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Bharat Battu

iPads in schools: 'The last generation with backpacks'? - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech - 1 views

tech.fortune.cnn.com/...last-generation-with-backpacks

ipad classroom survey testing

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  • Bharat Battu on 01 Nov 11
     
    A survey of 25 ed tech directors conducted by Piper Jaffray that is making the rounds in the tech blogosphere. Seems to fall in line with what we're learning and today's trends: all surveyed IT directors are interested in the iPad, not Android, they like the flexibility tablets would offer over computers, it's going to take some time for schools to achieve one tablet per child. Cost is an obvious concern, but so is device management.
Billy Gerchick

10 Tech Skills Every Student Should Have - 5 views

www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx

skills technology wp1 w4 student competencies tech eng102 mcc research amnoi journalism medialiteracy

shared by Billy Gerchick on 10 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • 1. Internet Search - students need to know how to do a proper internet search, using search terms and modifiers. This skill is needed for school, work and life in general.
  • 2. Office Suite Skills - students need to now how to create, edit, and modify documents, presentations, and spreadsheets. Businesses still use MS Office for the most part, but iWorks, OpenOffice / LibreOffice, and Google Docs are all getting more popular. They all work similarly so the learning curve when switching isn't that big.
  • 3. Self learning of tech and where to go for help - knowing how to search a help menu on software or hardware, where to go to find user forums for help, and where to find the manual for technology is a huge skill that many do not know about.
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  • 6. Netiquette - Internet/Email/Social Media etiquette - proper way to use the internet, write professional emails, use social media in relation to your job (not complaining about the boss).
  • 5. Social Media - how to properly use social media for school and work, how to protect yourself on it, the issues of cyberbullying, connecting with others in your profession (PLN).
  • 4. Typing - yes, typing. I can get much more work done since I know how to type, then people who don't.
  • 7. Security and Safety - antivirus, spam, phishing, too much personal information sharing, stalkers, and more are all issues they need to know about.
  • 8. Hardware basics and troubleshooting - knowing what different parts of technology are called, how to make minor fixes, and how to do basic troubleshooting for WiFi, networks, OS won't load, etc
  • 9. Backup data - with all of the data that students create for school and work, it is important to back it up and have access to it at any time
  • 10. Finding apps and software - how to find, evaluate, and use apps for school and business. Also, how to find quality, free alternatives to paid software, apps and services.
  • Billy Gerchick on 10 Feb 12
     
    Gateway source for all students: high school and college composition and journalism and student of life. Bookmark this source and then bookmark the hyperlinks in this article. Do you have the 10 (11 for the bonus) tech skills down? I certainly can improve in some of these areas.
Heather French

Ed Tech Makes Consumer Electronics Association's Top 5 Trends - 0 views

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  • Cole Shaw on 17 Oct 12
     
    "Technology in education is one of the "prominent technology trends expected to influence the consumer electronics (CE) industry in the years ahead," according to the 2013 edition of "Five Technology Trends to Watch," a report released this week by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The other four tech trends identified were the future of 3D printing, next-generation TVs and displays, the evolution of the audio market, and the mobile revolution in Africa." Basically goes on to state that parents and students support more ed tech (which I think has come up in a couple other articles, too).
Devon Dickau

News Corp Buys Education Tech Company 'Wireless Generation' For $360 Million - 3 views

www.businessinsider.com/ration-for-360-million-2010-11

education technology conglomerate

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  • he acquisition of Wireless Generation is News Corp's first major foray into the education industry since it hired New York City Education Chancellor Joel Klein earlier this month. The New York City School System is a client of Wireless Generation.
  • Education in the U.S. is a $500 billion sector “waiting desperately to be transformed by big breakthroughs that extend the reach of great teaching,” said Murdoch in a statement, and Wireless Generation is at the “forefront” of individualized, tech-based learning.
Bridget Binstock

Data Analytics Tech Opportunities on the Rise - 4 views

thejournal.com/...opportunities-on-the-rise.aspx

technology jobs analytics

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  • Bridget Binstock on 18 Nov 11
     
    This article discusses some tech careers and locations of these opportunities. "The results are clear. Mobile computing, cloud computing, social business, and business analytics have gone beyond niche status and are now part of any modern organization's core IT focus," said IBM's Jim Corgel, general manager of ISV and Developer Relations. "IT professionals who can develop the skills needed to work across these technologies will be ready to meet growing business demand in the coming years."
Hannah Lesk

FTC chief: Kids' Internet privacy rules done by year's end | Reuters - 0 views

www.reuters.com/...dren-ftc-idUSBRE8AC11H20121113

privacy kids data

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  • Hannah Lesk on 14 Nov 12
     
    The Federal Trade Commission is working on updates to COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) with implications for how children's data can be collected online. Is this an opportunity for a new generation of ed tech to use student data in more comprehensive and smarter ways, or a threat to children's privacy?
Tommie Anthony Henderson

Steve Jobs - Creator, Innovator, and Hero of the Teen Tech Generation - 0 views

www.radicalparenting.com/...ro-of-the-teen-tech-generation

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  • Tommie Anthony Henderson on 10 Dec 11
     
    Just one more remainder, from the point of view of a millennial, of how important Steve Jobs was/is to our educational lives.
Mary Jo Madda

The Next Generation Science Standards... Good Opportunity for Ed Tech Developers? - 0 views

www.nextgenscience.org/implementation

Common Core technology education standards

shared by Mary Jo Madda on 22 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Mary Jo Madda on 22 Sep 12
     
    NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS are the science equivalent of Common Core. They are supposed to be released this coming Winter/Spring. Possibly a good opportunity for TIE and other HGSE master's students to get on top of the ed tech game!
Brandon Bentley

Minimally Invasive Education - 1 views

www.hole-in-the-wall.com/MIE.html

minimally invasive technology India

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  • Brandon Bentley on 11 Sep 10
     
    Minimally Invasive Education is defined as a pedagogic method that uses the learning environment to generate an adequate level of motivation to induce learning in groups of children, with minimal, or no, intervention by a teacher. (Disruptive Tech?)
Cameron Paterson

Tech has become indispensable - 1 views

www.tampabay.com/...1122692

t561 disruption

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  • Cameron Paterson on 27 Oct 10
     
    Technology has changed the way we live and - with increasing frequency - the way our youngest generations are learning.
Jeffrey Siegel

How reformers (unfortunately) get captivated by experimental technology - 1 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...e2-b260-32f4a8db9b7e_blog.html

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  • Jeffrey Siegel on 17 Sep 12
     
    Authors urge caution before jumping on the tech-bandwagon. Their argument amounts to something like it's best not to buy first generation tech products; wait until the kinks are worked out.
Eric Kattwinkel

Content Matters | Wired Science | Wired.com - 1 views

www.wired.com/...content-matters

shared by Eric Kattwinkel on 07 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Just as all those Baby Einstein DVDs backfired, we’re just beginning to learn that arcade video games seem to produce reliable and persistent cognitive benefits:
  • The brain, as always, is a category buster. It excels at shredding our neat preconceptions and abstract classifications. We like to speculate about technology in general, about the neural effects of television and computers and tablets, but these tools are only incidental
  • Eric Kattwinkel on 07 Oct 10
     
    Jonah Lehrer on surprising effects of tech on cognition
Devon Dickau

Google Instant search feeds our real-time addiction - CNN.com - 0 views

www.cnn.com/...index.html

technology education Google search instant knowledge predictive customized

shared by Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • By providing results before a query is complete and removing the need to hit the "enter" key, Google claims users will save two to five seconds per search
    • Devon Dickau
      Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
       
      Two to five seconds to hit Enter?  In a society obsessed with saving time, even mere seconds are perceived as valuable.
  • Web connections have become significantly faster over time
  • Web connections have become significantly faster over time
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  • quick status updates
    • Devon Dickau
      Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
       
      Are the speed and brevity of these messages bypassing the potential exploration of a certain topic area in-depth, or is very topic only superficial?
  • many social sites now use our social connections to recommend content to us without the need to seek it out
    • Devon Dickau
      Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
       
      Search engines do the work for us.  We don't even need to know how to find the information ourselves these days.
  • What's more, this feature enables truly personalized discovery by taking into account your search history, location and other factors -- Google is essentially emulating social networks by trying to predict what we're looking for without the need to submit a fully-formed search
  • The next step of search is doing this automatically. When I walk down the street, I want my smartphone to be doing searches constantly: 'Did you know ... ?' 'Did you know ... ?' 'Did you know ... ?' 'Did you know ... ?
    • Devon Dickau
      Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
       
      Constant delivery of knowledge.
    • Devon Dickau
      Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
       
      In thinking about evolving technology in terms of both formal and informal education, I question whether or not constant and immediate access to information is improving or harming individual knowledge.  By this I mean that because we can so easily search for something online, what motivation is there to actually know anything.  If we have Wikipedia on our phones, and know HOW to find it, can't we just spend 30 seconds finding the page and "know" something for topic of conversation, or a test?  What is the point, then, or learning, of retaining knowledge?  I feel that this may be a problem in coming generations.  What knowledge will our students actually feel they need to retain? I took solace in the fact that at least we have to learn and teach HOW to find the information, but with new technologies like predictive and instant searching, it almost seems like that is a skill that will soon become unneeded as well.  We might as well just be physically plugged in to the Internet with access to all information simultaneously. Thoughts from the group?
Jeffrey Siegel

Where is Technology Leading Higher Education? - 1 views

blogs.kqed.org/...ology-leading-higher-education

technology Culture Methods Tech Tools Higher Education MOOC online learning

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  • Jeffrey Siegel on 26 Sep 12
     
    Comprehensive article outlining many trends and pressures in the educational landscape. 1. COLLEGE COSTS HAVE SKYROCKETED 2. CONVENIENCE ATTRACTS STUDENTS ONLINE 3. TEACHERS CONNECT WITH DIGITAL GENERATION 4. DIGITAL EDUCATION OFFERS BROAD REACH 5. FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES COMPETE FOR STUDENTS 6. BIG ONLINE COURSES GAIN NOTORIETY 7. COLLEGE BUDGETS KEEP SHRINKING 8. WHERE IS THIS HEADED?
Sunanda V

How The 10 Most Innovative Colleges Use Technology - 4 views

edudemic.com/...innovative-colleges-technology

higher education technology innovative college

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  • Sunanda V on 19 Sep 12
     
    This infographic is especially interesting because, as far as I saw it, most of these "innovative" approaches didn't actually seem all that extraordinary. More generally, it's puzzling (and troubling, really) that despite advances in ed-tech in primary and secondary school, higher education institutions are quite far behind the curve as far as innovative uses of technology goes.
  • Harvey Shaw on 20 Sep 12
     
    I agree - besides a lot of back-office and stick-stuff-online applications, only Mixable stood out (forming study groups), and that seems not to have much scope.
Nick Siewert

The Fall of Multi-Tasking : Education Next - 0 views

educationnext.org/the-fall-of-multi-tasking

multitasking tech generation cognitive change

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  • Nick Siewert on 09 Sep 09
     
    multi-tasking vs: serial tasking
James Glanville

Learning: Engage and Empower | U.S. Department of Education - 4 views

www.ed.gov/...learning-engage-and-empower

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  • more flexible set of "educators," including teachers, parents, experts, and mentors outside the classroom.
    • Chris McEnroe
      Chris McEnroe on 05 Sep 11
       
      This is an example of the promise of Tech in Teaching. It promotes the Psycho/Social pedogogical reality of the learner's sphere of influences into the vital center of our concept of school. To me, it transforms academic discourse into intentional design. Because school experience is so culturally endemic, this is a change in cultural self-concept.
  • The opportunity to harness this interest and access in the service of learning is huge.
    • Chris McEnroe
      Chris McEnroe on 08 Sep 11
       
      This sentence makes me think of an explorer who has discovered a vast mineral deposit and is looking for capital investment. To persuade teachers, parents, and school boards the explorer will need to show tangible evidence that ". . . our education system [can leverage] technology to create learning experiences that mirror students' daily lives and the reality of their futures." The sixth grade teacher will need to be able to demonstrate to the parent of a student the tangible benefits of a technology infused paradigm.
  • The challenge for our education system is to leverage technology to create relevant learning experiences that mirror students' daily lives and the reality of their futures.
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  • large groups, small groups, and activities tailored to individual goals, needs, and interests.
  • What's worth knowing and being able to do?
  • English language arts, mathematics, sciences, social studies, history, art, or music, 21st-century competencies and expertise such as critical thinking, complex problem solving, collaboration, and multimedia communication should be woven into all content areas.
  • expert learners
  • "digital exclusion"
    • Chris McEnroe
      Chris McEnroe on 08 Sep 11
       
      Isn't this just another iteration of the general disparity in all kinds of resource allocation? This could just as well be articulated by debilitating student/teacher rations, or text book availability, or the availability of paper, or breakfast, or heat in the he building?
  • School of One uses technology to develop a unique learning path for each student and to provide a significant portion of the instruction that is both individualized and differentiated
  • Advances in the learning sciences, including cognitive science, neuroscience, education, and social sciences, give us greater understanding of three connected types of human learning—factual knowledge, procedural knowledge, and motivational engagement.
    • James Glanville
      James Glanville on 09 Sep 11
       
      I'm interested in how our current understanding of how learning works can inform best practices for teaching, curriculum design, and supports for learning afforded by technology.
    • Erin Sisk
      Erin Sisk on 12 Sep 11
       
      I found the neuroscience discussion to be the most interesting part of the Learning section. It seems to me that the 21st century learner needs more emphasis on the "learning how" and the "learning why" and less focus on the "learning that." I think teaching information literacy (as described in the Learning section) is one of the most important kinds of procedural knowledge (learning how) students should master so they can access facts as they need them, and worry less about memorizing them.
  • James Glanville on 09 Sep 11
     
    "School of One uses technology to develop a unique learning path for each student and to provide a significant portion of the instruction that is both individualized and differentiated." I liked the definitions of individualized (pacing), differentiated (learning preferences/methods), and personalized (pacing, preferences, and content/objectives).
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