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Google Announces Sweeping Accessibility Improvements for Visually Challenged Users - 1 views

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shared by Cole Camplese on 15 Sep 11 - No Cached

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Google has announced a new initiative to increase accessibility for visually challenged users on its major Web services. In advance of the upcoming school year, Google is rolling out accessibility improvements to Docs, Sites and Calendars. Google is hosting a live webinar for enterprise customers - which include educational institutions - on Wednesday, September 21 at 12:00 p.m. Pacific time.
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Milwaukee 7th-grader among winners in national video game design contest - JSOnline - 0 views

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shared by bkozlek on 31 Mar 11 - No Cached

A seventh-grader from Milwaukee Montessori School is among the winners of a nationwide video game design challenge launched at the White House last fall. Shireen Zaineb created a game called "Discover.." that earned her a victory in the National STEM Video Game Challenge, which was designed to generate interest in science, technology, engineering and math, also known as STEM. Zaineb's Web-based game teaches players about concepts such as mass, friction, weight and gravity through a series of platforming challenges in which players must jump a character through 2-D environments and collect items.
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Colleges Aren't Keeping Up With Student Demand for Hybrid Programs, Survey Suggests - W... - 0 views

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shared by gary chinn on 16 Apr 11 - No Cached

But the Eduventures survey found a gap between supply and demand: 19 percent of respondents said they were enrolled in blended programs, while 33 percent of prospective students listed that format as their preference. The report on the survey, which is not available free online, questions whether some students are being “forced” into studying entirely online because of a lack of hybrid programs. “Schools have jumped on the online bandwagon, and students end up with this rather unnuanced choice between more-or-less wholly on ground and more-or-less wholly online, when many of them actually want something that’s a more nuanced combination of the two,” says Richard Garrett, a managing director at Eduventures.
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gary chinn on 16 Apr 11

this is happening within the college of engineering, and our center is working to address the lack of hybrid options.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">this is happening within the college of engineering, and our center is working to address the lack of hybrid options.</div>

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Higher education: Is it really the next bubble? | The Economist - 6 views

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shared by Cole Camplese on 24 Apr 11 - No Cached

Cole Camplese on 24 Apr 11

Interesting surface level exploration of the edu bubble.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Interesting surface level exploration of the edu bubble. </div>

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gary chinn on 25 Apr 11

this came up in conversations with friends last week. I have my own opinions on the value of non-education people seemingly always claiming to have answers to very complex, deeply entrenched societal issues (like k12 & higher ed), but I'll try to keep from editorializing too much. I will say that one of the convincing arguments I have heard recently was the view of higher education as a commodity in a positional marketplace; in other words, colleges compete based upon reputation and relative position to one another. when seen that way, it makes more sense why money brought into the college is not spent to keep tuition costs down; colleges have to try and outdo their peers with facilities, expansion, etc. as a result, tuition rises. finally, as mentioned in the article, if the positional argument is to be believed, it may make sense to see higher ed as a tiered structure (it already is this way in reality), and concerns about tuition increases might be focused on how we can help ensure that state-funded schools resist the temptation of entering into budget arms races with elite-level privates.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">this came up in conversations with friends last week. I have my own opinions on the value of non-education people seemingly always claiming to have answers to very complex, deeply entrenched societal issues (like k12 & higher ed), but I'll try to keep from editorializing too much. I will say that one of the convincing arguments I have heard recently was the view of higher education as a commodity in a positional marketplace; in other words, colleges compete based upon reputation and relative position to one another. when seen that way, it makes more sense why money brought into the college is not spent to keep tuition costs down; colleges have to try and outdo their peers with facilities, expansion, etc. as a result, tuition rises. finally, as mentioned in the article, if the positional argument is to be believed, it may make sense to see higher ed as a tiered structure (it already is this way in reality), and concerns about tuition increases might be focused on how we can help ensure that state-funded schools resist the temptation of entering into budget arms races with elite-level privates.</div>

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Tangled in an endless web of distractions - Boston.com - 2 views

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shared by Derek Gittler on 27 Apr 11 - No Cached

“Students are totally shameless about how they use their computers in class,’’ said David Jones, an MIT professor. “I fantasize about having a Wi-Fi jammer in my lecture halls to block access to distractions.’’While MIT has yet to unwire a single lecture hall, some law schools, including the University of Chicago’s, have in recent years blocked wireless access in classrooms to keep students engaged in Socratic discussions instead of their classmates’ Groupon and eBay activitie
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How Do We Prepare Kids for Jobs We Can't Imagine Yet? Teach Imagination - Education - GOOD - 3 views

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shared by gary chinn on 06 May 11 - No Cached

Instead of simply putting their research on how to foster imagination, creativity, and conceptual thinking into a report, King and Fouts decided to create a free, easy-to-use web portal that's full of the ideas and solutions that they've found work best. Interestingly, instead of the model of individual success and standardized test taking that currently exists in schools, the education approaches they've found best foster imagination also teach kids to collaborate to solve problems.
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gary chinn on 06 May 11

I like the idea behind the project, as well as the portal-style organization. fun to take a look at some of these.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I like the idea behind the project, as well as the portal-style organization. fun to take a look at some of these.</div>

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Where to hack education and where to stack it | VentureBeat - 0 views

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shared by gary chinn on 29 Jun 11 - No Cached

It’s great to have smart people and money helping to discover and build innovations in education. But does Fred Wilson really advocate getting rid of schools entirely in favor of teaching each other on the internet? If not, then how far do we want to go? Indeed, we need to make distinctions here. Education is a many fangled thing, not all of it served well by hacking. In some areas, our kids will be better served if we stack (that is, double down on what already works) instead of hack their experiences
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gary chinn on 29 Jun 11

interesting perspective, I like the notion that education isn't a monolith but instead a collection of intertwined areas.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">interesting perspective, I like the notion that education isn't a monolith but instead a collection of intertwined areas.</div>

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South Korea plans to convert all textbooks to digital, swap backpacks for tablets by 20... - 2 views

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Cole Camplese on 04 Jul 11

I read this yesterday and was sort of blown away by the idea. Given the drama I've watched here in our school district over buying iPads for students I can't imagine seeing something so bold. I do think it is a great idea.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I read this yesterday and was sort of blown away by the idea. Given the drama I've watched here in our school district over buying iPads for students I can't imagine seeing something so bold. I do think it is a great idea.</div>

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