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Ashley Lee

Cloud Computing Grows Up - Forbes.com - 1 views

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  • The Open Cloud Manifesto stresses the following:
  • --Cloud vendors should work together to define open solutions to address cloud challenges like security, integration and interoperability. --Cloud providers should not use their market position to create vendor lock-in. --Cloud vendors should embrace existing standards where they apply, and work together to create new standards where required. --Cloud community efforts should always be customer-driven. --Cloud standards groups need to stay coordinated to ensure there are not competing open standards in this emerging area.
Chris Dede

Augmented Reality Apps Transform Class Time -- THE Journal - 5 views

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  • Chris Dede on 14 Sep 12
     
    This shows the influence the Horizon Report has on practice and on vendors
Tommie Anthony Henderson

New guidelines for ed-tech research could help educators, vendors - 2 views

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  • Tommie Anthony Henderson on 13 Dec 11
     
    The report, titled "Conducting and Reporting Product Evaluation Research: Guidelines and Considerations for Educational Technology Publishers and Developers," is authored by Denis Newman, CEO of Empirical Education Inc., and produced by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). It's based on Empirical Education's many years of conducting this kind of research, both for publishers and for the U.S. Department of Education (ED). A working group of industry experts also was established for evaluation, and it met monthly for more than a year to sort through the issues and draft a set of considerations.
anonymous

FETC 2011 Featured Speakers -- FETC Events - 2 views

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  • anonymous on 26 Oct 10
     
    Check out where our professor will be speaking in Feb. If anyone has the chance and wants to get out of the cold and get in touch with teachers, publishers and hardware vendors, the FETC is a great conference.
Chris Dede

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

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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...
Stephen Bresnick

Report: Gartner Says Move to Cloud-based Email Slowing -- THE Journal - 0 views

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  • Stephen Bresnick on 03 Oct 11
     
    Interesting report on the slowing move to cloud-basted email. 3 reasons for this are inertia, lack of strategic value and disappointment w/ vendor offerings
James Glanville

MassCue - The Power of A Student Response System - 2 views

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  • James Glanville on 15 Sep 11
     
    MassCue article about the effectiveness of Student Response Systems by a tech consultant / researcher for vendor Turning Response Systems (who sells the clickers that HGSE uses). I'm interested in comparing these systems with the FREE adhoc web-based system offered by Socrative.com, co-founded by HGSE TIE grad Ben Berté.
  • Stephen Bresnick on 16 Sep 11
     
    James- very interesting article about Student Response Systems. The clickers are a great tool to facilitate student participation in a teacher-centered classroom, and many of us have seen the Turning Point clickers in action. And they really do help with engaging everyone in the audience. Remember that diversity seminar during orientation week? The rich discussion that ensued in a crowd of 650 was really made possible because of the opening survey questions, the clicker interactivity, and the discussions that sprung up at each individual table which then mushroomed out to the rest of the crowd. I never thought a diversity seminar could be that engaging, and the clickers were definitely a key part of that. My only criticism of the article is that it seems to be pushing hardware capabilities over sound pedagogy, which is always a danger in learning about emerging technologies. Question though: is Socrative not entirely free? it seems like a great tool with many interactive capabilities, ideal for many classroom settings and activities.
  • James Glanville on 16 Sep 11
     
    Steve I agree the article did have a strong sense of hardware pushing. It was written by a research on the the vendor's payroll. I've changed "free" to FREE; I intended the quotes to be for emphasis, not skepticism. Socrative is indeed free.
Uche Amaechi

BYOD - Worst Idea of the 21st Century? : Stager-to-Go - 7 views

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  • Allison Browne on 10 Oct 11
     
    Uche, you keep posting stuff I have a problem with- OK I understand that BYOD policies may not be so great but I really believe that familes should shoulder some of the costs for hardware since degredation is such a problem. The schools can have agreements with vendors to provide certain laptops or tablets for a certain price point and they can design their systems to support these items. Parents are expected to purchase backpacks, binders, and school supplies. When parents can't provide these back-to-school supplies, schools cover it. The same should be for computers. Speaking as a middle class parent (refer to above article) I believe this is an important investment in our schools so that they can focus on hardware support and software implementation/ integration.
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  • Bridget Binstock on 10 Oct 11
     
    @Allison and Uche - I am torn. While I initially thought BYOD was a good idea so that schools would have to stop "blaming" their fiscal woes on their inability to integrate emerging technologies into the curriculum, I now have some appreciation with points from this article - especially around "false equivalences" and "enshrining inequities" in light of my own children's "bring your own electronic device" day that took place two weeks ago. As a school wide reward for meeting their Accelerated Reading goal, all students were told they could bring an electronic device to school to "play" with on Friday afternoon. This prompted my kids to call me (Skype) on Thursday night and ask me if I could buy them a DS or a SmartPhone that NIGHT so that they could bring either of those devices to school for the celebration. Now mind you, my kids have access to lap tops, iPad, Smart Phones, Wii games, GameBoy, iPods, Flip camera, digital camera, etc - albeit not their OWN - but still access to them for use (when Mom and Dad are not using them). But apparently, of the devices left that Mom and Dad weren't using, none of them were "cool" enough for this event. That got me wondering if BYOD might have the same effect on our learners making those who don't have the latest and greatest feel bad or less adequate then their friends or classmates who could bring something they deemed as "better?" Allison, your point seems to be that requiring parents to cover the expense of a digital device as a requirement for school is not a bad idea, but I think you are referring to expecting the SAME device to be purchased and used, not myriad devices with various capabilities, features and functions - am I understanding you correctly? And if we did try to mandate parental supply of digital devices, would we have a different kind of fight on our hands because, as consumers, parents might have their own biases around what they deem is the best device of all (not just PC vs MAC or iOS vs Android, but sma
  • Allison Browne on 10 Oct 11
     
    I still believe that a system properly designed could mitigate some of your concerns. In reality, schools can not support any device that a student brings in. They are capable of supporting a certain number and if they build relationships with the vendors to sell those devices that the school is capable of supporting then families will be aware that the school will offer the best deal on the items that are compatible. Every year the school recommends items for back to school supplies. If the laptop could replace all of the binders it might be worth it. There are many factors to consider but the biggest obstacle is that schools maintain such old equipment because of their budget woes. Even when we can purchase the latest and greatest software, the computers can't run it.
  • Erin Sisk on 12 Oct 11
     
    What a great debate you guys are having! One point worth considering is that typically the parents are responsible for purchasing the supplies, while the school is responsible for providing the content (textbooks, workbooks, handouts, worksheets, videos, etc). In the near future these devices may also be the primary sources of content, replacing textbooks altogether. I would hope perhaps funding for textbooks could be transferred to funding for these devices. I would also hope that the price of these devices drops significantly (is the $35 tablet in our future?). Then of course the question of who pays is less important. In my job producing educational video for publishing companies, I spend way too much time dealing with various formats and compatibility problems with browsers, so I'd love to see a future where this becomes more standardized.
Amanda Bowen

Education Week: Building the Digital District - 2 views

www.edweek.org/...01conversion.h05.html

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  • James Glanville on 29 Nov 11
     
    In contrast with the deployment issues of OLPC, here's an article on 1-1 initiative that focused on professional development, teacher collaboration, switching to a teacher selected, digital based curriculum with formative assessments, and a leased laptop support & deployment model.  (Full disclosure - the vendor is Apple).
Chris McEnroe

NBC Learn Partners With Blackboard to Launch Online Video Series Focusing on Innovative... - 4 views

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  • Bharat Battu on 06 Dec 11
     
    a new online resource by NBC and Blackboard.com : nbclearn.com is a online video library highlighting educational technologies.
  • Chris McEnroe on 07 Dec 11
     
    Heavy hitters (one entirely outside education; one an industry vendor) making a big time play to steer the ship. Is this what it takes?
  • Billie Fitzpatrick on 19 Dec 11
     
    It will be interesting to see how they cull the information, experts and stories they produce . . .
Mohammad Hussain

ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) - 0 views

www.isteconference.org/2011

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  • Mohammad Hussain on 14 Oct 10
     
    ISTE educational technology conference is a great way to learn about the recent developments in educational technology and a great way to meet other teachers and educators and to share and exchange ideas for professional growth. ISTE 2011 will be held in Philadelphia, PA, USA, with a theme of "Unlocking Potential." More than 18,000 education professionals and technology industry reps are expected to attend June 26-29, 2011.
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