This visual of the need to shift the educational paradigm was too good not to share...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U

Florida Educational Technology Conference has a FREE virtual conference at the end of October where one of the sessions is on

Tech for Tots: Using Technologies to Enhance Early Learning

Thought some of you might be interested in attending something like this. I am sure there are other tech conferences, this just happens to be one that shows up in my inbox every year.

http://fetc.org/Events/Virtual-Conference/Home.aspx

Norman Winarsky says, "The tablet, more so than other devices, can know enough about you to understand the context around your queries and give you better answers." Do you agree that the tablet will "know you" and thus give context to your search? Do we WANT a device to "know" that much about us? Perhaps a little bit of "Big Brother?" http://mashable.com/2011/09/13/tablets-changing-search/?WT.mc_id=obinsite

If you can't find what you want, then build it! I love to see schools seeing and meeting their individual needs and extending it outside the school walls to include the parents.
http://www.newschief.com/article/20110906/NEWS/109065001/1021/news01?p=1&tc=pg

Opponents say it will "dilute the quality of instruction by doing away with the teachers in certain classes." Agree or disagree?
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_edwatch/2011/09/landmark_online-class_requirement_on_move_in_idaho.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=education,+policy