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Robert Schuman

Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds - 1 views

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t561 visualization tagcloud web2.0 creativity wordle learning

shared by Robert Schuman on 21 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Robert Schuman on 21 Oct 09
     
    A great visual way for generating word clouds; the phsyical size of the word in the word cloud indicates the number of times a word appears in the document provided to Wordle.
Ashley Lee

The American Diet: 34 Gigabytes a Day - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - 1 views

bits.blogs.nytimes.com/...erican-diet-34-gigabytes-a-day

information consumption

shared by Ashley Lee on 14 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Ashley Lee on 14 Dec 09
     
    This article is not directly related to education, but it gives you a sense of how much information youth today might be consuming. An average American consumed 34 gigabytes per day in 2008. From the executive summary: 'In 2008, Americans consumed information for about 1.3 trillion hours, an average of almost 12 hours per day. Consumption totaled 3.6 zettabytes and 10,845 trillion words, corresponding to 100,500 words and 34 gigabytes for an average person on an average day. A zettabyte is 10 to the 21st power bytes, a million million gigabytes. These estimates are from an analysis of more than 20 different sources of information, from very old (newspapers and books) to very new (portable computer games, satellite radio, and Internet video). Information at work is not included.'
Ashley Lee

Unfriend named word of 2009 | Lifestyle | Reuters - 0 views

www.reuters.com/...idUSTRE5AG09H20091117

neologism social networking sites

shared by Ashley Lee on 17 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Ashley Lee on 17 Nov 09
     
    "unfriend" has been chosen to be the word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary. unfriend = remove someone from your friend list on a social networking site.
Laura Johnson

Education Week: Startups Target Teachers as 'Consumerization' of Education Emerges - 1 views

www.edweek.org/...13consumer_ep.h32.html

startups edtech entrepreneurship HGSET561

shared by Laura Johnson on 06 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Laura Johnson on 06 Dec 12
     
    Schools throughout the country are experiencing the same teacher-driven adoption of technology tools. Internet-savvy teachers are increasingly finding tools to use in the classroom on their own, and lower business-startup costs mean the tools are more readily available. In response, many education companies are changing how they market and sell their products. Nationwide sales teams and central-office visits are giving way to word-of-mouth and sophisticated business-intelligence software as preferred methods for pushing adoption. Companies offer free products to teachers with the goal of influencing districtwide purchases of more-robust versions-known as the "freemium" pricing model. But in most sectors of the existing K-12 system-with its various stakeholders, budgetary restrictions, and procurement regulations- the so-called "consumerization" of education faces many barriers, experts say, making it difficult to find the right balance between selling directly to teachers and addressing the needs of central-office administrators.
Lauren Gould

Inkling -- interactive textbooks - 1 views

www.inkling.com/features

interactive textbooks ipad inkling

shared by Lauren Gould on 11 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Lauren Gould on 11 Oct 12
     
    Inkling makes interactive textbooks and are really trying to raise the bar in this area. I'm interested in the  "Social Learning Network" inside the Inkling textbooks. In other words, you and your friends can highlight/annotate and collaborate inside the textbook much like you would, for example, on a google doc. 
Jeffrey Siegel

Education Researcher Offers Tough Words for Startup Companies - 0 views

www.technapex.com/...gh-words-for-startup-companies

shared by Jeffrey Siegel on 31 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Jeffrey Siegel on 31 Oct 12
     
    Commentary on Reynol Junco's article on Venture Beat posted below
Tomoko Matsukawa

Mobile Learning: The future of education and youth employment | Forum:Blog | The World ... - 0 views

forumblog.org/...education-and-youth-employment

t561 mobile learning augmented reality education WEF

shared by Tomoko Matsukawa on 13 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 13 Sep 12
     
    Summer Davos happened this week. A quick highlight from there that is related to our field. Nothing much new in the article itself but WEF is connecting the importance of improving current education with youth employment issue. the word AR is also used within this article. 
Chris Dede

Creativity MOOC Draws 120,000 Students -- Campus Technology - 0 views

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creativity mooc

shared by Chris Dede on 11 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Chris Dede on 11 Sep 13
     
    MOOCs are losing momentum as word spreads that they are not wonderful, but a popular topic still can get a big initial enrollment.
  • Andrea Flores on 13 Sep 13
     
    Are MOOCs really losing momentum? It seems as if there is still a lot of hype in the media about it, and campuses are continuing to add classes based on the MOOC concept. Even here at HGSE, there is talk of MOOC type classes.
Chris Johnson

14 Great Cheat Sheets & Posters to Make You a Software Wizard - 0 views

www.makeuseof.com/...-to-make-you-a-software-wizard

software reference productivity

shared by Chris Johnson on 15 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Chris Johnson on 15 Sep 09
     
    A series of reference materials for software from MS Word to Vim to Linux. Highly useful for people who want to become more efficient in software use.
Amanda Comperchio

Save the Words - 4 views

savethewords.org

Enlish language words

shared by Amanda Comperchio on 08 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Amanda Comperchio on 08 Sep 10
     
    This site might have some interesting application in a language arts or English class.
Anushka Paul

Flip-thinking - the new buzz word sweeping the US - Telegraph - 2 views

www.telegraph.co.uk/...buzz-word-sweeping-the-US.html

education teaching classroom homework math

shared by Anushka Paul on 06 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Anushka Paul on 06 Oct 10
     
    Teacher Karl Fisch uploads his lectures to YouTube for his students to watch at home at night, then gets them to apply the concepts in class by day.
Megan Johnston

The Sims 2 In Foreign Language Education FAQ - 0 views

www.lingualgamers.com/...sims2_questions.html

pc games foreign language learning sims video games

shared by Megan Johnston on 23 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Megan Johnston on 23 Oct 09
     
    Found this in doing research for my HT500 presentation. Some foreign language teachers are installing the Sims in foreign languages and having kids play the game to develop their vocabulary. Teachers can use community-created game modding tools to edit text in the game, adding extra words and vocab lists. Because this is a game about everyday life, kids learn everyday vocabularies. Cool idea! I wonder if this would work with any other video games.
Adrian Melia

Sanjay Sarma appointed as MIT's first director of digital learning - MIT News Office - 3 views

web.mit.edu/...-of-digital-learning-1120.html

education online emerging technology

shared by Adrian Melia on 21 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Cole Shaw on 21 Nov 12
     
    MIT just appointed a new Director of Digital Learning. I guess edX and the impact of educational technology at MIT has become official and institutionalized--and probably not just a fad.
  • Pearl Phaovisaid on 24 Nov 12
     
    Hats off to MIT. I think they will reap huge benefits from putting an accomplished leader in charge of this endeavor. Not only does this appointment communicate how much value they place on digital learning, but it will likely lead to the development of a coherent vision, comprehensive strategy, and stream-lined effort to push MIT forward in the edtech scene. I haven't seen this same kind of commitment to edtech from Harvard. As HBS professor and author Clay Christensen so eloquently wrote, "you can talk all you want about having a strategy...but ultimately, this means nothing if you do not align those [strategies] with where you actually expend your time, money, and energy. In other words, how you allocate your resources is where the rubber meets the road."
Chip Linehan

New School Development Organization Seeking CIO - 0 views

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shared by Chip Linehan on 17 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Chip Linehan on 17 Jun 13
     
    Please help us spread the word! Visit www.b-21.org for more details.
Tomoko Matsukawa

BBC News - Learn English online: How the internet is changing language - 5 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...magazine-20332763

shared by Tomoko Matsukawa on 15 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 15 Dec 12
     
    "Language online is now a zero sum game."
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  • Hongge Ren on 16 Dec 12
     
    English is not alone. Chinese is integrating different languages and inventing new words everyday, and I think Japanese has done this for centuries, all parts of globalization.
  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 16 Dec 12
     
    True. But japanese expansion was maybe not too much due o the power of internet as much as english. Curious about Chinese given there are already so many dialects.
  • Jennifer Bartecchi on 17 Dec 12
     
    This is an interesting perspective, thanks for sharing. I was speaking with some friends from Germany and Spain, who explained that English has become much more motivating due to its pervasive existence online. However, mandarin is preferential to higher SES families who want their children to excel in business.
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

shared by Angela Nelson on 05 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • 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.
Bharat Battu

What Would You Pay for a Great Educational App? | MindShift - 1 views

mindshift.kqed.org/...ay-for-a-great-educational-app

mobile apps pricing education subscriptions digital content

shared by Bharat Battu on 30 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Bharat Battu on 30 Nov 11
     
    full disclosure: classmate Alex Schoenfeld first shared this with the us in the TIE facebook group :). But it brings an interesting trend in the adoption and pricing of mobile apps: Article outlining what lots of us know when it comes to moblie apps and pricing - free, $1, and $2 are the price-points that sell, and allow us to try out an app with minimal regret. But with the rise of more and more high-quailty, high-profile, and high-budget educatioanl apps, will the pricing structure change? Will parents and educators be willing to spend the prices of traditional computer software ($50 or more?) for really great mobile apps? The article brings up an interesting model that seems to already be coming to life looking at how apps are being sold and updated lately: "Donahoo and Russell propose there's a better way: subscriptions and content expansion packs.  Launchpad Toys follows the latter tact. The initial price the Toontastic app for $3 (though it's currently free). Users can use that fully functioning app, or choose to add additional characters and themes with $.99 expansion packs. This way, they contend, costs are controlled; it's cheap for parents and children to evaluate an app, and the model encourages regular updates."
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

Geoffrey Canada of Harlem Children's Zone, on Remembering Basics - NYTimes.com - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...one-on-remembering-basics.html

leadership education learning

shared by Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 19 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 19 Dec 11
     
    Words of wisdom from a leader in education.
  • Billie Fitzpatrick on 19 Dec 11
     
    I like this guy; he's wise and practical -- a great combination
  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 19 Dec 11
     
    I agree, great and rare combination. I like what he says about learning from others and setting yourself a benchmark based on a high performance. That is a good thing for anybody to learn and practice.
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success - Anu Partanen - National -... - 3 views

www.theatlantic.com/...250564

Education finland reform

shared by Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 30 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 30 Dec 11
     
    "Yet one of the most significant things Sahlberg said passed practically unnoticed. "Oh," he mentioned at one point, "and there are no private schools in Finland." This notion may seem difficult for an American to digest, but it's true. Only a small number of independent schools exist in Finland, and even they are all publicly financed. None is allowed to charge tuition fees. There are no private universities, either. This means that practically every person in Finland attends public school, whether for pre-K or a Ph.D."
  • Allison Browne on 02 Jan 12
     
    Equity in teaching education would be a good start.
  • Bridget Binstock on 03 Jan 12
     
    I love this quote, too: 'As for accountability of teachers and administrators, Sahlberg shrugs. "There's no word for accountability in Finnish," he later told an audience at the Teachers College of Columbia University. "Accountability is something that is left when responsibility has been subtracted."' American's are SO good at blaming everything and everyone ELSE for what is wrong with education in this country. Good for Sahlberg. I might just have to move my family to Finland!
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

Teacher Training Should Start Before iPad Deployment -- THE Journal - 3 views

thejournal.com/...rt-before-ipad-deployment.aspx

iPad teacher training

shared by Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 10 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Bridget Binstock on 10 Nov 11
     
    Many of you have read my "rants" about buying iPads before the teacher's even know what to do with them. This article speaks to the need for Professional Development before full scale implementation.
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