Author Archives: djohnson
Revolutionizing Education – Interview with Sal Khan
Over the past nine months Shawn and I have been involved in a project with the Girard and Pollinate Foundations focusing on how schools can radically transform themselves to improve student learning and teaching methods. It is our belief that … Continue reading
CCSA Conference 2011
The California Charter Schools Association 2011 Conference has just concluded. The 2011 conference was the biggest event yet and hosted a wide variety of speakers and events. Here are some brief notes and observations regarding the events (more posts and … Continue reading
Posted in Afterthoughts, The Web 2.0 Teacher
Tagged antonio villaraigosa, ccsa, charter schools, conference, education, edutone, illuminate, kahn academy, sal kahn, scantron
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The Weekly Update: February 14 – 20
Unfettered by Stuff – or “Why I don’t lug stuff home every night”, David Andrade Understand RSS and make the Web Work for You, Jeff Utecht Will the Next Revolution be Stroomed?, Ted Grasty
Posted in The Weekly Update
Tagged cloud services, higher education, open courseware, revolution, RSS, stroome, Twitter, weekly update
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EDBuzz Goes Mobile
Over the last year we have noticed the significant increase in mobile web use. According to Techcrunch mobile consumption of the Internet has increased by 110% in the U.S. and 148% worldwide. With the growing number of mobile users and … Continue reading
Posted in Main, The Weekly Update
Tagged edbuzz, Facebook, mobile, mobile Internet use, redesign, techcrunch, Twitter
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App Makes Citations a Snap
An enterprising group of college students have crafted an app that allows users to simplify the often tedious work of creating citations for printed books. Crafted by seven University of Waterloo students, Quick Cite, allows the user to snap a … Continue reading
Posted in The Web 2.0 Teacher
Tagged 7cubed, Android, apps, citation, college, development, edtech, education, iOS, iphone, students
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