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I know it may sound terribly cliche to say that TED Talks can be earth-shakingly inspiring. But this video reminds me how, indeed, "we can change everything."

I caught a part of the Fall film preview by NPR's Bob Mondello over the weekend. The ten-year-old Audrey is looking forward to the Tron sequel, admittedly, and the tech blogger in me can't wait to watch (the fallout from) The Social Network. But the film that I'm most looking...

There are numerous Q&A sites on the Internet, but most of them, I'd argue, should be labelled "caveat emptor," so to speak, as it's hard to know whether Yahoo user Zakk1234 or HawtLulu99, for example, really are offering the best answer to your question -- be it how long to...

CourseNotes announces Version 2.0 of its iPad app (The app costs $4.99, but could be available with an educational discount). CourseNotes, as the name suggests, is a note-taking app, and the new version adds the ability to export notes for sharing with friends via Facebook or with other CourseNotes userss....

Will Richardson, "How Hard is Too Hard?" -- Called out by a recent ISTE L&L article, Richardson asks how one can demand radical change in education without paralyzing and/or pissing off teachers. Be sure to read the comments. The Harvard Gazette, "Easy blend of old and new" -- This article...

What makes an ed-tech startup "revolutionary"? I asked the question in early August here on Hack Education. And last weekend I offered my thoughts over at ReadWriteWeb with five of the things I look for when assessing ed-tech startup's potential for disruption. The product or service should be free(mium) The...

In a recent post over on Mario Armstrong's site, Terrance Gaines asks "What's the hold up?" in more widespread adoption of QR Codes -- it's a good question, as QR codes, despite their blocky-black-and-whiteness, have a lot of potential for educational usage, I think. QR (Quick Response) Codes are a...

The Horizon Report is an annual publication produced by the New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. The report looks at the emerging trends in education technology, as well as some of the challenges that new technologies face. The report is issued at the beginning of the year, so...

Mobl21 is simple application that allows educators and students to create learning material that can then be made available in any mobile environment. From personal study guides to formal courseware, the mobile learning platform is designed to make mobile content creation easier. There are several pricing tiers, but at the...

Back-to-school marks the end of Google's Summer of Code program. Over 1000 students participated this year in a mentorship program that places student coders with open source community projects. See my ReadWriteWeb coverage. The Unofficial Apple Weblog reports that iTunes University has broken 300 million downloads. Over 800 schools participate...