Education Week: Digital Gaming in Classrooms Seen Gaining Popularity - 2 views
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Chris Dede on 04 May 12Cooney center survey digital games classroom
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Apple and the Digital Textbook Counter-Revolution - 3 views
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I am posting two articles: 1) Apple's recent announcement about getting into digital textbooks (article/link below) and 2) the criticism (this link) by Hack Education blogger Audrey Watters. Education needs to rethink the need for textbooks altogether. Digitizing them is not the answer. She states, "You can disassemble, reassemble, unbundle, disrupt, destroy the textbook. It is truly an irrelevant format."
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Hi Emily - thanks for your thoughts! Bloggers (especially those who use the name Hack in their title) are going to be provocative (one-sided) in their writing... but it helps raise questions about standard practices. I too agree that eTextbooks or iBooks are going to be tremendously more engaging and up-to-date than the ones that weigh down kids bookbags. But now take a look at the other article I posted: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/flow-digital-textbooks that suggests how publishers are not open to new and niche ideas that might be incredibly beneficial to education. The publishing market has a hold on education. Is it possible that the textbooks will not be available across a range of platforms, but only on a few that the publishers agree to work with? Maybe it is time we push for a more open source model... that could also work towards digitizing textbooks... or would innovate other ways for students to access "textbook"" knowledge.
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Thanks for the nudge to read the other article that you posted as well! It was a nice counterpoint to Watters and the FLOW platform seems like a promising stab at digital textbooks from an open-source standpoint.
Are We Wired For Mobile Learning? [INFOGRAPHIC] | Voxy Blog - 0 views
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An awesome infographic on digital natives and the evolution of technology in the classroom.
Digital Comics - 3 views
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After dinner, when Tom Beasley is ready to take a break from his day job in the Yale classics department, he busts out the comic books. But it's all in the name of education, with a digital twist. Beasley, a seventh-year graduate student, is writing his dissertation on Thucydides, chronicler of the Peloponnesian War. In his evening project, he turns from history to the mythology of the Trojan War - in particular, the comic book series Age of Bronze, written and illustrated by Eric Shanower. Beasley's task: produce a reader's guide to the richly detailed, 31-part (so far) comic series in preparation for its release as an iPad app, intended for classroom use. The digital version, called Age of Bronze "Seen," launches on October 15 and includes maps, genealogy charts, and other interactive features.
Hands Up! It's game on in the classroom - 1 views
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Hands Up! It's game on in the classroom Digital New Zealand report finds 7 out of 10 parents use computer and video games as an educational tool Auckland, 30 April 2012 - New Zealand parents are increasingly embracing computer and video games as an educational tool, according to the latest research commissioned by the Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (iGEA).
Digital | Social media and video games in classrooms can yield valuable data for teachers - 2 views
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Brookings report on games and learning
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It's interesting that so many products have a teacher focused data output model but if the software isn't making recommendations, the student must wait for the teacher to analyze the data to make changes. I wonder when software will empower students to make their own curricular choices based on their data. I don't believe I've seen this.
Digital Teaching Platforms Profiles New Learning Technology - MarketWatch - 0 views
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disruptive technology, DTPs offer teachers the curriculum, pedagogy and assessment support they need, and thereby help them make classrooms more effective and more customized to the needs of each learner.
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Managing engagement in the classroom;
Speak Up Reports - 0 views
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The second part of Project Tomorrow's Speak Up 2011 report (based on a national survey of teachers, librarians and administrators), was just released. This part focuses on how "today's educators are personalizing the learning process for students," and how they are personalizing the classroom experience with online, socially-networked media and digital content.
Ten Sites Supporting Digital Classroom Collaboration In Project Based Learning | 21 st ... - 0 views
Flipping the Classroom Requires More Than Video | GeekDad | Wired.com - 0 views
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What Khan Academy is not, though, is a panacea for education. Khan’s timing — when digital media consumption is high and devices like iPads are widely popular (50 million units sold, through 2011) — helped mainstream the use of video for educational material.
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schools line up to try to capture a cost-effective genie in a bottle
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success with a flipped class is a combination of understanding the pedagogical goals and using the technology and method to support them.
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Some very interesting deliberation on the meaning of the Khan phenomenon. I found some resonance with Prof. Dede's comments on the radio.
History in Leeds, then maths in California; The internet has opened up a huge new world... - 0 views
(Restricted access article, so I'm posting it here.) I found what was said about 'engaging online learning experiences' very insightful: "It must be a well ordered, curated experience that underst...
Education Week: Digital Gaming in Classrooms Seen Gaining Popularity - 4 views
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Game on!
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Definition of "digital games" probably too broad... but three video case studies of teachers using "games" referenced in article worth watching: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA3C69D48D4FFE87E
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Agreed about the definition. However, "Almost all the teachers surveyed who said they used games reported that they used ones specifically designed for education, and the games most often corresponded with literacy and reading (50%) and math (35%).", which is encouraging. Kurt Squire is correct in that the data may include a good number of 'trivial games', but that is probably to be expected since the biggest barriers seems to be cost (50% respondents) and technology (46%).
Using the technology of today, in the classroom today - 1 views
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Research paper on "the instructional power of digital games, social networking, and simulations" and "how teachers can leverage them"
Mooresville School District, a Laptop Success Story - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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A profile of a school district that has successfully woven technology into the curriculum after issuing laptops to nearly 4,500 students in grades 4-12 three years ago. Statewide, the district now ranks third in test scores and second in graduation rates.
Solar Ipads for schools in rural South Africa (Gabrielle Monaghian, The Sunday Times [... - 0 views
Access to the site is by subscription only, so I am including the article here: A solar-powered iPad described as a "school in a box" has been developed by the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Desi...
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