Category: 03. Other Ed Techs

the blog hasnt seen new content for quite some time as i’m tied down by this and this.
Yes, Culture Talk 2007 aka 《文化开讲》is finally announced! It is a Chinese Language online discussion forum competition for secondary school students. The theme is naturally “culture” as you can tell from the name of the competition.
registration for the competition is now opened, am waiting to see how many schools will be interested 😛
for more info, check out the forum 🙂

2006 is coming to an end real soon. so what has been the top 10 ed-tech stories stirring up in the states, read this report from eSchoolNews to find out 🙂 oh btw, Part 2 of the article goes here.
a quick glance at the ‘headlines’:

10. Cell phones: The good, the bad, and the ugly
9. One-to-one computing: Promising solution–or overhyped mistake?
8. Video-gaming in the classroom: Playing attention
7. 21st-century learning environments: Building schools of the future
6. Social-networking web sites challenge policy makers
5. Online learning comes of age, multiplying the opportunities available to students and teachers.
4. Video goes ‘viral,’ expanding the reach of college lectures–and turning ordinary students into internet celebrities.
3. Education 2.0 has arrived: The emergence of web-based services and other open technology alternatives is changing the nature of school software.
2. Disaster planning takes on added importance for schools–and technology plays a huge role.
1. Elections bring a ‘changing of the guard’: New Democratic majority in Congress set to tackle several education issues.