Education Technology Companies Are Booming

Goldie Blumenstyck writes about the flow of money into educational technology .

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Education Technology Podcasts

Vicki Davis has created almost 300 podcasts on technologies and techniques for educators.

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Not a Paperless Classroom

Adam Schoenbart suggests that a paperless classroom is a poor goal. Maximizing student learning should be the objective. He continues to use paper when appropriate.

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Education Technology

Casey Fabris shares survey results which indicate how many professors do not utilize the technology they know about .

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Flipboard

Jeff Utecht positively reviews Flipboard as a tool for educational activities.

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Twitter for Educators

Becky Krill tells new teachers how to use Twitter .

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Obsolete Education Tools

Ian Jukes observed that there are "Eight Education Tools that Are Going Away :

1. Books
2. Pencils
3. Chalkboard
4. Teaching from the Front of the Class
5. Technology-Free Class
6. Memorizing
7. Teacher as Expert
8. Handwriting

One thing which concerns me about such pronouncements is that they may be driven in part by the educational technology vendors who hype the need for the constant acquisition of new technology. I would be interested in research on the technology typically employed in the classrooms of nations such as Switzerland and Singapore, in order to see if the latest technology is required for high educational attainment.

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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.

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Christina Allen explains how Linked-In can help students choose the proper university.