The new basis of competition and the superiority of ecosystem economics — from visionmobile.com by Michael Vakulenko
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The changing landscape of app discovery — from visionmobile.com by Andreas Pappas
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Google’s absolutely amazing & extraordinary office in Tel Aviv, Israel –from theultralinx.com by Oliur Rahman
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Thanks Oliur for a great portfolio of images/ideas! Here are just a few examples of some very cool spaces that encourage learning, creativity, innovation, and collaboration:
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Excerpt from Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie – February 1, 2013 (emphasis DSC)
#760 – Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,887 Readers – www.masie.com – twitter: emasie – The MASIE Center.
Host: Learning Directions Blended Seminars
2. Logitech Business Camera – Skype for the Classroom! I almost never endorse or highlight a product, as Learning TRENDS is vendor-neutral. But, we have been on a quest for a simple technology that finally arrived.
We wanted a camera, with High Definition capability, that could [offer remote Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) capabilities] – and also worked perfectly with both Skype, Gmail Video as well as a capture camera for content. Why? In all of our classrooms, we have multiple large Plama/LCD Screens and wanted to add cameras for both video conferencing, class capture and knowledge clips. While we could mount a nice single focus camera, the PTZ capability was missing.
Logitech BCC950 Conference Cam Video Conferencing Camera is perfect! We have tested in multiple settings and are delighted with the focus, quality and ease of use in a classroom or meeting room. It has extensions that allow it to be mounted apart from the base and it would be ideal to add video capacity to a classroom – in our effort to evolve to the “connected classroom”. The price is around $220 and we have purchased several for our Center.
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Can you apply Google’s 20% time in the classroom? — from guardian.co.uk/teacher-network by Stuart Spendlow
Google offers its engineers 20% of their timetable to work on their own projects. Keen to see if it could work for education, Stuart Spendlow introduced the idea to his own classroom
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I also support one of the questions which, paraphrasing, asked, “Do you pulse check students’ expectations?“
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![The Living [Class] Room -- by Daniel Christian -- July 2012 -- a second device used in conjunction with a Smart/Connected TV](http://danielschristian.com/learning-ecosystems/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/The-Living-Class-Room-Daniel-S-Christian-July-2012.jpg "The-Living-Class-Room-Daniel-S-Christian---July-2012")
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I’m beginning to wonder if many of us will be moving off of Moodle, Sakai, Bb Learn, Desire2Learn, etc. to platforms and ecosystems that are being created by Apple, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. Rockstar professors on “primetime” — or anytime. If that happens, you can be sure there will be teams of specialists creating and delivering the content and learning experiences.
Living room wars — from tnl.net by Tristan Louis
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Control of the TV screen is seen as a major step in the next iteration of computing. The field can be divided between hardware manufacturers, content providers and end-to-end players who are looking to provide a complete solution. The net result is that while everyone is trying to get into every other player’s field, the emerging winners may not be the ones who grab most of the headlines.
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What might H2O-like functionality look like on a Smart TV?
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What educationally-related apps could something like ScreenBee address?
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Eventually, this will lay a solid foundation for what I’m calling “Learning from the Living [Class] Room.”
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The world is not enough: Google and the future of augmented reality — from TheAtlantic.com by Alexis C. Madrigal
The new Google FieldTrip app probes the question: What digital information do you want to see overlaid on the physical world?
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Entertainment-related ecosystems now…but educationally-related ecosystems could be coming up next…
Green light given to driverless cars in California. — from nbcnews.com by Sarah McBride
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Google’s self-driving car goes out for a spin.
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Stanford U. releases new open-source online-education platform –– from The Chronicle by Alisha Azevedo
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Stanford University is continuing a high-profile push into online education with a new open-source platform called Class2Go, which will host two massive open online courses, or MOOC’s, during the fall quarter. Beginning in October, non-Stanford and Stanford students alike will be able to use the platform to take classes on computer networking and on “Solar Cells, Fuel Cells, and Batteries.”
Google launches open course builder — from techcrunch.com by
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