including an interesting technology integration matrix

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.

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Dropping a whole bunch of technology, or the hottest device on the planet into the laps of teachers or kids isn't necessarily a plan for success either. All that seems fairly obvious, but if it is, why do we still see only the simplest of lesson plans for technology, as well as disjointed, fragmented lessons in most classes today?

Sherry Turkle's TED Talk from April 2012

Semester Online is a MOOC consortium intending to compete with edX

A news story from Cornell talking about integrating mobile devices into higher ed...paints an unfortunate, yet realistic picture of the discrepancies between research/trends and practice  

From Michael Horn at the Innosight Institute 

iPads are found to have a direct impact and maximize student learning time in a classroom in Michigan

interesting list of benefits college students can obtain from blended learning

STEM search engine that prevents the fear of math - related to failure/motivation research for those of us in Dock's class 

iPad deployment program

The Year of the MOOC 

blog post reiterating the importance of professional development support necessary for tech integration

@Komal and Steve - article about MOOC meet ups 

Minnesota reverses decision to ban Coursera after "a staggering amount of backlash" 

Helpful list for getting to know the edtech space (and possible future employers!) 

infographic on teaching science in cyberspace