NetGenEd 2010

Another video that shows Augmented reality

A article talking about several books being published for open content.

This article is describing Netbooks. Netbooks are a new alternative to laptops.

Six Months With an eBook Reader: Yeah or Meh? by Brad Moon March 9, 2010

A list of open source software.

One of the most common uses for them is on mobile devices. 2d barcodes like QR Code or Datamatrix can activate phone functions - they can create an SMS for you to send, or send your mobile browser to a particular website. The entire URL can be stored in a 2d code thanks to it's greater data storage.

Another article describing open source and some of its software.

Random House fear iPad pricing could spark eBook pricing war by Nick Spence March 25, 2010

Georgia thinks they wont have enough H1N1 vaccine.

This is an online slideshow that gives 10 reasons why Open Content is great for teaching and learning. The slideshow is 6 minutes, 42 seconds long and displays pictures that loosely relate to the points.

This welcome is for the NetGenEd Project, a Flat Classroom Proejct designed in conjunction with Don Tapscott, author of Growing Up Digital. More than 300 students from over 10 countries are now completing this global collaborative project that will continue until the end of May 2010. See http://netgened2010.flatclassroomproject.org/

CopyCat is designed both as a platform to collect gesture data for our ASL recognition system and as a practical application which helps deaf children acquire language skills while they play the game. The system uses a video camera and wrist mounted accelerometers as the primary sensors.

A article on how Buinesswire is a leader in open source ecm and how it has been increasing in revenue.

The rise of digital culture sparked a firestorm of debate about copyright, fair-use and creativity. Today: a Soundcheck Smackdown debate about the open-source movement in the arts.

On the campus of Penn State University, a rivalry between a rogue campus blog and the official newspaper has become a fascinating mirror of the strife between old and new media.

Mobile News from Mashable: The Social Media Guide

Shared by Hall Davidson at NetGenEd 2010 Discovery Education series on making real movies

Customization!! The user of this technology no longer has to settle for two-dimention diagrams or not having enough information at hand. Each individual is able to use AR to help them better learn and understand. They can choose what works best for them, manipulating diagrams and performing virtual

procedures in order to customize their learning. They are customizing their own learning because they are given additional options and opportunities to learn more instead of only guided to follow the specific teaching technique of the teacher(which not always works for each student).

Each student is able to view different angles of each diagram when they feel they need more help understanding what it is about, or performing a procedure multiple times from multiple angles when more practice is needed.