and insufficient financial resources

proposes a digital "Aristotle" for everyone to guide learning across the lifespan

Interesting- Bellow's latest project is eduClipper, an educational "digital clipboard" that curates educational content online. "eduClipper works on the same 'shared resources' premise as eduTecher," he explained, "but now I'm flipping the equation and instead of providing information to the masses I'm getting teachers and students to the eduClipper site to share their own information."

Nicely draws attention to dissonance between what's expected of teachers and other professionals in high-stakes industries

Handheld technologies for museums

Microsoft releases two promotional videos about education technology. These seem to be like the videos we watched during the first class in T561, except they showcase the use of current Microsoft products and their potential uses in education.

Never underestimate the sociocultural relationship education and prestige share. Interesting article though...

A fascinating video about using an existing technology (wireless headsets) as a vehicle for an emerging technology (augmented reality).

Thanks for sharing. The prediction of the device "watching and learning about you and then making suggestions as to what it should program" is a little to "Big Brother" for me and then there's the consideration as to what happens if the device is lost - will someone who picks it up have access to your information, or will it be "smart" enough to know that it is no longer with its original owner? Interesting things to think about.