Knowledge Handler: Education Technology Datapalooza

The U.S. Department of Education has posted videos on YouTube that explore new technologies .
The blog EdCetera had a rave review about these videos, providing the following summary of notable presentations:

For example, College Abacus created a service to personalize the potentially misleading “average” information that families receive about potential colleges such as costs, loan defaults, graduation rates and so on helping students to make financially informed decisions when choosing a school. 2U uses technology and thoughtful user experience design to better engage and educate students online. Student Success Academy combines automation and crowd-sourced school counseling to give high school students the personal counseling time they need to make effective college choices. Technology leader Linked-In presented their student program that leverages Linked-In data entered by members regarding their educational background and later career outcomes.