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Unlocking Financial Literacy Awareness With Free Finance & Accounting Tool and Lessons ... - 1 views

www.emergingedtech.com/...ness-free-finance-tool-lessons unlocking financial literacy awareness free finance accounting tool lessons
shared by John Evans on 18 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • John Evans on 18 Apr 16
     
    "Most kids really appreciate today's technology. Want to know what the latest must-have phone is? What about the newest game or app? Often, you need look no further than the students in your classes. Many of them are passionate about using the coolest gadgets and tools. That's why teaching with cutting-edge technology can be a great way to connect with your students. The right app can make even the most boring or time-consuming subject seem interesting and understandable. Financial concepts like budgeting, buying a house, or running a business may not be the most exciting subjects for students, but it's important to teach kids financial literacy starting at a young age. ZipBooks is free accounting software that can help familiarize them with concepts around running a business. The interface is easy to grasp so students can jump right into the app with little instruction. It's not overwhelming like a lot of accounting software. Every element is labeled clearly, and there are in-app tips to help newcomers get started. There are lots of ways you could use ZipBooks in the classroom and we have outlined a couple ideas to get you started."
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7 Fun and Creative Apps and Websites That Teach Kids to Code - Emerging Education Techn... - 4 views

www.emergingedtech.com/...at-teach-kids-students-to-code fun apps websites teach kids code
shared by John Evans on 11 Jul 16 - No Cached
  • John Evans on 11 Jul 16
     
    "Computer coding is becoming an increasingly popular activity for today's technology oriented kids. Even kids who do not plan to grow up and become computer programmers are enjoying the control and autonomy that coding delivers. Coding encourages kids to be creative, think logically and develop critical thinking skills that they will need throughout their lives. The skills young students develop through these early coding experiences can also help them to succeed in their education. With coding, kids get to try out new solutions to problems and tinker around with what can happen in various situations. The following seven visually oriented and child-friendly apps can help to teach even the youngest children how to code."
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Turning Students into Good Digital Citizens -- THE Journal - 5 views

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shared by Phil Taylor on 10 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • technology is evolving so quickly that a standard set of skills is hard to set in stone.
  • "We do have a sense of what [digital communication] skills should be," Kahne says. "The ability to find information, for example, has always been on the list. Also, the ability to judge the credibility of information. But now we're seeing things like the ability to present information online in compelling ways emerging as another basic skill of the digital citizen."
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Is Reverse Instruction Education Technology's Perfect Storm? | Emerging Education Techn... - 2 views

www.emergingedtech.com/...tion-technologys-perfect-storm flipped classroom flipped pedagogy
shared by John Evans on 09 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • John Evans on 09 Apr 12
     
    "Flipping the classroom is a technology-enabled technique that can make a significant difference in student learning and academic success, and is well suited for gradual widespread adoption."
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Dozens of iPad Apps for Young Students on the Spectrum, at Your Fingertips | Emerging E... - 0 views

www.emergingedtech.com/...he-spectrum-at-your-fingertips apps students learning difficulties
shared by John Evans on 25 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • John Evans on 25 Jun 12
     
    "Apple's popular tablet can be a great tool for students, parents, and teachers dealing with PDD and Autism Spectrum Disorders, or with other learning disabilities or special needs."
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Donald Clark Plan B: 21st Century Skills are so last century! - 4 views

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shared by Phil Taylor on 02 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • There is no area of human endeavour that is less collaborative than education. Teaching and lecturing are largely lone wolf activities in classrooms.
  • Creative people tend to struggle somewhat at school where academic subjects and exams brand them as failures.
  • Surely it’s our schools and universities, not young people, who need to be dragged into the 21st century.
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  • I agree with the substantive point that many educators don't have skills to teach these things directly, but I do think we can create environments in which they can emerge and be developed.
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Top 5 Ed Tech Predictions for 2012| The Committed Sardine - 4 views

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shared by Phil Taylor on 17 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • gain, there is a confluence of factors that will make BYOD the 1:1 model of choice for 2012 (a model, by the way, that will get devices onto a lot more desks and into a lot more student hands in the classroom this year). The emergence of inexpensive devices like the Kindle Fire, despite its lack of manageability, means that tabets will become increasingly commonplace for for students, making instant access to the Internet and a variety of content easily achieved. AMD is promising inexpensive alternatives to Intel’s ultrabooks and prices continue to fall on remarkably usable laptops.
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