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In this paper, the authors discuss the use of technology In storytellIng. Children can use gesture-based technology to make their stories more tangible, more real.

These are the top 40 apps that are best used in a high school classroom.  They are very interesting and maybe I will try some out! Shows that apps and education can be used.  This can also be considered innovation in the classroom.

This article represents the various uses of technology in the classroom. If gives important statistics on people's views of technology and on various gesture based technology in the classroom.

This video is showing how the government is wanting to change the internet. It also shows that anyone can change the internet. It asks why should out of state companies change thing in the state if they are not in the state?

This site is just about Learning  Analytics but its very helpful

This is actually a really cool site! it talks about  how fast learnign analytics is developing and how it works to improve education

This artical talks about how leaning anayltics is rapidly increasing in use around in education. It says that the factors for this are business intelligence technology sector increase for accountability and increased entrepreneurial help for the education sector. Learning anaylitics is used to change the education system to a new more personal one that is better than the traditional ways now. Such attempts have brought up new education resources like online learning companies like Pearson who has created blackboard and other sections that collect data and create a new way of learning. The moodle also came out of the Idea for learning anaylics but still maintains a closed system that does not change or adapt.

"The Valparaiso University College of Engineering has released a new digital magazine for the iPad, which will connect the college to many constituents through an interactive digital community." iPads are not only used for education, but for interaction throughout the classroom- or campus, as it may be.

New digital college magazine allowing students to connect with events, a digital community, and digital news all available on iPad!

Students using iPads in school and researching information.  With this they are able to analyze certain research on wall street and their financial data. 

Campus tour now comes with an iPad that helps future students around and gives them information 

South Koreans realize that technology doesn't always bring progress. Not going as ebook as planned according to this washington post article. "But South Korea, among the world's most wired nations, has also seen its plan to digitize elementary, middle and high school classrooms by 2015 collide with a trend it didn't anticipate: Education leaders here worry that digital devices are too pervasive and that this young generation of tablet-carrying, smartphone-obsessed students might benefit from less exposure to gadgets, not more. Those concerns have caused South Korea to pin back the ambition of the project, which is in a trial stage at about 50 schools. Now, the full rollout won't be a revolution: Classes will use digital textbooks alongside paper textbooks, not instead of them. First- and second-graders, government officials say, probably won't use the gadgets at all."

This wiki is about the gamification of websites including those in education. The entire wiki is dedicated to this technique. This was also one of the trends in the 2012 HOrizon Report.

The mouse and keyboard are no longer the only way to input data into computing devices. This trend capitalizes on touch interfaces as made popular by the itouch/ iphone as well as the gesture based interfaces made popular by the Wii. Additionally, sixth sense computing (as seen in Minority Report) is a reality as this has already been invented. These links are from the Horizon Report 2010 and will be used by students in the NetGenEd project to understanding Gesture Based computing

Still my favorite post on QR Codes in Eduction. PE and health teachers should read Mr. Robbo.

Nice presentation about 40 interesting ways to use QR codes in the classroom.

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. 

I'm impressed with the learning analytics that are in the instructure Canvas offering. instructure canvas is open source - you can download and use for free but if you host in the cloud, you can host through instructure. They have just launched a K12 offering and the simple streamlined look and integration with social media has this on the top of my list as we look at an LMS for our school. WE don't have a lot of money but want simple and robust and I'm impressed with what I see. I had a call with the founder. 

This article is one people still point to when discussing personalizing learning for students. It is a great op-ed in the Atlantic. Software customizes the learning process so that students learn in ways that help them and progress at their own pace. 

A way to play games in the library.

Good prelimenary information about Learning Analytics.

Once again, just more information about learning analytic's.

Definition and diagrams of Learning Analytics.

Article about game based learning.

this site has the defintion of gamification and applications for gamification

Wiki page on Gamification

Gamification is the use of game thinking and game mechanics in a non-game context in order to engage users and solve problems. Gamification is used in applications and processes to improve user engagement, Return on investment, data quality, timeliness, and learning.