ZDNet | Education IT Blog RSS http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/rss en-us <![CDATA[Last-minute gifts for grads? Check out the ZDNet Edu Gift Guide]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdeducation/~3/kFF8anf8ZHE/4903
]]> It’s easy to find creative gifts for grads that will be appreciated for years to come.



]]> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/last-minute-gifts-for-grads-check-out-the-zdnet-edu-gift-guide/4903 <![CDATA[Preparing students for a 21st Century knowledge economy]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdeducation/~3/mlTawEROlt8/4898
]]> Angela Maiers and I are going to be addressing one of the biggest challenges facing today’s schools, educators, students, parents, and even businesses in this live webcast.



]]> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/preparing-students-for-a-21st-century-knowledge-economy/4898 <![CDATA[Another new adventure: So you wanna be a leader?]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdeducation/~3/5mH7I2AopKw/4896
]]> It’s time that teachers learned to stop selling themselves short. Announcing some very cool professional (and personal) development!



]]> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/another-new-adventure-so-you-wanna-be-a-leader/4896 <![CDATA[A Special Offer From Our Sponsor]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdeducation/~3/5IBaISkTqD8/click.phdo 9b9d7b9afd7c93e4e5e6b668f9f67536 <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=9b9d7b9afd7c93e4e5e6b668f9f67536&amp;p=4"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=9b9d7b9afd7c93e4e5e6b668f9f67536&amp;p=4"/></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdeducation/~4/5IBaISkTqD8" height="1" width="1"/> http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=9b9d7b9afd7c93e4e5e6b668f9f67536&p=4 <![CDATA[Coursera: The new face of higher education? [Video]]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdeducation/~3/l0KeEKGAoxA/4894
]]> Kirsten Winkler and I interviewed the founders of Coursera late last week; the two hd



]]> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/coursera-the-new-face-of-higher-education-video/4894 <![CDATA[More video for you: Ed News Ticker and the money game in education]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdeducation/~3/MF_pQio44_8/4892
]]> Video from my new bi-weekly wrapup of interesting ed tech stories with Kirsten Winkler



]]> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/more-video-for-you-ed-news-ticker-and-the-money-game-in-education/4892 <![CDATA[Tablets in education (Video)]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdeducation/~3/4gsZmKQFBnc/4890
]]> Most Wednesdays, I run a live webinar on WizIQ, usually on some ed tech-related topic. I tend not to post the recordings here since there is definitely a commercial element to them (I wouldn’t be much of an evangelist for the company if there wasn’t). However, this week’s webinar ended up being a pretty good [...]



]]> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/tablets-in-education-video/4890 <![CDATA[Adobe nails the value question with Creative Cloud and announces scholarships to boot]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdeducation/~3/8cZ8zfCAnHM/4884
]]> Adobe released important research on the value of creativity worldwide; at the same time, they put their money where their mouth is, making Adobe’s Creative Suite much more affordable for schools and students.



]]> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/adobe-nails-the-value-question-with-creative-cloud-and-announces-scholarships-to-boot/4884 <![CDATA[Battle Royale: Sports vs. Tech - who should win?]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdeducation/~3/HATXhCrFCmk/4882
]]> The athletic director for our local school district recently took some heat for the sad state of our high school’s track. It was, in fact, some well-justified heat. While you could never tell it from my ever-widening profile (not my Facebook profile or my digital reach, but my physical profile), I ran track in high [...]



]]> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/battle-royale-sports-vs-tech-who-should-win/4882 <![CDATA[The Intel Studybook: What an education tablet should be]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdeducation/~3/xmQqqH8MWww/4878
]]> I can almost smell the holy grail…the right hardware, the right ecosystem, the right price. Intel has hit a home run with its Studybook.



]]> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/the-intel-studybook-what-an-education-tablet-should-be/4878 <![CDATA[Video: Talking about rote memorization vs. understanding with iGeneration's Charlie Osborne]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zdeducation/~3/8Q5cN4hCJUM/4876
]]> Last Friday, I had the chance to chat with our own Charlie Osborne, who writes the iGeneration blog here on ZDNet. We talked about her recent post on “The future of education: Memorize or analyse?” on my weekly Edukwest C12 webcast:

The full episode (episode 3) will be available shortly (including the Blog of the Week [...]



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