August 2011
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“The need to know the capital of Florida died when my phone learned the answer....”
– Anthony Chivetta
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Watch #140edu Live
The conference has kicked off! You can tune in live to watch here:
http://ustream.com/nyc140conf
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“The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who cannot read and write,...”
– Alvin Toffler
July 2011
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Prime for Disruption: Real-Time Mobile Integration
We have enormous innovation in education technology right now. However, the majority is focused on what’s happening outside the classroom. Very few are tackling issues inside of it.
This is where I am most intrigued, as I believe it is the area prime for most disruption. Specifically, real-time integration with new mobile technology shows tremendous promise.
A recent study shows two-thirds...
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Holy cow. We have 471 teachers on the Roll Call. ... →
girlwithalessonplan:
If you’re looking for people to network with, that’s the place to look!
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just-a-skinny-boy:
8 Year old girl from Dublin...
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Missouri Forbids Teachers and Students To Be... →
infoneer-pulse:
If you’re a student living in Missouri, you’d better not be Facebook friends with any of your teachers – because that will soon be against the law.
According to Missouri Senate Bill 54 that goes into effect on August 28, any social networking — not just Facebook — is prohibited between teachers and students. It’s all part of an effort to “more clearly define teacher-student...
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Facebook Has A Huge Impact On College Admissions →
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Student Loans: The Roadmap to Repayment →
visualoop:
Provided by Mint.com
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“The last few decades have belonged to a certain kind of person with a certain...”
– Daniel Pink
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How Digital Devices Are Reshaping Education
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“Faculty are primary to the success of the Griffin Technology Advantage program....”
– Yes to everything about this.
On iPads: Why Mobile? | EDUCAUSE
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facciodellefoto:
I just downloaded this rap...
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“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
– William Butler Yeats
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Management vs. Leadership
Management deals with efficiency. It is a measure of how well you execute. For instance, a good manager grades papers quickly & properly.
Leadership deals with effectiveness. It focuses on having the correct vision & direction. For example, a strong leader asks whether a paper is necessary to achieve learning objectives.
You need both. Management is useless without leadership, & vice...
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“If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.”
– John Dewey
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Education is the Next Startup Gold Rush →
American taxpayers invested more than $536 billion on K-12 education between 2005 and 2006, according to the U.S. Department of Education, with an additional $373 billion in taxes going to fund higher education nationwide. The educational pie is enormous, and anyone who can get his or her hands on even a small slice can expect to reap huge returns.
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Skillshare: What Do Students Do After They... →
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Today, more students than ever are going to college. The Bachelor’s Degree is widely accepted as a necessity for career success. Never mind the fact that college campuses lack true diversity and that males are rapidly becoming the great minority in higher ed classrooms. Never mind the fact…
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Diminishing Value or Increasing Fallibility?
The New York Times recently published the article The Master’s As The New Bachelor’s, in which they chronicle the diminishing value a bachelor’s degree holds in today’s economy.
Simple economics tells us the increased supply of bachelor’s degrees has certainly degraded its value while simultaneously creating heightened demand for a master’s degree.
We are...
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“‘I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. You live in a great, big, vast world that...”
– LOUIS C.K., to his kids, on Louie (via inothernews)
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Design by Dictatorship
Design is critical for any institution. The illustration above highlights the difference of design between Apple & Google. Apple designs by dictatorship. Google designs by committee.
The result? Apple has a faster, more intuitive user experience. Google is slower & heavier.
We see this scenario play out in business. Many corporations become so large they cannot innovate rapidly....
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#140edu Conference
Next week, on August 2nd & 3rd, I will be in NYC for the #140edu Conference.
The changes in the way we live our lives must create change in the way we teach and learn. The real-time web should create profound changes in the way we think about what, how and why students and teachers can do, create and communicate. The very nature of what we consider “school” should be radically...
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