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Media-Newswire.com - Press Release Distribution - PR Agency - 0 views

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shared by Maung Nyeu on 10 Nov 11 - No Cached

Maung Nyeu on 10 Nov 11

The U.S. Departments of Education and Defense are launching "Learning Registry," an open source community that will allow educator share information and learning resources, with a price tag of $2.6m. ""Learning Registry addresses a real problem in education, by bridging the silos that prevent educators from sharing valuable information and resources," said Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. "The Registry also allows content developers, curriculum coordinators, principals, counselors, and everyone else who supports good teaching in the classroom to benefit from the combined knowledge of the field.""

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The U.S. Departments of Education and Defense are launching "Learning Registry," an open source community that will allow educator share information and learning resources, with a price tag of $2.6m. ""Learning Registry addresses a real problem in education, by bridging the silos that prevent educators from sharing valuable information and resources," said Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. "The Registry also allows content developers, curriculum coordinators, principals, counselors, and everyone else who supports good teaching in the classroom to benefit from the combined knowledge of the field.""</div>

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Big Savings for U.S. Students in Open-Source Book Program - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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Intel teams up with Arduino to promote open-source hardware community | VentureBeat - 0 views

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shared by Chris Dede on 08 Oct 13 - No Cached

Chris Dede on 08 Oct 13

aid for the maker movement

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AEP Government Relations - 0 views

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shared by Lindsay Bellino on 19 Oct 09 - Cached

, "Moving College Into the 21st Century," (October 1, 2009). "The president is proposing to invest $500 million over the next 10 years to create world-class online college and high school courses that will be available to all 24/7/365."
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Lindsay Bellino on 19 Oct 09

President and Secretary of Education support open source online courses for both higher education and high schools.

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Dell Smart Phone to Debut in China, Brazil - ABC News - 0 views

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shared by Parisa Rouhani on 14 Nov 09 - Cached

Parisa Rouhani on 14 Nov 09

Dell launches smart phone in China and Brzil. Phone uses open-source android system as competitor to iphone

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The Future of "Flex Books" -- On-line textbooks and beyond? - 1 views

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shared by Mary Jo Madda on 08 Oct 12 - Cached

Mary Jo Madda on 08 Oct 12

This group provides free and open source materials for K-12 environments. Customizable and aligned to student/teacher needs. Seems like physical textbooks only have a short time left.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This group provides free and open source materials for K-12 environments. Customizable and aligned to student/teacher needs. Seems like physical textbooks only have a short time left.</div>

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OpenMooc « A fully open source MOOC solution - 0 views

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shared by Jason Hammon on 19 Dec 12 - No Cached

Jason Hammon on 19 Dec 12

Make your own MOOC!

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Will Google Course Builder Challenge Blackboard Dominance? - Online Colleges - 2 views

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shared by Mohit Patel on 18 Oct 12 - No Cached

Chip Linehan on 19 Oct 12

Thank you for posting - this is fascinating. This is not only a threat to Blackboard, but also the MOOC companies (Coursera, Udacity, etc.). If the tool continues to be developed in terms of functionality and ease of use, AND third party developers build out applications that plug into this platform, then colleges and universities will start to build their own online courses, and not farm out their content to the Coursera's of the world... This reminds of the dot com era (circa 2000) when companies large and small hired "web development" firms to create websites for them. Now companies largely do this themselves...

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Thank you for posting - this is fascinating. This is not only a threat to Blackboard, but also the MOOC companies (Coursera, Udacity, etc.). If the tool continues to be developed in terms of functionality and ease of use, AND third party developers build out applications that plug into this platform, then colleges and universities will start to build their own online courses, and not farm out their content to the Coursera's of the world... This reminds of the dot com era (circa 2000) when companies large and small hired "web development" firms to create websites for them. Now companies largely do this themselves...</div>

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Matthew Ong on 22 Oct 12

Thanks for sharing Mohit. It's great that it's open source and allows teachers all over the world to build their own courses. I wonder what this would do to the larger online course companies...

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Thanks for sharing Mohit. It's great that it's open source and allows teachers all over the world to build their own courses. I wonder what this would do to the larger online course companies...</div>

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Web Tutors Become Stars Far From Classroom - 1 views

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shared by Kinga Petrovai on 12 Dec 11 - No Cached

Kinga Petrovai on 12 Dec 11

This article that highlights Khan Academy but also other interesting resources. I found this to have good information to add to our discussions about Khan and it's effectiveness. Other interesting aspects include a mention about open source college textbooks (Connexions) and a paper about effective teaching ("Why Not Try a Scientific Approach to Scientific Education")

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article that highlights Khan Academy but also other interesting resources. I found this to have good information to add to our discussions about Khan and it's effectiveness. Other interesting aspects include a mention about open source college textbooks (Connexions) and a paper about effective teaching ("Why Not Try a Scientific Approach to Scientific Education")</div>

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If You're Not Seeing Data, You're Not Seeing | Gadget Lab | Wired.com - 0 views

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AR augmented_reality

shared by Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09 - Cached

“augmented reality,” where data from the network overlays your view of the real world
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developers are creating augmented reality applications and games for a variety of smartphones
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  Who are these developers? Lots of $$ backing them?
  
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embraced a version of the technology to enhance their products and advertising campaigns.
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  Of course AR has been used to enhance private $$ making industries.
  
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Tom Caudell, a researcher at aircraft manufacturer Boeing, coined the term “augmented reality” in 1990.
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head-mounted digital display
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was an intersection between virtual and physical reality
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he wants to be able to point a phone at a city it’s completely unfamiliar with, download the surroundings and output information on the fly.
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  Called Anywhere Augmentation.
  
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stifled by limitations in software and hardware
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requires a much more sophisticated artificial intelligence and 3-D modeling applications
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must become affordable to consumers
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early attempts have focused on two areas
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your computer is prominently appearing in attention-grabbing, big-budget advertisements
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Mattel is using the same type of 3-D imaging augmented reality in “i-Tag” action figures f
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  Mattel is experimenting with AR... can I get a job there?
  
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isn’t truly useful in a static desktop environment, Höllerer said, because people’s day-to-day realities involve more than sitting around all day
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  Okay... so desktop computers are not for AR tech. People are mobile, so AR should be mobile. But what about people stuck sitting at a desk all day?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Okay... so desktop computers are not for AR tech. People are mobile, so AR should be mobile. But what about people stuck sitting at a desk all day?</div>
  
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And that’s why smartphones, which include GPS hardware and cameras, are crucial to driving the evolution of augmented reality.
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Ogmento, a company that creates augmented reality products for games and marketing
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  Ogmento... see if they want to hire me, too.
  
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movie posters will trigger interactive experiences on an iPhone, such as a trailer or even a virtual treasure hunt to promote the film.
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  This is going to bring out the inner nerd in everyone....
  
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The Layar browser (video above) looks at an environment through the phone’s camera, and the app displays houses for sale, popular restaurants and shops, and tourist attractions
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  Where does this information come from? Who creates this information? Selected sources/companies who pay to have their information posted? A whole new competitive marketing strategy in the making.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Where does this information come from? Who creates this information? Selected sources/companies who pay to have their information posted? A whole new competitive marketing strategy in the making.</div>
  
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it’s not truly real-time: The app can’t analyze data it hasn’t downloaded ahead of time.
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  I can only imagine crowds of people walking the streets staring at their apps, running into people and lamp posts, not to mention getting run over by cars... I think this technology might weirdly affect the health insurance industry.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I can only imagine crowds of people walking the streets staring at their apps, running into people and lamp posts, not to mention getting run over by cars... I think this technology might weirdly affect the health insurance industry.</div>
  
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You know more, you find more, or you see something you haven’t seen before.
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  this is supposed to be the advantage of using AR from a commercial perspective... it is still self-centralized.
  
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Nokia is currently testing an AR app called Point & Find, which involves pointing your camera phone at real-world objects and planting virtual information tags on them
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  This can be a really cool feature for teachers if they have a closed-group option. If you are part of the large network, there is all sorts of things people might plant that you don't want to see or know about... Another thought, if there is a closed-group option, perhaps this will create a whole new way of drug trafficking and helping illegal organizations hide information from authorities.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This can be a really cool feature for teachers if they have a closed-group option. If you are part of the large network, there is all sorts of things people might plant that you don't want to see or know about... Another thought, if there is a closed-group option, perhaps this will create a whole new way of drug trafficking and helping illegal organizations hide information from authorities.</div>
  
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the hardware is finally catching up to our needs
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Nvidia Tegra, a powerful chip specializing in high-end graphics for mobile devices.
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place (real) Skittles on the physical map and shoot them to set off (virtual) bombs
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  Are you kidding me? Marketing Skittles within an AR game?
  
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open API to access live video from the phone’s camera
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  Need this technology in order to produce AR. iPhone does not have it. Wonder why.
  
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live tweets of mobile Twitter users around your location.
- Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
  
  I can just imagine what a nightmare this app would be in a classroom full of students with handhelds....
  
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Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09

Background on Augmented Reality. Reading for 9/14.

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BBC NEWS | Technology | Google invites users to join Wave - 2 views

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wiki-style editing tools open-source trial social

shared by Benjamin Berte on 30 Sep 09 - Cached

Benjamin Berte on 30 Sep 09

Google Wave, which combines email, instant messaging and wiki-style editing will go on public trial today. The search giant hopes the tool, described as "how e-mail would look if it were invented today", will transform how people communicate online.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Google Wave, which combines email, instant messaging and wiki-style editing will go on public trial today. The search giant hopes the tool, described as "how e-mail would look if it were invented today", will transform how people communicate online. </div>

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Jennifer Hern on 02 Oct 09

Agh! Not another way to communicate! I can't even remember my passwords to all these things! I can't even remember I have a Facebook account until someone "friends" me! What happened to isolation and Transcendentalism? Needing to read Walden in the woods alone right now...

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Agh! Not another way to communicate! I can't even remember my passwords to all these things! I can't even remember I have a Facebook account until someone "friends" me! What happened to isolation and Transcendentalism? Needing to read Walden in the woods alone right now...</div>

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