Chub and Moe Debate Cuban– Michael Horn, Disrupting Class
Is Social Learning Fun?– Tony Karrer, eLearning
Knowledge Overload– eLearnSpace
Ten Disruptions that Could Transform Your Classroom– David Warlick, Two Cents Worth
Texas Tech Study Finds Flaws in Plagiarism Detectors– Holly Hacker, The Dallas Morning News
Day two is now finished. I think it was another productive day of presentations, interesting conversations, and networking opportunities. That being said, I have a few observations:
After two days of listening to teacher conversations, questions, and input during the breakout sessions and symposiums, I realized we (educators) have a lot of work to do if [...]
Consistently, as I move about the TechEd venue, I hear surprise and confusion expressed as educators interact with Web 2.0 technologies. While it is important to applaud those seeking to learn about the various Web 2.0 technologies, it is alarmingly clear that the average educator is woefully behind in tech savvy knowledge. While it is [...]
Luis von Ahn, professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University and named one of the 50 Best Brains in Science by Discover Magazine was today’s key-note speaker at the TechEd conference in Ontario, California. Professor von Ahn spoke about reusing human cycles or harnessing human time and energy to address problems that computers cannot [...]
Welcome to beautiful Ontario (Did I just say that?). Well, I suppose Tech Ed 2009 has gotten off to a good start. The first day was full of breakout sessions, an interesting keynote speaker, and a little Inland Empire smog!
There were a few interesting morning and afternoon breakout sessions. It seemed the general theme was authoring [...]
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