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Dave Kernohan deconstructs the narrative of EdTech.

Tom Reeves speaking at Otago Uni http://bit.ly/rjLUXu #sharefest11 #netgen #infolit #edtech #research (via @dnsturrock) #yam

Essentially an overview of his sharefest11 presentations for those that missed them.

Audrey Watters slides and text of her keynote at Cetis14 on the history of edtech.

Audrey Watters on the history of edtech and its rewriting for the benefit of a few.

Guidelines at CSU for using external edtech services.

CSU policy on use of external edtech services.

What a fake medical device tells us about the edtech snake oil purveyors.

I think this is an important stating of the assumptions built into technology and the outcomes resulting from these assumptions and inherent biases. "... we need to understand how the shape of information access controls the intellectual (and, ultimately, financial) opportunities of some college students. If we emphasize the consequences of differential access, we see one facet of the digital divide; if we ask about how these consequences are produced, we are asking about digital redlining. The comfortable elision in "edtech" is dangerous; it needs to be undone by emphasizing the contexts, origins, aims, and ideologies of technologies."

"How about this infographic from Turnitin to start the week? From a survey of nearly 900 educators (Plagiarism Today) Turnitin are trying to "understand what kinds of plagiarism were the most common in academia and, equally importantly, which were viewed as being the most problematic"."

"A recent nationwide survey by JogNog.com Reveals that 93% of teachers would assign online games in class if the subject matter matched their curriculum."

"Back in March I served on a panel along with Liz Gross, Ed Cabellon, and Greg Heiberger at the #sxswEDU conference. Here are some of the highlights: Greg and I talk about our latest research on using Twitter to support students throughout their first year of college. I summarize my recent research on using Facebook in education. Greg explores the future of higher education and how new technologies can be used to effectively improve student success. Liz discusses how to use Facebook to market your institution and programs. Ed explains how to frame productive social media use to administrators. I get snarky about EdTech startups and how they don't communicate with educators."

A long list of edtech related conferences for 2011

EdTech appear to step outside the bounds of as CC BY NC SA license.

Comments on Google+ but what's more interesting is the initial 3 questions and the rationale behind them. Qns we should consider when proposing edtech and they also explain some of the #diglit stuff we're talking about.

Ben Werdmuller describes the rationale behind Known, his new social network option.

Powerful post from Kate Bowles on othering and otherness and presence and the implications for edtech and educators.

A piece highlighting an argument/misunderstanding that can often circumvent and derail critical discussions of educational technology.