One of the primary benefits of using Google Forms is its ability to help instructors assess — in real time — how well students understand learning materials and to uncover student misconceptions, which helps instructors steer students to higher-level understanding.

increased interactivity between students and between the instructor and students.

downside of using Google Forms can be less time to cover course material because class time is used to respond to Google Forms questions and discuss students' answers.

We need to explicitly develop learning materials and activities that go beyond simple content delivery, or just teaching.

as instructors will need to be creative in developing and assessing these mobile learning activities, instructors and institutions will need to help students be creative in finding access to different mobile multimedia production devices.

Mobility offers the ability to engage learners of all ages with anywhere, anytime access.

The presence of socially connected, multitasking students in the classroom urges educators to move away from an "information-dissemination" role toward a more interactive, collaborative process in which they guide learners in the skill of evaluating and assessing available information.

creating innovative and interactive learning activities that fully engage learners in experiences they perceive to be both interesting and relevant to their interests and future.

Information literacy is further described as "the basis for lifelong learning."

information literate student "reads the text and selects main idea."

while students are interested in using their phones for academic purposes, they still require guidance from educators to choose the most appropriate mobile resource and to evaluate mobile websites and mobile apps.

Information literacy enables people to interpret and make informed judgments as users of information sources, as well as to become producers of information in their own right.

Information literate people are able to

make critical decisions

A particular focus will be on training teachers to sensitize them to the importance of information and media literacy in the education process, enable them to integrate information and media literacy into their teaching and provide them with appropriate pedagogical methods and curricula.

Reading aloud to children is the best way to get them interested in reading

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Teachers often use technology to support their own teaching, but may often fail to see the relevance of child-friendly tools as a means to support children’s learning.

we contend that child-friendly technologies should be considered as serious learning tools in the formal learning environment of the primary classroom.

Use digital technology and communication tools to access, manage, integrate and evaluate information; Construct new knowledge; Communicate with others effectively.

How much are they really learning through their passion for computer-based entertainment? How do we maximise the educational benefits of that passion, without, of course, killing it stone dead? Or - and there will be some who continue to believe this - should education and entertainment remain on entirely separate tracks?

Technology allows parents and teachers to provide the right amount of discipline for each student individually, and to supplement where necessary. It also allows students to learn at their own pace, which can help keep them interested and excited about the material.

With Skype, teacher mentors can deliver personalized training directly to the classroom on subjects teachers need.

Skype can double as a quick connection to a teacher, librarian, or even a traveling parent for a child in the midst of a homework crisis.

One important way to inspire children to read is by reading aloud to them. Schools can arrange to have an author read a story over Skype so that the entire class can enjoy a favorite book and then ask questions for an author study

research study in Auburn, Maine show that kindergarten literacy scores increased in classrooms where iPads were used.

The iPad is far superior to the workbooks- instant, self correcting, gives immediate feedback, kids progress at own levels and can be working at differentiated levels.

Other curriculum areas we use the iPad in are science (as a journal to record our observations) to check the weather, Social Studies- we tweet other kindergarten classrooms and find them on maps and the globe and learn about their lives; comparing similarities and discussing differences and even collaborating on play projects.

 Games can help kids learn how to synthesize information and apply it, two higher-level thinking skills that are vital parts of information literacy.

choosing mainstream games rather than purely educational ones as kids are more likely to reach for those.

Recognizing and using individual sounds to create words, or phonemic awareness.

Understanding the relationships between written letters and spoken sounds, or phonics.

Developing the ability to read a text accurately and quickly, or reading fluency. Children must learn to read words from left to right rapidly and accurately in order to understand what is written. 

Make informed decisions. Information literacy will help your children acquire relevant information and filter out biased or unreliable information

  Encourage, support, and guide your children in exploring their interests. Point them to various resources—such as printed materials, videos, and computers—that they can use to find out about the things that interest them and to communicate their ideas and feelings.

Use "The Big Six" to help your children with their homework. Help them (1) determine what is expected from their homework assignments, (2) identify the resources they will need to complete the tasks, (3) locate and access the needed resources, (4) read or use the available information, (5) apply the information to the tasks, and (6) evaluate the quality of their final product. In addition to helping your children master subject-area content, "The Big Six" helps them develop information problem-solving skills