Keeping Up With IT Developments In Education?

antgiant writes "I work for a college in the IT department, and I've been having a hard time finding quality resources that cover IT topics with relationship to education. So I ask you: outside of Slashdot, what listservs, newsgroups, fourms, etc. should I be participating in? In particular, I am interested in resources that tend to cover more legal topics such as the now-approved anti-peer-to-peer law."

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[oni]

those who are most able to pay handover less than a family of four living off of 40k

Do you really believe that's true? You should take a look at this:
http://www.american.com/archive/2007/november-december-magazine-contents/guess-who-really-pays-the-taxes [american.com]

I'm not sure who you mean by, "those most able to pay" but if you mean the top 1% of income earners, they make a lot of money, no doubt about that, but they pay a larger percentage of taxes than the percentage of income they earn. They make 20% of income and pay 40% of taxes. You may not think that's enough. I'm willing to debate that,

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[Retric]

I am sorry but total government taxation is more than just income tax. I know it's a shock to some people, but state and local governments frequently operate with zero income tax and yet they still get money. The federal government has a wide range of taxes and many of these tend to collect less as a % from people as they move up the income ladder. Or like SS they just stop asking for more money after you make X.

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[Retric]

FYI: Income tax is not the only tax people pay. Social Security, Medicare, Property tax, sales tax, DMV etc.

Add them up and the average 40k/year homeowners a higher percentage of their income in taxes than Gill Gates.

PS: I know people hate income tax which is why we have all those hidden taxes but it's all just money and when the government spends it they take it from somewhere.

Converge Magazine

[Shadowhawk]

I'm not sure if this [convergemag.com] what you're looking for, but it claims:

Converge magazine provides strategy and leadership for technology use in K-12 and higher education. Senior policy makers in education utilize Converge for articles on proven, effective educational methods and models for the 21st century and beyond.

Tech & Learning Magazine

[XxtraLarGe]

Even though it's targeted at K-12, it still has some good info that will also work for higher-ed: http://www.techlearning.com/ [techlearning.com]

EDUCAUSE.

[saintlupus]

The best organization for higher ed IT is EDUCAUSE (www.educause.edu) -- their mailing lists and their conferences are great. Go to their web site, find some mailing lists in your area of expertise, and subscribe.

--saint

David Warlick's blog

[HoosierLibrarian]

http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/ [davidwarlick.com]

ACM SIGITE

[Mikkeles]

The ACM has a special interest group [sigite.org] in information technology education.

edugeek

[Anonymous Coward]

edugeek of course, www.edugeek.net

Games in education

[CETS]

For an academic look at games in education check out games+learning+society [gameslearningsociety.org]

Campus Technology

[mikecain366]

While it tends to be advertisement laden, I find Campus Technology (http://www.campustechnology.com/) to be useful for keeping up with recent trends.

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[howlatthemoon]

yes, i agree, and as a bonus if you get on their mailing lists you will never go a day without several e-mails from qualified commercial partners. Fortunately I have a good set of filters. Educause, should be the first place too look and it is also a place to get involved with colleagues nationally. See you in Orlando.

A few more resources...

[ThinkComp]

I get the Wired Campus newsletter digest daily from the Chronicle of Higher Education:

http://www.chronicle.com [chronicle.com]

There's also plenty of books out there about technology and/or education. Harry Lewis, the former Dean of Harvard College, wrote one:

http://www.amazon.com/Blown-Bits-Liberty-Happiness-Explosion/dp/0137135599/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224705390&sr=1-1 [amazon.com]

And I wrote one, myself:

http://www.aarongreenspan.com/authoritas.html [aarongreenspan.com]

Aaron

edna

[JuzzFunky]

Have a look at edna [edna.edu.au].
From the about page:
edna is a network of the education and training community. It includes government and non-government schooling systems, early childhood, vocational and technical education, adult and community education and higher education.
Might be close to what you're after...