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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What are your students doing? - 3 views
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Recently I read Amanda Ripley's thought provoking book 'The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way' in which through a comparative study of foreign exchange students she reports from the inside on the modern powerhouses of education. Amanda set out to explain why some countries are able to outperform others on PISA scores.
Which Educational Games for the Kids Should Be Given child? - 0 views
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Modern age is the gift of science and technology. Now a day, we are very much depending on thenewly invented gifts of science & technology which provide us different facilities. Our activities has been centerrounded by its gift. In ancient time, we would spent most of our time in playing outside of the house.
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Over time buildings are getting smarter with innovative new material. Traditional partitioning methods like Aluminium, Wooden, Brick or cement are not able to cope up with demanding requirement for new modern spaces. There is a growing need for a new material to create trendy looking partitions with high strength and quick installation time. Pronto's walls and partitions panels is an answer to such demanding material.
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.
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Many US Schools Adding iPads, Trimming Textbooks| The Committed Sardine - 3 views
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And even with the most modern device in hand, students still need the basics of a solid curriculum and skilled teachers. “There’s a saying that the music is not in the piano and, in the same way, the learning is not in the device,’’ said Mark Warschauer, an education and informatics professor at the University of California-Irvine whose specialties include research on the intersection of technology and education.
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“I think one of the real key questions that will be answered over the next several years is what sort of things work best in print for students and what sort of things work best digitally,’’ Diskey said. “I think we’re on the cusp of a whole new area of research and comprehension about what digital learning means.’’
Open Collections Program: Expeditions and Discoveries - Sponsored Exploration and Scien... - 0 views
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The newest in a series of online collections from Harvard University, Expeditions and Discoveries delivers maps, photographs, and published materials, as well as field notes, letters, and a unique range of manuscript materials on selected expeditions between 1626 and 1953.
Digital Storytelling - 5 views
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Digital Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. Digital stories derive their power by weaving images, music, narrative and voice together, thereby giving deep dimension and vivid color to characters, situations, experiences, and insights. Tell your story now digitally.
Ramblings of a Modern Learner: Learning to Sketchnote - 0 views
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"This summer, I was introduced to sketchnoting and challenged to incorporate the concept of sketchnoting as a means of note taking. Sketchnoting is the process of creating a personal visual story while listening, reading, or recording an experience as it happens or on a later date. Sketchnoting brings in a variety of cognitive processes, increasing the connection between speaker and listener due to the engagement needed to listen intently while synthesizing the spoken word into drawings and short narratives. I decided to to take the challenge seriously."
E-Learning Graduate Certificate Program: mLearning: Using Mobile Technologies to Enhanc... - 0 views
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Fundamental to the modern definition of mlearning is that it is the learner/learning that is mobile, not the device. In-depth analysis of mobile learning research, trends, instructional strategies, curriculum integration, professional development, and on-the-job training using handheld technology such as the iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone, and smartphones.
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This is a terrific class taught by author and online educator Ann Bell. Cutting Edge!
Why Parents Shouldn't Feel Guilt About Their Kids' Screen Time - The Atlantic - 3 views
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There’s a tendency to portray time spent away from screens as idyllic, and time spent in front of them as something to panic about.
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the most successful strategy, far from exiling technology, actually embraces it.
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if the “off” switch is the only tool parents use to shape their kids’ experience of the Internet, they won’t do a very good job of preparing them for a world in which more and more technologies are switched on every year.
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A fascinating approach to the role of the parent in raising good digital citizens. "..children of limiters who are most likely to engage in problematic behavior: They're twice as likely as the children of mentors to access porn, or to post rude or hostile comments online; they're also three times as likely to go online and impersonate a classmate, peer, or adult."
The Best Windows 10 Apps - 1 views
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"Here, we've rounded up some of the best Windows 10 apps. Make sure you let us know what we missed!"
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