EdTech
Not Change for Games, But Games for Change
A non-profit that seeks to use video games to tackle education issues, poverty and human rights is having a four day festival at Parsons School of Design from May 24-27 in New York City.
Personalized Learning
Ten Things for DQC2.0 to Figure Out
The National Data Quality Campaign made a huge contribution and is now part of federal policy. Given the flood of data from online learning, it's time to start working on DQC2.0.
EdTech
Mayoral Control Leads to Improvement
They used to say it wouldn't work, but now skeptics of mayoral control are saying maybe Michelle Rhee is correct.
Personalized Learning
Ten Problems Edupreneurs Must Solve
Tom Vander Ark posts this list of ten issues that education entrepreneurs must solve to make the education marketplace the real deal.
EdTech
Take This Job and Understand It
Guest blogger Jason T. Bedell, a librarian with a jones for technology, gets ready to leave his library media specialist role in a public school. He leaves his staff and admin with some thoughts about what it really means to mix tech with literacy efforts.
EdTech
This Ed System Needs a Boost
Guest blogger Dan Maguire has a background in computer technology training and teaches 3rd and 4th grade at Marcy Open School in Minnesota. He says that the public school system is not geared for tech, but it could be. Tech and learning go together.
EdTech
Torrance Robinson: What Happens when NYC Loses its Education Jobs?
Torrance Robinson reveals the big reveal at the end of his talk about eChalk and how it got started. After being asked about education budgets and how services like his are bought by districts, Robinson says that it will be interesting to see whole swathes of education jobs lost because of the utilization of choice in what is basically a blended learning environment.
EdTech
Seeking the Disruption-Seeking Missiles for Education Tech: Lessons from a VC
First in a series of excerpts from the recent Startl meeting in New York City. I look at the comments from Albert Wenger, Partner, Union Square Ventures and coyfully coin a phrase -- Disruption-Seeking Missiles
EdTech
Video: Gregg Betheil, NYC DOE Describes Ubiquitous Tech in a NYC Learning Environment
Gregg Betheil chats with edReformer after the Startl event in NYC tonight. He talks about his eight year old daughter and what her use of tech means for the quality and the method of education in the nation.
EdTech
Interview: John Danner, CEO, Rocketship Education
John Danner, CEO, Rocketship Education does away with the myth that charters "skim from the top" and sets out architecture for bringing great charters to national scale.