EdTech
VC Funding of Ed Set to Boom
VC Investments blogger Rafael Corrales believes VC dollars into education are set to soar, but let's remember there's a bureaucracy set up here.
Different Country, Different Apps
Using technology to play music is a lesson first in how to use technology, but second, in how to do what the rest of the world is doing.
Iterative Development
Qualcom technologist Marie Bjerede wonders if the top-down reform model doesn’t work, why there’s not more iterative development: In the software world, we address this dilemma through an iterative development model. That is, we assume that when we are thinking about what users might need or how they will…
Ten Global Trends in ICT and Education
Robert Hawkins, Senior Education Specialist at the World Bank, spoke at the MIT LINC Conference about the 10 global trends in ICT and Education. It's a must see for teachers, edupreneurs, administration and thinkers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.