Hack Education

Apologies for being late with this weekly roundup of education news. I was traveling and in meetings on Friday. Friday, the day a young man walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut and killed six adults and 20 children. This is now the second week in a row in...

Part 8 of my Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012 series An Introductory Sidenote In late 2007, Web browser pioneer, entrepreneur, and now venture capitalist Marc Andreessen wrote a really great blog post about Internet platforms. When I decided I’d write about education platforms as one of my Top Ed-Tech Trends,...

Every week, Steve Hargadon and I sit down (virtually) to talk about the latest ed-tech news. Well, every week or so. We skipped a week. And while I had to Skype in (virtually), Steve actually recorded this "live before a studio audience" in Phoenix. (You can see "CogDog" Alan Levine's...

I was a guest on today's Ed Startup 101 Hangout, the class's last hangout of the year. I joined instructors David Wiley, Richard Culatta, and Aaron Miller, along with my fellow student Julian Miller. It was particularly interesting to hear about Miller's experiences, who's been using the class to help...

Part 7 of my Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012 series I chose “data” as one of the top trends of 2011, and the opening line of that article reads “If data was an important trend for 2011, I predict it will be even more so in 2012.” Indeed. There’s a...

Part 6 of my Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012 series Digital Textbooks When I looked at the most significant trends in educational technology last year, I opted to write about the “Digital Library” in lieu of digital textbooks. And truth be told, it would be quite easy for me to...

I am halfway through my year-end series on the Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012. This is a project that takes me a long time to do — to review everything that’s happened in ed-tech this year and to compile these overviews. I love doing so, as I learn a lot...

I’ve been out of the country all week and so if I’ve missed some of the big educational news, don’t be surprised. My apologies. Tragedy My thoughts are with all the faculty, staff, and students at Casper College (where I completed a lot of my undergraduate degree through what we...

Part 5 of my Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012 series The Year of the MOOC Massive Open Online Courses. MOOCs. This was, without a doubt, the most important and talked-about trend in education technology this year. And oh man, did we talk about it. MOOCs MOOCs MOOCs MOOCs MOOCs MOOCs...

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