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Highlights some advantages of web-based education

This story is speculating on the viability of online learning like MIT Opencourseware, and discusses models for creating economically sustainable online learning models.

What are effects of media on kids?

Parents discovering web videos as potential platforms to teach their children.

"The national health care debate right now is all about giving more people affordable access to doctors and hospitals. Yet the vast majority of health care decisions - 80 percent or more, experts say - are really made by individuals, instead of medical professionals..."

Breakthrough product innovations of 2009 - tools, gadgets and toys.

Descriptions and salaries for "new" jobs that involve social media, software/curriculum development, and web-based technologies

"But Yim suggested things will soon go beyond that. For instance, he said that an iPhone user might be able to walk up to an AR-enabled poster, point their device at it and automatically unlock some sort of prize. Similarly, a user could take their iPhone into a McDonald's, or some other partner restaurant, and get a free french fries, all because the device knows where it is, and syncs that awareness to some sort of marketing campaign. And if that was built into a game of some sort, it would give players an incentive to participate. "

Learning by doing.

Apparently my simulation idea about having students take on roles as career professionals has already been done. A drove of statistical consultants (the students) are helping the mayor (NPC), get re-elected. The most interesting Worked Example is Modern Prometheus, where students learn about literature and writing through a MUVE.

Augmented reality mashup with Google Earth Maps animates cars, pedestrians and football games on Google Earth.

What is lost and gained when schools save money by purchasing netbooks rather than laptops?

Was just going to post this also. The Acer mentioned though is one of the absolute cheapest notebooks one can get. Not sure that it was the best comparison. There are some netbooks that have amazing battery life (8+ hours) in the sub $350 range. If the article's point is about resource intensive apps like video, it should also clearly point out that the acer's battery will die out well before a similarly priced netbook from samsung.

A fascinating description about how corporate pressures can undermine the "crowdsourcing" model

Article written for mashable by our own classmate Dave Chen. Good work!

Robotic billiards table set up. Allows users to play through computer controls and allows players using a physical cue to see visual hints about ball trajectories.

An example of what some people are doing to experiment with robotics (first half of video) and augmented reality (second half).

Predictive ads about "future" technologies from 1993 (by AT&T). How many of these predictions have come true?

In my opinion, one of the least realized of the predicted technologies is the one about education. What do you think?

I have over my career in the classroom become somewhat of an expert on reading kids' emotions through body language. Def. not on par with 'The Mentalist', but I can tell when I kid is going to explode or is hiding something or is in need of a lerning intervention. This is not really possible with distance learners...or is it and if possible, what are the implications on the students' psyche?