Archive: 2012
School Technologist Proposes Student Technology Bill of Rights
School technology specialist Brad Flickinger's recently proposed a student technology bill of rights, which articulates the ways in which educators should regulate appropriate technology use with students. The bill essentially comes as a welcome sign to those involved in education to take a stand in spelling out what I believe - should already been a given.
Desmos Launches HTML5 Calculator Inspired By Valentine’s Day
Desmos today launched ABetterCalculator.com, its first, fully HTML5 calculator that takes computing beyond a pocket tool. Students, educators, and professionals can use ABetterCalculator.com to do rote computation as well as complex mathematics to share ideas and revelations.
10 Lessons for Edupreneurs
The ImagineK12 team--Alan Louie, Tim Brady, and Geoff Ralston--are making good company choices, giving good advice, and having fun. Rob Hutter and I spoke with the second cohort yesterday and shared 10 lessons for edupreneurs.
The Green Schoolhouse Series – 21st century learning classrooms
It used to be educationally valuable to use Styrofoam balls to create a fairly basic representation of the solar system or to study simple earth science through a paper mache volcano craft project. Likewise, chalk and erasers were precious tools of the trade for teachers, while yellow number two pencils and plastic protractors were the standard of choice for students. Lunch hall dining used to consist of fast-food quality meals--but not anymore.
Ohio Digital Learning Day
Getting Smart Founder and Blogger Tom Vander Ark discusses digital learning in Ohio for the first-ever Digital Learning Day February 1, 2012.
CoSN, SITE and SXSWedu Conferences Announce Collaboration with the First-Ever Joint Teleconference Spotlight Session
SXSWedu, CoSN and SITE plan to team up Tuesday, March 6, 2012 for a teleconference in the session "On The Horizon: Harnessing Emerging Technologies In Education," featuring Larry Johnson, CEO of New Media Consortium.
Webinar: How to Implement OER In Your Classroom
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) will host a webinar on Thursday, February 16, guiding online teachers on how to implement open educational resources (OER) in the classroom.
4.0 Schools Sweeps Startup Weekend NYC EDU Awards
4.0 Schools, which provides resources and training to launch schools and education businesses in the Southeastern US, members made a clean sweep at the Startup Weekend NYC EDU awards, winning all three placements among more than 50 potential business concepts.
National STEM Video Game Challenge Launches
The 2012 National STEM Video Game Challenge, which is a collaboration between E-Line Media and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop (JGCC) with generous support from AMD Foundation, Entertainment Software Association(ESA), Microsoft and CPB/PBS KIDS Ready to Learn, is well underway.
SmartTech Roundup: Open Textbooks, Phone Learning, Common Core Content
What Textbooks Are You Opening? OpenStax College, a new non-profit publisher, plans to provide free, online course materials for five common introductory courses using Rice University’s Connexions platform. Utah announced this week that it plans to offer free online textbooks in math, Language arts and science.