In case you missed it: This week’s top stories at EdTech Times
Here’s what was new and exciting at EdTech Times this week:
Monday:
Components of a 21st century classroom (infographic)
Social media & college admissions (infographic)
Academia.edu adds analytics dashboard for research
Everything you need to know about MOOC’s
Hult U implementing Instructure’s Canvas on 5 campuses
Tuesday:
Lightspeed Systems to launch new cloud based mobility solution for K-12
Pearson partners with U.S. Green Building Council for online program
MIT OpenCourseWare, Codecademy, OpenStudy & P2PU partnering in first “mechanical MOOC”
Wednesday:
Online community Epic-Ed launches today with backing of US Dept. of Ed & others
Mind Edutainment raises Rs 2.7Cr from Accel Partners and others
Teaching with tablets (infographic)
What does it take to create an effective e-learning environment?
ESL software Ginger raises an additional $5.4M
MeeGenius raises $2.4M to bring curated kids ebooks to mobile devices
Thursday:
31 interesting ways to use Twitter in the classroom
One laptop per child – 7 years later
Elsevier collaborating to bring CodeForScience to Singapore
Cal State selects Pearson to launch Cal State Online
Stanford’s StartX Gets $800,000 to fuel student innovation
Technology, education, & the aftermath (infographic)
Online teaching & learning platform WizIQ now available for free
ASCD introduces EduCore, a repository of resources to implement CCSS
Evernote integrates scanning service to store your scanned books
Friday:
One Laptop Per Child partners with Common Sense Media
NMC, CoSN, & ISTE release 2012 report on emerging edtech
EdX announces course offerings for fall launch
Recent survey reveals edtech falling short
Leveraging technology for K-12 learning (infographic)
Emerging technologies in education (infographic)
Pearson India partners with Attano to bring higher ed ebooks to students across India
