Part one of three reports on the SIIA’s Ed Tech Business Forum, the leading business and finance conference for the K-12 and postsecondary education technology market that wrapped up a few days ago in New York. This annual event attracts senior management from education software companies, platform technology firms, solution providers, publishers, private equity […]
Archive for November, 2007
A VC’s Perspective on EdTech Investment
Published November 29th, 2007 in Business & Finance, Educational Technologies, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Serious Games, Uncategorized and Web 2.0 & Beyond. 1 CommentDust or Magic Video Wrap-up
Published November 20th, 2007 in Culture, Dust or Magic, Educational Technologies, Marketing, Project Management, Serious Games, Uncategorized and Web 2.0 & Beyond. 2 CommentsI left the 2007 Dust or Magic conference a few weeks ago with nine hours of video to edit, my mind full of new insights about interactive technology for kids. Though I’m remiss in writing up my notes for the blog, the videos alone are an excellent window on this exclusive gathering with presentations […]
A Penguin’s Tale
Published November 12th, 2007 in Culture, Dust or Magic, Marketing and User Experience. 2 CommentsLane Merrifield opened the Dust or Magic conference by giving us a front-row seat to the creation of Club Penguin. If there was ever a testament to the Power of Nice it’s Lane’s story.
Although Club Penquin seemed to burst on the scene last summer when it was acquired by Disney, it’s been far from an […]
Kerpoof - Three Seconds to Fun
Published November 11th, 2007 in Culture, Dust or Magic, Educational Technologies, Serious Games, User Experience and Web 2.0 & Beyond. 2 CommentsKrista Marks has a bold vision to change the way kids interact with the computer and learn about creativity, and her new site Kerpoof is a giant leap forward in that direction. A unique blend of Web 2.0 goodness, user-generated content and social media savvy combined with brilliant design and some of the best Flash programming around, […]
Nurturing Creativity
Published November 9th, 2007 in Dust or Magic, Educational Technologies, Emerging Technologies, Serious Games, User Experience and Web 2.0 & Beyond. 0 CommentsMitchel Resnick is an interactive media visionary. He directs the Lifelong Kindergarten research group at the Media Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and develops technologies to engage people, particularly children, in creative learning experiences. In his presentation at Dust or Magic he shared his latest research and gave us an update on Scratch, the programming […]
User Interface Devices for Kids
Published November 8th, 2007 in Culture, Dust or Magic, Educational Technologies and User Experience. 0 CommentsEric Strommen has designed and studied interactive learning products for children on almost every interactive platform available including Nintendo, SEGA, CD-I, DV-I, CD-ROM, online services and more. He founded Playful Efforts to provide research services that assist in the design, manufacture, and sale of products that encourage children to achieve their maximal creative and cognitive potential through […]
Children’s Technology Trends in 2008
Published November 7th, 2007 in Business & Finance, Culture, Dust or Magic, Educational Technologies, Emerging Technologies, Uncategorized and nextNY. 2 CommentsIn this video presentation I taped at the 7th annual Dust or Magic conference, Robin Raskin forecasts the trends she sees coming in children’s technology for 2008 and beyond.
Robin has been translating technology into consumer friendly terms for more than 25 years. Today, as a writer, new media consultant, and speaker she spends a great […]
Dust or Magic
Published November 1st, 2007 in Culture, Dust or Magic, Educational Technologies, Serious Games and User Experience. 1 CommentAlthough the 7th annual Dust or Magic conference on children’s media has sold out, I’ll be there to tape, blog and web-cast many of the keynote presentations (except those that disclose proprietary information). I’m excited and you can join me by adding my RSS feed to your reader. Allowing for a few days delay to […]
SIIA EdTech Forum
Published November 1st, 2007 in Educational Technologies, Emerging Technologies and Marketing. 0 CommentsThe week after Thanksgiving this year I’ll be blogging from the SIIA’s 7th Annual Ed Tech Business Forum - the leading business and finance conference for the K-12 and postsecondary education technology market - at the University Club in New York. The speakers an attendees at this conference read like a who’s who […]
Open Social & Web 3.0
Published November 1st, 2007 in Emerging Technologies, User Experience and Web 2.0 & Beyond. 1 CommentThis week’s release of the new Open Social web API supported by Google, Ning, LinkedIn, Friendser and others may be a milestone of sorts in the development of the web-as-application - what some are saying defines Web 3.0. Web luminary Marc Andreessen, who thought Facebook was a dramatic step, calls Open Social
“…the next big leap […]
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