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Roland Gesthuizen

Teens, Sleep and School - 1 views

  • Research shows that teens need eight to nine hours of sleep at night, as compared with eight hours needed for adults. However, they are not getting enough sleep.
  • Tests by a professor at Oxford suggest that "students perform better in the afternoon, because their body clock is programmed about two hours later, possibly for hormonal reasons."
  • One solution is for parents to impose earlier bedtimes on their teenagers. A recent study found that "Teens whose parents pack them off to bed at 10 p.m. are less apt to become depressed or have suicidal thoughts than their peers who stay up much later."
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  • parents can strive to get their teens less wired at night. This can be achieved by discouraging them from drinking caffeine past 12 noon, and by keeping TVs, computers, and especially cell phones out of their room at night.
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    "Research has shown that teenagers don't get enough sleep at night and go to school tired. Some experts believe the cause is biological. Others believe that teenagers stay up late because of adolescent distractions. Early high school start times can also contribute to teens' tiredness. This article will explore possible causes and solutions to this problem."
Aly Kenee

We Live in a Mobile World - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com - 57 views

  • Given that reality, shouldn’t we be teaching our students how to use mobile devices well?
  • Right now, schools are resistant, fearing the disruption that mobile access might cause and the dangers that might lurk online
rachelmoir

Do Your Students Know More About Technology Than You Do? | Scholastic.com - 85 views

  • own digital camera, cell phone, Nintendo DS, and laptop, and one or more of these devices
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      I'm not sure that all of our students have this much stuff...
  • do research or type essays,
  • the disparity between how educators view their use of technology and how students themselves perceive it
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  • the disparity between how educators view their use of technology and how students themselves perceive it.
  • nd yet, in the CDW-G survey, 86 percent of students reported using more technology outside of school than in it.
  • a whopping 94 percent of students report that they use technology to do their homework
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    94%? Do they use it to do their homework, or while they do their homework? There is a huge rift between how adults and students use technology largely because of why they use technology. While I use Twitter to find a great resource for a digital citizenship project, one of my students might use it to find the party at Brian Halloway's house.
Tricia Hunt

How to Teach with Technology: Science and Math | Edutopia - 107 views

    • Tricia Hunt
       
      I am IN LOVE with this idea!  And now that I know about Remind101, I can actually communicate via text WITHOUT giving out my own cell phone number!
  • Disposable fun "An idea for teaching kids about angles in math class is having a scavenger hunt and giving them a disposable camera so they can take pictures of different angles."
  • For math, I would use a Voki to explain the problems to my class.
Aaron Hansen

EFF Wins New Legal Protections for Video Artists, Cell Phone Jailbreakers, and Unlocker... - 7 views

  • The new rule holds that amateur creators do not violate the DMCA when they use short excerpts from DVDs in order to create new, noncommercial works for purposes of criticism or comment if they believe that circumvention is necessary to fulfill that purpose.
  • "Noncommercial videos are a powerful art form online, and many use short clips from popular movies. Finally the creative people that make those videos won't have to worry that they are breaking the law in the process, even though their works are clearly fair uses. That benefits everyone — from the artists themselves to those of us who enjoy watching the amazing works they create," added McSherry.
Tony Baldasaro

When did teachers start to fear technology? | SeacoastOnline.com - 0 views

  • My students are more involved with technology than ever before. They have taken the lead in mass networking and graphic design
  • They block network programs such as Facebook because of a fear of what might be abused. They block all Web-based e-mail systems that in all reality should help the majority of students. They also reject the use of iPods and cell phones because they believe the use of these new technologies would reduce a student's capacity to learn
    • Tony Baldasaro
       
      The opposite is true, these technologies increase a student's capacity to learn.
  • no one is going to stop the use of these technologies.
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  • The second thing it published was pornography.
    • Tony Baldasaro
       
      I wish this comment wasn't here, it cheapens his argument.
  • Facebook technology should be used in our classrooms to communicate with classrooms around the world to show the concept all students are in the process of attaining their dreams.
  • Today it is the other way around.
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    Since I've been teaching for more than three decades I remember a time when technology was accepted by all teachers. In fact, I remember a time when my administration gave me my first Apple computer to use. My students were all huddled around me as I investigated new learning tools. The graphics were terrible but it was like magic to my students.
Steve Ransom

Cell phones get top marks in class -- dailypress.com - 0 views

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    But it has to be about so much more than just making things interesting and having fun. Those are important, no doubt, but are also potentially relatively low on the totem pole of meaningfulness.
Bea Cantor

Survey: Teens 'sext' and post personal info | Larry Magid at Large - CNET News - 0 views

  • The summary points out that "Cyberbullying is widespread among today's teens, with over one-third having experienced it, engaged in it, or known of friends who have who have done either." But that one-third is cumulative of bullies, people who have been bullied and even people who know someone who's been bullied.
  • 20 percent of teens "say they have sent/posted nude or semi-nude pictures or video of themselves." But the data from the Cox survey showed that while 20 percent of teens "have engaged in sexting," that number, too, is cumulative. Only 9 percent "sent a sext," while 17 percent received one, and 3 percent forwarded a "sext."
  • it's important for parents to talk with their teens about appropriate use of the Internet. Don't scare them or shut down their use, but do remind them to mind their manners, think before they post, and seek help if someone is bullying or harassing them.
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  • the vast majority of teens (72 percent) have a social-networking profile, while 73 percent use cell phones and 91 percent have an e-mail address.
amendiol

Text Message (SMS) Polls and Voting, Audience Response System | Poll Everywhere - 14 views

    • Kalin Wilburn
       
      Who doesn't want instant feedback? With Poll Everywhere you can instantly find out where your students are stuck, what they enjoyed, or where they want to go tomorrow. The great thing is you don't have to purchase expensive clicker equipment just utilize the technology they already have with them.
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    Just making sure everyone knows about this tool.
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    Using this website you can poll your students about politics, current events or even quiz them on the fly through sms text messages, twitter, or the web.
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    Free resource for tracking student thinking (with cell phones, too)
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    Poll Everywhere replaces expensive proprietary audience response hardware with standard web technology
Martin Burrett

Cut mp3 online - mp3cut.net - split, trim mp3 tracks - 58 views

shared by Martin Burrett on 15 Feb 10 - Cached
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    From site: mp3cut is service that allows you to cut mp3 files on-line. From now on you don't need difficult programs to cut and create a melody for your cell-phone. Three simple actions and your melody is ready!
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    A very simple, but useful site that cuts the length of mp3 tracks. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music,+Sound+&+Podcasts
Barbara Moose

Author: 'iGeneration' requires a different approach to instruction | eSchoolNews.com - 62 views

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    Today's middle and high school students learn much differently from students just a few years older-and that's mainly because they've never known a world without the internet or cell phones, says psychology professor and author Larry D. Rosen, whose research could give educators valuable insights into the needs of today's learners.
Amy Hertzog

Industry Pitching Cellphones as a Teaching Tool - NYTimes.com - 21 views

    • Amy Hertzog
       
      It would be taking a huge leap of faith to just have cell phones out there during the school day. Would it make students text more than they already do, or would it take away the allure if it weren't against the rules?
Gerald Carey

Turn Your Cellphone Into a High-Powered Scientific Microscope | Wired Science | Wired.com - 131 views

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    This is actually in two parts. One shows how to build a reasonable microscope. The second (which seems a bit more fiddly) shows how to build a spectroscope. Minimal costs.
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    It would be great to see a group evolve from this that shared the multitude of educational uses of cell phones.
Steve Ransom

Cell Phones in Learning - 76 views

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    Nice resource
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