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Interesting her view of disrupt versus improve...

This article shows the dark underbelly of the educational policy world as it relates to technology. As schools are increasingly adopting online learning models in classes, companies are predictably lining up to get money from the movement. However, there are many companies who are taking it a step further and lobbying for policies that do not have children's best interests in mind and which operate under the simplistic and misguided assumption that "schools will not need teachers once computers become good enough." It should give us pause to consider what needs to be done in these early stages to prevent the edTech movement from falling into the wrong hands and killing our schools.

Here is a list of finalists and winners in a number of different categories from product or service to presentation solutions. This is only the list, but searching on their name will give more information. Pearson's Online Learning Exchange (born from my Science Business Unit) was a finalist for new product or service. Enjoy!

edtech platforms should truly empower teachers to teach effectively, control their content, and engage their students. The platform does this by making all content created within, regardless of type, property of whoever creates it.

Interesting edtech pursuit from the New York Times

September 26, 2013: 6:00pm - 8:00pm A Fireside Chat with MIT and edX leaders, Sanjay Sarma, Director, Office of Digital Learning, MIT and Kathy Pugh, Vice President of Academics, edX Registration and refreshments: 6:00-6:30pm Program 6:30-8:00pm Moderated by Nish Sonwalkar, Editor-in-Chief, MOOC FORUM Journal The Educational Technology field is exploding with innovation, and in response the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge brings you a look at this field with two experts from MIT.

ETLO is a very successful model of scaling up

This article almost provides a nice gist of a lot of topics we've touched on in class.

infographic on teaching science in cyberspace

9 examples of how certain colleges are integrating iPads into their curricula 

Salman Khan + Google Hangout + disruption of education

STEM search engine that prevents the fear of math - related to failure/motivation research for those of us in Dock's class 

A parent - and techie's - perspective on using iPads in the classroom.

iPads are found to have a direct impact and maximize student learning time in a classroom in Michigan

EdTech philanthropy from George Lucas Educational Foundation

Review of edtech development