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On augmented reality: "Though it might be a buzz term in education circles, don't assume that AR is just another fad. After all, profound learning occurs when students create, share, interact and explain. AR not only changes the environment around children, it also allows kids to construct their own exciting learning worlds as small as the atom or as big as the cosmos."

1) I love love love infographics. 2) Surprising data here. Is it that teachers overestimate themselves, or we underestimate teachers?

3) Oops, posted before I read the fine print: "WeAreTeachers conducted an online survey...The data reported is representative of teachers who completed the survey and not projectable to the population of US school teachers." Bad on me; irresponsible of them.

An interesting array of tools (I wasn't aware of some of them) for flipped classrooms from blogs to LMSs , YouTube..

This is a great article, looking at how technology is changing student expectations and pedagogy.

Members of Educational Testing Service's (ETS) Research & Development (R&D) division led the assessment research behind GlassLab's new educational game SimCity™EDU: Pollution Challenge! This new game brings elements of computer gaming to the world of education - providing assessment and learning in an environment that is engaging and exciting. ETS researchers are collaborating with GlassLab on several more educational games.

The author, who ran a DC charter school and then started LearnZillion, an online lesson platform, argues that technology can break down the typical teacher silos and improve practice.

An interesting read about Technology Reform in Education as presented by an official from the US Department of Education.

Is engagement in learning the most important characteristic you look for in a technology-rich school, then? Do you think that learning that occurs online is different from learning that happens in traditional classrooms? Access to rural areas?....

Tried to post in reponse to Ryan's article. Any thoughts about the implementation or potential success of this project? Will this degree program impress employers or carry the same clout that Georgia Tech's in person master's programs in comp. sci. do?

This goes along with our course discussion of online learning on Oct. 28. Also plays into the evolution, transformation, and disruptive discussion, as it is written by Clay Christensen.

This reflects on our discussion from earlier in the semester on the merits of teaching coding in schools.

From 1996 (pre-technology?) - a famed HGSE professor, Richard Elmore, on why education struggles with scale, and what to do about it.

consistent with our discussion in class.

The notion of tens of millions of students starting to take common core exams online vs paper and pencil raises questions about the comparability of results.

Is the rise of technology the downfall of humanities? The article also talks a bit about new tech tools used in humanities classes on page 2.

I thought it was interesting to note the shift in focus and interest from a broad "knowledge-based" education to a "career readiness" and skills-based education over the past 10 or so years (probably due to the recession) from students AND higher ed. institutions. Do you think this shift is from student demand for more "practical" majors in STEM fields or policy/institution push to enroll more students in STEM majors?

Students who complete an Open Educational Resources University course will be able to pay a fee to have their work assessed for academic credit, which would then be recognised by all the universities participating in the OERu. In theory, the students could approach any of the partner institutions with evidence of the credits they have amassed and apply for degrees.

Berklee College of Music launches first accredited online bachelor's degree programs in music.