Matthew Rascoff tweeted the question. MIT OCW's Steve Carson provided some answers...

Storified by Audrey Watters · Thu, Mar 21 2013 10:51:24

What has the impact of #moocs been on @MITOCW usage stats? Any public data?

— Matthew Rascoff · Tue, Mar 19 2013 16:30:14

@mzrascoff @scarsonmit might be best to answer that question re: MOOCs and @mitocw

— Audrey Watters · Tue, Mar 19 2013 16:32:37

@audreywatters @mzrascoff @MITOCW record levels of traffic to OCW since MOOC started up

— Steve Carson · Tue, Mar 19 2013 16:43:46

@audreywatters @mzrascoff @MITOCW 22.3 M visits in '12 (+25% over '11) 2.25 M visits in Jan ' 13

— Steve Carson · Tue, Mar 19 2013 16:45:56

What about unique visitors? That would allow for apples-apples comparison with #MOOCs @scarsonmit @audreywatters @MITOCW

— Matthew Rascoff · Tue, Mar 19 2013 16:49:18

@mzrascoff @audreywatters @MITOCW 1.3 M uniques in Jan

— Steve Carson · Tue, Mar 19 2013 17:00:32

@mzrascoff @audreywatters @MITOCW but that's only direct visits to our site. We also had 1.1 M YouTube views and 500k iTunes downloads

— Steve Carson · Tue, Mar 19 2013 17:07:42

@mzrascoff @audreywatters @MITOCW last time I did this calc, the total estimated reach of MITOCW was 150 million ppl http://t.co/5B1tuQ8dtp

— Steve Carson · Tue, Mar 19 2013 17:28:21

Impressive stats, and even more impressive transparency from @MITOCW and @scarsonmit. Gracias @audreywatters

— Matthew Rascoff · Wed, Mar 20 2013 08:16:58

Tweets and slides from my keynote at WebWise 2013, March 8, Baltimore MD

Storified by Audrey Watters · Fri, Mar 08 2013 20:48:24

IMLS WebWise Conference

This year, WebWise participants will have more pre-conference workshop choices than ever before! There will be eleven possible pre-confer...

Whose Learning Is It Anyway?

Whose Learning Is It Anyway? WebWise 2013 Audrey Watters @audreywatters

#WebWise Day 3 starting off, with @audreywatters: Whose Learning Is it Anyway?

— IMLS WebWise · Fri, Mar 08 2013 06:04:15

@audreywatters drawing from principles of improv and relating it to museums, libraries and learning centers #webwise

— Dennis Nangle · Fri, Mar 08 2013 06:07:36

.@audreywatters asks, are MOOCs the self-driving cars of education? Prioritizing orderly progression, but what about improv? #WebWise

— Sarah Werner · Fri, Mar 08 2013 06:13:12

All the major MOOCs (edx, coursera, udacity) have origins in AI labs. Are they seeking to automate education? @audreywatters #webwise

— Tom Scheinfeldt · Fri, Mar 08 2013 06:14:06

What we know data brokers know about us via propublica http://bit.ly/VL4Z7F @audreywatters #webwise

— cjceglio · Fri, Mar 08 2013 06:18:42

Who is doing the curation work on our digital data trails? Do you trust those people? @audreywatters #webwise2013

— Todd Carpenter · Fri, Mar 08 2013 06:20:48

Is the educational experiences that you (or children) are having/experiencing something that you can preserve? @audreywatters #webwise2013

— Todd Carpenter · Fri, Mar 08 2013 06:21:45

. @audreywatters Are we letting our ed data get trapped in apps, platforms that we only have limited access to for limited time? #webwise

— Sheila Brennan · Fri, Mar 08 2013 06:22:15

.@audreywatters has more interesting thoughts for each of her slides than most of us have in an entire presentation #webwise

— Tom Scheinfeldt · Fri, Mar 08 2013 06:23:56

Is closed device system the way we want to keep and store our educational data?@audreywatters #webwise =>We need to own our data #VRM

— Todd Carpenter · Fri, Mar 08 2013 06:25:09

Shout-out from @audreywatters in #webwise keynote to UMW's "Domain of One's Own" program (cc. @jmcclurken @jimgroom)

— Tom Scheinfeldt · Fri, Mar 08 2013 06:26:40

. @audreywatters gives shout out to Mary Washington, because of Domain of One's Own--letting students take it w/them when leave. #webwise

— Sheila Brennan · Fri, Mar 08 2013 06:27:05

"Demise of Posterous should prompt us to ask whether we are storing our data in a place we own. Who’s data is it?"-@audreywatters #webwise

— Jason Yoon · Fri, Mar 08 2013 06:29:03

Coursera says that it will use biometric and keystroke patterns to ID students #webwise Do students know this? Can they control it?

— Todd Carpenter · Fri, Mar 08 2013 06:33:21

+1 . @audreywatters "data is the new oil" Our data is mined. It is extracted. Others benefits from its use #webwise

— Todd Carpenter · Fri, Mar 08 2013 06:38:50

. @audreywatters We need to be subjects not objects of the educational systems #webwise

— Todd Carpenter · Fri, Mar 08 2013 06:44:44

Love that @audreywatters just almost interrupted her own keynote with a rant about Adobe #webwise

— Tom Scheinfeldt · Fri, Mar 08 2013 06:45:55

Administrations, vendors, employers, etc. benefit from collection of student data. But do students? #webwise

— Tom Scheinfeldt · Fri, Mar 08 2013 06:48:49

Or... that one time when my head nearly exploded

Storified by Audrey Watters · Fri, Mar 08 2013 20:36:08

Not sure I have the stomach to go hear Bill Gates talk at #SXSWedu today.

— Audrey Watters · Thu, Mar 07 2013 06:04:19

SXSWedu's Ron Reed calls Bill Gates the "edison of our age" (insert Tesla comments here) #sxswedu

— Audrey Watters · Thu, Mar 07 2013 08:38:16

Bill Gates cribs from @mkapor's slide comparing computers now and then. (Except in Mitch's slide, the girls today are working on Arduino)

— Audrey Watters · Thu, Mar 07 2013 08:42:22

In Bill Gates' slide, they're working on a Windows tablet. Ell Oh Ell. #sxswedu

— Audrey Watters · Thu, Mar 07 2013 08:43:13

#SXSWedu Bill is using my 2010 presentation. Let's stop automating bad edu. Somewhere in this room @audreywatters is pulling her hair out...

— Jaime Casap · Thu, Mar 07 2013 08:49:40

"what's the difference between a textbook and an assessment?" ask Gates. (Is this a trick question?) #sxswedu

— Audrey Watters · Thu, Mar 07 2013 08:52:09

If this Bill Gates lecture was just delivered with handdrawn sketches on a Wacom tablet, tho, and posted to YouTube, I bet it'd be awesome.

— Audrey Watters · Thu, Mar 07 2013 08:54:16

THIS MAN HAS NO IDEA WTF HE IS TALKING ABOUT #SXSWEDU

— Audrey Watters · Thu, Mar 07 2013 08:57:34

"Let's take what's been learned about pedagogy..." Gates starts the sentence. Doesn't finish it... #sxswedu

— Audrey Watters · Thu, Mar 07 2013 08:58:47

Then shows a slide about Sidney Poitier. Because, ya know, what we know about pedagogy = Hollywood #sxswedu

— Audrey Watters · Thu, Mar 07 2013 08:59:07

"Even if you're a special ed teacher, you can now categorize your students" -- Gates #sxswedu

— Audrey Watters · Thu, Mar 07 2013 09:00:24

Bill Gates is a terrible speaker

— Audrey Watters · Thu, Mar 07 2013 08:50:39

"What sector do you want the most risk-taking in?" asks Gates. I mean, education of course. (With other people's kids!) #sxswedu

— Audrey Watters · Thu, Mar 07 2013 09:03:34

There are "people who know the pedagogy and people who are building the software" - Gates #sxswedu (that's part of the a problem, dude)

— Audrey Watters · Thu, Mar 07 2013 09:06:31

Oh now we get "CEO entrepreneurs" on stage to chat with Gates in lieu of Q&A from audience. #sxswedu

— Audrey Watters · Thu, Mar 07 2013 09:07:39

"Are there resistant teachers?" asks Gates. #sxswedu

— Audrey Watters · Thu, Mar 07 2013 09:14:15

I have seen the future of commercial edtech, and it is a privacy-free dystopia. #sxswedu #gates

— George Online · Thu, Mar 07 2013 09:21:28

This Q&A sounds like the grown-ups in Charlie Brown cartoons to me. #sxswedu

— Audrey Watters · Thu, Mar 07 2013 09:23:32

"inBloom is a plumbing company" says CEO. I'm too grumpy to even make a joke out of that. #sxswedu

— Audrey Watters · Thu, Mar 07 2013 09:28:29

"do we get one vendor for everything"- please, Bill... tell us your preference. ;-)

— Diana Laufenberg · Thu, Mar 07 2013 09:32:29

Some of my tweets as I read through the latest study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project

Storified by Audrey Watters · Fri, Mar 01 2013 13:47:29

54% of teachers say all/almost all of their students have sufficient access to digital tools at school. 18% say students have access at home

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 27 2013 19:41:53

Survey was of 2,462 Advanced Placement and National Writing Project middle- and high school teachers

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 27 2013 19:45:23

NWP and AP teachers are ahead of other adult Internet users re: tech ownership, comfort, usage, content creation, use in the classroom

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 27 2013 19:53:42

64% of teachers in rural areas reported that cellphones were not permitted in class. Urban areas: 46% Suburban areas: 45%

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 27 2013 20:03:18

Almost 8 out of 10 respondents listed the pressure of assessments as obstacle to adopting tech in the classroom

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 27 2013 20:06:57

(Someone should maybe point that out to Bill Gates as one reason why schools don't teach CS, eh? Just a thought...)

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 27 2013 20:08:37

32% of respondents said that internet filters blocking access to content was a major obstacle to using tech in the classroom

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 27 2013 20:13:10

It's an interesting survey http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Teachers-and-technology.aspx . (not sure how much it reflects *all* teachers since NWP ones are so awesome++)

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 27 2013 20:19:42

Storified by Audrey Watters · Fri, Mar 01 2013 13:33:08

Sugata Mitra

"My wish is to help design the future of learning by supporting children all over the world to tap into their innate sense of wonder and ...

Because something becomes a popular TED Talk, we seem to turn off all critical faculties. (See: Khan Academy)

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 27 2013 12:46:45

Can we ask some critical questions about the Hole in the Wall work by Sugata Mitra, please?

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 27 2013 12:47:14

Certainly it struck me as odd that an org touted by Gates et al would truly support progressive, child-centered education. I mean, why?

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 27 2013 12:47:42

Thanks to a tip from @merylalper last night, I’ve been looking at this http://books.google.com/books?id=j0ZkGcoX6rsC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=Sugata+Mitra+hole+in+the+wall+ellen+seiter&source=bl&ots=SNBiMiU82B&sig=jroGFjPrYp9dgs9BbrY2nPGgpZI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FnctUdbBL46NigLD9IDIBA&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Sugata%20Mitra%20hole%20in%20the%20wall%20ellen%20seiter&f=false re the initial $$ for the Hole in the Wall

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 27 2013 12:48:03

An Indian IT training company, keen to see if non-literate folks (children?) could be “trained” (could use its services?)

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 27 2013 12:48:20

How does the narrative behind “minimally invasive education” resist colonial education forces? How does it reinscribe new ones?

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 27 2013 12:48:35

How does this fit into larger arguments about the supposed coming irrelevance of teachers, thanks to technology?

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 27 2013 12:48:57

Ask. more. questions. people. FFS. Ask them of Bono. Of Sergei Brin. Of Mitra. Of the whom damn TED song-and-dance. Just. please. ask.

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 27 2013 12:49:14

A few of the tweets from my presentation for Alec Couros' MOOC on educational technology

Storified by Audrey Watters · Tue, Feb 26 2013 23:10:54

'I Have read and agree to the terms of service' is the biggest lie on the web' A. Waters on #etmooc session

— NormWright · Mon, Feb 25 2013 17:07:25

Terms of service key piece of digital literacy via @audreywatters #etmooc

— Elizabeth Dill · Mon, Feb 25 2013 17:09:12

@Audreywatters Terms of Service agreements - biggest lies on web http://tos-dr.info #etmooc

— Rhonda Jessen · Mon, Feb 25 2013 17:09:43

#etmooc Terms of Service is clearly a way to allow companies to access you. My school district now claims it owns my content, lessons.

— Al Smith · Mon, Feb 25 2013 17:10:55

Does it matter which country you're in, when agreeing to Terms of Service, or are they internat’lly enforceable? #etmooc #edtech #legal #law

— Alison Seaman · Mon, Feb 25 2013 17:11:45

BIG question to ponder. Lots of answers. #etmooc http://pic.twitter.com/Oi9JS0peDq · Stacey Wallwin

School board asserts it owns copyrights to all students’ work http://smrt.io/YG2PEl #etmooc

— Erin Luong · Mon, Feb 25 2013 17:21:29

Education decision makers use data to do things to students rather than empowering students with the data to do for themselves. #etmooc

— JackieGerstein Ed.D. · Mon, Feb 25 2013 17:26:55

@audreywatters discussing The Locker Project, a container for personal data controlled by user http://lockerproject.org #etmooc

— Rhonda Jessen · Mon, Feb 25 2013 17:29:47

#etmooc. Student data, yes we should be concerned!!!!! Transparency critical!

— Susan Spellman Cann · Mon, Feb 25 2013 17:34:17

@Audreywatters because data is digital we think that more people are spying on it than when it was analog #etmooc

— Rhonda Jessen · Mon, Feb 25 2013 17:45:56

@Audreywatters Ghostery: https://www.ghostery.com/ lets you know what sites are tracking your data, but what to do about it? #etmooc

— Rhonda Jessen · Mon, Feb 25 2013 17:51:11

@courosa suggests we need to set up Digital Wills to dictate what happens to our data after we are gone #etmooc

— Rhonda Jessen · Mon, Feb 25 2013 17:57:40

@audreywatters suggests we should have the learner at the centre rather than on the margins of discussions about data ownership #etmooc

— Rhonda Jessen · Mon, Feb 25 2013 18:00:59

Just sat in on an #etmooc session about Education Data. Who owns it? Where is it kept? Do we think about what we sign students up for?

— Sue Dunlop · Mon, Feb 25 2013 18:01:29

.@audreywatters makes an amazing point that data should be used by students to set goals and monitor their learning. #etmooc

— Michelle Cordy · Mon, Feb 25 2013 18:02:54

interesting chat tonight from @audreywatters any thoughts on how 'transparency' can be effectively done by those using our data #etmooc

— Lenandlar Singh · Mon, Feb 25 2013 18:09:31

Online Education Symposium, Trinity College, Dublin, February 19, 2013

Storified by Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 20 2013 01:52:56

Graduate Studies Office - Postgraduate Programmes - Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Trinity College will host an international symposium on Online Higher Education - Disrupting Higher Education on 19th February to stimula...

Disrupting Higher Education conference kicking off at @sciencegallery #MOOCs #openHE

— Michael John Gorman · Tue, Feb 19 2013 02:13:33

Veronica Campbell opening #openhe http://yfrog.com/mgo3yehj · Iain MacLaren

Tom Boland #openhe http://yfrog.com/eskzzlaj · Iain MacLaren

#openhe Patrick Prendergast, Trinity provost, suggests 3 core principles of HE: Research-led; Learning outside classroom; Public good

— Catherine Cronin · Tue, Feb 19 2013 02:35:12

#openHE Can we define Public Good in a bigger/better way than "increased access"? 1 of many key questions. - P. Prendergast

— Catherine Cronin · Tue, Feb 19 2013 02:42:30

Diana Laurillard speaking at #openHE @ Science Gallery http://instagr.am/p/V6OF09yBpx/ · Catherine Cronin

#openHE Diana Laurillard @thinksitthrough on purpose of HE: to inspire & enable individuals to develop capabilities to highest. Asks "How"?

— Catherine Cronin · Tue, Feb 19 2013 02:52:18

Aims of higher ed are to inspire/enable, "NOT to access to masses of data from desperate would be students," says Diana Laurillard #openHE

— Audrey Watters · Tue, Feb 19 2013 02:54:30

#openHE Diana Laurillard comparing MOOCs with "standard online courses" - latter includes tutor discussion, feedback & support (per student)

— Catherine Cronin · Tue, Feb 19 2013 02:58:38

Link to Duke's report on its Bioelectricity MOOC, cited by Diana Laurillard http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10161/6216/Duke_Bioelectricity_MOOC_Fall2012.pdf (PDF) #openHE

— Audrey Watters · Tue, Feb 19 2013 02:58:59

High attrition rate in Duke study on #moocs #openHE #sciencegallery

— Moya O'brien · Tue, Feb 19 2013 03:05:24

#openHE Laurillard: Must understand both pedagogical benefits & teacher time costs of new online models, eg MOOCs. Only teachers can do this

— Catherine Cronin · Tue, Feb 19 2013 03:07:48

#openHE Laurillard: Share learning design like scientific knowledge shared - publish content & methods; others adapt, develop further #dhe

— Catherine Cronin · Tue, Feb 19 2013 03:16:31

Diana Laurillard shares Pedagogical Pattern Collector: http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/5815 #openHE #dhe @thinksitthrough

— Catherine Cronin · Tue, Feb 19 2013 03:22:01

"Teachers are the engine of innovation" - Diana Laurillard #openHE

— Audrey Watters · Tue, Feb 19 2013 03:26:19

Laurillard: HEIs must encourage and reward bottom-up innovation; model changes carefully; collect and use evidence; #OpenHE #DHE

— Eoin O'Dell · Tue, Feb 19 2013 03:26:34

I'm working on a number of upcoming talks (broadly) on this question: who owns learning content and data? (Bonus questions: what do we mean by "ownership" and what data counts as "educational" these days?)

Storified by Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 13 2013 21:49:07

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Who owns education data? Schools? The government? 3rd party providers? Students? What do we mean by ownership? Stewardship? Control? Profit?

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 13 2013 18:43:32

+ Research? Intervention? Nostalgia? Analytics?

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 13 2013 18:44:34

@audreywatters IT should belong to students. Stewardship means only used to benefit students not companies.

— Alfred Thompson · Wed, Feb 13 2013 18:45:57

@audreywatters If minors, should it be parents who own that data? If adults, shouldn't it be the student?

— Shawn White · Wed, Feb 13 2013 18:46:17

@audreywatters Who owns EQAO in Ontario? Third party? Meant to be objective so must be separate. #InterestingQs

— Michelle Cordy · Wed, Feb 13 2013 18:44:16

Also: what counts as "education data"? Name. Address. DOB. Grade level. Race. Gender. Test scores. Discipline incident history.

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 13 2013 19:00:51

Search history. Khan Academy badges. Data usage. Social media profiles. Klout score. Credit score and student loan debt.

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 13 2013 19:01:08

Pages read in digital textbooks. Amazon shopping history. Forum posts commented upon. College Board transaction history. RFID.

— Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 13 2013 19:01:28

@audreywatters Dorm sign-ins. Library check-outs. Cafeteria tab. Volunteer hours. Student society offices. Minutes of same. Sports records.

— Tim Maly · Wed, Feb 13 2013 19:06:38

Student Discipline XML inBloom · audreywatters

ELI Annual Meeting, February 2013

Storified by Audrey Watters · Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:52:05

Campus makerspace

Campus Makerspace Campus MakerspaceAudrey Watters @audreywatters ELI Annual Meeting, February 2013

@audreywatters already rabblerousing in her opening comments! we should learn from hackers & tinkerers & maker movement #eli2013

— Shelli Fowler · Wed, Feb 06 2013 08:52:46

The maker movement as one of the most important #EdTech happenings of last year http://bit.ly/SbF322 by @AudreyWatters #ELI2013 #HigherEd

— Shannon D. Smith · Wed, Feb 06 2013 08:53:21

@audreywatters "why does the love of learning lie outside our walls?" #eli2013

— Shelli Fowler · Wed, Feb 06 2013 08:54:17

Last day of #eli2013 @audreywatters advocating for #maker spaces on campus #edtech http://pic.twitter.com/avAPHPbz · Anand Khurma

reframe manufactuing as a creative enterprise. makerspace not just for engineers and STEM; "open and participatory" @audreywatters #eli2013

— Shelli Fowler · Wed, Feb 06 2013 08:56:39

"What would it look like to have "making across the curriculum" ?" @audreywatters #eli2013

— Patrick Lowenthal · Wed, Feb 06 2013 08:58:12

#ELI2012 @AudreyWatters -- Learning by making, not just learning by clicking. Love this. #makerspace

— brightspot strategy · Wed, Feb 06 2013 08:58:45

Maker culture ftw w/@audreywatters . How to infuse into mainstream instituational culture? #ds106 /@jimgroom @timmmmyboy #eli2013

— Pumpkin Yang · Wed, Feb 06 2013 08:59:03

@audreywatters re: Steve Jobs & intersection of liberals arts and technology; 3D in archaeology class; app creation in poli sci. yes!

— Shelli Fowler · Wed, Feb 06 2013 08:59:31

@audreywatters open source means non-proprietary learning how to learn occurs #eli2013

— Shelli Fowler · Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:01:17

@audreywatters Should you put your #makerspace in your library? #eli2013

— Eric Remy · Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:02:41

@audreywatters openness of libraries a makerspace setting different than science lab or art studio; inter-/cross-disciplinary space#eli2013

— Shelli Fowler · Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:04:19

"A Makerspace is a safe place to learn" @audreywatters #eli2013

— Amber Hoye · Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:05:05

@audreywatters Cain's arcade: http://bit.ly/HwhuxL oh, yes! #eli2013

— Shelli Fowler · Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:06:28

@timmmmyboy 's FSEM gets a shout-out frm @audreywatters #ELI2013

— Steve Greenlaw · Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:06:58

As we consider the future of the college campus, can we make room for Makerspaces? Great idea. #eli2013 @audreywatters

— LearningTimes · Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:07:40

@audreywatters: ed tech will make educ more efficient? it will not liberate learners if we just use lecture capture... #eli2013

— Shelli Fowler · Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:09:07

@audreywatters Makerspaces contribute by explicitly demonstrating that learning is messy which is okay. #ELI2013

— Steve Greenlaw · Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:09:27

maker movement can help shift academe from teacher to learner focus; more experimenting & risk-taking & innovation @audreywatters #eili2013

— Shelli Fowler · Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:10:45

A "Conversation" at EduCon 2.5, January 27, 2013

Storified by Audrey Watters · Tue, Jan 29 2013 14:55:40

EduCon 2.5

What is EduCon? EduCon is both a conversation and a conference. It is an innovation conference where we can come together, both in person...

The Politics of Ed-Tech

EduCon 2.5 Audrey Watters @audreywatters

Educon 2.5 · kjarrett

#educon @audreywatters "technology is neither good, nor bad, nor neutral"

— Jeff McClurken · Sun, Jan 27 2013 07:39:07

"Gates' conversations are becoming more mainstream." @audreywatters #educon

— Will Richardson · Sun, Jan 27 2013 07:40:38

"Ed tech business is just starting to feel its political power." @audreywatters #educon

— Will Richardson · Sun, Jan 27 2013 07:41:19

#educon @audreywatters showing picture of Obama and silicon valley investors, none of whom are educators, but all affect ed tech

— Jeff McClurken · Sun, Jan 27 2013 07:43:18

Anyone else notice that there are few women in @audreywatters photo of tech dinner w/ Obama?#edtech #educon

— Katrina Stevens · Sun, Jan 27 2013 07:43:33

Conversation abt politics & financial interests in ed tech that @audreywatters is launching at #educon is essential for prog. ed leadership.

— Elyse Eidman-Aadahl · Sun, Jan 27 2013 07:43:47

Software is eating the world (and the children?). ~Marc Andreessen #edtech #edchat #educon @audreywatters

— Katrina Stevens · Sun, Jan 27 2013 07:45:41

Google's $14m in political spending only outdone by a few. @audreywatters explaining how edtech being influenced by non-edtech co's #educon

— Tom Daccord · Sun, Jan 27 2013 07:50:46

politics in #edtech w/ @audreywatters "you hear the plan is not to replace teachers so much you get the sense that IS the plan" #educon

— Jacob Samuelson · Sun, Jan 27 2013 07:51:13