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App-Rising.com is written by Geoff Daily, a DC-based technology journalist, broadband activist, marketing consultant, and Internet entrepreneur.
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I've been attending Streaming Media East in the Big Apple, and yesterday sat in on a session about user-generated video in education led by the venerable Paul Riismandel, fellow StreamingMedia.com contributor and video guru at Northwestern University. First I learned...
I read a tremendous article found in Jim Baller's regular email newsletter earlier this week that highlights a number of interesting and important points. It details an initiative where 150 teachers are going to be finding employment in Wyoming teaching...
Internet2, the ultra-high bandwidth network that connects universities and research entities across the country, has been pushing to expand its reach through its K20 Initiative, which aims to get K-12 schools, museums, zoos, and other cultural institutions connected onto the...
Sometimes you stumble across articles that both make you upset and make you think. When I first read this Newsweek article entitled "The Internet? Bah!" I found myself getting angry at passages like this: "...I'm uneasy about this most trendy...
I came across a tremendously uplifting article by way of my friends over at the Blandin on Broadband blog about the use of broadband in education. This article details the recent happenings of the fifth annual Megaconference Jr., an event...
DEMO is a tech event all about unveiling new technologies. In some past iterations I've found semi-interesting apps, but not all that much I considered to be very innovative uses of broadband. Well I just came upon this NetworkWorld feature...
It's time for another Article Roundup, where I pull together a handful of articles and webpages I've found recently related to the wild world of broadband for your reading pleasure! Racine Sophomores Discover Asteroid Some Wisconsin teenagers in Racine through...
One of the most frustrating parts of being an advocate for broadband is when I come across stories where the use of broadband is deterred by established interests for whom the new paradigm of the Internet is not welcome. A...
Some lighter fare today leading into the holiday weekend: the top three articles I've read in the last 24 hours. News from Vermont - Continuing consternation over the Fairpoint acquisition of Verizon's lines in that state, and concern about Fairpoint's...
Just found a tremendous article about the push to move post-secondary education online into an open, collaborative environment. It discusses MIT's soon-to-be-reached goal of having materials for its entire course catalog available online. It mentions the unexpected demand among self-learners...
Came across a great Wired article entitled "The Top Web-Based Education Resources." While this is far from a comprehensive list of educational resources available online, it provides a concise fly-by of some of the top options. Here were my favorites:...
Read a terrific post by Ed Kohler of TechnologyEvangelist.com fame yesterday in which he cites a great new YouTube video describing today's educational environment from the perspective of students. He also links to a fascinating interview with an educator who...
While a decade removed from the last time Labor Day meant the beginning of my school year, I can’t help but feel nostalgic around this date. Of course, things are much different for students of today, as evidenced by two...
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