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Jeffrey Siegel

Pros and Cons of BYOD and School Supplied Mobile Devices - 1 views

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    Pros: -Many Students Already Own Devices -Upfront Cost Savings -Shorter Implementations Cons: -Disparate Equipment and Operating Systems -Not all Students Have Their own Devices -IT Service Levels Will Vary Across Devices
Maung Nyeu

Board approves Idaho online class requirement - Boston.com - 3 views

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    Online education for high school students is not an option, it is mandatory. Idaho Education Board approved that at least two credits of online class is required to graduate from high school. Idaho is first in the nation to mandate online class. We have read articles and discussed in class pros and cons of online learning. However, should online learning be mandatory for high school students? Do you think it is a good idea?
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    Having online education for the sake of online education does not seem like a good idea to me. If it saves them enough money that they can improve classroom education, that might be worth it, but I'm not convinced that this is worth doing.
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    Agree with Ayelet. Idaho board of education went through this despite heavy criticism from public. Instead of making it an option, Idaho makes it mandatory. Online education may not work for some students. They may feel that it has been pushed down their throat.
Ayelet R

Can 35,000 People Learn Anything from an Online Class? | MindShift - 0 views

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    Discussing the pros and cons of Stanford's public online classes.
Diana Mazzuca

Online Education: My Teacher Is an App - WSJ.com - 1 views

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    Debates the pros and cons of full-time online schooling
Nick Siewert

A Kindle for Every Student - US News and World Report - 0 views

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    Pros and cons of the Kindle in K-12 education. Necessity or "Whack-a-Mole"?
quintintanderson

The great iPad debate - 3 views

Part 3 of 3. Recently, Virginia has implemented an iPad study program (Link: http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/virginia_schools_launch_ipad_study_program/) and it got me thinking about the pr...

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Xavier Rozas

Who's the better translator: Machines or humans? - 0 views

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  • Pros and cons: People are good at knowing idioms and slang, so Facebook tends to get these right, but there are limited numbers of multi-lingual volunteers who want to spend time helping Facebook translate things.
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  • Pros and cons: People are good at knowing idioms and slang, so Facebook tends to get these right, but the
  • Google uses mathematical equations to try to translate the Web's content. This fits in line with the company's mission, which is to organize the world's information and make it useful and accessible to all.
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    Without a doubt Google will develop a user powered and 'usefulness' powered idiom aggregate. In fact, they could use web-bots to scour their translated pages/content for user consensus on 'busted-up lingo, yo'.
Jennifer Jocz

News: Tweeting in Class - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

  • Suddenly, I’m not just the one at the front just dispensing everything, and the students aren’t just sort of milling about doing their thing — we’ve actually got a team of people working together. And Twitter is the glue that holds the team together.”
  • It’s also a data-gathering resource. Live discussion threads, Campbell noted, give professors loads of data on the previously mysterious question of what exactly is going on inside the heads of students during a lecture. No longer is a student’s ability to participate in classroom discussions contingent upon whether he is willing to raise his hand and has the good fortune to be called on, he said.
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    Discusses some pros and cons of using twitter in the classroom
Maung Nyeu

Experts Convene to Discuss How Online Learning Is Better Preparing K-12 Students to Com... - 2 views

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    In US alone, 4 million K-12 students are enrolled online. Annual conference on online (and blended) learning in Indianapolis on November 9-11, by the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL). Online learning is seen as the solution to allowing greater access to diverse resources curriculum, especially when many schools face serious financial crisis. Expect to hear from experts and educators, such as, such as Gene Wilhoit, Executive Director of the Council of Chief State School Officers; Paul Peterson of Harvard University; Michael Horn, author of Disrupting Class; Steve Midgley of the U.S. Department of Education; and iNACOL president Susan Patrick. Full program details are available at www.virtualschoolsymposium.org.
Susan Smiley

Technology Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say - 1 views

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    Interesting article with cons and pros of effects of technology on students attention. I know good teachers are competing more and more for kids attention. But I also wonder if students waning abilities to think deeply and critically have as much to do with flaws in our education system/schooling as use of tech.
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    Susan, I agree with your comment that waning attention have as much to do with flaws in our education system/schooling as use of tech. There's no reason to assume that kids 30 years ago were any more attentive during class or lecture. They simply had far fewer options on where to place their attention. I wonder if traditional classroom where equipped with as many distractions as one can find online how it would effect children's behavior and attention span?
quintintanderson

The Challenges of Implementing an iPad based curriculum - 2 views

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    Part 1 of 3 of the Great iPad Debate.
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