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This site shares ideas on how you can intergrate technology into the classroom. http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/archives/technology.shtml also can use these ideas

SIG 1 Context: K-12 setting

A blog with STEM topics for all grade levels!

SIG 1 Context: K-12 setting

Shared at a ISTE conference, and demonstrates some of the ironies and contradictions the education system is mired in. The one that spoke to me the most was Don't trap tech. in the classroom.

SIG 1 Context: K-12 setting

Wow! This is well made. This video would be great as a transition from our pitch to mobile technology. It is a short video that shows how tech. in schools have changed over the past few decades.

SIG 1 Context: Digital Divide

This is an interesting article about innovative and future technology which will provide teachers with interactive study guides and pop quizzes while on field trips. The potential is for reduced behavior problems. A potential problem is the cost of 3G iPads which are necessary for technology. A solution may exist with the collaboration of Square Crumbs and JoliCloud. This is a good example of collaboration between companies which will benefit education. This will be something to watch for in the future. SIG 1Context: Collaboration, mobility, field trips, student engagement

This article describes some efforts at using technology to differentiate, or individualize instruction, especially for students with IEPs. References "School of One", a very interesting take on individualized instruction using technology (further research JON). SIG 1 Context: differentiation

update on what divide means today. overall, the gap is closing, but this article presents some deeper considerations.

This is a slideshare by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The research paper outlines 13 ways to use iPads in your teaching. This is interesting and valuable to learn that the iPad revolution is not just being piloted in our own country but globally. SIG1Context: mobile devices, iPad, global, connection, differentiated,

This video features a elementary math teacher who uses math apps on the iPad to collaborate with parents in regards to new math textbook adoption. Great idea for collaborating and connecting with parents. This video also shows a child who is autistic benefiting from the iPad. I do not recommend this video for sharing because it starts out with a Pantene commercial and then continues to be blurry. However, the idea of using the iPad and apps to connect and communicate with parents a new math curriculum is an innovative use of this technology. SIG 1 Context: mobile devices, iPad, apps for exploration, collaboration

This article addresses the piloting of iPads and questions whether they are valuable beyond student engagement and motivation. The article further questions whether the iPad is best as a 1:1 technology or part of a stable of classroom tools. Teachers "frustrated at first" but are finding innovative ways to integrate the iPad into the curriculum. Straightforward information for schools looking at implementing a pilot program. SIG 1 Context: mobile devices, iPad, student engagement,

A short video featuring iPad use in the classroom. This school district bought iPads in lieu of new textbooks which would eventually become outdated. Context SIG1: mobile devices, iPad, elementary

A teacher in AL discusses the use of iPads as learning tools and as a means to keep students on a level playing field. SIG 1 context: mobile devices, iPads, elementary

This site discusses Improved Technology-Increased Distraction, Instituting Rules to Combat Cell Phone Misuse , Cell Phones as Teaching Tools , Recent Developments

SIG 1 Context: Digital Divide

This blog post has brief explanations, links to and pictures of the tools about technology integration

SIG 1 Context: K-12 setting

This is a website which features links to issues relevant to mobile learning such as how to get iPads for your classroom to free augmented reality for your classroom content. SIG 1 context: mobile devices, k12

This slideshow presents different ways augmented reality can benefit student learning. It further outlines why we should be using augmented reality in education to connect, engage, provide authentic learning experiences, and address multiple intelligences. This is valuable as a convincing argument of how and why we should be using augmented reality in education. SIG 1 Context: augmented reality, real world experiences, differentiated instruction, multiple intelligences, constructivist theory SIG1 focus: mobile devices, exploration

This post is really weirdly written, kind of fractured. Has a great deal of good quotes and good questions about byod, the broadband side of the digital divide, and links to some good edutopia resources. Sig 1 context: byod, divide

This article begins with an anecdote illustrating some creative IT solutions to digital divide problems. It goes on to examine the changing definition of the digital divide, examining some statistics about computers in schools and minority use of the internet and technology. The second-to-last section is specifically about mobile devices in classrooms. Interesting examples of these concepts at work. Sig 1 Context: Divide, byod, mobile

This website outlines 5 myths about mobile learning. It also includes a short video featuring ideas for cell phone integration into classroom learning. This is a good article which addresses what m-learning is really about and dispels myths about it being all about the apps or always on the go technology. SIG 1 Context: video, m-learning, differentiated instruction.

Pew internet and american life project. While not directly related to our SIG, this site has a VAST wealth of information from some of the research that the Pew center is doing relating to the internet and technology usage. I posted it here because it might be a good source of statistics for anyone who needs them. For example, statistics on Americans' broadband access might be useful in discussing the digital divide.