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Academic Earth Is The Hulu For Education

Via Tech Crunch by Leena Rao on March 24, 2009 When Richard Ludlow was struggling in a linear algebra class at Yale, he scoured the internet for answers and stumbled upon a full video course available online from one of … Continue reading

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NYU Local Blog Connects a School with No Campus

Via Media Shift by Alana Taylor, November 5, 2008 The idea for NYU Local, the newest addition to New York University’s list of publications, was born last year when founder and editor Cody Brown, 20, came up with the idea … Continue reading

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Learning How to Make Multimedia Story Decisions

Via Media Shift by Alfred Hermida, October 27, 2008 Multimedia journalism is one of those terms often used to refer to a wide range of online content. Recently, I began a discussion with my students at the UBC Graduate School … Continue reading

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SMART Table: You know, for kids

Via Crunch Geare By John Biggs October 21st, 2008 Well here’s the first multi-touch, multi-user device for teaching early childhood skills. Like the surface, you can drag things around the surface and play word and picture games with multiple people … Continue reading

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Brightstorm Raises $6 Million For Online Video Tutorials

Via Tech Crunch by Erick Schonfeld on October 21, 2008 If high-school education is failing in the U.S., maybe Web video can help. Founded last April, Brightstorm is a Web video site that brings bright, talented teachers together with students … Continue reading

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BrightStorm Launches New Online Video Classroom for Teens

Via Mashable October 21, 2008 – 3:00 am PDT – by Doriano “Paisano” Carta 1 Comment BrightStorm has launched a new online learning network for teenagers with video-based courses lead by experienced instructors. The concept is rather clever as they … Continue reading

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Teacher Fired for Inappropriate Behavior on MySpace Page

Via Media Shift by Jeffrey D. Neuburger, October 15, 2008 It’s not just students who can get into difficulty for school-related blogging. In a recent case, a federal court rejected a challenge brought by a non-tenured teacher when the public school at … Continue reading

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Expectations and technology don’t align in smart classrooms

Via ARS Technica By John Timmer | Published: October 13, 2008 – 01:19PM CT The governmental sales branch of the giant technology vendor CDW apparently got interested in how its wares were being deployed in the classrooms of US college campuses. To … Continue reading

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Alana Taylor VS Heritage Media

Via Mashable October 1, 2008 – 9:30 pm PDT – by Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins The buzz has more or less died down, at least in the pages ofGawker, MediaShift, TechDirt and Romenesko. But our very ownAlana Taylor did a feature for PBS blog MediaShift, a commentary really, on … Continue reading

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