by venhi on February 21, 2010
The Obama Administration’s budget proposal for 2011 eliminates the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) provision in the No Child Left Behind Act. 2010 funding of $100M will be slashed to $0. This will push educators and parents to become more resourceful in creating learning environments centered around technology.
The good news is that access to cutting edge teaching tools are becoming more ubiquitous than ever due to free edublogs, education social network sharing sites, and ever-decreasing prices of mobile devices and applications.
Teachers are some of the most intelligent and creative members of our society. It will be interesting to see how they will continue to pioneer cost-effective ways to innovate their classrooms in the coming decade.
by venhi on February 10, 2010
mHealth tracking, VoIP on cell phones, 90% reduction in smartphone costs and a 50% global population mobile device ownership are just a few of the predictions cited by moblearn.blogspot.com . The slide show was obtained from m-trends.org , a killer site for mob-heads and delivers a detailed account of what to expect until 2020.
There is no mention of potential impacts on education technology and m-learning.
How accurate is their foresight? Only time will tell.
by venhi on January 10, 2010
The competitive business of iPhone app development isn’t just for adult entrepreneurs. 13 year olds Sam Kaplan and Louie Harboe created an app to help other iKids with their math skills. The app is called MathMaster, and just getting their app accepted into the App Store is a feat in and of itself. Apple receives about a thousand new app submissions per day. There are currently about 100,000 apps for sale at the App Store, and so far 3 billion have been downloaded.
MathMaster is compatible with both the iPhone and iPod Touch. It’s easy to use and gives a statistical analysis of math weaknesses and strengths at the end of each use.
