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Chris Dede

Education Week: Startup Hopefuls Test Ideas With Educators - 0 views

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startup ImagineK-12

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  • Chris Dede on 18 Sep 12
     
    A useful service for innovators and entrepeneurs
  • Daniel Melia on 22 Sep 12
     
    I was especially struck by the "take a pile of dirt" argument: new products don't require as long an incubation period as they once did. And so we're likely to see more and more untested ed tech options on the scene. That entrepreneurial spirit seems exciting, but the absence of research in support of any given innovation might also be something to be wary of.
Maria Anaya

Education Week: Startup Hopefuls Test Ideas With Educators - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...04incubator_ep.h32.html

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  • Maria Anaya on 18 Sep 12
     
    Not only do we need technologists but some of the best teachers to work together so that great ideas to come to fruition. I would love to see some sort of match up system (kinda like there is for finding co-founders) for teachers and tech people. 
Rupangi Sharma

Startup Hopefuls Test Ideas With Educators - 1 views

www.edweek.org/...04incubator_ep.h32.html

technology education learning emerging technology educational_technology online

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  • Rupangi Sharma on 30 Sep 12
     
    Mandela Schumacher-Hodge, a former public school teacher and Ph.D. candidate in urban schooling, stood on the stage in a small auditorium in the America Online offices here one recent afternoon as three Silicon Valley investors told her how to best communicate with teachers.
Matthew Ong

The good, bad and ugly bits of international tests (according to Rick Hess) - 0 views

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Education learning

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  • Matthew Ong on 08 Dec 13
     
    With the PISA results out, Rick provides a word of caution to the fanfare.
Ryan Klinger

Transition to Online Testing Sparks Concerns - 2 views

www.edweek.org/...10pencil_ep.h33.html

educational_technology

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  • Ryan Klinger on 01 Nov 13
     
    The notion of tens of millions of students starting to take common core exams online vs paper and pencil raises questions about the comparability of results.
Janet Dykstra

ETS Experts Lead Assessment Research Behind GlassLab's Educational Games Educational ve... - 1 views

www.ets.org/...ets_experts_lead_assessment

educational_technology games assessment learning

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  • Janet Dykstra on 07 Nov 13
     
    Members of Educational Testing Service's (ETS) Research & Development (R&D) division led the assessment research behind GlassLab's new educational game SimCity™EDU: Pollution Challenge! This new game brings elements of computer gaming to the world of education - providing assessment and learning in an environment that is engaging and exciting. ETS researchers are collaborating with GlassLab on several more educational games.
Uche Amaechi

The Internet has not transformed civic engagement... yet - Ars Technica - 0 views

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ed tech education t561 learning internet technology

shared by Uche Amaechi on 02 Sep 09 - Cached
  • If there is any subject that optimists and pessimists love to bang heads over, it's the Internet. To follow the experts, we're either on the cyber-road to utopia or going to alt-hell in an iPhone app handbasket, depending on what day of the week it is.
    • Uche Amaechi
      Uche Amaechi on 02 Sep 09
       
      test
  • Uche Amaechi on 02 Sep 09
     
    Ars Technica's take on the grand question of our time
Jennifer Hern

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

www.wired.com/...augmented-reality

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
    • Jennifer Hern
      Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
       
      I knew that.
  • developers are creating augmented reality applications and games for a variety of smartphones
    • Jennifer Hern
      Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
       
      Who are these developers? Lots of $$ backing them?
  • embraced a version of the technology to enhance their products and advertising campaigns.
    • Jennifer Hern
      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.
  • head-mounted digital display
  • was an intersection between virtual and physical reality
  • 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
      Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
       
      Called Anywhere Augmentation.
  • stifled by limitations in software and hardware
  • requires a much more sophisticated artificial intelligence and 3-D modeling applications
  • must become affordable to consumers
  • early attempts have focused on two areas
  • your computer is prominently appearing in attention-grabbing, big-budget advertisements
  • Mattel is using the same type of 3-D imaging augmented reality in “i-Tag” action figures f
    • Jennifer Hern
      Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
       
      Mattel is experimenting with AR... can I get a job there?
  • 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
      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?
  • And that’s why smartphones, which include GPS hardware and cameras, are crucial to driving the evolution of augmented reality.
  • Ogmento, a company that creates augmented reality products for games and marketing
    • Jennifer Hern
      Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
       
      Ogmento... see if they want to hire me, too.
  • 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
      Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
       
      This is going to bring out the inner nerd in everyone....
  • 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
      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.
  • it’s not truly real-time: The app can’t analyze data it hasn’t downloaded ahead of time.
    • Jennifer Hern
      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.
  • You know more, you find more, or you see something you haven’t seen before.
    • Jennifer Hern
      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.
  • 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
      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.
  • the hardware is finally catching up to our needs
  • Nvidia Tegra, a powerful chip specializing in high-end graphics for mobile devices.
  • place (real) Skittles on the physical map and shoot them to set off (virtual) bombs
    • Jennifer Hern
      Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
       
      Are you kidding me? Marketing Skittles within an AR game?
  • open API to access live video from the phone’s camera
    • Jennifer Hern
      Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
       
      Need this technology in order to produce AR. iPhone does not have it. Wonder why.
  • live tweets of mobile Twitter users around your location.
    • Jennifer Hern
      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....
  • Jennifer Hern on 22 Sep 09
     
    Background on Augmented Reality. Reading for 9/14.
Jennifer Hern

A Virtual Revolution Is Brewing for Colleges - washingtonpost.com - 0 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...AR2009091104312.html

shared by Jennifer Hern on 13 Sep 09 - Cached
  • When this happens -- be it in 10 years or 20 -- we will see a structural disintegration in the academy akin to that in newspapers now. The typical 2030 faculty will likely be a collection of adjuncts alone in their apartments, using recycled syllabuses and administering multiple-choice tests from afar.
    • Xavier Rozas
      Xavier Rozas on 13 Sep 09
       
      I think this vision is at its core flawed.
  • But within the next 40 years, the majority of brick-and-mortar universities will probably find partnerships with other kinds of services, or close their doors.
    • Jennifer Hern
      Jennifer Hern on 13 Sep 09
       
      I seriously doubt colleges and universities are going to fall by the wayside into cyberspace. The article is focusing on the cost of education at these institutions instead of the quality of education. Yes, more students will have access to higher ed. degrees because they are more affordable, but setting out on your own at eighteen years of age, whether it be going to college or entering the workforce, is a long-held tradition in society. Students at universities aren't just learning about academics, they're learning about social dynamics as well. Based on my personal experience, I probably learned more about why and how people, groups, teams, and large organizations operate and interact (especially in informal settings) than I did about Milton's 15th century Morte D'Arthur. If the author is proposing that MOST high school graduates stay home for an additional two to four years before entering the real world, I think it would create a whole new set of rammifications that would negatively impact our society as a whole.
  • Jennifer Jocz on 13 Sep 09
     
    This article talks about online-learning and the ways it may change the college experience. While I agree that new technology is affecting the way our courses are run, I don't see it leading to the complete shut down of Universities. While it is wonderful that people have access to courses and resources that they may not otherwise have, I believe that there will always be a need for face-to-face interactions that one can only get from a University setting.
Uche Amaechi

networkleadershipskills » Leading_Organization - 0 views

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  • Openness: overall open attitude toward sharing, networking and transparency. 2. Peering: removing corporate command and control hierarchies and promoting self-organization.
    • Uche Amaechi
      Uche Amaechi on 27 Aug 09
       
      Openness is a disposition. Peering can be a skill, disposition, or as posited here, a structural affordance, or obstacle presented by the institution.
    • Uche Amaechi
      Uche Amaechi on 27 Aug 09
       
      test
  • Those in formal leadership roles must set a tone for building trust and working together through authentic collaboration
    • Uche Amaechi
      Uche Amaechi on 27 Aug 09
       
      Trust and collaboration. Trust is definitely a disposition; collaboration can be both a disposition (to want to collaborate, because of trust and otherwise) and a skill
  • In describing Roca’s organizational shift, executive director Molly Baldwin pointed to peace circles as a defined space where staff can find common ground and “where we can see the world together” (personal communication, February 20, 2009).
    • Uche Amaechi
      Uche Amaechi on 27 Aug 09
       
      This would argue that collaboration and sharing is a skill. But is it a skill alone? Obviously you can influence people's dispositions. But does knowing whether you're trying to teach/influence a disposition or a skill make you a more effective leader?
Xavier Rozas

Education Week: 'School of Future' Struggles to Break From the Past - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...05future_ep.h29.html

emerging technology school reform leadership policy

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  • The hiring of teachers and administrators is bound by district policies, which add layers to the task of finding those best suited for the job. Students are selected through a lottery system, but there is no academic standard for admission. And the school has to meet the same testing and accountability requirements as others in the district.
  • “The fact that you know what needs to be done doesn’t mean organizationally you are always capable of doing it.”
  • “Do we have a school of the future? I don’t think so,” writes Jan Biros, a researcher at Drexel University and a contributor to the book project. “We have a beautiful building that is still a safe haven for its students. We have a traditional curriculum being taught in a conventional way. We even have some teachers who insist on using the books they are used to and not creating online materials or using the portal and the Internet.”
  • Xavier Rozas on 25 Sep 09
     
    As I chew through the Visions 2020 readings, I can't help my skepticism...and not due to the seamless integration of emerging ed technology. Alas, PEOPLE and the existing power structure of schools (reform) are not guided by a mission to reinvent, but to move the goal posts on ed standards around so as to insulate and protect the paradigm. Read on...
Garron Hillaire

BBC News - How good software makes us stupid - 1 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-11263559

brain learning software education google neuroscience

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  • "No problem - let me just enter that into my sat-nav…"
  • unless drivers pass a formidable test - called "The Knowledge" - they are not allowed to head out onto the roads in one of the iconic vehicles
  • "The particular part of our brain that stores mental images of space is actually quite enlarged in London cab drivers," explained Nicholas Carr, author of The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
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  • The key to making us concentrate, Mr Carr suggests, is perhaps to make tasks difficult - a theory which flies in the face of software designers the world over who constantly strive to make their programs easier to use than the competition.
  • Mr Carr says that this simple experiment could suggest that as computer software becomes easier to use, making complicated tasks easier, we risk losing the ability to properly learn something - in effect "short-circuiting" the brain
  • Garron Hillaire on 13 Sep 10
     
    An argument that Good Software design is bad for learning
kshapton

Spongelab goes for the love of the biology game - CBC News - Technology & Science - 1 views

www.cbc.ca/...-videogames-spongelab-gdl.html

game biology spongelab toronto 3d dynamic interactive digital natives engagement

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  • Genomics Digital Lab (GDL), an interactive online gaming program from Toronto-based Spongelab Interactive that was designed for high school and college-level biology and science students. What's unique about GDL is that it turns cell biology into a progressive learning world full of battle scenarios, puzzles, and races against time. In other words, it makes learning fun.
  • The germination of the whole idea came during his studies when he realized complex cells comprise a 3D dynamic system that simply can't be taught easily in a two-dimensional setting.
  • A key to GDL's success is the fact that it can be delivered via a web browser, so no matter how rich the content, it can be used in class, at home or anywhere else one might have access to the internet.
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  • With games, if you don't succeed at a level you try again. It's not about testing. It's about learning to try to learn different things to achieve a goal.
Chris Dede

Video Games Win a Beachhead in the Classroom - NYTimes.com - 4 views

www.nytimes.com/...19video-t.html

videogames learning

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  • Chris Dede on 16 Sep 10
     
    To what extent should videogames be used in classrooms, and what is the research support for this?
  • anonymous on 19 Sep 10
     
    Note the author characterizes the National Educational Technology Plan as a "manifesto." Quoting this article, "... in March, Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, released a draft National Educational Technology Plan that reads a bit like a manifesto for change, proposing among other things that the full force of technology be leveraged to meet "aggressive goals" and "grand" challenges, including increasing the percentage of the population that graduates from college to 60 percent from 39 percent in the next 10 years. What it takes to get there, the report suggests, is a "new kind of R.& D."
  • Eric Kattwinkel on 19 Sep 10
     
    A bunch of especially interesting quotes toward the end: "This concept is something that Will Wright, who is best known for designing the Sims game franchise...refers to as 'failure-based learning,' in which failure is brief, surmountable, often exciting and therefore not scary... According to Ntiedo Etuk, the chief executive of Tabula Digita...children who persist in playing a game are demonstrating a valuable educational ideal.... 'They'll fail until they win.' He adds: 'Failure in an academic environment is depressing. Failure in a video game is pleasant. It's completely aspirational.' It is also, says James Paul Gee, antithetical to the governing reality of today's public schools. 'If you think about kids in school - especially in our testing regime - both the teacher and the student think that failure will lead to disaster,' he says. 'That's pretty much a guarantee that you'll never get to truly deep learning.'"
Uche Amaechi

Obama Meets Netanyahu as Mideast Peace Talks Begin - NYTimes.com - 5 views

www.nytimes.com/...02diplo.html

t561 ed tech obama

shared by Uche Amaechi on 01 Sep 10 - Cached
  • s to define and embrace a comprehensive peace settlement. But he had to begin by join
  • The meetings on Wednesday and Thursday will end 20 months without direct negotiations between the core participants.
  • Mr. Obama’s one-on-one meeting with Mr. Netanyahu in the White House Oval Office — to be followed by meetings between the president and, successively,
  • Uche Amaechi on 01 Sep 10
     
    yada
  • Mitch(ell) Miller on 01 Sep 10
     
    hmmm. interesting. (just testing)
  • quintintanderson on 01 Sep 10
     
    Go Obama Go!
amy hoffmaster

IPad a Therapeutic Marvel for Disabled People - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...31owen.html

ipad therapeutic

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  • Since its debut in April, the iPad has become a popular therapeutic tool for people with disabilities of all kinds, though no one keeps track of how many are used this way, and studies are just getting under way to test its effectiveness, which varies widely depending on diagnosis.
  • “Making things less complicated can actually make a lot of money
  • amy hoffmaster on 30 Oct 10
     
    thoughts on using iPad for people with physical disabilities
Chris Dede

Education Week's Digital Directions: Schools Test E-Reader Devices With Dyslexic Students - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...01dyslexia.h04.html

e-readers dyslexia investment T561

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  • Chris Dede on 23 Oct 10
     
    Do e-readers aid dyslexic students? They actually could do much more, but the vendors are happy to make claims without building in those capabilities...
Jennifer Lavalle

8 Ways Technology Is Improving Education - 5 views

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technology education educational_technology

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  • Eric Kattwinkel on 03 Dec 10
     
    Concord Consortium is mentioned in #1, 4 and 5: 1. Better Simulations and Models 2. Global Learning 3. Virtual Manipulatives 4. Probes and Sensors 5. More Efficient Assessment 6. Storytelling and Multimedia 7. E-books 8. Epistemic Games
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  • Amanda Bowen on 05 Sep 11
     
    8 ways technology is improving education
  • Jennifer Lavalle on 27 Sep 11
     
    Simulations, Global Learning, Virtual Manipulatives, Probes and Sensors, More efficient assessment, storytelling and media, e-books - good overview of how technology is enhancing education
  • Allison Browne on 28 Sep 11
     
    This list almost feels like it could be used as a litmus test to judge new technology a school is considering.
Chris Dede

Education Week: Scholars Test Emotion-Sensitive Tutoring Software - 4 views

www.edweek.org/...16tutor_ep.h29.html

tutoring emotions

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  • Chris Dede on 23 Dec 09
     
    tutoring software senses emotions
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