Schools And Tech

SaTP25.mp3 Listen on Posterous News of the Week:1) Bing’s “Our School Needs” contest - prizes up to $100,000 - Deadline Oct 22 2) NYT Pictorial Timeline of The Evolution of Learning Machines3) The demise of XMarks & Bloglines. Where do we go from here?    XmarksPremium Pledge?4) Skype Ideas and Resources  http://techlearning.com/blogs/32874 5) A little dated: Blogpost by Shelly Blake-Plock Increase Student Engagement by Getting Rid of Textbooks  TAT6) On a related note - kno.com - Snazzy but how expensive? - Hardware - Choose from single or dual screen versions that you can write on, highlight on, watch video on. The Kno is stunningly book-like and can display a complete textbook without scrolling. Opens flat like a book or folds back on itself as a single panel slate. - Software - Revolutionary digital note-taking using natural handwriting or a keyboard. Even drag highlights or graphics from your textbook or the web directly into your notes. Write