No Child Left Behind Testing Going Online in Hawaii in 2011– Loren Moreno, Honolulu Advertiser Game Lessons– The Economist Even More Research: Technology Is Making Kids Better Writers, Not Worse– Tech Dirt Top Gear for Elementary School Students– Wired Google Algorithm Predicts When Species Will Go 404, Not Found– Hadley Leggett, Wired
How to Keep Kids Engaged in Class– Tristan de Frondeville, Edutopia A Challenge to the Multitask Assumption– Clive Shepherd, Clive on Learning Alpine Online Case Study– Michael Horn, Disrupting Class Models for Learning Questions– Tony Karrer, eLearning Technology The Science of Motivation– Danial Pink, TED
Learning to Change, Changing to Learn– Miguel Guhlin, Around the Corner Texting girl falls into NYC manhole– Andre Yoskowitz, Afterdawn.com Richard Baraniuk on open-source learning– Richard Baraniuk, TED Psyched Out– The Economist Network Skills– Tony Karrer, e-Learning Technology
Essential Videos– Miguel Guhlin, Around the Corner 10 Internet technologies that educators should be informed about– Emerging Internet Technologies for Education New thoughts on getting started in e-learning– Clive Shepherd, Clive on Learning Google Maps Knows Where You Are– Adam DuVander, Programmable Web Free online course helps students plan careers– Laura Devaney, e-School News
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 [...]
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