A UK study involving roughly 400 students, mostly aged 8-10 years, and a new
generation of multi-touch, multi-user, computerized desktop surfaces is showing
that over the last three years the technology has appreciably boosted students’
math skills compared to peers learning the same material via the conventional
paper-and-pencil method. How? Through collaboration, mostly, as well as by
giving teachers better tools by which to micromanage individual students who
need some extra instruction while allowing the rest of the class to continue
moving forward.
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Planbook & Lesson Planner. Free for Teachers. Common Curriculum - 36 views
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Unlimited Files, Unlimited Lessons & Units, Unlimited Classes, 1 Collaborator Per Class, Search Standards: Common Core & State Standards, Create Templates, Speed up your planning Plan Units, Plan for the Entire Year
Make your meetings memorable - 13 views
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A free meeting, screen sharing app with audio. Sends everyone a copy of the shared documents and audio recording.
Students Learn Better With Star Trek-Style Touchscreen Desks | Popular Science - 3 views
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the researchers have concluded that these new touchscreen desks boost both fluency and flexibility--the critical thinking skills that allow students to solve complex problems not simply through knowing formulas and devices, but by being able to figure out what the real problem is and the most effective means of stripping it down and solving it.
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This kind of stuff can be really hard to quantify,
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UK study involving roughly 400 students, mostly aged 8-10 years, and a new generation of multi-touch, multi-user, computerized desktop surfaces is showing that over the last three years the technology has appreciably boosted students' math skills compared to peers learning the same material via the conventional paper-and-pencil method.
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UK study involving roughly 400 students, mostly aged 8-10 years, and a new generation of multi-touch, multi-user, computerized desktop surfaces is showing that over the last three years the technology has appreciably boosted students' math skills compared to peers learning the same material via the conventional paper-and-pencil method.
Teacher Resources, Tools & Giveaways for the week ( Oct 6 - Oct 13, 2012) - 9 views
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TOOLS Sploder Make your own educational games online. Remember the Milk Manage activities and tasks. Dabbleboard A virtual white board to create, collaborate and share presentations, homework assignments or study sessions.
The Top 27 Free Tools to collaborate, hold discussions, and Backchannel with Students - 21 views
Envisioning the future of education | Envisioning Technology - 8 views
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"This visualization is the result of a collaboration between the design for learning experts TFE Research and emerging technology strategist Michell Zappa."
Digital scrapbooks for student creativity, self-expression, and imagination - Beeclip EDU - 17 views
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Creativity made easy Amazing digital scrapbooks for student creativity, imagination, and self-expression. Combine images, videos, text, and more! Manage students, classes, and projects Collaborate, share, download & print Astoundingly easy to use
Getting started with Apple's Podcasts app | How To - CNET - 5 views
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Apple made mention of a standalone podcast app earlier this month, but most figured it would arrive with iOS 6 this fall. Not so. Earlier this week, Apple released Podcasts. It's free and universal, designed for both the iPhone and iPad.
Teaching with Games: GLPC Case Study: Ginger - 9 views
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Particularly interesting to me in light of the special needs applications.
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The Joan Ganz Cooney Center released new research from the Games and Learning Publishing Council initiative. They conducted a series of video case studies and a national survey, Teacher Attitudes about Digital Games in the Classroom, undertaken in collaboration with and support from BrainPOP®. Each video case study shows an individual teacher who integrates digital games into his or her curriculum in exciting and innovative ways. This video features Ginger Stevens, a 6th grade special-education teacher at Quest2Learn in New York City. This video case study shows how she utilizes the intentionally game-like environment of her school to maximize learning for students with special needs. Talks about kids interacting with each other AND digital images projected onto the floor and connected to the computer. Essentially a floor-based white board
Blog post #curation is next #socialmedia king - 1 views
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I invite you also to comment and add your favorite social media curation tools in 2011 on our page : on facebook http://goo.gl/8Fx02 or/and Google Plus http://goo.gl/ZmeL6 . Join free and collaborate in this free global #edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project http://goo.gl/WOqiQ and vote for our wiki nominalized in Edublog Awards http://goo.gl/J5Rkl
Top 10 #pln tools in 2011 used in #edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project voted on @c4lpt - 5 views
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I invite you also to comment and add your favorite tools in 2011 on our page : on facebook http://goo.gl/eTpsz and google plus http://goo.gl/VGoQO . I invite you to join and collaborate in this free global #edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project
Digital Toolkit - 31 views
#diaspora #opensouce social network alternative for #googleplus and #facebook to malke a #edtech20 #pln - 4 views
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What are the best social networks to build a pln in education 2.0 ? http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-social-networks-to-build-a-pln-in-education-2-0
Apple - Education - iPad Learning Resources - 23 views
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Hands-on teachers, meet hands-on learning.
Google Plus, Chrome Apps and Tools gateway to knowledge in #education20: #googleplus is gateway to #semanticweb #web30 and it is new trend in #education20 - 10 views
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If you want a google plus invitation just leave a comment with your email and I will invite you to try this new semantic web tool and also I will invite you to join #edtech20 teachers circle to collaborate with 150 teachers worldwide