I have been working on this one for a while. Michael Staton has become the senior statesman (relatively speaking) of the up-and-coming generation of ed tech entrepreneurs. When he’s not working on Inigral, he’s out trying to raise awareness and support for bringing more young innovators to the educational technology space. Michael has agreed to […]
Keynoting at the Sakai/Jasig Conference Next Week
Next week is the joint conference of the Sakai and Jasig foundations in Atlanta. It should be a good time; come on down if you can. I’ll be giving the keynote this year.
Please Welcome Beth Harris and Steven Zucker
I am delighted to announce that my friends Beth Harris and Steven Zucker will be joining e-Literate as featured bloggers. Beth and Steven are the creators of smARThistory and the first faculty hired by Khan Academy. I have learned a lot from them over the years and am looking forward to learning a lot more […]
How to Keynote an Unconference
A while back, I had the privilege of being the keynote speaker at the NERCOMP LMS Unconference. I had never attended an unconference before, nevermind keynoting one, and I found the prospect to be fascinating and exciting. And nerve-wracking. On the surface, a keynote appears to be the antithesis of the unconference spirit. I needed […]
If You Are Having Trouble Accessing the Site…
A handful of you have let me know that you are getting 403 errors when you try to access e-Literate. There seem to be some residual caching issues from an anti-spam plugin that I deleted. I have cleared the cache on the server, and most folks have been reporting to me that when they clear […]
What Is Machine Learning Good For?
A few weeks ago, Audrey Watters wrote a great piece on her concerns about robo-grading of essays. (I tend to take a lot of inspiration from the things that annoy Audrey, in part because they usually annoy me too.) Here’s the crux of her argument: According to Steve Kolowich’s Inside Higher Ed story, [educational researcher Mark] Shermis […]
What Are Ed Tech Entrepreneurs Good For?
The recent ASU Education Innovation Summit, which brought together venture capitalists with aspiring ed tech entrepreneurs, created quite a stir in the edublogosphere and the edutwitterverse. A lot of the reaction came from people who were watching from a distance via video. Audrey Watters, for example, wrote an epic rant on her frustrations. There were […]