There are a few people in educational technology that serve a critical role for me in tracking trends and making sense of what’s happening. Stephen Downes is one such node. Audrey Watters is another. I assume most people in our field are familiar with Downes. Audrey has been in my Reader for about 18 months or so. I absolutely love her work and ability to succinctly capture important technologies that are influencing education – as I’ve frequently declared on Twitter, FB, G+, and this blog. Audrey manages to escape hype-ism in her writings (ahem, DIY). I can’t think of a person that is more consistently thoughtful and spot-on in identifying startups and thinkers that are starting to impact education.
Where to find Audrey:
Twitter: audreywatters
http://www.hackeducation.com/
Mindshift: http://mindshift.kqed.org/author/awatters/
O’Reilly: http://radar.oreilly.com/audreyw/index.html
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“Audrey manages to escape hype-ism in her writings (ahem, DIY). I can’t think of a person that is more consistently thoughtful and spot-on in identifying startups and thinkers that are starting to impact education.”
This sentiment is something I’ve never been able to articulate about Audrey… I’m glad someone did.
I couldn’t agree more.