The Weekly Update: April 9 – April 15
Here’s what caught our eye this week and we think you might find interesting… Academic Redshirting– Joanne Jacobs Three Trends that Will Shape the Future of Curriculum– Mind/Shift The Benefits of...
Read MoreCCSA 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 interviews are on the way). Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was awarded the Hart Vision Elected Official of the Year Award. Mayor Villaraigosa has been a passionate advocate of the charter school movement. He oversees the Partnership for LA Schools, which runs ten of the lowest-performing schools in the district and is seeing...
Read MoreApp 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 picture of the book’s bar code and have a formatted citation instantly emailed to them. Quick Cite is available on the iOS and Android platforms for $0.99. According to Hack College, which broke the story, the 7cubed team skipped class and challenged themselves to create seven apps in seven days. Quick Cite took about eight hours to write and is...
Read MoreGoogle Adds New Education Category to App Marketplace
With more than ten million student and faculty users of Google apps, Google is making clear its desire to be a key player in the education market. In recent weeks Google has announced significant additions to its education services. Last week it added additional security features for school administrators. These were aimed at making Google’s cloud-based services more user friendly for schools and addressed several control issues that are unique to the school setting. Today, Google announced a new Education category for its Apps Marketplace. The goal of this category is to provide...
Read MoreThe Weekly Update: January 10 – 16
Innovating Without Permission, Daniel Lemire Napa New Tech: School of the Future is Here, Tina Barseghian Pay Attention, T4 – Jordan School District Math Class Doesn’t Have to Suck, The Innovative Educator Wikipedia Turns 10: Are we Banning or Boosting?, Doug...
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