What perhaps differentiates this year, from so many others, is the even bigger emphasis on technology–accelerated by the pandemic, no doubt. But it’s the first school year where the only school supplies I’ll be buying will be a notebook and maybe a couple of pens…just in case.
Category: education
education
There’s little doubt that things are unlikely return to exactly as they were before the pandemic. And it made me wonder about the general state of education technology (AKA “edtech”). As it turns out, the path ahead may an interesting mix with some potholes.
One of the initiatives included in the next budget for the state of Ohio is a proposal to provide “microdegrees” for in-demand fields, quickly giving…
4Cast #85: Sharing Data, Banning Google, Wikia Search Review, Future of Libraries
Posted in 4cast, blogs, education, Facebook, GIMP, Google, Google News, Internet, Library 2.0, Library vs. Internet, LinkedIn, Lipsum, privacy, Reference Extract, social network websites, social search, software development, VirtualBox, and Wikipedia
 This week’s 4cast: Sharing Data: Google & Facebook Join DataPortability.org The mission of DataPortability is to allow personal data (the kind found on social networking…
OPLIN 4cast #22
Posted in education, Facebook, Google Analytics, Microsoft, and software development
This week’s 4cast: 1. No Librarians at Microsoft High Microsoft just opened a new, experimental high school in Philadelphia to see if it can design…