Here’s our take on news that matters for Monday, March 20. Today’s theme is Magic Monday , and here are a some links to headlines about technology that is changing the way we live and learn. Continue reading ‘Tech Trends — March 20, 2006′
Archive for March, 2006
This is Rob Reynolds’ weekly assessment of events related to technology, education, and culture. This week’s recap touches on the SXSW confab in Austin, social networking news from MySpace and Time Warner, and the ongoing battle between Microsoft and Sony in the gaming console wars. Rob also discusses the new solution for booting Windows XP on a MacTel machine, and the evolution of mediacasting. The past week’s hot memes in the edublogging space were “Why don’t they blog?” and “Telling a New Story.’ Continue reading ‘What’s Up and What Matters — March 19, 2006′
(This is a text summary of the He Said She Said podcast from March 17, 2006. This is a weekly podcast that deals with a wide range of topics on Education and Educational Technology. The show’s host is Rob Reynolds and he is joined by Susan Smith Nash. A new He Said She Said podcast is available every week on Xplana Radio.) Continue reading ‘He Said She Said — Putting the Creativity Back in Education — Part 3′
Here’s a summary of ideas and conversations from the edublogging community that have captured our attention in the past 48 hours. Continue reading ‘Daily Edublogging Update — March 17, 2006′
Here’s our take on news that matters for Friday, March 17. Today’s theme is March Madness!, and here are a some links to headlines about technology that is changing the way we live and learn. Continue reading ‘Tech Trends — March 17, 2006′
I remember falling in love with science fiction when I was in college. It started when I got really sick my sophomore year and was confined to the dorm for a week. I made it through the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy but still had a day or so of convalescing left and needed something to pass the time. The only other interesting book I could find was a book on my roommate’s shelves called I, Robot by Isaac Asimov. Those stories got me through the rest of a bad time and also set me on a course of Sci-Fi reading for the rest of my life. Continue reading ‘Lone Star Learning — Robots and Reality’
While teenagers and college students still enjoy the ever fun-filled “documentaries” of Spring Break, this alone will not hold their attention for long. The average young adult is always after something new, something more; in essence we are a generation with A.D.D. when it comes to our technology and media. So, in an attempt to recapture its followers that are getting bored with Spring Break contests and can get their music videos more quickly on the internet, MTV has recently launched a new campaign directed at the college crowd: mtvU, a special MTV channel broadcast to colleges and universities throughout the United States. Continue reading ‘Students on Student Technology — The Good the Bad and the Ugly about mtvU’
Here’s our take on news that matters for Thursday, March 16. Today’s theme is it’s here!, and here are a some links to headlines about technology that is changing the way we live and learn. Continue reading ‘Tech Trends — March 16, 2006′
Here’s a summary of ideas and conversations from the edublogging community that have captured our attention in the past 48 hours. Continue reading ‘Daily Edublogging Update — March 16, 2006′
I’ve had the luck in life to see deserts, jungles, beaches and mountains. And with my general lack of direction, I’ve been lost in every single one of these environs. But, as any person whose done much orienteering can tell you, the mountains can pose some particularly nasty challenges when it comes to knowing where you are. The reason? It’s so darn hard to get perspective. Continue reading ‘Lone Star Learning — Useful Web 2.0 Trends for Product Visioning in Education’
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