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Pearl Phaovisaid

Tech Start-Ups Find a Home on the Prairie - NYTimes.com - 4 views

www.nytimes.com/...-root-in-the-great-plains.html

tech prairie nytimes start-up geography apps des moines

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  • Pearl Phaovisaid on 23 Nov 12
     
    Emerging technology has had a strong geographical component. With Google Fiber up and running in Kansas City and tech start-ups burgeoning in Des Moines, we may see yet another wellspring of innovation in the Midwest. This could have significant implications on rural education and agtech.
  • Danna Ortiz on 23 Nov 12
     
    There were numerous communities in Colorado that tried to lure Google Fiber; it looks like it's paying off for KC. It would be interesting to see the tech start-up numbers in comparison to other US locales. I would like more details as to why only two regions increased their share of angel investors.
  • Pearl Phaovisaid on 24 Nov 12
     
    My guess is that insufficient momentum or critical mass exists in other regions, Danna. The article mentions the Southwest and Great Plains as two regions with an increase in angel investors. The Southwest probably represents spillover from Silicon Valley, while the Great Plains benefits from large metropolitan areas, good universities, and a concentration of young professional residents. I also think that tech start-ups and VC firm naturally promote the growth of one another.
Maung Nyeu

The Newest Companies Coming Out Of Incubators: EdTech | Fast Company - 3 views

www.fastcompany.com/...oming-out-of-incubators-edtech

technology education learning t561 educational_technology

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  • Maung Nyeu on 28 Oct 11
     
    Three long-time Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, veterans from Yahoo, Sun Microsystems, and Google, started funding education start-ups last Spring. Their incubator, Imagine K12, has now "graduated" its first group of startups. If accepted, Imagine K12 give $15k to $20k to startups and empower them with "dazzling network of connections."
Nick Siewert

Anil Dash: Most Interesting Start-up of the Year? The Federal Government - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...post_396_b_296078.html

start up government transparency Web 2.0 Obama freedom of information

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  • Nick Siewert on 24 Sep 09
     
    Our government catches up to the web 2.0 world.
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

Lean Start-Ups Reach Beyond Silicon Valley's Turf - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...yond-silicon-valleys-turf.html

technology robot

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  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 06 Dec 11
     
    "applying computer vision to agriculture" - pure innovation
Kellie Demmler

PhotoLapse Makes Time-Lapse Movie Creation a Snap - Time Lapse - Lifehacker - 0 views

lifehacker.com/...me+lapse-movie-creation-a-snap

Time-Lapse video

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  • Kellie Demmler on 21 Sep 09
     
    An easy way to make time-lapse videos could be great in the classroom, especially for science. I can picture setting up a camera on the little seeds that kids plant for mother's day and then when they send home their flowers they can also watch a youtube video with mom showing the flower grow from start to finish - literally. Watch a culture grow.  Document behavior in the classroom and play back for parents quickly...the possibilities are endless.  
Jason Outlaw

Formal vs informal education - 0 views

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Informal Education Formal Education

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  • Jason Outlaw on 22 Sep 10
     
    I came across this article that talks about informal education vs. formal education based up on the experience of two siblings. It seems to me that over the past few years, the amount of learning materials has increased exponentially, and the my supplemental-informal education parallels my classroom / formal education. Perhaps it is time to begin to start training students to deal with infinite information, and to make it manageable so that they can begin to supplement their educations in novel ways, on their own terms.
David Chen

Teen virtual world Meez sees profit - 1 views

news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10378322-36.html

virtual world reality

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  • David Chen on 20 Oct 09
     
    Meez, a start-up that expanded last year from an avatar creation service into a full-out virtual world for teens, is touting some good news: it's been profitable since April and "every month is better than the last month," CEO John Cahill told CNET News.
Maung Nyeu

Investing in e-learning, future | Inquirer Opinion - 1 views

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  • Maung Nyeu on 31 Oct 11
     
    While we are debating e-learning, developing countries are forging ahead, including engaging private sector, setting up long term strategy and policy, and starting Asia e University. "Think of it this way. We are preparing them for jobs that don't yet exist and for technologies that haven't been invented," Policarpio, Philippine Education Dept. official, says. He also compares what we do at Harvard stating that there is a big difference in accessing resources vs. e-learning., "For example, Harvard and Yale have an online portal for learning-a place where they can share their lectures and reports online. But those are just resources anyone can access. e-learning goes beyond that. It melds all kinds of academic activities with ICT (Information and Communication Technology)."
Bharat Battu

Hands On: India's $35 Aakash Android tablet lands in America (exclusive) | VentureBeat - 2 views

venturebeat.com/...akash-android-tablet-exclusive

mobile tablet low-cost education

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  • Bharat Battu on 30 Oct 11
     
    A hands-on report with the $35 tablet (Aakash). Interested that they call it a "leap frog" technology, in that it's a modern technology brought into a society that didn't have related legacy technologies to begin with. Relates to our class discussion of 'disruptive technologies'- if a group is starting with nothing at all, the bar can initially be set very low and it's still better than nothing. From there, the only direction to go is up (improvement). The article was also updated with a detailed use report w/ video: http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/28/aakash-35-android-tablet/
Janet Dykstra

Education Week sets up a new web channel for industry and innovation - 0 views

blogs.edweek.org/...ering_industry_innovation.html

Technology education Emerging Technology educational_technology

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  • Janet Dykstra on 17 Sep 12
     
    Ed Week has set up a new page to cover the newest trends in educational technology and innovation in the classroom
  • Pearl Phaovisaid on 19 Sep 12
     
    Janet, this is a really great channel for the avalanche of information out there. I especially found the interactive graphic (embedded link) on the Anatomy of EdTech start-up interesting because of the age distribution chart.
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.
Jennifer Hern

EBSCOhost: Black-White Gap Widens Faster for High Achievers - 0 views

web.ebscohost.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/...detail

black_white acheivement_gap DOCK

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  • From kindergarten to 5th grade, he found, the achievement gaps grew twice as fast among the students who started out performing above the mean than they did among lower-performing children.
  • "The long-term implication of this is that, if these gaps continue to grow throughout their schooling career, even kids who enter kindergarten with high levels of readiness are going to end up falling below where they started," said Mr. Reardon.
Chris Dede

Live Report from the first iPad Summit - 3 views

plpnetwork.com/...live-ipad-summit

tablets integration iPads

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  • Chris Dede on 16 Nov 12
     
    Thoughtful post about technology integration for tablets
  • Susan Smiley on 17 Nov 12
     
    Yes, very interesting indeed. We've discussed a lot about the lack of professional development for implementation of iPads in the classroom, but not too much about the SAMR model (substitution, augmentation, modification, redefinition), developed by Ruben R. Puentendura. He is spot on in saying "For technology to be truly innovative and impactful on students, we must get to the stage of Redefinition, in which we use technology to create and perform tasks that - prior to the existence of the technology - were inconceivable" I think this is going to be tough to overcome with the iPad. Schools are so caught up in their fad. It seems as though it's hard for anyone, even smart creative people, to use their ipads in truly creative, richer, deeper, redefining ways.
  • Matthew Ong on 18 Nov 12
     
    Thank you for sharing this post Prof Chris. I agree that we cannot 'throw the iPad in, mix and stir' to develop a new program. However, where I disagree with the approach is that it does not start with the learner. The author began with pedagogy and then technology, but I feel that there should be learning theory first and then pedagogy and technology to support both.
Danna Ortiz

Designs for the Future: Kids and Robots, Superior Medical Devices, Politics for Everyma... - 0 views

www.aspenideas.org/...ical-devices-politics-everyman

start ups ed_entrepreneurs

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  • Danna Ortiz on 23 Nov 12
     
    Stanford's acclaimed d. school inspired 50 teams of graduate students to pitch projects at Aspen Ideas Festival. Spark Truck, one of the winners is a "mobile maker lab" that brings simple tech to help inspire kids to become creators.
Mary Jo Madda

IDEO as a Reference for Schools? - 1 views

www.ideo.com/education

Technology education learning emerging technology consulting educational_technology development

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  • Mary Jo Madda on 16 Nov 12
     
    IDEO serves as a design and innovation firm for businesses and start-ups... but what about helping schools with instructional design and development?
Cole Shaw

Ed-Tech Startups Suck--Reynol Junco (Harvard) - 4 views

venturebeat.com/...heres-where-theyre-going-wrong

edtech

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  • Cole Shaw on 30 Oct 12
     
    Opinion article from Reynol Junco at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society on why most educational technology startups aren't that great...they don't base their products on research, proven pedagogy, or work with educators.
  • Jason Yamashiro on 30 Oct 12
     
    It does seem like there is a shift going on right now- more educators on start up teams and more interest in developing innovations from the educators themselves. That being said, the market continues to get flooded. I think in the long run this will be very good for teaching and learning, but I would not want to be an investor in this space.
  • Cole Shaw on 31 Oct 12
     
    I think that is great that more educators are getting on the teams...but yeah, there are a lot of very fragmented / disperse initiatives that make it hard to tell what will succeed or catch on.
Hannah Lesk

Union Square Ventures Publishes Its Internal Market Research on Ed Tech - 2 views

thenextweb.com/...ernal-market-research-publicly

online learning venture capital market research

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  • Hannah Lesk on 05 Oct 12
     
    I've always wondered what drives VC investments in ed tech firms. Today, Union Square Ventures, a New York-based VC firm, began sharing its internal market research. Scroll down and click on "online education" to see what's caught their attention in the sector. It's very interesting to consider what is included--and excluded!
Jeffrey Siegel

Bubbles on the Brain - 2 views

allthingsd.com/...bubbles-on-the-brain

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  • Cole Shaw on 31 Oct 12
     
    Building on Maria's link from GeekWire, here is another article about a bubble forming in ed tech...and building on Jason's comment about not wanting to investmenting in ed tech, it seems like a lot of wealthy people aren't worried about it! This article goes into the numbers a little more on trying to show the bubble effect, such as the number of investment rounds and startups. It also talks a bit about Christensen's "innovator" profile and how a lot of the ed tech folks now are mission-driven people who are innovating like Christensen describes. Not sure if what they are doing will work, but trying because they are passionate about it
  • Jeffrey Siegel on 31 Oct 12
     
    Can Ed tech start-ups be classified into those driven by a desire to improve education and children's lives or those simply seeking to make a lot of money? Or are motives and intentions always impossible to judge and inextricable from behavior.
  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 03 Nov 12
     
    Thanks for sharing. I liked the last message of this article. "But as long as we remember that it takes both the tool and the teacher to create success, the mission-driven innovators will outnumber the market-driven copycats. And innovation will outshine the bubbles.". EdSurge is one of my favorite source too. One of my former client at Hedge Fund in HK messaged me earlier this month ''btw u might be spot on on this education stuff. this should offer a sizable business opportunity in coming years u should go grab some" - def. he is one of those guys out there who might contribute to the bubble in the future...
Chip Linehan

$25M to Start Blended Learning Schools in the Bay Area! - 1 views

www.siliconschools.com

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  • Chip Linehan on 17 Oct 12
     
    Not surprising that the cradle of innovation in this country is backing up the truck to support the "innovative" blended learning model.
Mitch(ell) Miller

Rutgers student death: Has Digital Age made students callous? - 2 views

www.csmonitor.com/...ital-Age-made-students-callous

Rutgers suicide webcam digital age Twitter

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  • Mitch(ell) Miller on 02 Oct 10
     
    A very sad story that people think was caused, in part, by how the digital age is affecting students.
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  • Britt Harris on 04 Oct 10
     
    The roommate was clearly trying to out him in a very nefarious way. Yes, easy access to recording and distribution technology was available, but bad decisions drove the actions.
  • P Parson on 07 Oct 10
     
    I think the wide use of cams has changed people's idea of what is appropriate and what is not. People who have not lived with these webcams and camera phones have at least a background of knowing of a time when they weren't so readily available. Children and students growing up now who've had them all their lives, may not automatically know what is acceptable. I am outraged if I'm in a social setting with friends where we are dancing, having fun, and bystanders start to record us without our consent. These cameras are everywhere, and some states aren't allowing people to video police officers on duty, but I think this should be extended to general public. People should have to consent before they are recorded on camera, and if there is no consent, that offending party should possibly face legal action.
  • Mydhili Bayyapunedi on 08 Oct 10
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