Super Smart Whiteboard Application

I had a very unique yet welcome happening the other day. My namesake, “Rob Fay” - a 16 year old living in Nottingham, England, decided to contact me. I had “Googled” my own name before to see if there were other “Rob Fays,” but I never decided to track them down. Well, I’m delighted that Rob contacted me.

Today I decided to check out his site and found an interesting find. I’m surprised I hadn’t stumbled across it sooner, but I believe it can inspire a company such as ours since we leverage whiteboard technologies with our learning curriculum. Check it out.

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Tags: [k12, MIT, whiteboard, smartboard, educational technology, education]

Best Practices - Data Visualization

I’m not sure if you are familiar with TED, but one speaker presented data in a way that was both elegant and simple at the same time. Here’s the brief bio:

“Hans Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden’s world-renowned Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a non-profit that brings vital global data to life.” (Recorded February, 2006 in Monterey, CA.)

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Games in Education

Mark Wagner of the EdTechLife blog linked this interesting video [Quicktime movie] about how educators can incorporate games to facilitate learning. Webcast about video games in education, with Interviews of Henry Jenkins, James Paul Gee, Clark Aldrich…

It may not be completely relevant for us, but my impression is that gaming in K12’s products has become more of a focus.

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