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A Laptop With Its Head in the Cloud - NYTimes.com

A good review of the new Chromebook, that pretty much echoes my concerns. There is an interesting idea hidden in this article - renting Chromebooks to students for $20 a month.

Providence Equity in Lead to Buy Blackboard, Bloomberg Says - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Interesting - and not sure if this is good or bad news for those that would like to see Blackboard go in a different direction.

'Bring your own device' catching on in schools | Curriculum | eSchoolNews.com

Looks like mobile devices are also catching on in K12. The great thing is that schools are starting to take the digital divide seriously. Make sure you consider accessibility issues, and maybe we will start to truly see a mobile revelation in learning.

Head in the Clouds

Interesting look at where cloud computing is making inroads into K-12. Also looks at processes and questions some school districts went through.

Texas district outfits schools with virtual desktops

Interesting and innovative way to save money. Now imagine combining this with cloud computing. This is the way to get trends to catch on - show how they can practically save money :)

Make Your Own Chromebook, Without Giving Up Windows - Technology News by ExtremeTech

A much better option if you ask me - make a computer that can run both Chrome OS AND Windows.

How to Make Your Own Chrome OS Chromebook - OS, Software & Networking by ExtremeTech

With the release of the Chromebook upon us, here is a way to get your own set-up.

newspaper map | 10000+ online newspapers in the world, translate with one click

A world map of newspapers? Could be great for tracking current events on a global scale in many different classes.

Intel's Museum of Me Is About It - NYTimes.com

You have to wonder if stuff like this is going to become the e-portfolio of tomorrow. Or may the Linkedin version of this?

Facebook changes privacy settings for millions of users - facial recognition is enabled | Naked Security

Facebook is always in hot water for privacy issues. But educators that want to use social networks (especially Facebook) in teaching should take note of these issues.

Ted Curran.net » Cultivate Your Personal Learning Network Part II: Showing What You Know

This part 2 - a great guide for how to use your Personal Learning Network.

Ted Curran.net » Cultivate your Personal Learning Network

A good article about setting up your Personal Learning Network. Part 2 will deal with how to use your PLN.

Digital Natives: Where is the Evidence?

This is a much better way to look at digital natives. You are native if it is native to you, not if you were born after a certain date.

Net Gen Skeptic: The Digital Literacy of "Digital Natives"

Another nail in the coffin of the whole "digital native" debacle. Research is a good thing, even if it doesn't prove your flashy presentation point.

ASUS Eee Pad official: Intel CULV processors, Windows 7, and a 10-hour battery life -- Engadget

Strange how Windows products are starting to look more open and flexible than Apple products. Sounds like you can have a full computer on a Tablet Pad. A much better idea than the iPad in many ways.

HP App Lets You Pin Any Webpage to a Location

The online world continues to mash-up with the real world. Add a website to a physical location for the ultimate mash-up.

Learnlets » Why bash the LMS?

Good insight, and more balanced than the title initially suggests. But still calling for change and revolution.

The Future - There's an App For That - Gadgetwise Blog - NYTimes.com

I really like it when people just dream about what could happen - even if it is on a small scale like this. I would love apps like this, too.

Dr. Larry Dossey: Is Technology Making Children More Empathic?

Another look at something else that might cause us to change what we have in our curriculum. Technology is not only changing how we teach, but what we teach as well.

Twitter Blog: @anywhere

This is the official Twitter blog that tells more about the @anywhere service (see my last bookmark). Still not totally clear how it works, but sounds interesting for now at least.

Twitter to Offer Service That Ties Into Other Sites - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

This is an interesting concept - integrating Twitter more with existing sites. I wonder how long it will be before students can Tweet directly from their online class?

Moodle for iPhone Demo

Moodle on the iPhone. iMoodle?

Picnik - Photo editing the easy way, online in your browser

This site was recently bought by Google. I have tried it before - it is a great place to edit photos online for free. Great for use in a wide range of classes projects that could involve taking pictures.

5 Reasons Why Educators Should Network

Most people reading this tag list probably already have a personal learning network. If not - you need one, and this article tells you why. If you are trying convince others (or influence department policy) - this link is a good resource.

How to Teach with Tech Tools

Fascinating read on integrating technology in classes. It focuses on face-to-face grade school courses, but is also very rich with ideas that can be used online. This is the kind of stuff that I love to read.

Will Second Life Upgrade Help Virtual Classrooms? - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Second Life seems to be on the edge of either dying or taking off - hard to tell sometimes. But I like the possibilities that exist there, so I hope this new browser will help bring more people in.

Future Ed: Remote learning, 3D screens | StarTribune.com

I love this article about the future of education. It covers everything from emerging technology to new topics to be covered to new school structures. Some great ideas in here.

Computers Turn Flat Photos into 3-D Buildings - NYTimes.com

Virtual Field Trips may be available with just a push of a button some day. Intriguing concept.

elearnspace › The Future of the Internet IV

Will Google make us stupid? Not quite. George Siemens is one of the top bloggers I recommend Ed Tech folks to follow. It doesn't hurt that his posts are always one or two paragraphs long. I wish I could get my points across as succinctly as he does :)

New Technology Supporting Informal Learning

Article from a leading Ed Tech thinker in the Journal of Emerging Technologies in Web Intelligence, Vol 2, No 1 (2010). Sounds like a journal that is right up everyone's alley?

Imagining a World of Hardware Mashups

I am wondering what this will mean for the world of Ed Tech. Maybe we can start creating software specifically for our classes? Schools?

Macmillan's DynamicBooks Lets Professors Rewrite E-Textbooks - NYTimes.com

An interesting concept on textbooks. Wonder if this will come to the Kindle or Nook any time soon? Doubtful.

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