Inspired by the number of people that the Khan Academy's free video lectures reached, Stanford professor Sebastian Thrun put his own artificial intelligence class online and enrolled 160,000...
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Apple sold more iOS devices (156 million) in 2011 than it sold Macs (122 million) in 28 years of their existence. 
"Seeing the future of Second Life as much more than just a social platform, Linden Lab, the company behind Second Life, even launched Second Life Enterprise—a version of the virtual world platform that companies and organizations could run inside their firewalls, avoiding all the problems of having to share a virtual world with the general public.1 But the Second Life hype is long gone, replaced initially with anti-hype, as reporters logged back in after a gap of some years to report that it wasn't what it once was and that it seemed empty and dead.2 Today, even the anti-hype appears to have disappeared." Via EDTC@UTB 
More than 600 school districts in America have brought iPads into the classroom. 
A pilot program at one Minnesota high school had half of the students in ninth grade learning with iPad tablet computers this year.
Capture flash video from any site to your computer. If you view flash movies at websites such as YouTube, you might want to save them to your computer. Just play your media and watch as JCopia saves any clip, music, movie to your computer.
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RT @edutopia: RT @web20classroom: 32 Ways To Use Google Apps In The Classroom: http://t.co/ApjnKe22 #edtech...
FTC Urges Apps For Kids Must Disclose Data-Collecting Practices – Wall Street Journal: ClickZFTC Urges Apps For ...
Admit it, didn’t the title of this post catch your eye? 
Training at a distance is more hassle than it’s worth, several CEOs have warned. 
Over the past few decades starting with the computer revolution and continuing through the digital age, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been a leader in cutting edge (and often bleeding edge) styles of educating the brightest minds ... 
The bundle of knowledge and certification that have long-defined higher education is coming apart, but what happens now? |
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"If you’ve already gotten into the habit of hiding your iPad from your kids, this should not come as a shock: New research from Nielsen shows seven out of 12 children ages 12 and under who live in tablet-owning households use the devices for a number of purposes. What purposes? Like many adults, children play games, communicate with their friends and family, and watch TV on tablets. Unlike (many) adults, the study suggests parents give their children tablets to use as a distraction while traveling and waiting in restaurants." Via EDTC@UTB In the annual Horizon Report, see what emerging technologies could affect teaching and learning over the next five years. 
Use these tips to bring student devices into the secure IT fold. (RT @NMHS_Principal: Students Have the Technology. 
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To change the story we have to ask ourselves: Which stories define cultural norms? Where did these stories come from? Whose stories were ignored or erased to create these norms? What new stories can we tell more accurately describe the world we see?
RT @workingdesign: Great new article on #technology, #benching and the #mobile employee by @KimballOffice http://t.co/g8YtodE2...
Confirmed: Apple can still surprise. 
Apple rolls out its new version of OS X, and it's called Mountain Lion. Here's the company's demo of the upgrade. 
In just four years, one billion people will own smartphones, many of whom will be professionals taking these devices to work, says Forrester, a research company. Businesses need to think big about how to use mobile products to engage with customers. 
The growth of the mobile Web is on a steady rise. 
I have been formulating this idea -- which may become a later blog post -- that if you make difficult things in life into games, people will gladly do them. 
The debates about schools and social media are a subject of great public and policy interests. In reality, the debate has been shaped by one key fact: the almost universal decision by school administrators to block social media. Because social media is such a big part of many students social lives, cultural identities, and informal learning networks schools actually find themselves grappling with social media everyday but often from a defensive posture—reacting to student disputes that play out over social media or policing rather than engaging student’s social media behaviors. Education administrators block social media because they believe it threatens the personal and emotional safety of their students. Or they believe social media is a distraction that diminishes student engagement and the quality of the learning experience. Schools also block social media to prevent students from accessing inappropriate content. I have often wondered what are schools really blocking when they block social media. Working in a high school this year has given me added perspective. |
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