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To what extent is the purchase of hardware window dressing or really enhamcing the teaching and learning?

"Mission Statement: To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. When children have access to this type of tool they get engaged in their own education. They learn, share, create, and collaborate. They become connected to each other, to the world and to a brighter future."

"Nicholas Negroponte Nicholas Negroponte wants to give laptop computers to children in third-world countries so they can communicate with the rest of the world. (05:21)"

The use of virtual reality applications to train soldiers heading to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Detailed video showing the Toyota full motion simulator. The view is split into three: one inside the (real) car with the simulation graphics; another showing how the car moves inside the simulator itself, and one outside of the simulator, showing the motion platform moving backwards and forwards and tilting. This really helps students visualise how this type of simulator works.

Four case studies of schools that have converted to open source software. Good coverage of the software being used as well as the effects on the students, teachers, and IT staff.

Can we prevent the use of mobile devices to cheat in exams?

"2010 Horizon Report: Emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, or creative expression "

"ISTE is the premier membership association for educators and education leaders engaged in improving learning and teaching by advancing the effective use of technology in PK-12 and higher education."

"10 Takeaway Tips for Project-Based Learning"

...help students flourish regardless of their learning differences using a variety of tools, educators created engaging lesson plans tailored for students with special needs.

Educator created lessons and activities. Rich with movies, images and podcasts. Special collections on a range of topics

The annual Horizon Report describes the continuing work of the New Media Consortium's Horizon Project, a qualitative research project established in 2002 that identifies and describes emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, or creative inquiry on college and university campuses within the next five years. The 2010 Horizon Report is the seventh in the series and is produced as part of an ongoing collaboration between the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), an EDUCAUSE program.

Kinda frightening a little

New research on gaming design and brain plasticity offers more perspectives on educational gaming

New research on gaming design and brain plasticity offers more perspectives on educational gaming

Discussion of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project, examining the challenges that face the project and asking whether equipping every child with a laptop really is the solution to poverty. Nicely balanced, unlike many articles on the OLPC.

For many Americans, cellphones have become irreplaceable tools to manage their lives and stay connected to the outside world, their families and networks of friends online. But increasingly, by several measures, that does not mean talking on them very much.