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Turning the Classroom Upside Down Why not have lectures at home and 'homework' at school-and let students learn at their own pace?

 10 tips for using social media in the classroomTeachers should use social media in classroom lessons, and banning such tools will stifle learning and lead students to question teachers' relevance, university English professor Todd Finley writes in this blog post. Finley provides 10 guidelines for incorporating social media tools in the classroom. He offers several resources and suggests that teachers: create social media rules that are directive, but unrestricted; draw a distinction between academic and informal writing; and promote constructive online discussions. Edutopia.org/Todd Finley's blog 

June 4 Webinar. Just picked up this book on "Mindsets" - looks fascinating.  Webinar could be interesting.

With benefits from apps to battery life to free e-books, is the iPad the ideal tool for today's classroom?By Wayne D'Orio

"Is the iPad the textbook of the future?"