The Touch-Screen Generation - Atlantic Mobile - 0 views
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By their pinched reactions, these parents illuminated for me the neurosis of our age: as technology becomes ubiquitous in our lives, American parents are becoming more, not less, wary of what it might be doing to their children.
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But with the iPad, the connection is obvious, even to toddlers.
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I must admit, it was eerie to see a child still in diapers so competent and intent, as if he were forecasting his own adulthood. Technically I was the owner of the iPad, but in some ontological way it felt much more his than mine.
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Camp iPad - 0 views
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Where I'll be spending my time for the next week along with @kadding @budtheteacher and 25 smart SVVSD teachers. http://t.co/G36qLiDhmQ Fun!
8 Education Tools That Are Going Away | Fluency21 - Committed Sardine Blog - 0 views
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"Common Core has stuck a fork in this one. If teachers were clinging gamely to the hope that they could retire before being forced to add tech to their classrooms, they just lost that race. The new Common Core Standards mention 'technology in the classroom' and 'digital devices' at least twenty-seven times I counted as tools for accomplishing the goals of college and career. Technology is required for all the significant K-8 goals, including publishing, sharing, constructing knowledge, deep learning, close reading. Consider these (truncated for brevity):"
Challenge Success - 0 views
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"At Challenge Success, we believe that our society has become too focused on grades, test scores, and performance, leaving little time for kids to develop the necessary skills to become resilient, ethical, and motivated learners. We provide families and schools with the practical, research-based tools they need to create a more balanced and academically fulfilling life for kids. After all, success is measured over the course of a lifetime, not at the end of a semester. "