by andflywrite | Dec 17, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
Addressing the “whole person” in a SLC is a challenge that will take some years to develop; maybe even decades to reach the full potential of cloud tools to enable learning in a social construct. In the meantime, we can get some ideas of what that might...
by gary575 | Dec 14, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
“…transforming students from passive consumers to active creators.” A lot of distance between the opportunity and reality, but hey, you gotta hope. The Innovation Excellence blog post is worth a read.
by andflywrite | Dec 13, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
What is “Broadband”? There’s no scientific or even accepted standard for what it is, or isn’t. Clearly as technology changes, the definition of broadband changes along with it. In this story, the FCC has upped the ante now to 10Mbps for...
by andflywrite | Dec 13, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
Article in the New Yorker recent issue on what “kids” are up to with DIY media. Gives both an overview of what is going on at the “meta level” of how media is a central part of our lives, as well as tells the story of a few “kids”...
by andflywrite | Dec 13, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
NYTimes has an ongoing “video feature” called Anatomy of a Scene, in which as short clip from a recent movie is shown while the director comments on what he/she was doing with that scene. A quick way to keep abreast of various elements of the cinematic...
by andflywrite | Dec 10, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
According to a recent article in EdSurge, there’s a non profit developing a game engine that supports learning and include assessment metrics. It goes on to note that this game engine can be used by other ed game developers. GlassLab Games (“Glass” stands for...
