Welcome back! My first day with students is officially over and it's time to do some round-upping. Today we'll start with Katrina Schwartz at Mind/Shift and an incredibly interesting and important article about the business of educational technology, "Tech Companies Angle for Big Bucks in Education" It's a wonderful article that chronicles the ever-growing business interest in ed tech.
Next up, Mary Jo Madda at Ed Surge covers "How Good Ideas in Edtech go 'Viral'" The article relates a recent New Yorker article, "Slow Ideas by Atul Gawande," to educational technology and discusses why some great innovations in ed tech seem to spread incredibly quickly while others take longer to catch hold (if they catch on at all). She closes by discussing what the most successful edtech start-ups have in common and by offering some advice to new start-ups.
Jessica Slusser at Getting Smart has a great new article about a new online resource from Pearson and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21). The new learning resource is home to some wonderful case studies and examples of successful 21st century schools. Their goal is showcase examplar schools so that others can learn from what works (and what doesn't) at these organizations.
Winifred Kehl also has a writeup on "An Amazing Experience for K-12 STEM Teachers." In the post she discusses a recent experience with 19 K-12 Teachers and a group of paleontologiests from the University of Washington. Together, the group traveled to the badlands of Montana to dig up dinosaurs! Pretty awesome stuff.
Winifred Kehl also has a writeup on "An Amazing Experience for K-12 STEM Teachers." In the post she discusses a recent experience with 19 K-12 Teachers and a group of paleontologiests from the University of Washington. Together, the group traveled to the badlands of Montana to dig up dinosaurs! Pretty awesome stuff.
Free Technology for Teachers has 5 new resources to try:
Wesley Fryer at Moving at the Speed of Creativity has a new article entitled, "Managing Distractions: Maintaining Focus and Creating Media." The post discusses great ways to help students avoid getting distracted in a technology-rich environment and focus on creating products. He ends with an awesome list of projects that students can create with classroom programs and apps.
Educational Technology has 5 new posts to check out:
And for those teachers who are in a 1:1 or BYOD (bring your own device) iPad environment, Teach Thought has you covered with, "How To Create A Paperless Classroom with your iPad." The post centers around using Google Drive and Google Education apps to manage the distribution and collection of assignments, thereby creating a completely paperless environment!
Finally, the Ed Reach network has 4 new podcasts up:
The Lightning Round...
- Edudemic shares 5 Educational Websites Older Students Should Be Using
- Getting Smart has a list of "Remix" Apps from EdShelf
- Edudemic also has a post (and prezi) on 5 Flipped Classroom Issues and Solutions
And that's it for today! Thanks for tuning in! We'll end with a new infographic from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Edudemic on The Role of Business in Education Reform...
Courtesy of: Edudemic
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