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It's kind of hilarious to read this "instructions to give students" in the context of our class. "Charge your iPad" is first.

This is a classic example of making a bad situation worse with a stupid response

Xu and I discussed this article in class/section. We had similar thoughts ;unfortunate as it is, this is a case of eliminating the effect and not the real cause. Perhaps this article does not fully reveal details but hopefully a real solution is being put into place...quickly.

This blog post has relevance for what happens, and why, when education reformers (including technologists!) put out good ideas and watch them not get implemented, or not get implemented transformationally, on the ground in schools.

List of 100 social media tools

Some more social media tools

Some considerations about game design and universal design considerations about game design and universal design

Video for access issues.

Special report on the ways technology is remaking every aspect of education-bringing top-notch courses to the world's poorest citizens and reshaping the way all students learn

An article from The Economist about the impending technological revolution in education.

MOOCs and online learning are spreading to Europe.

If anyone wants to access this video from class, here it is!

Interesting edtech pursuit from the New York Times

Multiple Choice with Tech

Interesting article on the steps that Google has taken toward building an e-learning ecosystem.

This ties into the discussion in class this week. A nice quick summary of the debate, along with a database for all the ongoing comments via the FCC.

Thought the list provided is interesting in terms of how they relate to 21st century learning: The new school models in the article "suggests 10 elements most common to all of the models: * Student-centered environments * Personalized learning * Competency-based progressions * Adaptive & engaging components * Deeper learning & character development * Rapid & flexible deployments * Dynamic models evolving with new tools * Platform-centric scaling * Leveraging teacher Leadership * Best Practices & Innovation "

erate is key for infrastructure that helps low-income families

twitter chats useful for educators