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Nancy Prentice

11 Note-Taking Tips For The Digital Classroom - Edudemic - 1 views

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    Most can recall only about 10% of a lecture, but if you take notes, that figure comes closer to about 80% Only about 65.5% of students take notes in class
Nancy Prentice

The Harsh Reality of the Classroom of the Future - Edudemic - 0 views

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  • the classroom of the future: picture huge, multipurpose spaces that allow for seminar areas, group work using a projector for feeding back to others, private work areas and an area for IT use. How many schools do you know that have classrooms with this amount of space?
  • by utilizing technology in the right way, the dynamics of the classroom could be radically changed for the better
  • I see what they see – I see if what I’m showing them looks worthwhile, if it’s presented in an engaging way, if it’s even legible. All of these things matter, but when we’re at the front, we don’t remember that they matter.
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  • simply try sitting amongst your students; it changes everything
  • Anytime, anywhere learning isn’t just about students going off and learning in their own time, it’s about finding ways of making the classroom a more dynamic space
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What Tech in Schools Really Looks Like - The Digital Shift - 0 views

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  • the distribution of technology in our classrooms remains radically uneven
  • about 48 percent of low-income families have a home computer compared with 91 percent of higher-income families, according to a recent report by Common Sense Media, an independent group that advocates for kids.
  • even students who don’t have home computers or Internet access are increasingly likely to own a cell phone. “Teens, Smartphones, & Texting,” a March 2012 study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, has found that 77 percent of young adults ages 12 to 17 own a cell phone, and 31 percent of those ages 14 to 17 have a smartphone
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  • the costs of hardware, software, and networking can add up, and during budget crises—particularly when schools are cutting staff—the introduction, maintenance, and upgrade of technology can be a political challenge as well as a financial one
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  • Hardware obsolescence is one of the things that schools have always had to consider
  • the flood of devices currently available (including netbooks, tablets, ereaders, and handhelds) and those that are “hotly anticipated” make the decision of which computer to buy incredibly complicated
  • are student data and projects interoperable—that is, can you easily move files from one type of computer to another (say, from a Windows-based operating system to an Apple-based one or from a mobile device to a laptop)? These types of questions are particularly important if schools house a number of different kinds of devices
  • Schools also need to consider the impact of potentially hundreds of devices on their WiFi networks.
  • Schools must also ask if students will be able to access their schoolwork from home
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