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Chris Dede

Education Week: New Initiatives Signal Shift in U.S. Ed-Tech Leadership - 1 views

www.edweek.org/...05digital.h31.html

us ed tech leadership initiatives

shared by Chris Dede on 27 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Chris Dede on 27 Sep 11
     
    Lots of pomp and circumstance about new initiatives -- but how much funding and political clout is really behind them.
  • Allison Browne on 28 Sep 11
     
    Are you speaking of Digital Promise? It reminds me of whatworks.ed.gov but it looks like it might be designed better. I don't believe whatworks.ed.gov ever got much traction.
Diego Vallejos

What Works Clearinghouse - Education Technology - 1 views

ies.ed.gov/...topic.aspx

technology education whatworks

shared by Diego Vallejos on 12 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Diego Vallejos on 12 Oct 11
     
    A U.S Department of Education initiative to review what initiatives really work in education. The link directs to the Education Technology section. Directly quoting from their website: "Our goal is to provide educators with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions". I personally had contradictory reactions about this initiative. What do you think?
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

A Classroom Software Boom, but Mixed Results Despite the Hype - NYTimes.com - 3 views

www.nytimes.com/...-results-despite-the-hype.html

educational software technology

shared by Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 09 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 09 Oct 11
     
    Pertinent discussion for those of us looking to create educational software
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  • Allison Browne on 10 Oct 11
     
    This artcile points out a strong frustration of mine. I've long believed that teachers and educators need a space to share how products work in the "real world" beyond the studies self-reported by companies. I have been familiar with the whatworks clearinghous and I have to say that the site is cumbersome without any commenting. If the site had a stronger design, compiled information better, and then allowed for users of the vetted programs to comment then they would have a useful tool.
  • James Glanville on 10 Oct 11
     
    Allison, do you know of any non-goverment or non-profit "Consumer Reports" style ed tech review forums which provide a balanced, ind-depth review (and where users can share their experiences)? After looking at the DOE what works clearing house website, I agree it is not well-layed out.
  • Allison Browne on 10 Oct 11
     
    No- the sites I have stumbled upon in the past few years are more like list serves without any real organization. One of my goals at HGSE is to identify or create a site that would do this well.
  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 11 Oct 11
     
    Allison, how about we create a 'rating' agency for educational products (software, toys, kits etc) the way we think it should work? (We can call it Allison's list, like Angie's list). I am putting up this idea seriously. If there is a need that is not being met, I suppose it is an opportunity.
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