by andflywrite | Feb 5, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced that the eRate program that collects and distributes taxes from the “universal access fund” to provide services to schools across the US will be modified in important ways. 1) F.C.C. will double, to $2 billion, the...
by andflywrite | Feb 5, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
Article in the New Yorker 2/3/2014 on evolution of mass delivery systems for video, and present trends and visions of tomorrow. Thought provoking take on aspects of the “video production and distribution” disruption we are in the midst of. During peak...
by andflywrite | Feb 4, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
What does it mean to have the ability to create and capture quality video with a tiny “camera” in your pocket, and to be able to distribute that video in the cloud, and how does that impact what we call eLearning? For one, it means students/ learners can...
by andflywrite | Feb 4, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER, GO AHEAD CALLER
Obama Announces Pledges of $750 Million for Student  Learning Technology. That’s stretched over as many as five years, AFAIK… hard to say in a country this big with as many students as we have, how much that will help the “digital divide”. But...
by andflywrite | Feb 3, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER, DAY TO DAY BIZ, GO AHEAD CALLER
During recent discussions regarding the “Multitask de Ville” vision for local video production combined with learning spaces, startup hangouts, streaming conference rooms, and rent by the hour office space etc…. the question arose “who is doing...
by andflywrite | Jan 31, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
Rumors about Apple developing consumer DIY and mobile healthcare apps and hardware of some sort, and/or through iOS 8.