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This is part 3 of the Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2010 series One of the most important trends of 2010, well beyond the education sector, was the increasing ubiquity of mobile computing devices. The Year of the iPad Arguably, the year belonged to Apple, which announced the iPad in January...

Voting is now open for the 2010 Edublog Awards. There are over 20 categories, with well over 300 blogs nominated across them. I am honored that Hack Education has been nominated in the "Best New Blog" category. While of course I'd love your vote, I recommend you visit the site...

This is part 2 of the Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2010 series Online Learning -- Statistics 2010 saw the demand for online learning opportunities continue to grow. According to the 2010 Sloan Survey of Online Learning, three-quarters of the colleges and universities responding said that they'd seen an increased demand...

National Education Technology Plan The U.S. Department of Education released its National Education Technology Plan (NETP) this year -- the draft of the plan in March and the final version in November. The NETP argues that technology should be embraced in the classroom in order to help accelerate learning, improve...

PBS NewsHour has launched a student journalism site, Student Reporting Labs. The site aims to link students with professional journalists as well as peers throughout the country. It also plans to give students an opportunity to work with mentors at their local public broadcasting stations to produce original news. LearnBoost,...

Social bookmarking site Diigo has added a new feature, Save Your Favorite Tweets. This feature is only available for premium users. LinkedIn has added a new share button, allowing you to easily share content to those in your professional network. Dropout rates in the U.S. are on the decline, but...

How to get girls to do better in science? Get them to feel more confident about themselves. A study in the journal Science looked at the impact that writing a self-affirming essay had on the performance of women in college physics classes. According to the paper's abstract, "The current study...

The New York Times is reporting that New York State's education commissioner has reached a deal with Mayor Bloomberg so the appointment of Cathie Black as Chancellor of the NYC Public Schools will move forward. Her appointment has been controversial in part as she lacks no background in education administration....

Moodle 2.0 has been released. It's the largest release to date of the learning management system. Key components like backup and blocks have been upgraded, and new features include community hubs, cohorts, portfolio and repository support and plagiarism prevention. The Wikimedia Foundation has a great initiative underway that enlists college...

There's been a lot of talk recently that the tech industry may be experiencing another bubble, as we're seeing a flood of big investments in a lot of Internet companies, often at what seem like rather high valuations. Venture capitalist Fred Wilson won't use the word "bubble," but he did...