15 Jan, 2009
Interesting Items – January 15, 2009
Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: Shared Google Reader Items
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- Compulab unveils the exeda Android / WinMo handheld – Engadget
- At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard – NYTimes.com
– A colleague of mine sent this to me. It is a prototype for a cell phone that has an ethernet port on it. Wow… talk about desktop replacement. It goes without saying… I want one… 
– “The physics department has replaced the traditional large introductory lecture with smaller classes that emphasize hands-on, interactive, collaborative learning. Last fall, after years of experimentation and debate and resistance from students, who initially petitioned against it, the department made the change permanent.”
Tags: intructional technology