2007’s just round the corner; after reading the ‘conclusion‘ for 2006, what’s up ahead should be of interest, check it out now in eSN’s article: Six ed-tech trends to watch in 2007 🙂
The Edublog Awards 2006 Winners
Cultural Implications of Social Software, Teaching, and Learning: Ready or Not
An article written by Christopher D. Sessums 🙂
eSN: Top 10 ed-tech stories of 2006
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.
How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century
TIME.com posted the above article two days ago, check it out and reflect upon this cover story in TIME magazine.
and interestingly how CNN tweaked the title to be “How to bring schools into 21st century”. juz an observation 😛