The annual South by Southwest Interactive Festival takes place on March 9-13th in Austin, Texas. There is a planned higher-ed meetup there, but I was having trouble finding K-12 attendees. If you are interested, please leave a comment on the K-12 SXSWi meetup page.

Hope to touch base with some educators there...

Social networking is the center of the electronic universe for many people out there, both young and old. Alex Ragone and I talked about the new social networking site for educators, Education Bridges, Teachers Collaborating with Teachers on our live, weekly webcast, 21st Century Learning at EdTechTalk.com.

Alex set up this site, and I would like to invite everyone from the Kairosnews community to come join. I think it is a nice complement to Kairos, as it serves are more of a networking place, and Kairos is more of an information stop.

Alex Ragone and I have started a web radio show on 21st century learning. You can listen to the show live at Webcast Academy (channel 1) on Friday May 19, 1:00pm EST. Please join the chatroom to talk to other listeners and ask us questions.

You can also subscribe to the podcast (been having some problems with the feed, please be patient)

Michael Schrage of the MIT Media Lab wrote a piece for The Financial Times saying that there should be no computers in schools. He argues that billions could be saved by keeping useless technologies out of schools. As an educational technologist, I felt that I needed to address his critique.

 
I think his main argument is with educational software companies, but he fails to differentiate between them and between teachers using technology in the classroom. His article cites nothing other than his own opinions, but it is an interesting read nonetheless.

An article in the NY Daily News documents a woman's unfortunate job interview when her potential boss "Googled" her and found her name and photo on a friend's MySpace profile. The photo had a caption that suggested she may be using an illegal drug. It was enough to make her an undesirable candidate for hire.