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Not really educational, but our section this week got me thinking about what *could* exist

Implementing blended learning in schools, in one awesome visual.

Infographics make me so happy. This one is fantastic!

This is about healthcare.gov / Obamacare, and the federal government, but it's thought-provoking about educational technology, much of which is purchased by government agencies (i.e., school districts). How can school districts avoid these problems? (I'm a pro-government liberal, let's be clear!)

Flipped classrooms and mastery learning: "The student's understanding of a subject is a constant and time is a variable."

Not just the information, but the presentation, are awesome. I LOVE infographics.

Perspectives on Common Core, Nationalization of Education, Data, FERPA and kids.

Im downloading Knowledge Forum (formerly CSILE) to see how it compares to other digital learning communities

Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. ''Mobile devices are cheaper, more portable and less obtrusive than other technologies. Yet the challenges of how training students to use sophisticated technology tools is an economic imperative.''

Mind mapping is the process of using visual diagrams to show the relationships between ideas or information. Its popular uses include project planning, collecting and organizing thoughts, brainstorming and presentations - all in order to help solve problems, map out resources and uncover new ideas.

tools that might not just aid higher education students ill definitely be trying them), but less advanced writers such as secondary school students

A study on the traditional kind of field trips shows their value. It's a limited study - but getting kids out of school does seem to work!

ETLO is a very successful model of scaling up

What is the impact of MOOCs on the local and regional educational institutions?

"Anything digital can be seen, manipulated, experienced."

Article raises good points about the need for change in pedagogy if using mobile devices in classrooms

Another argument for the use of technology in education (from a former medical student's point of view)

The future of smartphones? What could technology like this mean for the spread of mobile learning?