Here is an interesting idea to help bring broadband to rural areas. It leaves a lot of questions about the ability to take a one-way communication technology and turn it into a two-way technology, but it is an interesting idea to keep watching. FCC mulls new broadband service – eSchool News online eSchool News staff…
The blog Learning.Now details some new proposed legislation in the House that resurrects DOPA (Deleting Online Predators Act) that was passed by the House last year but received no movement from the Senate. At first glance this bill looks laudable, putting further restrictions to keep pornography from children. It then targets social networking sites to…
This is an interesting article to help identify things that should be on our “radar screens.”Six key ed-tech trends to watch http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/PFshowstory.cfm?ArticleID=6842 The trends they discuss include:Trend No. 1: The leveling power of the World Wide Web Trend No. 2: Cloud computingTrend No. 3: Service-oriented architectureTrend No. 4: The gathering SCORMTrend No. 5: Telepresence and…