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Welcome to the SIIA Ed Tech Innovation Community!

 

As an ed tech industry leader, we have built this dynamic virtual community to connect all participants in innovation process. Here we can help new ideas become new commercial solutions and support both teachers and learners.

 
SIIA Ed Tech Industry Summit 2009
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Call for applicants: Innovation Incubator program

 

Innovation Incubator participants will gain visibility through the Innovation Showcase and Networking Reception, Innovation Business Profiles, and One-to-One Business Connections. Submissions due by March 26.


 
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Measuring Creativity - Can’t Be Done Through Multiple Choice
By Steve Nordmark, On 6/10/09 12:15 PM
Tags: accountability, creative learning systems, creativity, sir ken robinson, ted
Last week I wrote about the locus of accountability and wondered whether a focus of 21C and Social Networking could move that locus toward the student, away from the “system”. Today, I read a great post on EdWeek’s Leader Talk blog. The post was titled  “Creativity Index” Legislation . Here is an excerpt from that post that really hit me: “…in...
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Locus of Accountability: Contemplating the Impact of Social Networking and 21C
By Steve Nordmark, On 6/4/09 8:30 PM
Tags: 21c, accountability, customized learner networks, nclb, social networking
NCLB, with its lofty and noble goals, created a movement of accountability that has shifted the locus of accountability away from individual student performance toward institutional system compliance.   We are measuring the school/district performance on "standardized" tests.   The goal is to identify issues with the schools, but it delays accountability and shifts the...
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Viability of "Stealth Learning"
By Steve Nordmark, On 12/3/08 12:42 PM
At the SIIA Ed Tech Business Forum 2008 event yesterday, Robin Warner of the van Tulleken Company referenced "stealth learning".  I hadn't heard that term/phrase before.  Typically, in education technology, games take the form of focusing on education first and "fun" second - often at the expense of what students really view as "fun".  Apparently...
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Mitchell Weisburgh  Maybe people could post ideas on great topics that should be covered in industry conferences, such as the SIIA's Ed Tech Business Forum?
September 5 at 10:29 AM | Comment | Report
carmi paris  For more info on this particular poll "obstacle's to making innovation happen..." and articles on innovation see Harvard Publishing web page: http://discussionleader.hbsp.com/innovation/
September 5 at 10:28 AM | Comment | Report
carmi paris  thanks for posting John!
September 5 at 10:23 AM | Comment | Report
carmi paris  This is terrific. the Innovation video is up and running. I don't see the polling questions however. Carmi
September 4 at 1:33 PM | Comment | Report
SIIA  What single educational technology would make the most significant impact on student achievement?
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Members of the Innovation Incubator Working Group shape and support the education industry by providing leadership, advocacy and critical information to promote the innovation in education technology. Learn more.


 
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