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Maung Nyeu

Can Technology Help Solve India's Education Problems? | Knowledge@Wharton Today - 0 views

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    Texas Intruments and Intel are developing partnership with Indian firm CORE and others on education technologies. "Advances in technology continue to transform how we live, work, play and learn. Intel is committed to making education accessible and engaging for all students," says R. Ravichandran, director of sales, Intel South Asia.
Amanda Granger

Intel 'The Chase' on Vimeo - 0 views

shared by Amanda Granger on 29 Oct 12 - No Cached
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    A transmedia narrative courtesy of Intel.  
Jeffrey Siegel

How to boost educational modernization processes through the teacher figure - 0 views

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    Interesting site from Intel. The banner reads "Preparing Students for 21st Century Success." The intersection of corporations and education.
Chris Dede

Intel teams up with Arduino to promote open-source hardware community | VentureBeat - 0 views

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    aid for the maker movement
David Chen

Orders for Classmate PCs canceled or suspended, say Taiwan makers - 0 views

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    "Governments and OEM partners in many emerging markets have canceled orders for Intel-promoted Classmate PCs, or have asked to suspend shipments, according to Taiwan-based component makers." Classmate PCs = Ultra-small, ultra-cheap laptops intended for use in classrooms of developing nations.
Rupangi Sharma

One-to-One Computing - 5 views

http://k12blueprint.com/k12/blueprint/story_video_bridging_our_future.php Occurred to me that it is interesting to map some of the similarities between the Microsoft video we saw in class, today, ...

technology education learning augmented reality Emerging Technology

started by Rupangi Sharma on 05 Sep 12 no follow-up yet
Danna Ortiz

What to test instead - Ideas - The Boston Globe - 2 views

  • A new wave of test designers believe they can measure creativity, problem solving, and collaboration – and that a smarter exam could change education.
  • Reengineering tests has become a kind of calling for a group of educators and researchers around the country. With millions of dollars of funding from the federal government, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as from firms like Cisco Systems, Intel, and Microsoft, they have set about rethinking what a test can do, what it can look like, and what qualities it can assess.
  • computer simulations, games, and stealth monitoring
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  • Chris Dede at Harvard
  • Such predictions require a clear sense of the qualities a person needs in order to thrive.
  • There are just a lot fewer jobs where you’re not doing information-seeking, interpreting, problem-solving, and communication than in the past.”
  • engineer tests
  • equire people to exercise a bundle of complex skills at the same time,
  • rafting computer programs that take advantage of so-called stealth assessment, a method of judging test-takers without telling them exactly what’s being judged.
  • When we test, we’re really probing for certain qualities—the particular mix of knowledge and ability—that tell us a student is ready to move ahead, or an employee will be an asset to the firm.
  • developed a 3D video game to test scientific skills
  • students
  • evaluated
  • rocess they go through to attack a problem.
  • Harvard developmental psychologist Howard Gardner participated in an effort to design new kinds of tests in the humanities that could be graded objectively.
  • Ultimately, he found that the nuance required to measure softer skills collided with the demands of standardization.
  • A test becomes a sign post,
  • t becomes an example of what to strive for.”
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    How test designers are trying to move away from standardized tests to computer programs that can measure a myriad of skills simultaneously through simulations and "stealth monitoring."  Both Chris Dede and Howard Gardner are mentioned.
Maung Nyeu

EduTone to Market Platforms Based on Intel Classmate PCs - 1 views

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    Edutone selects Intel's Classmate PC for K-12 education market.
Vafa AK

Intel: Chips in brains will control computers by 2020 - 0 views

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    I thought this was a fascinating article about the possibliities of harnessing the power of the brain to control computers and electronic devices. If this is realized no doubt there will be many implications for the education field.
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