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Sally Bair

Academics and Social Media: #mla09 and Twitter - 0 views

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    2010 Chronicle of Higher Education ProfHacker article by George Williams detailing the progress and impact of social media on MLA meeting attendees and members alike.
Sally Bair

Academics and Social Media: #mla11, Free WiFi, and the Question of Inclusion - 0 views

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    Chronicle of Higher Ed ProfHacker article by George Williams that includes info regarding social media at the annual Modern Language Association meeting. Mr. Williams points to his article this year as a companion piece to "Academics and Social Media: #mla09 and Twitter" from last year. The article also includes a quote from William Gibson: "The future is here. It's just not evenly distributed yet."
Mary Waker

Survey reveals educators' must-have technologies - 1 views

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    From eSchool News: Results of a national survey on teachers' digital media use.
Roland O'Daniel

psdtechPD - Cell Phones - 1 views

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    Use of cell phones in the classroom on the Parkland School Division wiki. 
Roland O'Daniel

Is Mobile Affecting When We Read? « Read It Later Blog - 1 views

  • Printed media used to allow us to read in the places we found most comfortable.  When you imagine yourself reading the news
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    Analysis of Read It Later data from 100,000,000 articles on when we read and how device affects our reading pattern. 
Roland O'Daniel

The ABCs of BYOL -- THE Journal - 6 views

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    BYOL programs are burgeoning and this is a good example of a Cincinnati Suburb implementing a BYOL program to supplement their 1:1 initiative. 
cosmicrover

How Jack Dorsey's Square is accidentally disrupting the payment industry - 3 views

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    Not necessarily an education related post, but this going to change many things as we know it.
Roland O'Daniel

iPads in the Classroom: Integration Matters | Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning - 2 views

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    Joshua A. Danish says it takes a village to effectively integrate new technologies such as the iPad into elementary classrooms. As we reported recently, some school districts are investing in iPad2 touchpad tablets in kindergarten classrooms. In an opinion piece published in the Indianapolis Star, Indiana University assistant professor Joshua A. Danish says that though tablets such as the iPad have potential to be a powerful tool for teaching and learning, educators shouldn't jump the gun.
Roland O'Daniel

ELL to Go -- THE Journal - 0 views

  • they brainstormed a list of tasks that they'd like the ELL students to be able to do with the tool. The list included support for textbooks in audio format, access to English language movies and videos, and internet access both at school and off campus (whether at home or a local WiFi hotspot).
  • from a teacher's perspective, it was extremely important that the tool allow students to record their voice so that their fluency could be monitored," explains Jennifer Wivagg, Comal ISD's instructional media specialist. "We needed a device that would allow them to make recordings at home. We also needed the tool to include translators, dictionaries, and other language-based tools that are important for an ESL student, and to be small enough for the students to carry in their pocket, so they have constant access to these important resources."
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    The typical student at the Newcomer Center, an alternative school in Township High School District 214 in Arlington Heights, IL, is a recent immigrant with little or no English skills. The school is a temporary stopover for these students--they stay at the center for about a year, building up their English-language skills, and are then transferred to an ESL program at their home school in the district.
Roland O'Daniel

Elementary iPads -- THE Journal - 0 views

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    Mobile Computing | Feature Elementary iPads A Kentucky elementary school is starting its students on iPads at the tender age of seven. By Bridget McCrea05/04/11
Roland O'Daniel

4 Ways Mobile Tech Is Improving Education - 3 views

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    Mobile technology improving technology article. 
Roland O'Daniel

Report: 6 Blended Learning Models Emerge -- THE Journal - 0 views

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    Even as it "disruptively" transforms American education, blended learning is itself being slowly reshaped into new and distinctive forms. A report released this week identified six emerging models for blended learning in K-12, ranging from guided online instruction in the classroom to "self-blended" models where students take courses a la carte.
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