Hack Education

Here are my nominations for the 2010 Edublog Awards. Nominations close December 3, so there's still time for you to give a shout-out to your favorite educational resources. Best individual blog: Weblogg-ed Best individual tweeter: Kyle Pace Best resource sharing blog: Moving at the Speed of Creativity Most influential blog...

News Corp has acquired a 90% share of the ed-tech company Wireless Generation for $360 million. The move comes shortly after News Corps hired former NYC Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and leads to further speculation that Rupert Murdoch is interested in the education technnology space. "Education of children aged five...

Ah, education and technology news... where to begin. Arne Duncan and Bill Gates have questioned the necessity for graduate-level teacher education. I visited Hacker News last night and read hundreds of comments that blame teachers and teachers unions -- who else? -- for the state of American education. So I...

Not surprisingly, the economic downturn has caused an increased demand for college courses, as many people are opting to go (back) to school. But the 2010 Sloan Survey of Online Learning finds that while about half the 2,500 colleges and universities reported an increase in demand for face-to-face classes, institutions...

With a catalog of over 2000 videos on subjects from statistics, to history, to organic chemistry, Khan Academy has become the world's most popular educational website. Founder Salman Khan has made all the movies himself, and if you've never watched one, go to his site now. Pick a subject. Watch...

When I heard that Facebook was going to make a "big announcement" about its messaging system, with rumors that it would be launching a web-based email platform closely integrated with Microsoft Office, I quickly contacted several educators (and Google) to get their thoughts on how this would play out for...

I don't like math. I know, I know. I realize its importance. And I wish that I'd had a teacher like Dan Meyer to help me recognize that when I was younger. The funny thing about my attitude towards math is that I really enjoy updates to dy/dan and to...

Sidenote: The very first post I wrote for ReadWriteWeb just about eight months ago addressed the draft version of the National Education Technology Plan. I was thrilled to get to write the story (any story, for that matter) for ReadWriteWeb, because even though the draft had been out a week...

Borders has partnered with Chegg to offer textbook rentals to students via the Borders website. Borders expanded its offerings earlier this year to try to nab a share of the new and used textbook market, and the partnership with Chegg gives students another option for acquiring textbooks. The combined inventory...

Project Information Literacy has released its latest report, detailing "how college students evaluate and use information in the digital age." The report is based on a survey of over 8300 students from 25 college campuses across the U.S and examines how students find information -- for both academic and personal...