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Donalyn Miller

3 for 3 -- THE Journal - 15 views

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edtech

shared by Donalyn Miller on 30 Jul 10 - Cached
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    Three technology experts provide insight into the best tools for teachers.
Adam Babcock

Prezi - The Zooming Presentation Editor - 6 views

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presentation edtech tools

shared by Adam Babcock on 16 Aug 10 - Cached
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    Create astonishing presentations live and on the web
Adam Babcock

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills - Home - 3 views

www.p21.org

edtech education curriculum

shared by Adam Babcock on 20 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Adam Babcock on 20 Jul 10
     
    As the United States continues to compete in a global  economy that demands innovation, P21 and its members provide tools and resources to help the U.S. education system keep up by fusing the three Rs and four Cs (critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity and innovation).
Donalyn Miller

Spezify - 9 views

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edtech interactive

shared by Donalyn Miller on 08 Aug 10 - No Cached
  • Donalyn Miller on 08 Aug 10
     
    Search a topic across websites and receive results in a visual format.
Donalyn Miller

Best Embeds for Educational Wikis and Blogs - 20 views

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instructional strategies edtech classroommanagement

shared by Donalyn Miller on 02 Sep 10 - Cached
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    Best Embeds for Educational Websites and Blogs
Donalyn Miller

Tech Learning TL Advisor Blog and Ed Tech Ticker Blogs from TL Blog Staff - TechLearnin... - 4 views

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edtech skype

shared by Donalyn Miller on 18 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Donalyn Miller on 18 Sep 10
     
    Resources and tips for using Skype in the classroom.
Adam Babcock

The Texting Revolution Is Here - WSJ.com - 2 views

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writing edtech mobile research

shared by Adam Babcock on 07 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • We default to text to relay difficult information. We stare at our phone when we want to avoid eye contact.
  • has named "micro-coordination"—"I'll txt u in 10mins when I know wh/ restrnt."
  • it steals from quiet reflection. "When people have a mobile device and have even the smallest increment of extra time, they will communicate with someone in their life,"
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  • If I were to call someone, it would have to be urgent," she says. "Otherwise, it's sort of rude and invasive.
  • "American Idol put texting on the map," says AT&T's Mr. Collins.
Adam Babcock

Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction - NYTimes.com - 4 views

www.nytimes.com/...21brain.html

edtech education reading

shared by Adam Babcock on 21 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Bypassing Vonnegut, he clicks over to YouTube, meaning that tomorrow he will enter his senior year of high school hoping to see an improvement in his grades, but without having completed his only summer homework. On YouTube, “you can get a whole story in six minutes,” he explains. “A book takes so long. I prefer the immediate gratification.”
  • The risk, they say, is that developing brains can become more easily habituated than adult brains to constantly switching tasks — and less able to sustain attention.
  • “Their brains are rewarded not for staying on task but for jumping to the next thing,” said Michael Rich, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and executive director of the Center on Media and Child Health in Boston. And the effects could linger: “The worry is we’re raising a generation of kids in front of screens whose brains are going to be wired differently.”
Adam Babcock

Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction - NYTimes.com - 3 views

www.nytimes.com/...21brain.html

edtech education reading

shared by Adam Babcock on 21 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Bypassing Vonnegut, he clicks over to YouTube, meaning that tomorrow he will enter his senior year of high school hoping to see an improvement in his grades, but without having completed his only summer homework. On YouTube, “you can get a whole story in six minutes,” he explains. “A book takes so long. I prefer the immediate gratification.”
  • is that developing brains can become more easily habituated than adult brains to constantly switching tasks — and less able to sustain attention.
  • plays video games 10 hours a week
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  • regularly sends Facebook status updates at 2 a.m., even on school nights
  • his best friend calls him a “YouTube bully.”
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