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This is a "retweet" from Alex Shoenfeld but since he is not in this course I am posting it here.

I thought this was very reminiscent of the video that Prof. Dede showed early on in our class. Some parts are a little too "Big Brother" for my tastes, but the donation to the benefit concert just by holding a device up to the screen was fantastic...ease of use..."One-Click Wonders"...LOVE it!

Published Online: October 17, 2011 Published in Print: October 19, 2011, as No Longer Optional Two years ago, Tennessee's Putnam County school system adopted an online-learning graduation requirement for its high school students. But district officials realized that not all students had high-speed Internet access at home, or even computers, so they came up with a variety of options to allow students to fulfill the requirement.

Friday, October 14, 2011 at 11:00 AM EDT A muckraking journalist enrolls in a for-profit higher education, and finds a mess. We’ll tackle the controversy. For-profit universities promise to make higher ed convenient, accessible and powerful for all comers, and they’ve got the testimonials to back that up.

Article about Learning Catalytics  with Eric Mazur and Brian Lukoff

I noticed in the video that despite the kids all having computers, the classroom set-up seems to still be the same as the traditional one, with the teacher in front and the students all sitting at individual desks facing the teacher. Where's the group work/peer-to-peer interaction?

This is a nice follow-up to Kasthuri's post from the 60 Minutes segment. A Toronto teacher who works with special needs students says Apple's iPad has become an important tool in helping her students communicate and learn. Stacie Carroll, a teacher at Toronto's Beverly Public School, told Metro Morning host Matt Galloway the iPad has helped teachers connect with students - including those with autism - who often struggle to communicate.