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Tracking the signal of emerging technologies - The first NASA IT Summit featured deep views into the future.

By Alex Howard
August 25, 2010

The first NASA IT Summit featured deep views into the future, including an interplanetary Internet, the evolution of computational computing and Gartner's top emerging technologies.

Teachers become senseis while tech handles drills - A school finds success moving math drills to software. Is there a model here?

By Marie Bjerede
August 5, 2010

San Diego's High Tech High has found success with ALEKS, a software package that uses simple feedback to reinforce fundamental math skills. This example hints at a revised teacher-tech relationship, where the technology handles drills while teachers coach and offer guidance. Toss in additions like mobile access and 24/7 connectivity, and new possibilities -- and new questions -- arise. In this post, Marie Bjerede examines all these angles.

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