Entrepreneurship
The New Center of EdReform Gravity
DFER, EEP, and New Schools are the new center of edreform gravity
David Wiley's TEDX Talk
I hope I can meet David Wiley in Chicago this week. If anyone sees him, point him out to me.
Hacking Tools, Please
Those quick and nimble angel investors and VC firms -- are they really that quick and nimble? Or is the new metaphor for investing in education a stone mason, pounding away at a slab of granite?
Have Platform, Will Grow
Less important than the news that a Japanese gaming company has set up a fund for social gaming ventures is the news that the companies they will invest in will go on a platform.
Digital Ed Is People
The first lessons in web 2.0 are you must teach people and treat people with respect. The whole process of engagement is a learning process. Why can't we make education like that now?
CapEx Thinking
Private capital plays an important role in public education, because most superintendents can't raise money to invest in productivity improvement.
Surgical Teaching
By changing the paradigm for studying laptop schemes, we could accelerate surgical teaching.
A Collaborator Gets His Wings
Every time someone buys a computer in suburban America, a consumer becomes a producer, social learning grows, and we still haven't paid enough attention to urban youth.
If You Can't Create, It Ain't Worth It
Something needs to shift in how we pay attention to learners, if there is going to be any development in useful education technology devices or methods.
Six New Resources for Digital Educators
Education resource list 2.0 -- Today's list of interesting web sites will broaden your knowledge of online teaching and education technology. These links are for teachers looking for education ideas, technology fits and ideas to implement into curriculum.