Interesting look at how the new technologies are changing the way journalism is being taught and will be practiced in the future. The part on the ethics of 360 degree shooting is quite an eye-opener.

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2016/10/journalism-students-trade-reporters-notebooks-3d-cameras-and-data-analytics

Doesn’t that sound like fun?!  Read the whole account here.

I particularly love this idea:  “One group proposed a free online repository of educational innovations, modeled after GitHub, the popular online space where computer programmers share their code.”

Looking forward to what happens next!

5 Things Community College Administrators Wish EdTech Companies Would Do.   The list seems to be mostly about helping the institutions understand what they need and whether the proposed solutions are the best ones, or will even work at all.  That may sound “needy,” but, if you think about it… heck, yeah!  If you’re going to buy technology for home, you often seek out a lot of reviews, opinions, and you often can return something if it just doesn’t work.   The community college has far fewer opportunities to compare and contrast, far fewer entities that are “just like it,” and is often months down the road with something before they determine it just isn’t the right tool.  If EdTech companies want to sell more, they need to get in and understand better.

The idea of a faculty team charged with investigating, recommending and training associates on educational technology, i.e. the Kirkwood Tech Scouts, is covered in an article in the Educause Review this month.