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Blended Components
Review of Viswanath Shankar's blog post and summary of blended learning environment components.
Don't Discount the Online Student
A conversation with Robin Gonzalez, Manager of 100 Chicago Public School Virtual Schools about the role that online learning already plays in urban students' lives. "You can have this crazy idea one day and you can actually make it happen, and there are no barriers.”
Media Consumption's Transformation
Here is a copy of the presentation given by the PEW Center's Lee Rainie today at #MOBcon, the Newhouse School's conference about the monetization of mobile use.
Pathways in Lincoln Land
Three bright minds at the Illinois Policy Institute luncheon put it all together: pathways to success; individualized learning; student-centric thoughtfulness in education reform.
Gates, Hewlett, iNACOL partner for NextGen Learning
Gates, Hewlett, iNACOL, and CCSSO launch www.NextGenLearning.com
Data Visualization Hauling in Prizes
The Knight Foundation award gets edReformer thinking about projects on the high school level. Are there any out there worth noting? I'm all ears.
A Phone for Geography
A New Zealand teaching university helps build strong curriculum and learning strategies that incorporate the devices kids use in their day to day interactions. Noeline Wright from the University of Waikato in Auckland visits us and gives us a scoop.
Chrome Ed
Chrome OS puts computing in the cloud, and now with a new remote desktop feature, it will be easier for netbook users to learn without sapping power.
Uruguay Ahead of Most States on EdTech
Uruguay's President decided long ago that it was important to put laptops in the hands of every child.