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The anti-Blockbuster way: Disrupt your business rituals before someone else does

The anti-Blockbuster way: Disrupt your business rituals before someone else does — by Martin Lindstrom     Excerpt: Over the years, I’ve worked with many companies who stubbornly believe their product couldn’t be beat. Some were right. Most were wrong. Very often, some of the world’s most iconic brands wake up to an extraordinary industry […]

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Mobile learning finally goes mainstream

Mobile learning finally goes mainstream — from ASTD.org and PRNewswire) by Ann Pace Bersin & Associates, the premier research and consulting firm empowering HR organizations to drive bottom-line impact, today announced that mobile learning finally has gone mainstream, driven by consumers in both the developed and developing worlds, and by mobile- technology oriented industries including […]

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The Channer — TV goes social

. A look at The Channer’s mobile social TV browser [Video]  

How music teachers got their groove back: Music instruction goes digital

How music teachers got their groove back: Music instruction goes digital — from The Journal by Jennifer Demski Faced with meager enrollment in band, orchestra, and choir programs, schools are using digital technology to excite students about creating music on today’s terms Resources for music instructors Technology Institute for Music Educators (ti-me.org): A nonprofit organization […]

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Well…there goes another one who discounted the impact/value of technology…

Blockbusted: A Netflix Knock-Out, Bad Metaphors on the Path to the Movie Monster’s Bankruptcy — from Fast Company – Technology by Austin Carr The Blockbuster age is fading, and at last the company is preparing for bankruptcy. In the past two years, the shrinking video-rental store has struggled to stay afloat with $920 million in […]

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Apple goes where the portals failed — from wired.co.uk

Apple goes where the portals failed — from wired.co.uk Six months ago, an Apple analyst told me he thought the company’s long-term goal was to become the internet’s cable TV company. I didn’t get it then. I really get it now. Most think of Apple as a computer or consumer electronics company. I think that’s […]

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Obama ed-tech plan goes live online — from Education Week

Obama ed-tech plan goes live online — from Education Week The National Educational Technology Plan was released today by the U.S. Department of Education, and you can view our coverage of it here. Also, check out Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s speech about the plan given at the annual meeting of the American Association of […]

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Different takes on the perfect storm within higher ed, but a storm nonetheless…

A Perfect Storm in Undergraduate Education, Part I — from The Chronicle by Thomas H. Benton (Thomas H. Benton is the pen name of William Pannapacker, an associate professor of English at Hope College, in Holland, Mich. He writes about academic culture.) From DSC: My take on the perfect storm within higher education: (From DSC) […]

The need for innovation: Items re: how the price of higher ed is affecting students, families, communities, nations

One from DSC: Abstract: A perfect storm has been building within higher education. Numerous, powerful forces have been converging that either already are or soon will be impacting the way higher education is offered and experienced. This paper focuses on one of those forces – the increasing price tag of obtaining a degree within higher […]

Reflections on “How to Make the Dream of Education Equity (or Most of It) a Reality [Wexler]

How to Make the Dream of Education Equity (or Most of It) a Reality — from nataliewexler.substack.com by Natalie Wexler Studies on the effects of tutoring–by humans or computers–point to ways to improve regular classroom instruction. One problem, of course, is that it’s prohibitively expensive to hire a tutor for every average or struggling student, or […]

 
 

“The Game-Changer: How Legal Technology is Transforming the Legal Sector” [Perfect Portal] + other legaltech-related items

The Game-Changer: How Legal Technology is Transforming the Legal Sector — from todaysconveyancer.co.uk by Perfect Portal Rob Lawson, Strategic Sales Manager at Perfect Portal discussed why he thinks legal technology is so important: “I spent almost 20 years in private practice and was often frustrated at the antiquated technology and processes that were deployed. It […]

 

“The Enemy Within: Former College Presidents Offer Warnings” [Rosowsky]

The Enemy Within: Former College Presidents Offer Warnings — from forbes-com.cdn.ampproject.org by David Rosowsky; via Robert Gibson on LinkedIn Excerpt (emphasis DSC): Brian Mitchell, former president of Bucknell University and Washington & Jefferson College, draws on his experience to offer insight in his newest Forbes contribution. He also offers a stern warning: “Boards, administrators, and faculty must wake up to […]

 

“Experienced teachers are leaving Michigan schools. This is why.” [Miller] + other items re: K-12

Letter from the Editor: Experienced teachers are leaving Michigan schools. This is why. — from mlive.com by Matthew Miller They talked instead about issues like pay, stress and the sense that they no longer had the solid backing of school administrators. Sue Harper, who retired this summer from Kreeger Elementary in Fowlerville, blamed what she […]

 
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