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Devon Dickau

BBC News - US schools may get unused fibre links - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-11387134

Internet technology education classrooms K-12

shared by Devon Dickau on 23 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • high-speed web access for schools was vital "in order to participate in a 21st Century economy"
  • looking at the role of technology in learning
  • educational opportunities like properly wired classrooms, the right kinds of software or textbook opportunities they should hav
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  • We are falling behind and it's obvious in a global economy that other countries are doing a better job than we are
  • The back-to-school forum highlighted three main goals to help move the country towards a digital future that puts the US back on the map: ensuring every child is digitally literate by 8th grade, around 14 years old educating parents about technology and its value
  • making every classroom a 21st-Century classroom
  • Digital literacy is vital
  • there is a huge entrepreneurial opportunity to fill in that gap
  • Devon Dickau on 23 Sep 10
     
    Really interesting article about the perceived importance of Internet to the K-12 student and suggesting how other entities and organizations are supporting equal access in this way.
Natalie Hebshie

BBC News - Pi record smashed as team finds two-quadrillionth digit - 1 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-11313194

pi computation calculation infinite

shared by Natalie Hebshie on 17 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Natalie Hebshie on 17 Sep 10
     
    Can't quite wrap my brain around this one entirely but it sounds interesting and brain-y.
Devon Dickau

BBC News - 'Fair trade' solution to learning a new language - 1 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-11286290

language acquisition virtual education technology

shared by Devon Dickau on 30 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • in our ever-shrinking, networked world, the chance to learn new languages direct from the communities that speak it naturally is just a few clicks away.
  • There are lots of different ways of learning languages. "Different people learn in different ways. I think these kinds of virtual environments are really great, really good. Kids in school respond very well to these sorts of approaches."
  • Devon Dickau on 30 Sep 10
     
    "Anything that brings language alive, whether that's in the real world or the virtual world, is a good thing."
Allison Gevarter

BBC News - Japan develops robotic seals to comfort sick and elderly - 1 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...health-11459745

shared by Allison Gevarter on 03 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Allison Gevarter on 03 Oct 10
     
    Interesting video in light of our discussions on AI toys. This is going for a much older audience, but some of the "reactive" qualities would be extremely applicable to products for children.
Devon Dickau

BBC News - The rights and wrongs of digital books - 2 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-11693222

E-books copyright issues technology

shared by Devon Dickau on 22 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • The latter part of 2010 may mark the point from which future historians date the transition to screen-based reading for literary fiction as well as reference works
  • However, even they are not yet willing to accept that the price of electronic texts is too high, and that readers will not pay the same for a bunch of bits as they will for a bound book, since the market knows that it costs less to send electrons over a network than it does to buy paper, make books out of it and ship the physical objects around the world
  • When you buy an digital copy to read on your e-book reader, phone or laptop all you get is the copyrighted bit, and what you pay for is a licence to have a copy or copies of the text.
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  • Amazon recently announced that it will let Kindle owners "lend" books, but only for two weeks and only once per title.
  • The idea of "intellectual property" deliberately conflates the two and allows politicians to pretend that laws about physical property should extend to digital downloads. We need to challenge this unjustifiable elision if we are to think seriously about copyright and business models in the age of electronics.
Ashley Lee

BBC News - YouTube video leads to Hollywood contract - 2 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8417789.stm

youtube

shared by Ashley Lee on 17 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Ashley Lee on 17 Dec 09
     
    from youtube to hollywood
Benjamin Berte

BBC News - Blogging loses appeal for US teenagers, says survey - 2 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8497427.stm

blogging technology internet mobile phones twitter loses teenagers

shared by Benjamin Berte on 04 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Benjamin Berte on 04 Feb 10
     
    As soon as I catch up...I fall behind
Jennifer Jocz

BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Facebook 'cuts student drop-outs' - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8299050.stm

facebook social networking

shared by Jennifer Jocz on 14 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Facebook pages for individual courses help the students to bond with each other, work together as a team and maintain their connection with staff.
  • "Technology is no longer an optional extra - and modern trends such as social networking should not be ignored,"
Nick Siewert

BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Danish pupils use web in exams - 2 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8341886.stm

testing exams innovation cheating e-learning international integrity

shared by Nick Siewert on 04 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Nick Siewert on 04 Nov 09
     
    Schools in Denmark are piloting a program which allows students to use computers with internet access on national writing exams.
Kellie Demmler

BBC News - Google previews Chrome open source operating system - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8369611.stm

Operating_system Chrome Google Open_Source

shared by Kellie Demmler on 19 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Kellie Demmler on 19 Nov 09
     
    Google is going after Microsoft with their new open source operating system designed originally for netbook users - so no software has to be installed.  It is all browser based and stores docs on Google servers - great for computer crashes - security???
Benjamin Berte

BBC NEWS | Technology | Smart spectacles aid translation - 1 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8343941.stm

foreign language translation technology glasses

shared by Benjamin Berte on 05 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Benjamin Berte on 05 Nov 09
     
    These glasses remind me of Parisa's thread about foreign language translating.
Garron Hillaire

BBC News - Digital textbooks open a new chapter - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...business-15175962

textbooks digital censorship intelligent tutoring

shared by Garron Hillaire on 19 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • South Korea, one of the world's highest-rated education systems, aims to consolidate its position by digitising its entire curriculum.
  • Preliminary results from a US military "digital tutor" project suggested the time needed to become an expert in information technology could be reduced from years to months, said the White House.
  • An unscrupulous government could relish the fact that everything a child learns is controllable through one, easily manipulated, digital portal.
  • Garron Hillaire on 19 Oct 11
     
    South Korea initiative for digital textbooks - good news?
Janet Dykstra

India backs Aakash 2 tablet-based national education project - 1 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-20297872

technology education educational_technology

shared by Janet Dykstra on 12 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Janet Dykstra on 12 Nov 12
     
    The Aakash 2 was unveiled by the Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday 11 November, India's National Education Day. It is an upgraded version of the world's cheapest tablet computer.
Janet Dykstra

Can schools survive in the age of the web? - 0 views

www.bbc.com/...an-schools-survive-the-web-age

technology education t561 emerging technology

shared by Janet Dykstra on 26 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Janet Dykstra on 26 Nov 12
     
    A growing number of online universities are redefining education. But what will that mean for traditional institutions?
Roshanak Razavi

UK universities in online launch to challenge US - 1 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...education-20697392

online MOOC

shared by Roshanak Razavi on 14 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Roshanak Razavi on 14 Dec 12
     
    Did they jump or were they pushed?
Deidre Witan

Pacman comes to life virtually - 2 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...4607449.stm

augmented_reality wearable game

shared by Deidre Witan on 25 Oct 12 - Cached
  • Deidre Witan on 25 Oct 12
     
    Outdoor AR Pacman game
Bridget Binstock

South Korean Prison To Feature Robot Guards - Forbes - 2 views

www.forbes.com/...prison-to-feature-robot-guards

robots technology

shared by Bridget Binstock on 30 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Bridget Binstock on 30 Nov 11
     
    I thought this was interesting following our discussion about Sherry Turkle yesterday. Robots assessing "risky behavior?" A South Korean prison will begin a month-long trial to see if robots make good prison guards. (Image Credit: Asian Forum For Corrections) The BBC reports that a jail in Pohang, South Korea, will soon begin a one-month trial of three new robots, which will be there in a support capacity to monitor for "abnormal behavior."
Uche Amaechi

My Blackberry Is Not Working! - The One Ronnie, Preview - BBC One - YouTube - 0 views

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technology education t561

shared by Uche Amaechi on 18 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Uche Amaechi on 18 Sep 12
     
    Came across this on my research on how adults cope with technological change--especially given their critical role in educating students with it...
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