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Matthew Ong

This camera can capture things at the speed of light... - 0 views

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light emerging technology tedtalks amazing creative

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  • Matthew Ong on 24 Sep 12
     
    It isn't so much the fact that this camera can do what it can. It's how its inventor conceptualized the possibilities of firing packets of photons many times and capturing it to form an image. There were ripples of light! Amazing possibilities in store for the imaginative educator...
Irina Uk

MITP Mobile - 2 views

www.mitpressjournals.org/...ijlm_a_00076

Mobile Mathematics 'Connection Making' 'Problem Solving'

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  • Irina Uk on 27 Sep 12
     
    This is a great article about the need to integrate mobile learning into mathematics learning. The article claims that right now there is a divide between personal experiences and mathematical problem solving that students learn in school. The article suggests much work and opportunity in using mobile technology to bridge the divide of formal and informal math learning, putting math learning into personal contexts. The article sheds light on how this will help students see mathematics as a discipline they will use outside of school. It is a very good, comprehensive look at the role technology can play in teaching math the "right" way.
Maria Anaya

Border Memorial: Frontera de los Muertos « Border Memorial - 0 views

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  • Maria Anaya on 30 Sep 12
     
    I came across this. An interesting way to use technology to bring to light a huge issue as well as honor those who have died. 
Allison Gevarter

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

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

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  • 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.
Jessica O'Brien

Twitter, Facebook, and social activism : The New Yorker - 4 views

www.newyorker.com/...101004fa_fact_gladwell

twitter activism facebook social media Gladwell civic education

shared by Jessica O'Brien on 02 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • The world, we are told, is in the midst of a revolution. The new tools of social media have reinvented social activism. With Facebook and Twitter and the like, the traditional relationship between political authority and popular will has been upended, making it easier for the powerless to collaborate, coördinate, and give voice to their concerns.
  • Fifty years after one of the most extraordinary episodes of social upheaval in American history, we seem to have forgotten what activism is.G
  • The platforms of social media are built around weak ties. Twitter is a way of following (or being followed by) people you may never have met. Facebook is a tool for efficiently managing your acquaintances, for keeping up with the people you would not otherwise be able to stay in touch with.
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  • But weak ties seldom lead to high-risk activism.
  • Jessica O'Brien on 02 Oct 10
     
    This article is interesting in light of Haste's article for class. Gladwell dismisses the "Twitter revolution" in Moldova and explains that real activism--real civic participation--is not seen in low-risk online networks, such as Facebook and Twitter. Perhaps new technology cannot empower individuals enough for real-life civic engagement?
  • Garron Hillaire on 03 Oct 10
     
    I am not sure that online networks only form weak ties. I am somewhat surprised there was no mention of http://www.meetup.com/ and the soon to be released http://www.jumo.com/ as they both appear to consider themselves to be a means for social change. There is another point raised that we seem to have forgotten activism. This point, if true, may be a good explination as to why social media is not commonly used for social change.
  • Mydhili Bayyapunedi on 05 Oct 10
     
    Thanks for posting this Jessica! I've been thinking about this for sometime now and I don't think Gladwell is right in saying that Twitter and FB form weak ties just as the SM folklore claiming that twitter or FB is in the middle of real activism. Social media is a tool for organizing civic participation. Civic engagement is defined by how many participate and only later by the platform/tool they use. Couple of reactions to Gladwell's piece: http://rburnett.ecuad.ca/main/2010/10/1/the-anti-gladwell-small-change-indeed.html http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tipping_point_author_malcolm_gladwell_says_facebook_twitter_cant_change_world.php
Natalie Hebshie

Trickle Down Technology: Tech Lessons Learned From Higher Ed -- THE Journal - 1 views

thejournal.com/...ns-Learned-From-Higher-Ed.aspx

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  • Natalie Hebshie on 10 Nov 10
     
    An interesting read in light of what we read in Disrupting Class - looking to higher ed as guinea pig for technology implementation in K-12.
Anna Ho

Back To School | Via Meadia - 0 views

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school learning college

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  • Anna Ho on 04 Sep 11
     
    Not explicitly tech related, but a good post on how in light of changing times, to make the most of one's college years.
Matthew Ong

The next big lego - 0 views

www.ted.com/...that_blink_beep_and_teach.html

technology education learning

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  • Matthew Ong on 15 Oct 12
     
    Interesting project that builds sound, light sensors, motion detectors into building blocks.
Pearl Phaovisaid

The Retriever Weekly > Opinions > Finally! Something better than Blackboard - 2 views

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online learning education technology blackboard delivery platform EDC ETLO

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  • free way
  • Blackboard's interface for discussion boards is very clunky -- it isn't at all visually appealing, doesn't group topics, doesn't have tags, doesn't provide a good search facility and doesn't support formatting
  • "I really like the visual layout, with a timeline of post summaries on the left, and the post itself on the right, with annotations about responses, statistics, poster, etc. Being able to tag posts is very helpful. It's easy to get all of the posts on a particular topic or associated with a particular assignment."
  • Pearl Phaovisaid on 31 Oct 12
  • Pearl Phaovisaid on 31 Oct 12
     
    In light of our recent Blackboard Collaborate class during Sandy, I got curious as to what other good online delivery platforms are out there. I am preparing to teach the MIT App Inventor curriculum to some high school girls on the other side of the world and am wondering if maybe there's a better alternative to Skype. I came across Piazza, which is free and seems to be gaining traction in higher ed. I also once took an online course with Kaplan and really liked their interface, but don't remember what it was and now it seems they are moving toward a platform called "KapX." If anyone can recommend additional platforms, please let me know.
Heather French

Google launches open source course building web application - 1 views

techcrunch.com/...e-launches-open-course-builder

online Open source google course education

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  • Heather French on 15 Sep 12
     
    Google is hoping that schools like Stanford and MIT will use the light weight web application to build rudimentary online courses.
Melinda Schindler

Hole in the Wall - 1 views

www.hole-in-the-wall.com/index.html

educational_technology

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  • Melinda Schindler on 02 Dec 11
     
    This organization brings "learning stations" to children in rural villages. In light of our last class' discussion of Negroponte, this seemed like an interesting site to share/compare to Negroponte's approach.
Chris McEnroe

How to Rescue Education Reform - NYTimes.com - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...o-rescue-education-reform.html

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  • No Child Left Behind also let states use statistical gimmicks to report performance
  • ” federal financing should be conditioned on truth in advertisin
  • To shed light on equity and cost-effectiveness, states should be required to report school- and district-level spending; the resources students receive should be disclosed, not only their achievement.
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  • efforts to reduce inequities have too often led to onerous and counterproductive micromanagement.
  • it comes to brain science, language acquisition or the impact of computer-assisted tutoring, federal financing for reliable research is essential. 
  • , competitive federal grants that support innovation while providing political cover for school boards, union leaders and others to throw off anachronistic routines.
  • , dictates from Congress turn into gobbledygook as they travel from the Education Department to state education agencies and then to local school districts
  • it’s not surprising that well-intentioned demands for “bold” federal action on school improvement have a history of misfiring. They stifle problem-solving, encourage bureaucratic blame avoidance and often do more harm than good.
  • Chris McEnroe on 06 Dec 11
     
    The headline promises more than the article delivers. It mainly identifies the limited effectiveness that the federal government can have. There are no specific "how to's" here and no mention of technology whatsoever, perhaps because that would be too specific a focus for the scope of the article. These are prominent figures in a prominent publication having a conversation that could have taken place in 1980. How do we change that? The absence of real civic engagement on issues about education is the missing link in education reform. I wonder if we can organize public discourse on the internet more effectively to have formal impact on civic activism and administration.
Parisa Rouhani

A cordless future for electricity? - CNN.com - 0 views

www.cnn.com/...index.html

wireless electricity energy efficience

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  • able to power light bulbs using wireless electricity that tra
  • more energy efficient than plugging all of the devices into power sockets directly
Margaret O'Connell

Hackerspaces - breeding grounds for disruption? - 1 views

freaklabs.org/...ckerspaces-and-Technology.html

Hackerspaces

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  • One of the most important things about hackerspaces, and an area that differentiates it from other areas in the tech industry, is that most of the ideas and projects aren’t designed for any type of financial return. And unlike academic research labs, hackerspaces are usually very hands-on and focused on practical implementation. In Tokyo Hackerspace, we have a lot of projects or project ideas that revolve around environmental or humanitarian applications of technology as well as art. These types of projects would rarely see the light of day in corporate scenarios (without government subisidies) but are often
  • types of projects that, when further refined, may turn into something that is financially viable or lay the groundwork for something much bigger. 
Chris McEnroe

Teaching: Prepare and Connect | U.S. Department of Education - 3 views

www.ed.gov/...teaching-prepare-and-connect

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    • Chris McEnroe
      Chris McEnroe on 26 Sep 11
       
      Seems to me to be a real disconnect with respect to assessment. Assessment, testing in the old model, did not authentically serve the learner. It served the system (modeled on the industrial reward paradigm). If we are focused on learning, assessment only serves the learner in terms of feedback but not as "assessment" as in: you worked hard and you get an 'A'. Getting an 'A' has even less relevance in the 21st centruy paradigm.
  • Educators can view and analyze their practice and then innovate and customize new ways to refine their craft in light of new insights.
  • PBS TeacherLine
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  • PBS TeacherLine
  • The technology that enables connected teaching is available now, but not all the conditions necessary to leverage it are
  • 3.0 Teaching:
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      Chris McEnroe on 26 Sep 11
       
      I don't think this is intentional but I love the catch phrase of "3.0 Teaching" as a play off of Web 2.0.
Jennifer Lavalle

Mobile Gaming is Stationary - 0 views

gigaom.com/...grey-area-mobilize-2011

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  • Jennifer Lavalle on 05 Oct 11
     
    In light of our conversation of mobile learning, this article provides insight as to the stationary nature of the use of mobile technology. Shadow Cities - a game that prizes 'on the go', 'real world' scenarios within the game, found that most people play mobile games in the spaces where they spend the majority of their time - especially the home, which means mobile games compete with traditional gaming devices. Anyway, some food for thought...
  • Bridget Binstock on 08 Oct 11
     
    Jennifer, Thanks for sharing this. In this push for mobile, I guess it makes sense if you step back and realize that most of the gaming systems that people started using (PS3, Xbox, Wii) were not built for mobility or portability and perhaps they haven't realized they can "transfer" the gaming experience to anyWHERE? Or maybe it is that gamers are creatures of habit? or superstition (like baseball players who don't shave their face throughout the playoffs so as to not mess with the karma or mojo?) and don't want to upset the environment that they consider the best for their particular performance of the game? The commercial that Prof Dede showed with the Augmented Reality spin and where Shadow Cities is headed really is a whole new way of approaching gaming and I wonder if the same type of gamers who are traditionalists (sit at home and play) would be interested in this new type of mobile gaming or if it might just open up a whole new set of gamers - who despise the sedentary nature of traditional gaming systems - and push them to get involved?
Uche Amaechi

BYOD - Worst Idea of the 21st Century? : Stager-to-Go - 7 views

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technology Emerging Technology T561

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  • Allison Browne on 10 Oct 11
     
    Uche, you keep posting stuff I have a problem with- OK I understand that BYOD policies may not be so great but I really believe that familes should shoulder some of the costs for hardware since degredation is such a problem. The schools can have agreements with vendors to provide certain laptops or tablets for a certain price point and they can design their systems to support these items. Parents are expected to purchase backpacks, binders, and school supplies. When parents can't provide these back-to-school supplies, schools cover it. The same should be for computers. Speaking as a middle class parent (refer to above article) I believe this is an important investment in our schools so that they can focus on hardware support and software implementation/ integration.
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  • Bridget Binstock on 10 Oct 11
     
    @Allison and Uche - I am torn. While I initially thought BYOD was a good idea so that schools would have to stop "blaming" their fiscal woes on their inability to integrate emerging technologies into the curriculum, I now have some appreciation with points from this article - especially around "false equivalences" and "enshrining inequities" in light of my own children's "bring your own electronic device" day that took place two weeks ago. As a school wide reward for meeting their Accelerated Reading goal, all students were told they could bring an electronic device to school to "play" with on Friday afternoon. This prompted my kids to call me (Skype) on Thursday night and ask me if I could buy them a DS or a SmartPhone that NIGHT so that they could bring either of those devices to school for the celebration. Now mind you, my kids have access to lap tops, iPad, Smart Phones, Wii games, GameBoy, iPods, Flip camera, digital camera, etc - albeit not their OWN - but still access to them for use (when Mom and Dad are not using them). But apparently, of the devices left that Mom and Dad weren't using, none of them were "cool" enough for this event. That got me wondering if BYOD might have the same effect on our learners making those who don't have the latest and greatest feel bad or less adequate then their friends or classmates who could bring something they deemed as "better?" Allison, your point seems to be that requiring parents to cover the expense of a digital device as a requirement for school is not a bad idea, but I think you are referring to expecting the SAME device to be purchased and used, not myriad devices with various capabilities, features and functions - am I understanding you correctly? And if we did try to mandate parental supply of digital devices, would we have a different kind of fight on our hands because, as consumers, parents might have their own biases around what they deem is the best device of all (not just PC vs MAC or iOS vs Android, but sma
  • Allison Browne on 10 Oct 11
     
    I still believe that a system properly designed could mitigate some of your concerns. In reality, schools can not support any device that a student brings in. They are capable of supporting a certain number and if they build relationships with the vendors to sell those devices that the school is capable of supporting then families will be aware that the school will offer the best deal on the items that are compatible. Every year the school recommends items for back to school supplies. If the laptop could replace all of the binders it might be worth it. There are many factors to consider but the biggest obstacle is that schools maintain such old equipment because of their budget woes. Even when we can purchase the latest and greatest software, the computers can't run it.
  • Erin Sisk on 12 Oct 11
     
    What a great debate you guys are having! One point worth considering is that typically the parents are responsible for purchasing the supplies, while the school is responsible for providing the content (textbooks, workbooks, handouts, worksheets, videos, etc). In the near future these devices may also be the primary sources of content, replacing textbooks altogether. I would hope perhaps funding for textbooks could be transferred to funding for these devices. I would also hope that the price of these devices drops significantly (is the $35 tablet in our future?). Then of course the question of who pays is less important. In my job producing educational video for publishing companies, I spend way too much time dealing with various formats and compatibility problems with browsers, so I'd love to see a future where this becomes more standardized.
Erin McCloskey

When we multitask, we often aren't doing any of the juggled tasks well - The Boston Globe - 3 views

www.boston.com/..._any_of_the_juggled_tasks_well

multitasking

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  • Erin McCloskey on 26 Oct 09
     
    Research suggesting the deficits within multitasking
  • Jennifer Hern on 27 Oct 09
     
    Finally, people are seeing the light!
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