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New Media Horizons 2013 report on STEM learning

districts continue to worry about social media

Optimists about Google glass

The developer kit would especially be helpful to developers planning on using the device to develop augmented reality applications. Typically, augmented reality refers to an enhanced (and, sometimes, fantastic) vision of reality.

This would also be very powerful for engineering applications, virtually "adding" prototypes from solidworks or 3D modeling programs to see their impact on objects or spaces. I also see a cool educational aspect where students could build theoretical bridges, building models, or art installations to see how they would impact the real space they might inhabit.

We brought in Bootstrap to teach computer programming to elementary students in the after-school and summer programs run by my community school. Would be interested in comparing their approach with Scratch's

I wouldn't have expected BusinessWeek to not be a cheerleader, but...

Building computational agents that are capable of play-- the promise and impediments.

The Edutainment Era: Debunking Myths and Sharing Less "Developers and others in the video game industry often attribute the failure of the "edutainment" industry in the 1990′s either to a lack of market demand or the difficulty of creating great products. In reality neither of these assertions is correct."

"The report Pockets of Potential: Using Mobile Technologies to Promote Children's Learning, by Cooney Center Industry Fellow Carly Shuler, makes the case that our nation's leaders should not overlook the role mobile technologies can play, if well deployed, in building human capital and in helping to stimulate valuable innovation."

Citizen science = connect learning

UDL and David Rose are the shit

Would like to know how many teachers are using these tools, especially with populations that could benefit from them most (learning differences, ESOL, etc)

Newly launched Dash website (similar to Code Academy, code.org, lynda.com) to teach coding, uses project based learning to teach HTML, CSS, Javascript. Haven't tried it yet but for those of you interested in learning to code/evaluating code-learning platforms, here's another resource.

A precursor to ubiquitous computing?

While technology may enhance learning it will not be replacing teachers anytime soon