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An excellent infographic for learners about using Google
We tend to ooh and ahh over modern youth’s remarkable ability to adapt to rapidly changing technology, but, as I’m sure anyone involved in educating young people in whatever way shape or form can attest to, a lot of them … Continue reading
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How has technology made a difference? An observant quote.
Another quote for my non-existent Quote of the Day feature (underline is mine): “To date, I am not convinced that educational technology has made much of a difference in the classroom. What has made a difference is technology used by … Continue reading
Apple’s textbook disruption a bit of a dud? Where’s the pedagogy?
Apple promised a major announcement yesterday having to do with textbooks. Turns out that what they were so excited about was their new version of the iBooks application for the iPad and a new Mac application for creating “interactive textbooks”. … Continue reading
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Qualcomm and X Prize Foundation offer $10 million for functioning medical “tricorder”
Qualcomm and Peter Diamandis’ X Prize Foundation have announced a new X Prize for a functioning device akin to the medical Tricorder featured on the science fiction television series Star Trek. At stake is a $10 million prize for the … Continue reading
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“Learning” is built into the technology!
If I had a “quote of the day” feature, this would be on it somewhere (italics are mine): “Our charge was to accept the challenge of an Information Age and acknowledge, at the conceptual as well as at the methodological … Continue reading
New York Times crowd-sources futuring on computer technology
The New York Times is crowd-sourcing the projection of futures for computing. The NYT has set up an interactive timeline that allows readers to take part in a futuring activity on the computer technologies. The feature was published early in … Continue reading
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