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Education Week Teacher: Tips for Tech-Cautious Teachers - 4 views

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shared by Phil Taylor on 01 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • So here are some tips and examples I’ve gathered from my classroom and my work as a one-day-a-week tech coach at my school to help teachers better understand and negotiate the digital push in schools. Give Yourself the Time to Learn
  • After asking good questions and doing some reconnaissance on tools and apps that your colleagues love, choose a few. Let yourself dabble with the tools. Become comfortable with their interfaces, and give yourself time to understand their purpose and fit (or lack thereof) for your classroom habits and curriculum. At the same time, allow yourself time to say "no" to other flashy new gadgets and tools while you are exploring.
  • Tips for Tech-Cautious Teachers
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IBM released their 5 in 5 Technology Report for the next 5 Years | It's a Gadget - 0 views

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shared by Phil Taylor on 22 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • predictions were delivered in IBM’s annual “5 in 5” report which describes five different technologies that, according to IBM, have the potential to change our lives
  • Ever wanted a home that is powered by kinetic energy?
  • Next up is the extinction of passwords
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  • First off is mind reading technology
  • Fourth on IBM’s list was mobile devices. Yes they are already here, but
  • Last on the list comes the annihilation of junk mail.
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Jeff Bezos Owns the Web in More Ways Than You Think | Magazine - 2 views

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shared by Phil Taylor on 19 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • It is a third gadget, the long-awaited Amazon tablet called the Kindle Fire, that represents his company’s most ambitious leap into the hearts, minds, and wallets of millions of consumers.
  • the Fire is an emblem of a post-web world, in which our devices are simply a means for us to directly connect with the goodies in someone’s data center.
  • Amazon, on the other hand, is a content-focused company—almost half of its revenue comes from sales of media like books, music, TV shows
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  • This keeps iPads tethered to the paradigm of local storage, putting a premium on machines with more memory (which cost hundreds of dollars more). Amazon, by contrast, emphasizes streaming.
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How does one of the top-performing countries in the world think about technology? | Hec... - 0 views

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shared by Phil Taylor on 30 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • digital devices are increasingly viewed as a means to bring students together in collaboration, rather than separate them further.
  • In the late 1990s, the Singapore Ministry of Education unveiled its master plan for technology. The first phase was spent building up infrastructure and getting computers into schools. In the 2000s, in phases two and three, the ministry focused on training teachers in how to use gadgets and identifying schools to experiment with new innovations.
  • Phil Taylor on 30 Apr 14
     
    ""The technology just fades away, and that's what we hope for it to do," "
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Minecraft For Teachers Introduced By Microsoft (video) - 3 views

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shared by John Evans on 01 Jul 15 - No Cached
  • John Evans on 01 Jul 15
     
    "Microsoft has today introduced a new Minecraft Educational portal which has been specifically designed for teachers to be able to use the block building game to help their students learn. The new Minecraft for teachers portal is still currently in the final stages of development but any teachers interested in signing up for updates can do so over on the Education Minecraft website which has been launched by Microsoft this week."
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The Daily Maverick :: Mobile books the South African way - 0 views

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shared by John Evans on 08 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Forget Amazon’s Kindle or the iPad, here's a novel project that’s making literacy fun and could just change the way teen literature is published in Africa.
  • Shuttleworth Fellow Steve Vosloo believes that ordinary mobile phones in townships are the iPads and iPhones of Africa. Vosloo is the brains behind an ingenious project, Mobile for Literacy, that gets teenagers in townships to read more by working  with technologies they already know and love to use
  • Turns out the smartest technologies aren’t the newest gadgets or devices such as the Kindle or iPad. On the contrary, in Africa they’re clever ideas that work with existing devices to change the world for the better.
  • John Evans on 08 Jul 10
     
    Mobile for Literacy project
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Tech Talk Podcast: Tech for Fitness - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • John Evans on 27 Nov 10
     
    "Tech Talk Podcast: Burn Calories"
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