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Rupangi Sharma

Longwood University Combines Gaming and MOOC Technology to Offer Free Career Readiness ... - 0 views

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Technology education learning online social educational_technology emerging technology

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  • Rupangi Sharma on 20 Nov 12
     
    Badgestack and Longwood U combine forces to offer students a head start on what they need to know to succeed in today's work force.
Tomoko Matsukawa

Internet Governance Map: Countries with most Google take-down requests. - Slate Magazine - 0 views

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google filtering t561

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  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 29 Nov 12
     
    interesting. depending on where you live, what you are seeing will be slightly different due to filtering forces.
Andrea Bush

Mobile Technology at the US Air Force Academy - 0 views

www.usafa.edu/cper.cfm

Technology education

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  • Andrea Bush on 23 Nov 12
     
    In an effort to increase meaningful engagement in class, The Center for Physics Education Research (CPER) at the Air Force Academy is developing a "technology based system for monitoring student participation in all classroom activities on a daily basis and providing real-time scoring data to instructors through a mobile device such as an iPad TM, iPod TouchTM, or AndroidTM based device. Students will be rewarded for showing evidence of classroom engagement."
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

California Bill Would Force Colleges to Honor Online Classes - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...s-to-honor-online-classes.html

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  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 17 Mar 13
     
    "This would be a big change, acknowledging that colleges aren't the only ones who can offer college courses," said Burck Smith, the founder of Straighterline. "It means rethinking what a college is."
Hannah Lesk

Coursera forced to call off a MOOC amid complaints about the course | Inside Higher Ed - 8 views

www.insidehighered.com/...c-amid-complaints-about-course

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  • Hannah Lesk on 04 Feb 13
     
    Coursera's "Fundamentals of Online Education: Planning and Application" crashed in its first week. Beyond the obvious irony, there are some interesting lessons to learn here.
Daniel Melia

Are Kids Really Motivated by Technology? (Bill Ferriter) | Larry Cuban on School Reform... - 1 views

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  • Daniel Melia on 07 Sep 12
     
    A reminder that technology is not in and of itself a motivating force in the classroom.
  • Cole Shaw on 07 Sep 12
     
    I wonder if different types of technology have different impacts. For example, I can absolutely see where students wouldn't be motivated by a digital whiteboard or a blog...too adult and too similar to traditional education. But what about things like games for learning? Would they draw in a non-traditional student and actually motivate them to learn, albeit indirectly? There seems to be research on the gamification aspect that shows its positive impact, so do Bill's comments only apply to a subset of educational technology?
Maung Nyeu

We Live in a Mobile World - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...we-live-in-a-mobile-world-11

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  • Maung Nyeu on 04 Jan 12
     
    We live in digital and mobile world. Mobile learning forces us to rethink how to best utilize our time in school. We can focus more on questions that require collaboration, synthesis, critical thinking and creativity, and not just memorization of facts.
Mirza Ramic

Analysis suggests MOOCs will be more disruptive than open access journals | Inside High... - 2 views

www.insidehighered.com/...isruptive-open-access-journals

disruptive open access higher ed chronicle Education MOOCs

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  • Mirza Ramic on 23 Oct 13
     
    More on MOOCs: "One one side, there are those who portray traditional higher education models as enjoying too much immunity from market forces and public demands for greater academic efficiency and productivity; on the other side are faculty groups and others who are struggling against a narrative of disruption that sees higher education as a business while discounting the issues of academic quality, freedom and governance."
Maura Wolk

Houghton Mifflin takes the iPad to school - 0 views

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  • The launch of the algebra app "signals the beginning of a new era in curriculum development, where the goal is not just providing world-class content, but also delivering it in a variety of ways so that students and teachers can individualize the learning experience,”
  • Maura Wolk on 09 Sep 10
     
    A not surprising move on the part of educational publishers trying to keep from going extinct. But it does force us to ask, are they just in a rush to utilize the popular technology, or have they really explored its value for learning?
Devon Dickau

The End of the Textbook as We Know It - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 3 views

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  • For years observers have predicted a coming wave of e-textbooks. But so far it just hasn't happened. One explanation for the delay is that while music fans were eager to try a new, more portable form of entertainment, students tend to be more conservative when choosing required materials for their studies. For a real disruption in the textbook market, students may have to be forced to change.
  • saying that e-textbooks should be required reading and that colleges should be the ones charging for them
  • radical shift
  • ...6 more annotations...
  • Here's the new plan: Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).
  • they're far cheaper to produce than printed texts
  • publishers could eliminate the used-book market and reduce incentives for students to illegally download copies as well
  • When students pay more for new textbooks than tuition in a year, then something's wrong
  • Tricky issues remain, though. What if a professor wrote the textbook assigned for his or her class? Is it ethical to force students to buy it, even at a reduced rate? And what if students feel they are better off on their own, where they have the option of sharing or borrowing a book at no cost?
  • In music, the Internet reduced album sales as more people bought only the individual songs they wanted. For textbooks, that may mean letting students (or brokers at colleges) buy only the chapters they want. Or only supplementary materials like instructional videos and interactive homework problems, all delivered online. And that really would be the end of the textbook as we know it.
  • P Parson on 31 Oct 10
     
    I would be for this. I could not believe a place so big on recycling (Harvard) murdered so many trees with the printing of course packs. I like this idea if you could get the material from other sources than just the school (say the author or publisher directly or something like Amazon). Otherwise, there is no opportunity for competition or bargaining.
Sarah Usher

Police Jobs Through Police-Recruitment UK - 1 views

I was searching for police force jobs that will suit the qualifications that I have. I searched in offices and online until I came across Police-Recruitment UK. I was able to set my sights on a sp...

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Xavier Rozas

DIY-Virtual Reality...prob. not in Walmart anytime soon - 1 views

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  • Epcot on Wednesday opened a new attraction called "Sum of All Thrills," which lets kids use computer tablets to design a virtual roller coaster, bobsled track or plane ride. After inputting their designs, kids climb into a robotic carriage that uses virtual-reality technology to help them experience the ride they've created.
  • in the world of amusement parks and museums. Taking cues from the video game industry, park and ride designers have realized that people -- especially young ones -- want to interact with and even design their own thrill rides
  • Uly Lalunio on 15 Oct 09
     
    Newest Disney attraction called - Sum of All Thrills where kids get to design their own virtual roller coaster. It uses virtual-reality technology. "Disney hopes the interactive nature of the ride would also help kids learn that math and science can be fun."
  • Xavier Rozas on 15 Oct 09
     
    While I would not consider this incredibly expensive ride a 'distruptive innovation' or even an emerging ed technology, what Epcot has done by bringing this DIY-VR concept to the masses (if you are one of the masses that can A- afford Disney and B-have the patience to wait in line for `5-6 hours) is very important to future ed tech innovation strategies. The progression/invention of such cost prohibitive entertainment tools will fall squarely on the high-end theme parks and consumer venues. The challenge has been set by Epcot and now others must either compete directly or develop a better or more accessible solution. Off the top of my head, I can think of a few cost saving innovations that might be developed in this 'race'- Artificial G-Force Engline: variable air pressure, smart-chairs, fans
Jeffrey Siegel

McGraw-Hill LearnSmart - Adaptive learning surpasses 1 million students - 2 views

www.sacbee.com/...hill-education-marks-year.html

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  • Jeffrey Siegel on 09 Nov 12
     
    Can large publishing companies really be force of good in the ed tech arena?
Uche Amaechi

Redefining Medicine With Apps and iPads - The Digital Doctor - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...-ipads-the-digital-doctor.html

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  • Harvey Shaw on 11 Oct 12
     
    I like how Dr. Heineken forces his residents to interact directly with the patients first, then consult technology - puts the technology at the service of the doctor, not the other way around.
Matthew Ong

Really simple and timeless games for ELL - 1 views

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  • Matthew Ong on 03 Oct 12
     
    The spirit behind the use of these games is great. You might have seen, heard, and played these games before but the authors call for the use of these games to be simple and concise for the teachers and students is timely in the wake of very complex games that some teachers might want to force into the curriculum.
Angela Nelson

Guess who's winning the brains race, with 100% of first graders learning to code? | Ven... - 1 views

venturebeat.com/...estonia-code-academy

Writing Code Tech Literacy K-12

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  • Angela Nelson on 05 Sep 12
     
    Program in Estonia designed to have all students age 7 to 16 learn to write code in a drive to turn children from consumers to developers of technology.
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  • Heather French on 05 Sep 12
     
    I just posted an article from Wired onto twitter about this! http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/09/estonia-reprograms-first-graders-as-web-coders/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=twitterclickthru I wonder how deeply the program goes in coding or if it is more in line with applications like "Move the Turtle".
  • Angela Nelson on 05 Sep 12
     
    I am very curious, as well, and trying to find more information. I think it would necessarily be a program that expands with their comprehension and maturity... starting with very basic "Move the Turtle" applications and then grown with the student, hopefully to real world application, as they go until age 16!
  • Jeffrey Siegel on 06 Sep 12
     
    Who initiated this ProgreTiiger program? The Estonian government? Local IT companies? Concerned parents who disparately wanted their children to learn to code? Estonia is very wired country and it's economy has found a niche in IT services, so much so that it's even been dubbed "eStonia" (http://e-estonia.com/). This program seems to be an example of market forces guiding educational policy since there are clear incentives for it's population to be technologically literate to ensure it's competitiveness and dominance in the tech sector (see: The Many Reasons Estonia Is a Tech Start-Up Nation (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303734204577464343888754210.html) A little blurb on how "plug-in" Estonia actually is: "The geeks have triumphed in this country of 1.3 million. Some 40 percent read a newspaper online daily, more than 90 percent of bank transactions are done over the Internet, and the government has embraced online voting. The country is saturated in free Wi-Fi, cell phones can be used to pay for parking or buy lunch, and Skype is taking over the international phone business from its headquarters on the outskirts of Tallinn. In other words, Estonia - or eStonia, as some citizens prefer - is like a window into the future. Someday, the rest of the world will be as wired as this tiny Baltic nation." (http://www.wired.com/politics/security/magazine/15-09/ff_estonia) p.s. I hate sensational titles like "Guess Who's Winning the Brain's Race" Learning coding doesn't automatically make your brain bigger or necessarily increase your intelligence. Sure, it's a very useful skill, but I wonder what classes will be cut out to make time in the school day for coding. Coding vs recess: Tough call.
  • Irina Uk on 06 Sep 12
     
    Hmmm.... I read about Estonia being very plugged in as well. I wonder if there is research on whether the kids are actually learning better as a result. I think that you have a point Jeffrey. It depends what the cost is. If kids are missing some critical lesson because they are coding at such a young age, there may be a trade-off. On the other hand, maybe the skills they are obtaining from coding are more critical. I wonder...
  • Angela Nelson on 06 Sep 12
     
    Ideally, the tech skills would be used to enhance and deepen some of the other curriculum areas. But, yes, 7 years old may be young.
Tommie Anthony Henderson

More Women Find Success With A Degree In Technology - 1 views

www.212articles.com/ss-with-a-degree-in-technology

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  • Tommie Anthony Henderson on 18 Dec 11
     
    The STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math) saw a definite increase as of the year 2000, with 26% of those in the field now women. This is certainly not indicative of the amount of women in the work force as a whole, currently 47% of the nation.
Amanda Bowen

Forget an essay -- earn a scholarship with a tweet - CNN.com - 7 views

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essay scholarship tweet

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  • Tommie Anthony Henderson on 10 Dec 11
     
    NOW!!! THIS IS REALLY COOL!
  • Amanda Bowen on 17 Dec 11
     
    I wish it was this easy when I applied to undergrad. 
  • Bharat Battu on 18 Dec 11
     
    interesting point that the MBA admissions director from University of Iowa mentions. Admissions dept.'s are finding traditional application essays stale. New/social media outlets like twitter are bringing back originality and creativity. Maybe embracing Tweets as a medium is like a page-limit on a paper assignment. The constraints force students to really hone in on their points, and convey it as succinctly and clearly as possible? Conveying an entire thought/argument in 140 characters... it isn't easy, and perhaps those who can do it best are really effective 21st century communicators, and are worth rewarding/supporting.
Jennifer Lavalle

Board Approves Idaho Online Class Requirement - 0 views

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  • Jennifer Lavalle on 07 Nov 11
     
    "Idaho is set to become first state in the nation to require high school students to take at least two credits online to graduate." Has anyone seen this yet? Comments/thoughts? I think the main motivator for this initiative is to lower costs...I fear that if finance is the driving force, it won't be implemented as effectively as possible....
Sarah Usher

The Key To My Success - 1 views

I have always been dreaming of becoming a police officer someday. I dreamt of doing police jobs myself, bust all criminals and save my society. I love protecting people, and I like to protect my fa...

Police-Recruitment UK

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