MOOCs: How will they affect your K-12 classroom?
The term "MOOC"--an acronym for massive open online course--is no stranger to the higher-education community. Providers such as Coursera, edX, and Udacity have helped to boost MOOC mania,…
ISTE 2013
10 engaging ed-tech booths at ISTE 2013
Technology has come a long way in just a few short years, and just like the technology products featured at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)…
ISTE: DOE talks 6 education technology changes, new initiatives
In yet another packed ISTE 2013 highlighted session, Richard Culatta, acting director at the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education, discussed the challenges schools…
Technologies that are changing and will change the world
Well before the days of Siri, functional educational robots, and touch technology, futurists and technology enthusiasts made predictions that ended up being eerily close to some of today’s…
ISTE keynote: Gaming has huge educational potential
Gaming--educational gaming in particular--has supporters and skeptics. During the ISTE 2013 opening keynote, speaker Jane McGonigal, , a gaming researcher and author of Reality is Broken: Why Games…