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Leading Social Entrepreneurs Call for Transforming Education with New Technology 2012 EmTech Conference

Leading Social Entrepreneurs Call for Transforming Education with New Technology 2012 EmTech Conference | Students with dyslexia & ADHD in independent and public schools | Scoop.it
On Thursday, October 25, leading thinkers in education technology innovation convened at the MIT Media Lab for EmTech, for two-day energetic exchange about how to shape the future of learning for students in the U.S.

"...Tablets for kids in Africa. Massive online open college courses available free to millions worldwide. American public schools offering programs to teach kids how to design educational games. On Thursday, October 25, leading thinkers in education technology innovation convened at the MIT Media Lab for EmTech, for two-day energetic exchange about these new developments and how to shape the future of learning for students in the U.S. and around the world.
EmTech is the MIT Technology Review's annual conference focused on emerging technologies and their impact. It brings together key innovators from the technology, engineering, health, science, and management communities to discuss innovations that are changing the face of business and driving the global economy. For the first time this year, MTR Chief Editor Jason Pontin hosted a panel on education featuring MIT Media Lab chairman and One Laptop Per Child founder Nicholas Negroponte; World Wide Workshop founder and Globaloria creator Dr. Idit Harel Caperton; Institute of Play managing director Brian Waniewski; and edX President and MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science professor Anant Agarwal...."

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With Google's New Glasses, Your Head Is Your Smartphone

With Google's New Glasses, Your Head Is Your Smartphone | Students with dyslexia & ADHD in independent and public schools | Scoop.it

"Google's Glass augmented reality system may be the smartphone (smartspecs?) of the near future, neatly linking our digital lives with our real ones. Is this a good thing?"

 

DRC:  I guess the question has to be asked, but the tech is too cool for anyone to really care about the answer.  Will it live up to its promise?  That's a question people will care about.


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