trendsTrends: AOL Series Highlights Digital Learning February 10, 2011 There’s a nicely done series of articles by Dana Chivvis for AOL News Nation section online, where “joining the digital … Read More
trendsFederal EdTech Agency Part of Obama Strategy February 10, 2011 President Obama is requesting fiscal 2012 funding for an edtech agency within the Department of Education, along with a $2 … Read More
trendsTrends: Guidance from the eduCloud February 09, 2011 Nowadays, having your head in the cloud isn’t so bad. Education is going just that way: a new consortium is forming that … Read More
trendsTrends: Learning in the 21st Century: Taking it Mobile! February 05, 2011 Learning in the 21st Century: Taking it Mobile is a Blackboard report based on Project Tomorrow’s Speak Up survey, the … Read More
trendsTrends: e-Learning Grows 16.8 percent February 03, 2011 Market research firm Ambient Insight reports that over the past five years the U.S. market for pre-K through 12 self-paced … Read More
trendsTrends: K-12 Teachers Relying on Free, Quality Content February 02, 2011 From PBS and Grunwald Associates LLC comes a national research report on teachers’ media usage, “Deepening Commitment: Teachers Increasingly Rely on Media … Read More
trendsSputnik Moment: 21st-Century Rocket Boys & Girls January 31, 2011 NOTES FROM THE FUTURE | by Jim Brazell On the evening of October 4, 1957, at 1912 Greenwich Mean Time, … Read More
trendsTrends: Rise of K-12 Blended Learning January 26, 2011 Is online learning sweeping America? Just compare: in 2000 there were roughly 45,000 students taking online courses; in 2009, more … Read More
trendsTrends: 'Sputnik Moment' January 25, 2011 In Obama’s State of the Union address, he calls for a ‘Sputnik Moment’ as you can read about in this … Read More
trendsReport: Empowering the 21st Century Superintendent January 20, 2011 Of all the challenges you face as a superintendent, according to the Consortium for School Networking, “technology leadership may be the … Read More
cool tools / trendsCool Tool: ClassLink LaunchPad at Koogler January 13, 2011 In this four-corner region rich with enchanted cultural adventures and history, Koogler Middle School, part of Aztec Municipal School District … Read More
trendsHappy Holidays from edtech digest December 23, 2010 Just a brief note to wish you happy holidays. Hope you’ve had a happy and productive year thus far, and … Read More
interviews / trendsInterview | Peter Frankl Discusses an Absolute Breakthrough for Education December 23, 2010 In the past, kids went to school. These days, school goes to kids. Peter Frankl understands this well. Peter is … Read More
trendsA Vision of Students Today December 16, 2010 Michael Wesch and the students of “Introduction to Cultural Anthropology” class at Kansas State University have racked up more than … Read More
trendsneXtup: Education Market Worth a Look December 09, 2010 Here’s a very interesting piece of information from neXtup, worth a good look: Read More
trendsShrinking Districts’ Waistlines with Energy Efficient IT December 07, 2010 The holidays are upon us, which means that most of us take a couple months, loosen our belts and celebrate. … Read More
trendsOld School vs. New School November 18, 2010 Just the other day a colleague asked, “Any new trends in the hardware/software area?” I thought about it for a … Read More
trendsArne Duncan's Nose November 12, 2010 Arne Duncan had a few self-deprecating zings before releasing the finalized version of the National Education Technology Plan 2010, the … Read More
trendsNational EdTech Plan 2010: Useful? November 10, 2010 The U.S. Department of Education started development of the 2010 plan in Spring 2009 (the last national education technology plan was … Read More
cool tools / trendsTRENDS: The Learning Society, FETC Virtual October 07, 2010 HERE’S A COOL VIDEO (with a soothing soundtrack and easy-to-follow messages) that I saw while visiting the Cisco booth at … Read More
trends21 Definitions for a 21st-Century Education September 22, 2010 Click here for PDF version I recently asked thousands of educatorswhat “21st-century skills and tools” means to them, and how … Read More
trendsPC World: 5 Ways Schools Are Using the iPad August 27, 2010 Joel Mathis writes in Macworld about how both K-12 and higher education are putting the iPad to good use. He … Read More
trendsLA Times: A Billion eBooks August 12, 2010 Michael Hart is on a quest to digitize 1 billion books. He’s got a head start: he began his attempt … Read More
trendsChicago Tribune: Students, Teachers & Friending August 11, 2010 Interesting article about schools facing the challenge of setting social media policies and the murky territory involved in what happens … Read More
trendsNPR: Boost for Education Inventors August 04, 2010 The education market needs some help: a business incubator dedicated to education entrepreneurs might just do the trick. Great Associated … Read More
trendsNY Times: Digital Age Plagiarism August 03, 2010 Interesting article by Trip Gabriel in the New York Times about students with a different attitude toward copying stuff that’s … Read More