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.
Blended Learning Singularity
This is another in our continuing series of online learning posts in advance of the SIIA Innovate to Educate Symposium on Personalized Learning, to be held August 4-6, 2010 at the Harvard Club in Boston, Massachusetts.
2010 Innovation Through Interoperability Forum
Agilix is holding an Innovation through Interoperability Forum in Washington, DC July 14-16, 2010. Look inside to find out how you can be a part of it, and secure you spot with leaders in data management and content for education.
Reducing Dropout Rates
Bob Wise, former West Virginia Governor and President of Alliance for Excellent Education, is giving another webinar today about the benefits of reducing the dropout rate among students of color.
Ron Packard's Ed Future
This one is an oldie but goodie from when I arrived unannounced at K12's offices in Virginia and secured 35 seconds with K12 CEO Ron Packard. I ask him about the future of online learning.
Putting Science in the Cloud
I'm totally stealing this from ReadWriteWeb, but I think the graphic is worth a look as we begin to talk about how K12 education can lead science into a generation of virtual software and cloud computing that taps into distributed communities.
A Good Story from Higher Ed
It's not all doom and gloom. Mark Kantrowitz proves that some of the brightest minds work with for-profit higher education, making it better and certifying that it helps many people improve their position in life.
50 Open Source Tools that Replace Ed Apps
You can use these 50 open source tools to build your education ecosystem. Here are a few from the list that I like, with some thoughts on how I think it would work.
What a 12 Year Old Can Teach Us About Learning
Here's a 12 year old student telling adults how they can help children excel.
Students Know
A collection of notes taken during a student panel about personalized learning. What do students think about using virtual education to
Another Open Letter to Commissioner Chester, Massachusetts
Michael Horn, Director of the Education division of Innosight Institute, writes and open letter to Commissioner Chester, after press reports indicate changes to virtual schools legislation in Massachusetts.