Inside the halls of West Junior High School, hand-written notes delivered during passing periods are a thing of the past. Cell phones, smuggled into the bathroom or concealed in the pocket of a hooded sweatshirt, trade text messages instead.
Kate Welch, 42, teaches English to eighth- and ninth-graders. She says a student without a cell phone is a rarity.
“And if they don’t have texting, they have abusive parents,” Welch says.
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Write or Wrong? Teachers Wary of Technology's Effects on Writing Skills - TheApple.com - 0 views
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Kate Welch, 42, teaches English to eighth- and ninth-graders. She says a student without a cell phone is a rarity. “And if they don’t have texting, they have abusive parents,” Welch says.
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Text messages, e-mails, instant messages — they’ve not replaced pencil and paper, but they are ways students communicate daily. The modern student has mastered the shorthand, condensed language of electronics by the time teachers introduce classic literature and formal writing.
When the Call of the Wild Is Nothing but the Phone in Your Pocket - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Now, from Siberia to the ski slopes of the French Alps, from Manitoba to Brazil, tens of thousands of phones howl, hoot, trill, screech, croak or emit the haunting song of whales.
Pockets of Potential - Using Mobile Technologies to Promote Children's Learning - 0 views
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a 56 page PDF document by Carly Shuler, Ed.M. January 2009
Educational Leadership:Learning in the Digital Age:The New WWW: Whatever, Whenever, Whe... - 10 views
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counteract the New WWW's potentially harmful impact on youth, educators must use technology to create learning experiences that are real, rich, and relevant.
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Next will come 4G, in which data rates are expected to be 100 times faster than those in this first 3G wave. As the delivery platform of broadband content and functionality shifts from computer to personal device, we will be surrounded by a multimedia aura that accompanies us wherever we go
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The plan is that you'll use your phone to spend money everywhere, all the time.
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Apps Put a Translator in Your Pocket - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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"When in Rome, Let Your Smartphone Do the Translating"
Hands-on: The 10 hottest new features of iOS 5 for iPhone and iPad | Multiformat | Pock... - 3 views
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"This autumn, Apple's army of touchscreen gadgets will get what is perhaps their biggest update yet. iOS 5, which will be made available for most iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch users, will introduce roughly 200 new features."
Digitally Speaking / Enhancing and Amplifying Pedagogy with Digital Tools - 3 views
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iGeners are almost universally plugged in. Ear buds hang from backpacks, and cell phones are stuffed into every pocket. Instant communication has replaced listening to messages, streaming video has replaced waiting for television shows to start, Xboxes have replaced Ataris, digital images have replaced negatives, and high-speed connections have replaced dial-up modems.
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iGeners aren’t always the best students, however! Working quickly instead of carefully, they infosnack their way through class, flitting from instant experience to instant experience. Reading deeply, considering multiple perspectives and interacting with others in meaningful ways is pushed aside in a race for immediate gratification.
Top 10 best pirate games on iOS for International Talk Like a Pirate Day | Multiformat ... - 0 views
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"Top 10 best pirate games on iOS for International Talk Like a Pirate Day"
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SLJ Unveils 'Touch and Go' Apps Review Blog - 0 views
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Each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Touch and Go will bring readers reviews, commentary, and news about this exciting new format that's making its way onto iPads and into pockets via phones and iPods. Our focus will be on book and original story apps and enhanced books, but we plan to push those parameters as we move forward.
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