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NCTI Conference ‘07

  • Conference 2007 - Slideshow

    Posted on December 8th, 2007

    To help you re-live the fun and great presentations at the NCTI’s 2007 Conference, we have created this slideshow. If you missed the conference, here is your chance to catch a glimpse.

    Do you have a favorite photo? Let us all know by describing it in the comment box below!

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  • The Fourth Sector

    Posted on November 16th, 2007

    During the final session, NCTI conference speaker Al Miller presented a vision of cross-sector collaboration (profit, non-profit and government) to create solutions that are both more effective and less costly.
    Fourth Sector enterprises, as he calls them, take the best of each sector to maximize social good (what NCTI Keynote speaker, Jim Fruchterman calls […]

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  • Second Life for Students With Special Needs

    Posted on November 15th, 2007

    NOAA, CDC, and US Department of Homeland Security have started using Second Life as a tool for their agencies or interacting with the public. As more federal agencies delve into Second Life and other emerging technologies, issues of accessibility become more important — with more participants. If the second life (or other) platforms are […]

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  • Innovation’s Missing Link

    Posted on November 15th, 2007

    One emerging theme during the NCTI conference is the question not of innovation, but of our ability put it to work.
    Jim Fruchterman, in his keynote, described an initiative in Bangladesh to launch Wi-Max (fast wireless Internet) countrywide over the next couple of years. Bangeledesh will have better Internet Access than Silicon Valley. Jim says that […]

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  • We Are Living in Exponential Times 2

    Posted on November 15th, 2007

    Whether or not you saw the NCTI conference’s opening video, you won’t want to miss its message, that we are living in exponetial times. The impact of population density in different parts of the world, and growth of education worldwide, foretells big changes. It also underscores the need to keep-connected with emerging trends, or fall […]

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  • Five (Easy) Steps to Innovation?

    Posted on November 14th, 2007

    Conference day approaches, and with it office talk about the nuts and bolts of innovation. Putting together some materials for the big day, the NCTI team worked through the process of creating new technologies and tools for students with special needs. With five main steps, five disciplines, five sets of skills to […]

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  • Conference Prelude

    Posted on November 9th, 2007

    Conference Prelude (11/09/2007) - This morning’s eSchool news features a piece on its “Best of the Education Blog” awards which celebrate the uses of blogging technology in and around schools. But how might blogs also help researchers, entrepreneurs and policy-makers bring to fruition better tools and techniques to help students with special needs? […]

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We Are Living in Exponential Times 2

Whether or not you saw the NCTI conference’s opening video, you won’t want to miss its message, that we are living in exponetial times. The impact of population density in different parts of the world, and growth of education worldwide, foretells big changes. It also underscores the need to keep-connected with emerging trends, or fall […]

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