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William Vitale

What roles will AI begin to fill in classes? - 2 views

http://edtechtimes.com/2013/04/05/10-ways-artificial-intelligence-can-change-education/ The idea of having access to an AI tutor is in all honesty pretty amazing. At this point when I don't under...

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Megan Johnston

Obama speech to students sparks new controversy - 0 views

www.google.com/...qqnnbZFsHF7kP6GV9XVfQD9AGCI3G1

tv in the classroom politics

shared by Megan Johnston on 04 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Megan Johnston on 04 Sep 09
     
    I actually love this idea; it makes the president as an authority figure somewhat more accessible to kids and as long as his message sticks to the importance of school, I think it will be beneficial, especially to minorities. I can't remember the president ever addressing me directly as a student! Guess I was a little young to remember the first Bush's address..
  • Megan Johnston on 04 Sep 09
     
    Obama will address students in their classrooms via TV broadcast on the first day of school; controversy is naturally sparked.
Niko Cunningham

World's Largest English Department - 1 views

www.teachersourcebook.org/...01ning.h03.html

educational_technology emerging technology social ning PD

shared by Niko Cunningham on 01 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Niko Cunningham on 01 Oct 09
     
    Imagine being a little middle-school basketball player, and getting a real email message from SHAQ. Thats what social networks are doing to allow novice teachers the ability to receive their most pressing questions answered by masters in their field.
Devon Dickau

Google Instant search feeds our real-time addiction - CNN.com - 0 views

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

technology education Google search instant knowledge predictive customized

shared by Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • By providing results before a query is complete and removing the need to hit the "enter" key, Google claims users will save two to five seconds per search
    • Devon Dickau
      Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
       
      Two to five seconds to hit Enter?  In a society obsessed with saving time, even mere seconds are perceived as valuable.
  • Web connections have become significantly faster over time
  • Web connections have become significantly faster over time
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  • quick status updates
    • Devon Dickau
      Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
       
      Are the speed and brevity of these messages bypassing the potential exploration of a certain topic area in-depth, or is very topic only superficial?
  • many social sites now use our social connections to recommend content to us without the need to seek it out
    • Devon Dickau
      Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
       
      Search engines do the work for us.  We don't even need to know how to find the information ourselves these days.
  • What's more, this feature enables truly personalized discovery by taking into account your search history, location and other factors -- Google is essentially emulating social networks by trying to predict what we're looking for without the need to submit a fully-formed search
  • The next step of search is doing this automatically. When I walk down the street, I want my smartphone to be doing searches constantly: 'Did you know ... ?' 'Did you know ... ?' 'Did you know ... ?' 'Did you know ... ?
    • Devon Dickau
      Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
       
      Constant delivery of knowledge.
    • Devon Dickau
      Devon Dickau on 12 Sep 10
       
      In thinking about evolving technology in terms of both formal and informal education, I question whether or not constant and immediate access to information is improving or harming individual knowledge.  By this I mean that because we can so easily search for something online, what motivation is there to actually know anything.  If we have Wikipedia on our phones, and know HOW to find it, can't we just spend 30 seconds finding the page and "know" something for topic of conversation, or a test?  What is the point, then, or learning, of retaining knowledge?  I feel that this may be a problem in coming generations.  What knowledge will our students actually feel they need to retain? I took solace in the fact that at least we have to learn and teach HOW to find the information, but with new technologies like predictive and instant searching, it almost seems like that is a skill that will soon become unneeded as well.  We might as well just be physically plugged in to the Internet with access to all information simultaneously. Thoughts from the group?
Ellen Loudermilk

The 5 Keys to Educational Technology -- THE Journal - 3 views

thejournal.com/...to-educational-technology.aspx

educational_technology

shared by Ellen Loudermilk on 20 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Implementation is essential, especially when one understands that educational technology is about affecting particular outcomes.
  • Certainly, these objects have demonstrable value; however, techniques and processes in teaching and learning are at least equally important
  • use of appropriate tools
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  • human capabilities are not wholly adequate to the demands of the modern teaching and learning enterprise, and this is where technology as facilitator has a role
  • Demonstrations, illustrations, instruction across learning styles
  • If no improvements are made with the adoption of new technology, then there is no point to utilizing any technology except for the most basic required to obtain that unchanging level of learning
  • need to assess our outcomes, make incremental changes in our methodologies to address shortcomings, then assess again
  • Ellen Loudermilk on 20 Sep 10
     
    The author's top 5 keys to successful education technology... do you agree? Is it missing anything?
  • quintintanderson on 21 Sep 10
     
    One of the more powerful messages I have learned in Stone's class is when you are designing an educational intervention you have to know WHEN to ask the question: what technology, if any, will improve our educational problem? Before you ask this question, the problem should be clearly identified, and the steps to assess if the problem is improving should be laid out. When you have this information, you can then tailor the technology to specifically meet the needs of your current problem. In this way, technology is sort of the means (not the ends!) towards improving education. So, in addition to the author's 5 key factors for educational technology, I would like to add: Is the technology a good fit for addressing our clearly defined educational problem?
Eric Kattwinkel

Does Your Language Shape How You Think? - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...29language-t.html

shared by Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10 - Cached
    • Eric Kattwinkel
      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Old ideas about language affecting thinking have been discredited, but more recent research has revived the idea, with important differences.
    • Eric Kattwinkel
      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      It's not that features of our language prevent or allow certain kinds of thinking; it's that they "oblige" us to consider some things and not others, thereby causing us to develop certain "habits" in how we think.
    • Eric Kattwinkel
      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Compare different language requirements of making a simple statement ("I had dinner with a neighbor last night"): in French you have to reveal the gender of the neighbor, but in English  you don't; in English you have to reveal when the dinner happened; not so in Chinese.
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    • Eric Kattwinkel
      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Research shows that when languages have different genders for the same objects, speakers of those language think differently about those same objects -- and this can affect their ability to remember those objects. (no reference?)
    • Eric Kattwinkel
      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      How would the habits of mind of a speaker of a geographic-based language be manifest in the way that person learns/remembers/teaches? How do speakers of egocentric languages learn/teach/remember differently?
    • Eric Kattwinkel
      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Language even affects our perception and experience of color: "Our experience of a Chagall painting actually depends to some extent on whether our language has a word for blue."
    • Eric Kattwinkel
      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Does an avid user of social media, who makes subtle distinctions among different ways to post something (comment, like, message, poke, etc.), have different habits of mind that affect how he/she relates to other people and/or incoming information?
    • Eric Kattwinkel
      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Area for potential study?: how to measure the ways habits of mind affect our intuitive/emotional/impulse behavior.
    • Eric Kattwinkel
      Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Sep 10
       
      Very intesting article about how our language affects the way we think. People who speak different languages adopt different "habits of mind" from an early age, and those habits can affect they way they experience the world. Especially fascinating is the discussion (2/3 of the way down) of languages that use a geographical, rather than egotistical, method for describing direction and relative position. (For example, the cup is resting on the north side of the west table in the southern room of the house.) How would a person with this type of view of the world experience a virtual environment? Also interesting implications for kids growing up with social media. Do new technologies impart habits of mind that affect the way kids learn?
Allison Gevarter

Facebook takes on Google and Yahoo in Web messages | Reuters - 0 views

www.reuters.com/...idUSTRE6AB4WB20101115

shared by Allison Gevarter on 16 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Allison Gevarter on 16 Nov 10
     
    Interesting article on Facebook introducing @facebook.com email addresses. I doubt this will replace other e-mail providers for adults, but wonder what impact this will have on younger users of the site.
Yang Jiang

QQ-360 Battle Escalates into War - China Real Time Report - WSJ - 0 views

blogs.wsj.com/...-360-battle-escalates-into-war

qq 360 battle

shared by Yang Jiang on 06 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • A battle over alleged unfair business practices between Tencent, operator of the popular instant-messaging software QQ, and Qihoo 360, China’s biggest antivirus service provider, escalated this week when Tencent  stopped service to QQ  users whose computers are installed with  Qihoo 360’s software.
  • The conflict appears to have started two months ago when Qihoo 360, which has 300 million users, alleged that QQ was scanning the private data of its more than 600 million users and released software claiming to block plug-ins that could cause such privacy leaks.
  • In a statement sent to users Wednesday, Tencent said “Dear QQ users, this email is to inform you that we’ve just made a very difficult decision. Until Qihoo 360 removes the tag-on service and malicious slander against QQ software, we have decided to stop running QQ software on computers that have installed the 360 software. We are fully aware of the inconvenience this may cause you, and we sincerely apologize for it.”
Garron Hillaire

App Organizes the World Inside Your Smart Phone  - Technology Review - 0 views

www.technologyreview.com/...26694

app technology social mobile

shared by Garron Hillaire on 10 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Facebook encourages us to create a social network including everyone we know
  • Much of these communications is increasingly channeled through one device: the smart phone
  • "We're building your true social network from all of your services on the phone, and your [social] graph grows with every new message,"
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  • Aro is currently in a closed beta and is available only for Android phones (you can apply to join here), but an iPhone app is in the works
  • Garron Hillaire on 10 Nov 10
     
    Pulling together a social media experience on your mobile phone. This might be work that could lead to educational platforms on the mobile device in the US.
Margaret O'Connell

Women in Engineering - The Numbers - 2 views

www.adafruit.com/...men-in-engineering-the-numbers

women

shared by Margaret O'Connell on 07 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • I am very curious as to why the number of women pursuing engineering degrees has effectively stayed the same, while the number of women attending college grows by about 20,000 each year. At the same time, I think it’s fair to say that engineering as a profession, and technical professions in general, have become less stigmatized as exclusively male. So it’s a bit discouraging to see that the number of women pursuing a career in this field has basically stagnated. And I am at a loss to explain why. What do you think?
  • Natalie Hebshie on 07 Dec 10
     
    Hi Margaret, There's some interesting research around this question that points to bad messaging as the culprit. In case you're interested, here is a link to some market research the Engineer Your Life coalition did. The NAE also has an interesting research report called "Changing the Conversation." Natalie
Amanda Bowen

You'll freak when you see the new Facebook - CNN.com - 0 views

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

facebook Emerging Technology social

shared by Amanda Bowen on 27 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Amanda Bowen on 27 Sep 11
     
    Facebook is about to roll out profile changes - again - but apparently the new ones are a shocker that will at first disappoint and later enthrall us. 
  • Jennifer Lavalle on 27 Sep 11
     
    Isn't that what they promise with every roll-out? And then we all fight back by creating groups, sending emails, and overall boycotting the new changes, and then they send a message and apologize? Sometimes I want to tell Facebook: "If it ain't broke, don't try and fix it!"
Ayelet R

Text Message (SMS) Polls and Voting, Audience Response System | Poll Everywhere - 1 views

www.polleverywhere.com

survey polling Learning technology

shared by Ayelet R on 04 Oct 11 - Cached
  • Ayelet R on 04 Oct 11
     
    This is a free polling website you can use in classrooms.
Jennifer Hern

by : Yahoo! Tech - 0 views

tech.yahoo.com/...us_twitter_literature

Twitter Twitterature tweets literature

shared by Jennifer Hern on 25 Oct 09 - Cached
  • The "tweets" of Emmett Rensin and Alexander Aciman combine the knowledge of an English major with the snarky shorthand of a teenager's text message.
  • "It's funny if you've read the books," said Rensin, who has read them at his tender age of 19.
  • "I'm not going to say it's high art," said Aciman, whose favorite author is Marcel Proust. "There is some value to it, I feel, aside from the fact we're making available the idea behind great works of art."
    • Jennifer Hern
      Jennifer Hern on 25 Oct 09
       
      Not really propelling education in my book. Ha ha. Book... twitterature...
Xavier Rozas

Education Week: Twitter Lessons in 140 Characters or Less - 1 views

www.edweek.org/...08twitter_ep.h29.html

disruptive innovation distance learning educational technologies

shared by Xavier Rozas on 25 Oct 09 - Cached
  • “It’s not a research-based tool,” said Daniel T. Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville. “The most important thing to remember is that we have no idea what impact these tools have on learning, and it will take a decade to answer that question.”
  • A few studies have found some positive correlations between text-messaging aptitude and literacy. Research on gaming and educational multimedia programs have also shown some positive impact on learning. But few scientific experiments can show a direct link between the use of such technology and student achievement.
  • “The medium is not enough,” he added. “People talk about the vital importance of Web 2.0 and 3.0, and that kids have got to acquire those skills. But we can’t all just be contributing to wikis and tweeting each other. Somebody’s got to create
  • Xavier Rozas on 25 Oct 09
     
    Good article that plainly states, Web 2.0 and 3.0 are tools that if used properly can engage and effect teaching and learning beyond traditional classroom spaces.
Shawn Mahoney

Facebook message frees NYC robbery suspect - Tech and gadgets- msnbc.com - 0 views

www.msnbc.msn.com/...y_and_science-tech_and_gadgets

social networking media Facebook

shared by Shawn Mahoney on 13 Nov 09 - No Cached
  • Shawn Mahoney on 13 Nov 09
     
    Facebook alibi
Megan Johnston

What's wrong with 'meep'? It's all in how you say it - SalemNews.com, Salem, MA - 1 views

www.salemnews.com/...local_story_313233045.html

facebook social networking classroom troublemaking

shared by Megan Johnston on 15 Nov 09 - No Cached
  • Megan Johnston on 15 Nov 09
     
    A whole new meaning to the term "disruptive technology"? A group of students uses Facebook to plot a classroom disturbance by saying the (non)word "meep." Administration responds with old-fashioned methods--suspension threats for saying "meep." Is this an instance where the grownups's most effective course of action would be using the same technology as the kids to curb incidents like this? I'm picturing the principal posting a "nice try" message on the troublemaker's wall.
Caroline Hendryx

Facebook message frees NYC robbery suspect - Tech and gadgets- msnbc.com - 2 views

www.msnbc.msn.com/...y_and_science-tech_and_gadgets

shared by Caroline Hendryx on 12 Nov 09 - No Cached
  • Caroline Hendryx on 12 Nov 09
     
    This caught my attention in the question of how web-stored or shared information can be counted as legal documentation.
Jason Dillon

Yong Zhao draws conclusions by comparing national systems - 3 views

zhaolearning.com

shared by Jason Dillon on 27 Oct 11 - Cached
  • James Glanville on 27 Oct 11
     
    Isabel, Chris M., Stephen B., and I are at MassCUE today watching Yong Zhao's keynote.  You can find a copy of his presentation here at this website.
  • Stephen Bresnick on 29 Oct 11
     
    I saw Zhao speak yesterday at the MassCUE conference (with James, Chris McEnroe and Isabel Schwartzman). His message was provocative: the United States did not do well on the TIMSS test, but the US has never done well on this type of testing even way back to the 1950s. Therefore, Zhao thinks that these tests are not good indicators of educational quality, but that the things that the US does right are fostering creativity, building in tolerance and forgiveness into the educational system, and stressing problem-solving and collaborative learning.
  • Jason Dillon on 01 Oct 12
     
    This relates to part of the discussion in class today. I've seen him speak about the irony that Chinese schools, which are outperforming US schools on PISA and TIMMS, are actually trying to model their systems more on US pedagogy. See his latest book or look for him on TED.
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