Takeaways from the 2015 Stanford Graduate School of Business Entrepreneur Symposium Technical and…enlightening presentation on the future of Internet of Things Trae Vassallo is an independent investor, board member, and advisor. She is also a strategic advisor to Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, where she was a general partner. She serves on the Board of…
@Microsoft HOLOLENS
IF you missed this demonstration of the HOLOLENS at the Microsoft Windows 10 event this past January, please stop what you’re doing and take a look into the future– it’s pretty incredible. And, if you have children or students that enjoy Minecraft, then you must see why Microsoft bought Minecraft (link below). Hololens is augmented reality. click…
#EdTech #HigherEd Interview: Kevin Corbett on Higher Ed’s Online Future
One of EdTech’s 50 must-read IT bloggers speaks out on the issues in higher education that are shaping the future. by D. Frank Smith Google+Twitter Frank is a social media journalist for the CDW family of technology magazine websites. Kevin Corbett is an online learning program developer with a keen interest in social media, gamification and mobile learning….
Delta Cost Project
The Delta Cost Project should be on top of everyone’s list for information related to Higher Education economics. On their site you’ll be able to: Explore their database and create reports on higher education spending, performance, and more. Outstanding #HigherEd Trends & Data Updates Find out how colleges in your state are spending money and performing….
Human Hybrid: Direct Brain Connection to the Cloud
In the future, HUMANS Are Going to be Artificially Intelligent. That’s the prediction of Ray Kurzweil (website), director of engineering at Google, who spoke Wednesday at the Exponential Finance conference in New York. Kurzweil predicts that humans will become hybrids in the 2030s. That means our brains will be able to connect directly to the cloud,…
Gamification in Education
Below is a great infographic on Gamification in Education. It is from Knewton Learning. The Gamification in Education infographic emphasizes the amount of time spent by people playing games in other areas of life and begs the question of whether the intrinsic values of gamification can also be incorporated into education, to increase the engagement,…