EdTech
Education Technology is a multi-billion dollar sector of companies innovating in both software and hardware for teaching, learning, and running schools, districts, and state and federal education departments. We document some of the most essential technical innovations and companies that support learning, teaching and more.
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A Look at Kurzweil’s Edu Predictions for 2009
In a useful post by Michael Russo, a middle school tech director from Buffalo, futurist Ray Kurzweil’s 10 year predictions made in 1999 are examined. Obviously the punch line is ‘not much changed.’ In the last 1990 I worked in a school district where we introduced online learning and…
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US-India Innovation Summit
US CTO Aneesh Chopra, a media darling in India, was joined on a recent State Dept. trade mission by US investors and entrepreneurs.
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iPad Used in Surgery, Next Step School? (video)
Japanese surgeons have readily adopted the iPad as a surgical tool and add-on. What questions are we still struggling with in education in the United States that is keeping this tool from the hands of teachers and students?
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Finishing School: Taking On the Half-Finished or Never Started
This is the working title of a new book I am working on. In the New Learning environment, it will be the task of students, parents, teachers and leaders to take on new challenges that we are only now beginning to see. I welcome you to help me write this book.
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Hewlett's Quest for Deeper Learning
Hewlett Foundation wants every student to have the opportunity to think critically, communicate effectively, and work collaboratively they way the do in SF's Envision Schools
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Rule the Borg, or the Borg Rules You (Video)
Programming is the new digital literacy. In the new Internet, you need to know how to program and amass all the power you can to direct people and ideas using your own technological skill set.
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States Adding Mandatory Cert for Teaching Online
EdWeek reports that States Eye Standards for Virtual Educators with a byline suggesting “experts say many states and national education groups are behind the curve in addressing the issue of teacher quality for the online classroom.” More specifically, the piece by Ian Quillen and Michelle R. Davis…
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Chavous Speaks in Favor of Virtual Schools
Kevin Chavous, former Chair of the DC City Council and its former Education Committee chair, says that the time has come to embrace virtual charters.
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The Last Union Stand?
Union days of wielding power may be numbered; techno panels; Bloomberg praising teachers (well, some of them); new education web sites; policy support; training teachers; student progress; community college all the rage; Bill and Melinda Gates put money into completion rates
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If Rap Can Infiltrate Cultures, Why Not Education? (video)
Learning these days is viral, but the systems that teach our children are not viral. They are rooted in bureaucratic nonsense, something that I am sure --based on conversations I have had with teachers -- is more frustrating than helpful. What if your education lived on the web, and you still had a chance to interact with excellent teachers?