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Another fun RSA Animate video -- this one about Steven Johnson's "Where Good Idea From." Possible relevance for thinking not only about tech's role for students, but also how collaboration enabled by technology can yield big -- possibly disruptive? -- ideas among innovators in education.

How can mobile apps help students select colleges and universities? Two Spelman College students designed a phone app to educate others about historically black colleges and universities.

Now Facebook has "Friends" pages, where you can see all the interactions between your friends.

This relates to today's class discussion about search: a model based not on popularity or paid placement, but on Wikipedia-style editing by users.

A look at the way games deal with motivation, and lessons for business, education and government. I'd be curious to know how many non-game enthusiasts would be convinced.

As internet data rates cheapen, throughput for public Wi-fis, such as the California Public Library system, is optimized, bringing the internet to learners hungry for knowledge.

online school for grades K-8

Saw a commercial warning parents not to let their teens spend too much time on the internet. Interesting site for parents all about the dangers of media.

I would be for this. I could not believe a place so big on recycling (Harvard) murdered so many trees with the printing of course packs. I like this idea if you could get the material from other sources than just the school (say the author or publisher directly or something like Amazon). Otherwise, there is no opportunity for competition or bargaining.

A system for personalized learning will not grow from inside formal education. Education is like a field that's been overplanted, with only patches of fertile soil. Too many stakeholders (parents, Unions, adhow to change, acting like weeds or plagues that choke off plant growth. The fresh and fertile soil of the open web can foster the quick growth of a personalized learning system. ministration, faculty) compete with each other with various ideas about

thoughts on using iPad for people with physical disabilities

mobile phones for language learning

information appliances and ubiquitous computing

Principles of networked learning, constructivism, and connectivism inform the design of a test case through which secondary students construct personal learning environments for the purpose of independent inquiry. Emerging web applications and open educational resources are integrated to support a Networked Student Model that promotes inquiry-based learning and digital literacy, empowers the learner, and offers flexibility as new technologies emerge. The Networked Student Model and a test case are described in detail along with implications and considerations for additional research. The article is meant to facilitate further discussion about K-12 student construction of personal learning environments and offer the practitioner a foundation on which to facilitate a networked learning experience. It seeks to determine how a teacher can scaffold a networked learning approach while providing a foundation on which students take more control of the learning process.

NCLB pressures on high schools to perform

Technology has changed the way we live and - with increasing frequency - the way our youngest generations are learning.

Perhaps a tool like this will provide students with even more realistic virtual experiences in the future.