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Rupangi posted some educational tools for educators below in his link, so here is another post that shows some productivity tools from the student-side.

Relevant to the discussion we had yesterday in recitation about professional development and the comments from Emily about similarities in technology adoption. Teachers can learn about how to use social media from business trainers, too.

article on the National School Speed Test to access the quality of Internet access for K-12 schools - critical information in the conversation regarding technology integration

Founded by a HGSE alum, EdTechTeacher takes a holistic approach towards teacher professional development.

related to discussion in section on 9/10 - "takes the most cutting-edge graphics and couples them with some of the most important lessons a student needs" 

Contrasting perspective on what is needed for personalized learning - related to the NETP's section on Learning 

Top Educational Apps of the past month. Would love breakdown of educational objectives of some of these apps

Communication and ­collaboration between curriculum and technology leaders are necessary to impact teaching and learning. Educators are knowledgeable about ­research on effective ­instructional ­strategies while tech leaders are familiar with educational technology trends and emerging applications and mobile devices. Together, these leaders can ­develop a common language that aligns ­evidence-based instructional practices.

Digital books allow students with disabilities to read more easily.

I think the main idea and KEY affordance is getting books to these kids faster and more efficiently. In the past, for a visually impaired student, a district would have to request or find the book in Large print or in Braille after the typical book had arrived, so by making an HTML version of the printed book available (at the same time) as the print, allows for screen readers to work and be available to the students without the traditional wait time. Excellent use of technology.

Ed Week has set up a new page to cover the newest trends in educational technology and innovation in the classroom

Janet, this is a really great channel for the avalanche of information out there. I especially found the interactive graphic (embedded link) on the Anatomy of EdTech start-up interesting because of the age distribution chart.

I definitely recommend taking a look at Edudemic Magazine.

A useful service for innovators and entrepeneurs

I was especially struck by the "take a pile of dirt" argument: new products don't require as long an incubation period as they once did. And so we're likely to see more and more untested ed tech options on the scene. That entrepreneurial spirit seems exciting, but the absence of research in support of any given innovation might also be something to be wary of.

Upcoming conference on the use of iPads in education at Harvard Medical School - Joseph B. Martin Conference Center November 7-8 (pre-conference Nov 6) Educators, researchers, industry - all represented Organized by EdTechTeacher 2012

This conference takes place at Hynes Nov 13-15. I am in touch with the co-founder who is an alumnus and may be able to offer us student rates. Let me know if you're interested!

Last week, Colorado-teacher-turned entrepreneur Kelly Tenkely launched an IndieGoGo campaign to raise $85,000 for the Learning Genome Project, a proposed online platform where educators can share and tag learning resources and get recommendations on which ones best fit the needs of their students.

Free webinar tomorrow (9/27) from Tech&Learning on Google Chromebooks and Apps for Education - Power of the Web for TEaching and Learning 

Edmodo And Common Sense Media Partner (the authors of the 0-8 report some of us read for Joe Blatt's class this week) to offer free teaching tools based on Dr. Howard Gardner's work at HGSE. The partnership provides teachers with a set of student activities based on Common Sense Media's free K-12 curriculum, "Digital Literacy and Citizenship in a Connected Culture," for the Edmodo platform. The curriculum introduces the basics of using social networks and other digital technologies safely, responsibly and respectfully and is based on the work of Dr. Howard Gardner and the GoodPlay Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

I'm sharing this more for an example of author bias & incentives in writing about edtech, than because I think he's right: he doesn't think tech will replace teachers at all. (Keep in mind who his customers are.)

A consideration of using Vine, Twitter's 6 second video platform, in the classroom. The embedded video is the most helpful bit.

These services could be a help or a hindrance depending on the quality of their advice