reader article:Mayor Rahm has successfully pitted charters against public schools

http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2013/10/23/mayor-rahm-has-successfully-pitted-charters-against-public-schools

A classroom with no teachers?

A new pedagogical approach could potentially revolutionize learning... http://www.wired.com/business/2013/10/free-thinkers/

App That Makes You the Curator

http://www.techvibes.com/blog/royal-ontario-museum-scopify-app-2013-10-03 http://www.rom.on.ca/en/education/online-activities/scopifyrom ScopifyROM is an app that takes the museum experience at the ROM to a whole new level. The app transforms any museum goer into a digital curator by providing digital tools, or “scopes” that let you dig deeper into specific exhibits. If you have ever wondered what was inside a tomb, or what a dodo bird may have looked like if it were living today, this app is for you.

3d Touch Screen? Disney is working on it.

http://mashable.com/2013/10/09/disney-research-3d-touchscreens/ Can 3d Touch screens actually exist? Will they be a part of our reality? Almost like touchable holograms? Maybe not so science fiction anymore.....

1871

http://www.1871.com/ Check out this tech incubator here in chi-town, great concepts very much akin to http://socialinnovation.ca/ "The Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (CEC) is a non-profit organization that supports entrepreneurs on their path to building high-growth, sustainable businesses that serve as platforms for economic development and civic leadership. Its flagship project, 1871, fulfills CEC’s vision of a central address for entrepreneurs in Chicago. CEC runs and operates the workspace, develops programming, organizes events and ensures that the culture of 1871 allows entrepreneurs the greatest opportunity for success."