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  • The Case for Better Designed Problems
  • Prensky - Education 2.0
  • Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age

    This is a very informative (albeit long) video that includes short speeches from Eric Schmidt (Google CEO) and Martha Kanter (Under Secretary of the U.S. Dept of Education). The speeches are followed by a forum that includes Linda Darling-Hammond and Joe Klein.

  • How to Make a Big Impact

    This 2007 ad (mostly overseas) resulted in a 10% sales increase for the product. This was featured in a MarketPlace Money story about making an impact by increasing your 'cool factor.'

  • Interactive Whiteboard on the Cheap

    Interactive whiteboards are becoming very popular in K-12 schools. Unfortunately they are very expensive (~10,000). In this video, John Lee demonstrates how similar results can be achieved w/ free software, a Wii-mote and a projector.

  • Great PC for Schools

    I think this computer has tremendous potential for schools. At $299 it makes it much more feasible to have multiple machines in every classroom.

     

     

  • Worth Reading

    Early Stories EduWonk.com NYTimes Education This Week in Education

  • Education and Electronic Media

    I just attended a session at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting that featured several educational journalists and bloggers. Given that they are some of the more visible distributors of educational news, I thought I would aggregate their sites in a post. They provided some useful insights regarding the dissemination of educational research. One of the more notable contributions was the fact that many think tanks and advocacy groups (i.e., groups with an axe to grind) are much more accessible and timely when it comes to disseminating information.

    Alexander Russo. This Week in Education and District 299. Andy Rotherham. EduWonk.com Jennifer Medina. NY Times - Education (Jennifer works on NY City education - the link is to national) Richard Covin. Early Stories
  • How To Read A Book

    If you have ever had the privilege of assisting others in their quest to use technology, you can certainly relate to this video.

  • An Updated Look at Students Today

    Another wonderful video by Michael Wesch of Kansas State University and his students. This video shares some interesting insights and data. You can read more about the story behind the video at the Digital Ethnography web site.