Most colleges do not have the resources to build their own mobile applications from scratch. The environment is changing quickly, and developing new products for each new major device—iPhones, BlackBerrys, Android phones, iPads—can be prohibitively expensive.
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Colleges Search for Their Place in the Booming Mobile Web - Technology - The Chronicle ... - 0 views
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One key to these projects is recognizing the mobility of mobile devices, and not treating them as if they were small desktop computers. Among colleges, even the leading mobile applications and Web sites still function like add-ons; students and others can get much the same information on a personal computer, although perhaps not as quickly.
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Creating a cohesive mobile platform does not mean that colleges should try to move everything from their Web sites to a smaller screen. It can be impossible to know in advance what people want to do on a smartphone, and what they would prefer to leave to a full-size computer.
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Catherine's Reflections » Blog Archive » Week 8- Building my course and rethi... - 0 views
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The first half of my course is more familiar to me as I have taught this material in a face to face setting (albeit differently than I will be teaching it online). I can anticipate the questions, confusion, and challenges that students will face. The second half of my course contains material I have never formally taught anyone. Maybe this is why I am stalled?
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“Why we are doing this?” piece for each of my discussion and reflection assignments. I want my students to understand that these activities have a true purpose.
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The ABCs of observing - Astronomy Magazine - 1 views
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Module 4 Assignment star science astronomy space
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Know your equipment
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Question yourself
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quality of "seeing,"
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Additional online observing tools from Astronomy magazine
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Amateur astronomy is about observing:
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safety
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Reflections - 0 views
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“This is not going to be easy and it is going to take a lot of time and energy, but I want to do this and I know I can!”
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I am truly surprised to see how many students from other states and countries are part of SLN.
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if you look at the numbers it is really only about 2% that come from outside NYS.
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I did recognize that the portion of students wasn't that large, but I am still surprised that it is even 2%. I think I could have communicated myself better by noting the number of countries and states outside of New York which were represented.
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I would expect that most students would be located in New York
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Especially with younger students, this feeling of uncertainty can lead them to completely shut down. If students trust in their guide, the teacher, they are much more likely to persevere through the uncertainty and attain resolution.
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I realize that online teaching includes continuous reflection, assessment, and development of yourself as an online instructor and of the course itself.
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Ultimately, I have learned that being learner-centered involves much more than making students do most of the work. It involves understanding the needs of each of your individual students, both academically and personally. It involves striving to meet those needs on an individual basis, while promoting self-directed learning. It involves being empathetic and addressing the specific limitations each student may have and striving to break through those limitations together. In my mind, that is what true interaction is all about, and it is one of the best ways to engage students in learning more deeply.
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What I am realizing is that there really is a significant difference between creating an online course from scratch and converting a face to face course.
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I want my students to understand that these activities have a true purpose. I want to remind them of that purpose each time they engage in these activities.
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I kept finding myself asking “How can this contribute to higher levels of cognitive presence? Isn’t that ultimately the point of developing teaching and social presence?”
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Prominent Ed-Tech Players' Data-Privacy Policies Attract Scrutiny - Education Week - 0 views
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Growing public concern about student-data privacy is prompting fresh scrutiny of the ways technology vendors handle children's educational information—and opening the gates for a flood of new questions and worries from advocates and school officials.
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"We're just scratching the surface with our understanding of how the education sector is gathering and looking to monetize student information," said Joel R. Reidenberg, a law professor at Fordham University, in New York, and Princeton University. "We as a society need to have a very clear discussion about how we want to protect the privacy of our children in this environment."
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But many are concerned that the horse is already out of the barn. Last month, for example, Education Week
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Writers on writing - 0 views
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When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. Samuel Lover
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The first step to becoming a better writer is believing your own experience is worth writing about. Pet
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The only time I know that something is true is the moment I discover it in the act of writing. Jean Malaquais
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Resist the temptation to try to use dazzling style to conceal weakness of substance. Stanley Schmidt