There are times when I'm terrified of what the future brings (i.e., implanted RFIDs such as Mikey Sklar), and then there are times I can hardly wait for it to arrive. For this latter case, it's very impressive to see what Cuidado Grupo Santander, Madrid has established within their bank walls. I can't help but feel a little bit like we're looking at our realization of iRobot, but without all the rebellious creepiness (so far) ...
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I love these because the only thing that is constant is change. (Don't fear it, embrace it!)
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I really hope I don't start seeing this in the university setting. Is it clever? Oh, yes. I can only think about the metacognitive effects something like this could have. I wonder if online tests have been doing this already?
Full article: http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/03/teacher.ads.on.tests/index.html
By Jason Hanna
Full article: http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/03/teacher.ads.on.tests/index.html
By Jason Hanna
(CNN) -- In tests for teacher Tom Farber's high school class, students can demonstrate their mastery of calculus and find out where to get braces or even a haircut.
Squeezed by classroom budget cuts, the Rancho Bernardo High School teacher is selling ads on his exams to cover the costs of printing them.
Calculus teacher Tom Farber is selling ad space on tests to defray printing costs.
"It raises money for the teachers and it's amusing for the kids, so it seems like a win-win," said Luke Shaw, 18, a student at the suburban San Diego, California, school.
Parents and administrators also praise Farber, 47, for his creative classroom funding, but he doesn't want it to become the norm.
"My intention is, [selling ads] is a stopgap measure," said Farber. "I don't want to be doing this year after year."
Read it "Can New Media Be Taught in Schools?" at http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/can_new_media_be_taught_in_schools.php
Erik Bushey shared a Google Reader item with me from the ReadWriteWeb site. It poses the question should students be taught and tested new media (aka, Web 2.0) software and skills? If nothing else, this is a good topic and discussion starter for faculty and teachers from all walks of life. What do you think?
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The future historians of the nerd ascendancy will likely note that the great empowerment phase began in the 1980s with the rise of Microsoft and the digital economy.
The Horizon Report 2008 edition has been released! It is available for download and the Horizon Project wiki is also online. Soon the report will be coming to FDI to be distributed among all faculty enrolled in the spring/summer tracks.
The Horizon Report is a collaboration between the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. As stated in the Horizon Report itself, "[t]he project uses qualitative research methods to identify the technologies selected for inclusion in each report, beginning with a survey of the work of other organizations and a review of the literature with an eye to spotting interesting emerging technologies" (2008, p. 8). It covers the key emerging technologies, the critical challenges we will face, significant trends (on the rise and in the past), and an analysis of the past five years of trends found in the recent evolution of emerging technologies.
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