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Academics Hope History in Video Games Spurs Interest-- John Gaudiosi, WaPo The School of One-- Time PC Trends in Education: Thin Is In-- eSchool News Program Puts Educational Videos Online and on TV-- Barb Berggoetz, IndyStar.com Online Learning and the Need for Social Opportunities-- Michael Horn, Disrupting Class Over 100,000 iPhone Apps-- Judy Brown, mLearnopedia Revenge ...

[caption id="attachment_1035" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Twitter Trends"][/caption] A powerful function of Twitter is its immediacy. Twitter provides immediate access to a wealth of information. Updates from friends, news, educational topics, and even professional development are but a few of items that are constantly streaming through the Twitter timeline. Today I'd like to ...

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="215" caption="Twittercounter stats"][/caption] Once an educator has established an account on Twitter, the next question I generally hear is, "How do I find interesting people to follow?". This is a great question and there are three techniques you can use to locate great people to follow. With Twitter's ...

In my upcoming posts, I will outline how to find and manage followers. Until then, enjoy these ideas from professionals on how to use Twitter to improve your classroom. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV5j_OIKPp4

Kindle Lightens Textbook Load, But Flaws Remain-- AP Online Students Find Problems with Credit  Transfer Policy-- Ray Parker, AZCentral Educators Held to a Higher Standard on Social Networking Sites-- Michelle Spitzer, Florida Today Is Technology Creating "The Dumbest Generation?"-- Edbuzz A Gardener's Approach to Learning-- David Warlick, 2cents worth Florida Virtual School Case Study Musings ...

I'm always finding new and interesting speakers from TED. TED presents talks from innovative thinkers assembled from around the world. These talks often stimulate debate, showcase new ideas, and point towards the future with inventions. Sir Ken Robinson's talk, while not new,  is no exception. Ken Robinson believes that schools ...

Low Cost or Learning Tool?-- Jon Bower, eSchool News Hey, kids! Hate school? Don't tell Facebook!-- Helen Popkin, msnmbc.com Florida Launches iTunes Education Site-- SunSentenil.com Is Education Really About Data?-- David Warlick, 2cents worth Two Million Minutes: The 21st Century Solution Debuts on Thursday-- Matthew Tabor, Education for the Aughts ePortfolios, Blogs and Audiance Response ...

In a recent piece on educational technology, Anya Kamenetz discusses a significant trend that is transforming higher education. According to Kamenetz, Web 2.0 technology is transforming higher education from a centralized and highly organized top down distributive model to a decentralized student-oriented learning model--one that is highly individualized, fairly inexpensive, ...

As Twitter's popularity has increased, teachers are frequently asking how to use Twitter. There are several good web tutorials that detail teacher's experiences and if you are looking for projects these could be just right for you. That is beyond the scope of this post, perhaps in another article. Today, ...

PBL in Online Course-- Miguel Guhlin, Around the Corner The Changing Landscape of Teacher Learning-- Chris Dede, Sourcebook Blogging Revisited-- techapps Social Networking-- Education Week Can Classroom Reading Devices Replace Classroom Texts?-- Owen Edwards, Edutopia ELL 2.0: How to Make the Most of the Web-- Larry Ferlazzo, Teacher Magazine