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Many US Schools Adding iPads, Trimming Textbooks| The Committed Sardine - 3 views

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shared by Phil Taylor on 20 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • 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.
  • “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.’’
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Officials get a glimpse of education's future | HeraldTribune.com | Sarasota Florida | ... - 0 views

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shared by John Evans on 02 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Cell phones and iPods are looked at as enemies of learning in most schools.
  • But Manatee officials are now acknowledging that the devices are destined to become an integral part of the classroom.
  • Experts now predict classrooms where students submit work from iPods and cell phones, and where textbooks are replaced by hand-held electronic devices.
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Tips on Choosing Age-Appropriate Texting Devices - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by John Evans on 27 Aug 09 - Cached
  • “Kids can get carried away with what they type and things can get out of hand,” Ms. Schwartz said. “That is why, with all of this, it’s more important to teach overall responsibility than to attack individual texts you may encounter if you decide to snoop.”
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The Innovative Educator: Let's Stop Making Students Power Down at School - 4 views

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shared by John Evans on 23 Nov 09 - Cached
  • John Evans on 23 Nov 09
     
    When school started this Fall, I was impressed with 9-year old Sarah's two-minute recorded response to President Obama's speech, posted to YouTube. She had 187,632 views, 1600 comments, and a 4 star rating. Talk about authentic assessment, authentic audience, and real learning.
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Twitter CHATTER - Winnipeg Free Press - 2 views

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shared by Phil Taylor on 10 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Best of all, many of these links connect to legitimate media websites, where reporters still adhere to the quaint, time-tested practices of checking facts, attributing quotes to sources and engaging in first-hand reporting, all of which generally involves talking to human beings.
  • more to prove the value of conventional journalism than any innovation by the mainstream media itself.
  • Facebook is like living in a mall. Twitter is like living in the street.
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On Ed Tech, We're Asking the Wrong Question | The Committed Sardine - 7 views

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shared by Phil Taylor on 19 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • In the end, that’s all technology is, too—a resource. In the hands of talented and well-trained teachers, it can facilitate high-quality teaching and learning; when used by average teachers, it most likely will lead to average results. And in either case, it’s not entirely clear whether test scores would rise, anyway—for reasons I’ll discuss later.
  • There is plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest that, when used wisely, technology is a powerful resource that can help boost achievement.
  • I would argue that’s the point: You can’t separate the technology from the rest of the learning process, because they are inextricably bound.
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  • But technology doesn’t exist in a vacuum. For technology to have an impact on student achievement, schools also need sound teaching, strong leadership, fidelity of use, and a supportive culture, among other things.
  • Among schools with one-to-one computing programs, 70 percent reported their students’ achievement scores on high-stakes tests were on the rise. But this figure was 85 percent for schools that employed certain strategies for success, including the use of electronic formative assessments on a regular basis, frequent collaboration of teachers in professional learning communities, and—most importantly—strong principal and school district leadership.
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