IoT as a manageable set of convergent developments on infrastructure, services, applications and governance tools. It is assumed that, as in the transition from mainframe to Internet some business will fail and new ones will emerge, this will happen within the current governance, currency end business models.
This website shows an infographic to show the increase of "things" connected to the Internet. Other people commented to the infographic to post their ideas as well.
I have to admit that it was very hard to put into a few short words my thoughts on adaptive learning. I didn't really intend for it to center on the testing piece but I guess that is what the editors thought hadn't already been covered, although I do agree with everything I said on it. Of course, many will say we need much more than testing but I think the big point is that pencil and paper don't cut it. We are wasting time with how we test now and can be much more targeted in terms of what students know and how we can teach. Your thoughts?
The biggest thing that bothers me about all these apps is that we have no learning analytics - no feedback loop at all to parents or teachers. I literally have to watch my son play his ipad learning games to really understand where he is and what I need to do to fill things in.
It's called "The Internet of Things" -- at least for now.
The reason why RFID is often called next-generation bar code is that the technology is more accurate, scanners can read more objects with less directional contact, and smaller chips can contain a larger quantity of information.
It's called "The Internet of Things" -- at least for now. It refers to an imminent world where physical objects and beings, as well as virtual data and environments, all live and interact with each other in the same space and time. In short, everything is interconnected.
Learning analytics are underused but will be one of the most important tools in our online toolbox. Once we grasp the importance of these, we will be demanding more and more intelligence on behalf of the learning analytics that we use to support elearning, apps, and all of the things our students use as part of their learning toolbox.
Reports from Educause
Ray Chambers is a UK teacher doing some fascinating things with Microsoft products like Kinect and Microsoft Tag. I love this lesson plan that links with literacy, creative writing, digital citizenship. You can do this lesson yourself to see how it works. (Another great lesson plan I found on the TES site. A very global site for sharing and finding resources.)
This website talks about the changing of telecommunications and the changing of technological advances on things. It also talks about the commercialization of the internet.
This PDF file is ALL ABOUT how learning analytics can make education so much better. It pretty much just lists all the things that learning analytics can do to improve student learning
This source is a video on Analytics and Lina Baer, the woman being interviewed had some cool things to say on this topic. This website is full of information on learning analytics too!
This website is off of the horizon report. I think it is very helpful. It is useful to me because it is connecting real world sensors with it. Its talking about how it is turning the environment green and also how the plants have an effect in it.